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Trump's antics leaving Republicans 'disgusted and exhausted', says former GOP congressman

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A former Republican congressman said he would “probably vote to impeach” Donald Trump if he were still serving in the US House of Representatives while suggesting the president's scandals are “infuriating" current GOP House members.Charlie Dent, a frequent critic of Mr Trump who resigned from Congress last year, said he has heard from several of his former Republican colleagues who are “absolutely disgusted and exhausted by the president’s behaviour”. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/37OHeDL

3 Young People Stabbed on Busy Hague Street, Setting Off Alarm in Dutch City

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By BY CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE from NYT World https://ift.tt/2OUYS04

Couple attacked on London bus say thugs asked 'how lesbians have sex' - New York Post

Couple attacked on London bus say thugs asked 'how lesbians have sex'    New York Post Police release CCTV of homophobic attack on two women on London bus    Guardian News Lesbian attacked on London night bus punched teens after homophobic taunts went too far, court hears    Yahoo News Moment boy makes 'scissoring' gesture at lesbian couple before launching attack    Metro.co.uk Three teenage boys admit to threatening Lesbian couple in London    CBS News View full coverage on Google News from World - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/37UP92L

London terrorist attack brings home a chilling reality

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Friday's attack highlights the persistent threat of "lone actor" terrorists who are often radicalized online. But their capabilities for lethal action generally do not match those of trained terrorists, writes Peter Bergen. from CNN.com - RSS Channel https://ift.tt/33A9o1Y

Rep. Omar's GOP opponent removed from Twitter

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A Republican candidate running against Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota had her Twitter account suspended for repeated violations of the platform's rules. from CNN.com - RSS Channel https://ift.tt/2Y5WuI3

'Very disturbing': Chicago officer under investigation for body-slamming man to the ground

A Chicago police officer is under investigation after body-slamming a man during an arrest on the South Side, an incident captured in a viral video. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/35NpyqA

Heavy snow in U.S. West and Midwest could disrupt post-Thanksgiving travel

Over a foot of snow is forecast in mountainous parts of Colorado, Utah and Arizona on Friday before the storm system slips toward the upper Midwest, the National Weather Service said. Freezing rain will likely turn to snowy blizzards in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan beginning on Friday night, with more than 18 inches of snowfall possible in some mountainous areas, the service said. More than 4 million Americans were expected to fly and another 49 million expected to drive at least 50 miles or more this week for Thanksgiving, according to the American Automobile Association. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Dr536D

Gigantic storm to wreak havoc on post-Thanksgiving travel

A massive winter storm that has already prompted warnings from Arizona to Wisconsin will be lumbering east in coming days, almost certainly interfering with Thanksgiving return-travel plans for millions, The Washington Post reports. By the time it's finished, the storm, created by the same conditions that caused the "bomb cyclone" in California and Arizona earlier in the week, could pummel an area stretching from the Sierra Nevadas to New England -- where a nor'easter is predicted to begin on Sunday night. "This storm will... produce significant snow and blizzard conditions across the Northern Plains through Saturday before moving to the Great Lakes and Northeast Sunday and Monday," the National Weather Service said in a statement. USA Today reports that Accuweather is forecasting up to three feet of snow in South Dakota's Black Hills region, where "visibility could be so low at times it may be difficult to determine where the road surface actually ...

The US fertility rate has dropped for the fourth year in a row, and it might forecast a 'demographic time bomb'

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Russia, Japan, and Spain are all dealing with their growing elderly populations and declining birthrates. The US could be next. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/37OPuDV

2 cruise passengers dead, 5 injured after Belize tour bus crash

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Two Carnival Cruise Line passengers died in a bus crash while on an independent tour in Belize on Wednesday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2L5fHEA

The Nets Win One for Their Culture

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By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/37T891h

The Latest: 4 more anti-government Iraqi protesters killed

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Iraqi officials say four protesters were killed amid ongoing violence in Baghdad and southern Iraq, hours after Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi announced his intention to resign. Security and hospital officials say one protester was killed and 18 wounded Friday by security forces who fired live rounds and tear gas to repel them on Baghdad’s historic Rasheed Street, near the strategic Ahrar Bridge. Officials say three protesters were shot dead by security forces in the southern city of Nasiriyah, bringing the total killed there to six on Friday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/37PDPov

British teenager in gang rape case had no serious physical injuries, doctor tells Cyprus court

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A British teenager who claimed she was gang-raped by Israeli tourists in the party resort of Ayia Napa bore no physical signs of a serious sexual assault, a doctor told a court in Cyprus on Friday. Giving evidence for the prosecution, Dr Sophocles Sophocleous said he found a few light bruises on the young woman’s thighs and some scratches on her legs but they were not, in his opinion, consistent with gang rape. The UK's Crown Prosecution Service describes as a "myth" the idea that a lack of physical injuries rules out a rape having taken place.  The teenager claimed in July that she had been gang-raped in a hotel room by the group of Israeli men, but two weeks later signed a police statement in which she retracted the claims. She is on trial in a court in the town of Paralimni, a few miles from Ayia Napa’s beaches and nightclubs, on a charge of public mischief for which she could be jailed for a year. She denies the charge. The alleged gang rape took place in party resort...

Port Neches explosion: 60,000 evacuated from homes after Texas chemical plant blast

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A series of explosions at a chemical plant forced some 60,000 people to be evacuated from the area surrounding Port Neches in Texas.The first blast occurred at 1am on Wednesday, injuring three workers who are now in hospital. TPC Group, which operates the plant, confirmed all other employees have been accounted for. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2qK5kiE

California snow-bound highway reopens but storm snarls Thanksgiving travel

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Interstate 5 through the Grapevine area, a mountain pass, was shut down in both directions early on Thursday morning and the California Highway Patrol said on Twitter it was working to clear stuck vehicles as snow kept falling. The highway, a major artery connecting Southern California to the rest of the state, was reopened later in the day, although more snow and rain were still forecast. The winter storm was expected to bring heavy snow in the mountains and high winds across much of the Western United States before moving toward the Great Plains late on Friday, the National Weather Service said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2rBBcFW

India announces $400 million loan for Sri Lanka, in support of new president

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India will lend Sri Lanka $400 million for infrastructure projects, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday after talks with the island nation's new President Gotabaya Rajapaksa aimed at improving bilateral ties. Sri Lanka, located off the southern tip of India, has become an arena of competing influence between New Delhi and China, which has built ports, power stations and highways as part of President Xi Jinping's signature "Belt and Road Initiative", designed to boost trade and transport links across Asia. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QYK0Ax

Row over Chinese 5G equipment further strains U.S.-German relations

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U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell called a German official's remarks this week "an insult to the thousands of American troops who helped ensure Germany's security." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QZpy2r

2 victims were killed and police fatally shot a man wearing a hoax explosive vest in a terrorist attack at London Bridge

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London Metropolitan Police closed London Bridge and London Bridge Station is also closed. City of London police shot the man, who died at the scene. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2XWqshJ

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Mexico bristles at U.S. cartel plan, insists it's doing its part

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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that his government was committed to fighting organized crime, seeking to dispel fears that the United States could take matters in its own hands in the fight against drug cartels. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/35NBHf8

ErdoÄŸan hits Macron's NATO comments: 'Have your own brain death checked out' | TheHill - The Hill

ErdoÄŸan hits Macron's NATO comments: 'Have your own brain death checked out' | TheHill    The Hill View full coverage on Google News from World - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2XXUHVk

Final day for Help to Buy Isa applications

Nearly 260,000 properties have been bought using the Isa, Treasury figures show. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/37NCfTW

Shmoo Cake, Persians and Spudnuts: Touring Canada’s Regional Cuisine

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By BY IAN AUSTEN from NYT World https://ift.tt/35P2Y0q

Iran supreme leader says 'very dangerous' plot foiled

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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday said his sanctions-hit country had foiled a "very dangerous" plot after violent demonstrations triggered by a fuel price hike. New York-based Human Rights Watch, meanwhile, accused Tehran of "deliberately covering up" more than 100 deaths and thousands of arrests during the crackdown. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Dl54Jl

'Sleepwalking toward climate catastrophe:' World must slash emissions immediately, UN report says

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The world's nations must make steep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions immediately or risk missing the targets they’ve agreed on, a U.N. report says. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2OpjZJ4

Texas chemical fire rages for second day, thousands evacuated

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The fiery blast inside a distillation column at the Port Neches, Texas, TPC Group facility on Wednesday injured three workers, blew locked doors off their hinges and spewed a plume of toxic chemicals for miles (kilometers). The plant manufactures petrochemicals used to make rubber and resins, and the volatile organic compounds in the explosion's smoke can lead to eye, nose and throat irritation, shortness of breath, headaches and nausea, the pollution regulator Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) said. The plant, 90 miles (145 km) east of Houston, has a long history of environmental violations and has been out of compliance with federal clean air laws for years, according to the Texas Tribune and state records; it was also declared a high priority violator by the Environmental Protection Agency. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/35HmE6p

Native Americans Have Little to Celebrate on Thanksgiving

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Bettmann/GettyWhile I have been researching and writing a Wampanoag-centered history of Plymouth Colony and the Thanksgiving holiday, my conversations with Native people have opened my eyes to some profound lessons about their past and present. These teachings have particular resonance this Thanksgiving season as the United States continues to struggle with white nationalism, the importance of distinguishing between truth and lies in democratic debate, and the place of indigenous people in a pluralistic country with a colonial foundation.Native people widely agree that the U.S. has yet to reckon with its history of white violence against their people. Instead, the country uses the myth of the First Thanksgiving to make it appear that Indians consented bloodlessly to colonialism.That myth, reinforced over and over again through grade school Thanksgiving pageants, holiday decorations, and television specials, is the only cameo Indians make in the colonial history curriculum in many Ameri...

Lawsuit: Alabama Sheriff 'Big John' Williams shot in parking lot 'without provocation'

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Suspect William Chase Johnson faces murder charges. He is the son of a Montgomery County Sheriff's Office deputy. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2R0hU7V

Italy uncovers plot to create new Nazi party

Italian police said on Thursday they uncovered a plot to form a new Nazi party and seized a cache of weapons during searches across the country. Police in 16 towns and cities from the Mediterranean island of Sicily to the Alps in northern Italy took part in the investigation, which was launched two years. The probe revealed a "huge and varied array of subjects, residents in different places, united by the same ideological fanaticism and willing to create an openly pro-Nazi, xenophobic and anti-Semitic movement", a police statement said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2XXSo4x

Renowned American climber dies after accident in Mexico - ABC News

Renowned American climber dies after accident in Mexico    ABC News Acclaimed 'Free Solo' Climber Brad Gobright Dies in Fall While Descending Cliff in Mexico    Yahoo Entertainment Accomplished free solo climber Brad Gobright dies in climbing accident    NBC News Brad Gobright: Free solo climber falls to his death    BBC News Brad Gobright, 31, dies in Mexico rappelling accident after partner dropped off end of shared rope    Daily Mail View full coverage on Google News from World - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2R2zqbx

ICE arrested an estimated 250 people who enrolled in a fake university set up by federal authorities as part of an immigration sting operation

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A grand-jury indictment from January alleged that "the University was being used by foreign citizens as a 'pay to stay' scheme" to obtain visas. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2pUSgq0

7 People Sentenced to Death for Bangladesh’s Worst Terrorist Attack

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(Bloomberg) -- A trial court sentenced seven people to death for their roles in Bangladesh’s worst terrorist attack, which killed 20 diners, most of them foreigners, in a cafe in 2016.Judge Mojibur Rahman pronounced the verdict in a packed Dhaka courtroom on Wednesday, Dhaka Metropolitan Chief Public Prosecutor Abdullah Abu said at a briefing. The decision brings to a close the year-long trial that followed a two-year investigation, which saw one accused being acquitted. The indicted have the right to appeal.“They wanted to destabilize the country and destroy the economy by forcing foreigners and investors to leave Bangladesh,” prosecutors said in case documents.Nine Italians, seven Japanese, one Indian and three Bangladeshis were killed by terrorists who stormed the Holey Artisan restaurant in the diplomatic area of Dhaka in 2016. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the 12-hour hostage crisis.Security forces shot dead five attackers and also, reports say mistakenly, a pizza c...

Israel demolishes homes of alleged Palestinian killers: army

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Israel on Thursday demolished the West Bank homes of four Palestinians accused of a deadly attack, sparking clashes with stone-throwing protesters, the army and an AFP journalist said. The houses in the village of Beit Kahil near Hebron in the occupied West Bank were home to men who were "part of the squad that carried out the stabbing attack" which killed an off-duty soldier in August, the army said. Clashes broke out during the demolitions, the army said, with Palestinians hurling "rocks and burnt tyres at troops". from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/33w6E5I

UN expert: Zimbabwe hunger ‘shocking’ for country not at war

Zimbabwe is on the brink of man-made starvation and the number of people needing help is “shocking” for a country not in conflict, a United Nations special expert on the right to food said Thursday. Hilal Elver said she found stunted and underweight children, mothers too hungry to breastfeed their babies and medicine shortages in hospitals during her 10-day visit to the economically shattered country. Zimbabwe’s food crisis has the potential to spark fighting, the U.N. expert said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/37NNP1e

Japan beer exports to S.Korea dry up amid hiccup in ties

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Not a single drop of Japanese beer was exported to South Korea last month, according to official figures on Thursday, as a boycott campaign against Japan over a historical dispute dries up demand. Japanese beer shipments to South Korea stood at 7.9 billion yen ($72 million) last year, accounting for more than 60 percent of the country's global exports of the amber nectar. Exports of Japanese instant noodles and sake to South Korea have also plummeted. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/33p8XHJ

German museum confirms 49-carat diamond among heist haul

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Publishing a list of the pieces taken in Monday's brazen raid, the Green Vault museum at Dresden's royal palace said the items stolen included a sword whose hilt is encrusted with nine large and 770 smaller diamonds, and a shoulderpiece which contains the famous 49-carat Dresden white diamond. The Dresden white is one of the most precious jewels in the collection of former Saxon ruler August the Strong. "None of the diamonds would have been in themselves extra special except for the one large Dresden White," he said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/35HnIra

Texas cities evacuated after second explosion at chemical plant; three injured in first blast

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An early morning explosion rocked an East Texas chemical plant in Port Neches, injuring three workers. An afternoon blast prompted evacuations. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2OSIahO

Kamala Harris aide bolts to Bloomberg campaign

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Kelly Mehlenbacher was among a group of aides who resigned amid the latest round of layoffs by the Harris campaign. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2OqxRCx

Trump knew about whistleblower complaint before he released Ukraine aid, report says - CNBC

Trump knew about whistleblower complaint before he released Ukraine aid, report says    CNBC Dates of OMB staff resignations undermine link to Ukraine aid hold    Washington Examiner Two budget staffers resigned after voicing concerns about halted Ukraine aid, official says | TheHill    The Hill A(nother) Ukraine coincidence!    CNN Trump was briefed on whistleblower complaint before releasing Ukraine aid: report | TheHill    The Hill View full coverage on Google News from World - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2QWz2eY

U.S. accuses Russia of helping Syria cover up chemical weapons use - Reuters

U.S. accuses Russia of helping Syria cover up chemical weapons use    Reuters US accuses Russia of helping cover up Syria's chemical weapons use | TheHill    The Hill View full coverage on Google News from World - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2DoG8Rh

European Parliament declares climate emergency amid momentum for a Green Deal - The Washington Post

European Parliament declares climate emergency amid momentum for a Green Deal    The Washington Post EU declares EMERGENCY for Europe: Parliament issues chilling warning    Express.co.uk 'We have to follow up': European parliament declares climate emergency    Guardian News Will the New EU Commission Be French or German?    Bloomberg European parliament declares 'climate and environmental emergency' | TheHill    The Hill View full coverage on Google News from World - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2OusimY

Small plane crashes in Kingston, Ontario, killing seven: local police

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A small plane crashed in a wooded area on the outskirts of Kingston, Ontario on Wednesday evening, killing seven people, local police said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2DrbTcp