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Wednesday, 31 October 2018

U.N. chief taps Norwegian diplomat as new Syria envoy: letter

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Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen will be the new United Nations Syria envoy, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the U.N. Security Council in a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

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Pakistan court clears condemned Christian

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Asia Bibi's blasphemy conviction polarised Pakistan and the Supreme Court has already sparked protests.

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Yemen conflict: Mattis and Pompeo urge swift ceasefire

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US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urge all sides to hold talks soon.

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India unveils the world's tallest statue

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The 600ft tall statue, which cost $430m, has been billed as a major tourist attraction.

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Brazil: Bolsonaro plans threaten Amazon, say experts

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Brazil's far-right president-elect will merge the ministries of agriculture and the environment.

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Japan bullet train stops 'scary' safety drills

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Workers at the Japanese company would crouch in trenches beside railway tracks as trains sped by.

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Pittsburgh shooting: Trump visits synagogue amid protests

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Hundreds of demonstrators in Pittsburgh accuse the US president of fomenting intolerance and hate.

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Vatican embassy: Human remains found at Rome property

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The human remains could help solve the disappearance of a teenage girl in 1983, Italian media report.

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Gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger killed in prison

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Bulger was severely beaten by one or more inmates shortly after arriving at the prison, sources say.

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Denmark accuses Iran of activist murder plot

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Tehran denies its intelligence agencies planned to kill an Arab separatist leader on Danish soil.

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Father of 'Jihadi Jack' asks Canada to help bring son home

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John Letts is urging Canada to bring home his son and other Canadians detained in Kurdish-held Syria.

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Petra Laszlo: Hungarian camerawoman who kicked migrants is acquitted

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Hungary's top court clears Petra Laszlo, filmed tripping migrants fleeing border police in 2015.

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Tunis attack: Suicide bomber was jobless graduate

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Mouna Guebla, 30, was an unemployed English graduate from the eastern region of Mahdia.

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Pittsburgh shooting: Trump visits amid protests

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The US president and first lady visit the synagogue where 11 people were shot dead at the weekend.

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What do American voters care about?

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In just under a week the US goes to the polls to elect a new Congress. So what are the main issues?

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Viola Davis explains why there's a long way to go to eliminate racism

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Oscar winner Viola Davis reveals how she has stayed grounded in Hollywood and why there still aren't enough black actors on screen.

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Harry greets NZ audience in six Pacific languages

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He was attending an event with Auckland's local Pasifika community, hosted by New Zealand's prime minister.

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Senegalese artist Omar Victor Diop: Why I'm trying to correct history

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Omar Victor Diop's portraits aim to paint important but overlooked Africans back into history.

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Global hunger for soybeans 'destroying Brazil's Cerrado savanna'

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Brazil's highly biodiverse Cerrado is being destroyed for soybean production, conservationists say.

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Tokyo ticket seller's foreigner fear costs garden thousands

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The man gave away tickets to foreigners after developing a fear of asking them for money.

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Pharrell orders Donald Trump to stop playing his music

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"No permission was granted" to play the song at a rally held hours after a mass shooting, his lawyer says.

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Stray cats housed in washing machines in Portuguese town

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A vet in Portugal is using washing machines to house stray cats in her home town.

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Is the Amazon facing new dangers?

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Are fears among environmentalists about the election of Brazil's new president justified?

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Canada's last witch trials: Women accused of fake witchcraft

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A law against pretending to be a witch is set to be repealed, but not before two women are charged.

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Letter from Africa: Nigeria - a young country for old men

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Why have Nigeria's main parties both chosen septuagenarian presidential candidates?

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Trump’s birthright plan: The legality, politics and history

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The president wants to end the right of people born in the US to be citizens but does he have the power?

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Dutch language besieged by English

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So extensive is the spread of English, a group of lecturers warns of a looming "linguicide".

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Trump blames media, 'the true Enemy of the People,' for inspiring hate

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President Trump lashed out at the press Monday for criticism of his response to the massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue and the mail bomb plot targeting Democrats.

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FedEx Ends NRA Discount Program, Citing Low Shipping Volume

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FedEx has used the slogan "The World on Time" in varying capacities since

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Doctor Who Treated HIV-Positive Patients Honored After Dying In Pittsburgh Synagogue

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Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz once helped a man get through the "most terrifying and

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The synagogue massacre was actually in Mister Rogers's neighborhood. What would he say?

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Karen Struble Myers of the Fred Rogers Center reflected on what Rogers's message for America would be in the aftermath of the shooting in the Squirrel Hill area of Pittsburgh, where lived in and filmed his famous TV show.

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Butler High School Classes Resumed After Shooting For Safety Reasons, Superintendent Says

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A high school in Matthews, North Carolina, resumed classes on Monday after one

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Protests greet world's biggest statue in remote corner of India

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Angry local communities have warned India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stay away from the inauguration on Wednesday of the world's biggest statue, a 182 metre (600 feet) high tribute to an independence hero. The Statue of Unity, which is twice the size of the Statue of Liberty, has been built in a remote corner of Gujarat state as a flagship project of conservative leader Modi who is to open it on Wednesday. Posters of Modi with Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani in a town near the statue were torn down or had the faces blackened at the weekend.

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With racial tension high in Florida race, Trump calls Gillum a 'thief'

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The president portrayed the choice in the race as between a Republican with an Ivy League pedigree and a Democrat he sees as a criminal.

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Top 10 pet Halloween costumes sold on eBay

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Picking the perfect Halloween costume for yourself is already a lot of work --

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Cory Booker After Synagogue Shooting: 'We Need To Understand That Words Matter'

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Sen. Cory Booker implored fellow officials to be "mindful of what we're

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Who is Gab founder Andrew Torba?

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The murder of 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday has brought new attention to Gab, the social media service created by Andrew Torba that bills itself as pro-free speech and serves as a gathering place for white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other extremist figures online, and counted among its users suspected gunman Robert Bowers.

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Rabbi cites Jesus in prayer for synagogue victims with Pence

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A rabbi invited to pray at a Michigan campaign stop with Vice President Mike Pence for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre referenced "Jesus the Messiah" at the event.

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Trump blames 'Fake News Media' for 'division and hatred'

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The president called for capital punishment for Pittsburgh shooting suspect.

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GOP State Senate Contender Accused Of Sending Anti-Semitic Mailer

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A Connecticut Republican running for a seat in the state Senate faced charges

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What It’s Worth: $250,000

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Whether you’re in the biggest city or smallest suburban town, every map dot in

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Rick Scott’s Halloween party is a Trump rally

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On Halloween this Wednesday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott will dress up as a candidate who wants to appear with President Trump on the campaign trail.

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FBI warns potential targets that suspicious packages may still be in the mail

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Mail bombing suspect makes first appearance in court.

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Turkey presses Saudi to say who sent Khashoggi killers: Erdogan

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Saudi prosecutor Saud Al Mojeb held talks with Istanbul's prosecutor on Monday and Tuesday about Khashoggi's death in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, which has escalated into a crisis for the world's top oil exporter. Riyadh at first denied any knowledge of, or role in, his disappearance four weeks ago but Mojeb has contradicted those statements, saying the killing of Khashoggi, a critic of de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was premeditated. The case has put into focus the West's close relationship with Saudi Arabia - a major arms buyer and lynchpin of Washington's regional plans to contain Iran - given the widespread scepticism over its initial response.

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Global wildlife populations fall 60 per cent as WWF declares state of emergency for natural world

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Conservationists have issued a demand for urgent international action after a major report uncovered an unprecedented crisis in nature that threatens to devastate the world economy and imperil humanity itself. Only a global pact on the scale of the Paris Agreement on climate change will save the natural world from irreversible collapse, the World Wide Fund for Nature said after publishing a report showing a cataclysmic decline in global wildlife populations. Global vertebrate populations have fallen by 60 per cent since 1970 as human activity destroys their natural habitats in grasslands, forests, waterways and oceans, the organisation said. Until the turn of the 20th century, humanity’s consumption of the world’s natural resources was smaller than Earth’s ability to replenish itself. But over the past 50 years expanding agricultural activity and the over-exploitation of natural resources to feed a growing world population, particularly its booming middle class, has pushed many ecosystems to the brink of collapse. The Cerrado, a vast tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil, is being cleared for soy monoculture Credit: Adriano Gambarni/ PA “Humans are living beyond the planet’s means and wiping out life on earth in the process,” the report warns. From the savannahs of Africa to the rain forests of South America and oceans across the world, few wildlife populations have been spared. While great attention has been given to the impact of poaching on elephants and rhinos in Africa, the story has been more dismal in Latin America and the Caribbean, where 89 percent of indigenous mammals like the jaguar and anteater have been wiped out. Statistics are just as grim in the world’s rivers, lakes and seas. More than 80 per cent of freshwater populations has vanished, with freshwater fish accounting for a higher rate of extinction than any other vertebrate. Since 1950 nearly 6bn tonnes of fish and other seafood have been removed from the world’s oceans. Employees move freshly caught fish at a factory in the Angolan coastal city of Benguela Credit: AFP For surviving populations the impact of human activity is also stark: some 90 per cent of the world’s seabirds have plastic in their stomach, compared to just 5 per cent in 1960. Plastic pollution now stretches across the seas of the earth, even reaching the bottom of the Marianas Trench in the western Pacific, the deepest natural point in the world. With just a quarter of the planet’s land now free from human impact, the space bird, reptile and mammal populations' need to recover is growing ever more limited. “We are the first generation to know we are destroying our planet and the last that can do anything about it,” said Tanya Steele, chief executive of the WWF. “The collapse of global wildlife populations is a warning sign that nature is dying." As tragic as the collapse of wildlife populations is, the impact of habitat loss will have a profound impact on human wellbeing, conservationists say. Man’s encroachment on nature threatens agriculture itself, because crops pollinated by animals account for 35 per cent of global food production, while habitat loss means that the soil for crops to grow is not being replenished with nutrients. Under threat | The 19 species on the World Wildlife Fund's critically endangered list The loss of South American rainforests has reduced rainfall thousands of miles away, also imperilling crop production. As many as 70,000 species of plants are used commercially or in medicine, posing a danger to efforts to fight disease and protect industry. Yet the issue, conservationists say, is not being taken as seriously as climate change — even though protecting nature can help mitigate the impact of global warming — which is why it is essential for big business and government to come together to find a solution to the crisis. “The statistics are scary, but all hope is not lost,” said Ken Norris, director of science at the Zoological Society of London, which collaborated on the report. “We have an opportunity to design a new way forward that allows us to coexist sustainably with the wildlife we depend on.”

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After years of fighting insurgencies, the Army pivots to training for a major war

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After 17 years of fighting grinding counterinsurgencies in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army is shifting its gaze.

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10 Things to Know for Today

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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

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Democrats Are Going Bland To Beat Scott Walker — And It Might Just Work

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MILWAUKEE -- On back-to-back days last week, some of the most exciting

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Kellyanne Conway’s Husband Shreds Trump Proposal To End Birthright Citizenship

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George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, co-

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UN rights chief wants 'international experts' to help probe Khashoggi hit

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The UN rights chief called Tuesday for "international experts" to help investigate the murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, and called on Riyadh to reveal the whereabouts of his body. "For an investigation to be carried out free of any appearance of political considerations, the involvement of international experts, with full access to evidence and witnesses, would be highly desirable," Michelle Bachelet said in a statement. Khashoggi, a 59-year-old Saudi journalist and Washington Post contributor, was killed after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain paperwork ahead of his upcoming wedding.

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Trump blames media, 'the true Enemy of the People,' for inspiring hate

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President Trump lashed out at the press Monday for criticism of his response to the massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue and the mail bomb plot targeting Democrats.

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FedEx Ends NRA Discount Program, Citing Low Shipping Volume

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FedEx has used the slogan "The World on Time" in varying capacities since

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Doctor Who Treated HIV-Positive Patients Honored After Dying In Pittsburgh Synagogue

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Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz once helped a man get through the "most terrifying and

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The synagogue massacre was actually in Mister Rogers's neighborhood. What would he say?

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Butler High School Classes Resumed After Shooting For Safety Reasons, Superintendent Says

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A high school in Matthews, North Carolina, resumed classes on Monday after one

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Protests greet world's biggest statue in remote corner of India

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With racial tension high in Florida race, Trump calls Gillum a 'thief'

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The president portrayed the choice in the race as between a Republican with an Ivy League pedigree and a Democrat he sees as a criminal.

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Top 10 pet Halloween costumes sold on eBay

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Picking the perfect Halloween costume for yourself is already a lot of work --

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Cory Booker After Synagogue Shooting: 'We Need To Understand That Words Matter'

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Sen. Cory Booker implored fellow officials to be "mindful of what we're

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Who is Gab founder Andrew Torba?

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Rabbi cites Jesus in prayer for synagogue victims with Pence

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Trump blames 'Fake News Media' for 'division and hatred'

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The president called for capital punishment for Pittsburgh shooting suspect.

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GOP State Senate Contender Accused Of Sending Anti-Semitic Mailer

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A Connecticut Republican running for a seat in the state Senate faced charges

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What It’s Worth: $250,000

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Whether you’re in the biggest city or smallest suburban town, every map dot in

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Rick Scott’s Halloween party is a Trump rally

By Unknown October 31, 2018 No comments

On Halloween this Wednesday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott will dress up as a candidate who wants to appear with President Trump on the campaign trail.

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FBI warns potential targets that suspicious packages may still be in the mail

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Mail bombing suspect makes first appearance in court.

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10 Things to Know for Today

By Unknown October 31, 2018 No comments

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

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Democrats Are Going Bland To Beat Scott Walker — And It Might Just Work

By Unknown October 31, 2018 No comments

MILWAUKEE -- On back-to-back days last week, some of the most exciting

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Kellyanne Conway’s Husband Shreds Trump Proposal To End Birthright Citizenship

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George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, co-

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UN rights chief wants 'international experts' to help probe Khashoggi hit

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