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• newA man arrested in Russia is accused of building a fake border with Finland 15 miles from the real one and charging migrants $11,000 to cross it
  The man is accused of building fake border posts in the Vyborg region, Interfax said, and taking the men on an extended route along a series of roads.
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• newJohn Kerry Endorses Joe Biden for President to Fix ‘the World that Donald Trump has Smashed Apart’
  
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• newIsrael and Czech Republic sign $125 mn missile defence deal
  Israel's defence ministry signed a deal with its Czech counterpart on Thursday to sell it radar systems used in the Jewish state's Iron Dome missile defence system. The radars will be integrated into the Czech air defence system which will use Prag…
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• newUPDATE 2-U.S. says Iran may have killed more than 1,000 in recent protests
  Iranian security forces may have killed more than 1,000 people since protests over gasoline price hikes began in mid-November, U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Thursday, adding that many thousands were also wounded in the unre…
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• newButtigieg: Trump Supporters are ‘At Best Looking the Other Way on Racism’
  South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg implied on Monday that supporters of President Trump tacitly support racism."Anyone who supported this President is, at best, looking the other way on racism," Buttigieg said at a South Carolina campaign event.T…
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• newPrivate investigators focused on frat party in Cornell University freshman’s death
  Another element of the parents' search for answers is the history of Cornell student suicides connected to the gorges in Ithaca.
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• newEmployee shot at a Virginia post office
  Authorities say a postal worker has been shot at a northern Virginia post office by an agent for the Postal Service's Inspector General's office.News outlets report that it happened Wednesday morning at the parking lot of the Lovettsville post off…
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• newInvestigators probing role weather may have played in deadly South Dakota plane crash
  An NTSB investigator examines the wreckage of a Pilatus PC-12 airplane near Chamberlain Municipal Airport in South Dakota. The aircraft crashed on Saturday, November 30, 2019, moments after taking off amid heavy snowfall. The crash killed nine of th…
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• newPolice: Slain Missouri woman was worried about her pregnancy
  The warrants, obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, outline the reasons detectives gave for searching the home of Jennifer and Beau Rothwell near the suburb of Creve Coeur. The couple’s cellphones, email accounts, Facebook accounts and Beau Ro…
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• newUPDATE 1-Russia suspends revamp work at Iran's Fordow nuclear plant
  Russian state nuclear company Rosatom has suspended work on revamping a factory at Iran's Fordow nuclear complex due to an issue with uranium compatibility, Rosatom's nuclear fuel cycle unit TVEL said on Thursday. "Uranium enrichment and the produc…
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• newPakistan pulls back on prosecuting Chinese sex traffickers
  Pakistan has declined to pursue a sprawling case against Chinese sex traffickers due to fears it would harm economic ties with Beijing, the AP reported on Wednesday. Pakistan has been seeking closer ties with China for years as Beijing continue to m…
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• newUnited CEO Oscar Munoz is stepping down and transitioning to chairman in 2020, with president Scott Kirby taking his place
  Scott Kirby, who was recruited to United as president in 2016, will become CEO in 2020, United said Thursday. Oscar Munoz will move to board chairman.
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• newU.S. trade deficit narrows to 1-1/2-year low on weak imports, exports
  The U.S. trade deficit dropped to its lowest level in nearly 1-1/2 years in October, suggesting trade could contribute to economic growth in the fourth quarter, though a fall in imports of consumer goods hinted at a slowdown in domestic demand. The…
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• newRep. Devin Nunes files $435 million defamation lawsuit against CNN
  Rep. Devin Nunes, a California Republican, alleges that CNN published a "demonstrably false hit piece" on him.
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• newThai cave dive hero fights back tears as he tells court ‘life sentence with no parole’ inflicted by Elon Musk
  A British diver who helped rescue a dozen boys trapped in a cave in Thailand fought back tears as he told a court Elon Musk's "pedo guy" slur amounted to “a life sentence with no parole”.Vernon Unsworth choked up on Wednesday as he testified aga…
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• newMissile Shield: Romania Now Has America's Aegis Ashore
  A powerful system.
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• newClimate models have been right all along, study finds
  Even the rather primitive climate computer models of the 1970s, 80s and 90s were impressively accurate, lending extra credibility to the much more advanced climate models of today, study finds
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• newThe U.S. Army's Ultimate Weapon Isn't a New Gun or Tank
  Nope. Think AI.
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• newActivists apologize for use of Holocaust victims’ remains
  An activist group has apologized to Jewish organizations outraged over their use of purported Holocaust victims’ remains in an installation outside Germany’s parliament building meant to draw attention to the perils of far-right extremism. The…
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• newRussia Is Making Strides In Testing Its Tsirkon Hypersonic Cruise Missile (Should NATO Worry?)
  Deployment is coming soon.
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• newTyphoon Kammuri death toll hits 13 in Philippines
  The number of people killed by Typhoon Kammuri's pounding of the Philippines this week has hit 13, officials said Thursday, as authorities confirmed reports of storm-related deaths. Kammuri's fierce winds toppled trees and flattened flimsy homes ac…
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• newNorth Korea's Underground Air Bases Would Be Key In a War Against America
  Keep it secret, keep it safe.
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• new'In cold blood': Syria Kurds say killed, robbed by Turkey proxies
  Syrian Kurdish mother Shara Sido says the news came to her via a messaging application. Sitting inside a modest house in the de-facto Syrian Kurdish capital of Qamishli, the displaced 65-year-old scrolls through her phone to find a picture. Turkis…
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• newSailor kills 2 civilians, self at Pearl Harbor shipyard
  An active duty U.S. sailor whose submarine was docked at Pearl Harbor opened fire on three civilian employees Wednesday, killing two and then taking his own life just days before dignitaries and veterans descend on the base for the 78th anniversary…
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• newWarren Is Drafting U.S. Legislation to Reverse ‘Mega Mergers’
  (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is drafting a bill that would call on regulators to retroactively review about two decades of “mega mergers” and ban such deals going forward.Warren’s staff recently circulated a proposal for sweepi…
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• newTrump claims he received 'deep respect' at Nato summit despite video showing world leaders laughing at him
  Donald Trump has claimed he received "deep respect" during this week's Nato summit in London, despite a viral video showing world leaders laughing at him for his lengthy press conferences.Mr Trump lashed out at the press coverage of his trip in a tw…
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• newLondon Bridge terrorist was upgraded to a 'high risk' category A prisoner after threats to staff
  London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan was upgraded to a “high risk” category A prisoner after making threats to senior prison staff, The Telegraph can reveal. Prison officials increased the convicted terrorist’s threat level in prison from “st…
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• Colombia: thousands take to the streets in third national strike in two weeks
  Protests put more pressure on unpopular president Iván Duque, who is engaged in a ‘national dialogue’ with strike organisers Colombians have taken to the streets for a third national strike in two weeks, piling more pressure on the unpopular ri…
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• The college admissions scandal ringleader tried to recruit 7 Stanford coaches to be part of the scheme but only one took the bait
  Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne published a letter about the school's investigation into the college admissions scandal on Tuesday.
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• Kansas GOP congressman faces probe of voter registration
  Authorities plan to investigate whether a freshman Kansas congressman broke state laws by listing a UPS Inc. store as his address on a voter registration form and for obtaining a mail-in ballot in a November election. The questions about Rep. Steve…
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• Harvard grad student workers go on strike, seeking $25 an hour minimum wage, other demands
  Harvard graduate student workers went on strike Tuesday, becoming the first Harvard academic employees to launch a work stoppage in decades.
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• Governor: Wisconsin must 'step up' after school shootings
  Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said Wednesday that after shootings on consecutive days at Wisconsin high schools, the state must increase funding for mental health services at schools — a shift from his past insistence on passing gun control measures…
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• In fiery memo, Dem lawmaker urges Congress to include Trump’s 'racism' in articles of impeachment
  Rep. Al Green, the first member of Congress who called for President Trump to be impeached sent a memo Wednesday to House members urging them to incorporate concerns about Trump’s “racism” into the ongoing impeachment inquiry.
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• Tesla refused to help the police with an investigation into stolen copper wire after Elon Musk learned about the incident because the company was scared of bad press
  Tesla declined to assist authorities on other occasions amid reports of "rampant crime" in 2018, according to the Reno Gazette Journal.
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• China Built The DF-26 Missile To Take Down America's Prized Aircraft Carriers
  Don't underestimate these missiles.
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• Trump Administration Moves to End Food Stamps for 700,000
  (Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration announced a plan Wednesday to end food-stamp benefits for about 700,000 Americans, issuing a new regulation that makes it harder for states to gain waivers from a requirement that beneficiaries work or partici…
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• Los Angeles Police Officer Under Investigation After Allegedly Fondling Dead Woman's Breasts
  The incident was reportedly captured by the officer's body camera
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• In Gaza, 'American hospital' fuels suspicions
  Volunteers with a US Christian charity group pose for a selfie in front of tents and crates of equipment to build a contentious new field hospital on the Israel-Gaza border. The facility, to be located right next to a crossing into Israel, has rare…
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• 'Jews are France', says Emmanuel Macron after 107 Jewish graves  desecrated in anti-Semitic attack
  President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to fight anti-Semitism saying “Jews are and make France” after 107 graves were desecrated at a Jewish cemetery in the northeast of the country. The daubing of swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti on the…
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• Clinton Donors Charged in Massive Campaign-Finance Scheme
  Eight people, including major Hillary Clinton donors and a witness in the Mueller investigation, have been charged in a massive campaign-finance scheme, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday.The individuals conspired to "make and conceal condu…
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• 'He's two-faced': Trump, mad at Trudeau, says he's leaving NATO summit early
  President Trump on Wednesday offered a blunt response to Justin Trudeau after video surfaced of the Canadian prime minister apparently mocking him during a conversation with other world leaders at the NATO summit in London.
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• US forces kill jihadist leader in Syria with precision 'ninja' missile that chops up targets with blades
  US forces are thought to have killed a senior jihadist leader in northern Syria using a rarely deployed “Ninja” missile which attacks targets with precision sword-like blades. The Hellfire missile, or AGM-114R9X, which has a set of six folding b…
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• Thousands of animals sacrificed in Nepal Hindu ritual amid outcry
  Tens of thousands of devout Hindus thronged a temple in southern Nepal where thousands of animals and birds were sacrificed this week, amid an outcry from animal rights activists who said the ritual was a cruel and gruesome spectacle. The ceremony,…
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• 2020 Democrats Expose Extreme Abortion Policies in New Survey
  The New York Times has released the results from a set of questions posed to each Democratic presidential candidate about his or her views on abortion. Thus far in the primary race, very few of the candidates have been pushed to account for their po…
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• Soldier stationed in Afghanistan raises thousands to bring home his buddy, Sully the cat
  Funding is a challenge for this Afghanistan animal rescue. To get a cat to the U.S., it generally costs $3,000 or more and for a dog, up to $5,000.
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• Pete Buttigieg and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got into a nasty fight over free public college. It's part of a larger battle between progressive and centrist Democrats.
  Buttigieg recently introduced his college affordability plan and took a swipe at his 2020 competitors who want public college to be tuition-free.
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• Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuses began by 1985, targeted 13-year-old, lawsuit claims
  Financier Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of girls and young women began as early as 1985 and targeted victims as young as 13 years old, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday by nine accusers against his estate. The accusers, known as Jane Doe I t…
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• Spain’s Socialists Say Talks Advancing With Catalan Separatists
  (Bloomberg) -- Spain’s Socialist party said it made progress in a second round of talks with Catalan separatist parties Esquerra Republicana and PSC as it seeks support to form a government.The sides will reconvene for a further round of negotiati…
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• 18 Clever-Approved Coat Racks You Don’t Need to Hide
  
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• Sen. Booker announces $100 billion plan to support historically black colleges and universities
  Presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., announced his dramatic $100 billion plan to support historically black colleges and universities.
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