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Massive manhunt in Canadian wilderness for teen murder suspects

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Two teen triple murder suspects on the run in the central Canadian wilderness -- perhaps holed up in thick, insect-infested forest inhabited by wolves and bears,-- were staying one step ahead of a massive police manhunt Friday. Since Tuesday, the village of Gillam near Hudson Bay has been on the alert for Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, who are wanted for three murders. The fugitives wound up near the Manitoba province village located 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) north of Winnipeg after an epic 2,000-mile chase across three provinces that began in British Columbia, on the Pacific coast, where their three victims were discovered earlier this month. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2OlT7f0 via Latest News

Outrage as Trump brands mostly-black Baltimore 'infested mess'

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Trump's outburst came in a series of sharply worded tweets aimed at Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings -- a high-profile critic of Trump's administration whose district covers much of Baltimore. "No human being would want to live there," he said -- in an attack ostensibly provoked by Cummings' criticism of the harsh conditions facing would-be asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2yi7PJa via Latest News

Russian officials in Iran visit Russian members of detained UK vessel

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Representatives of the Russian embassy in Iran have visited three Russian crew members from the British vessel Stena Impero detained by Iran, the Russian embassy in Tehran said on Saturday. The Russian citizens can contact their families, the embassy said, adding it was in talks with Iranian officials to release the men. Iranian commandos seized the British-flagged tanker in the world's most important waterway for oil shipments on July 19, two weeks after British forces captured an Iranian oil tanker near Gibraltar, accusing it of violating sanctions on Syria. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Zia5Mm via Latest News

The Secret History of Washing Machines

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Hong Kongers defy police ban and gather for 'anti-triad' rally

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Crowds of Hong Kong protesters defied a police ban on Saturday and began gathering in a town close to the Chinese border to rally against suspected triad gangs who beat up pro-democracy demonstrators there last weekend. Public anger has been raging since last Sunday when a gang of men in white t-shirts, armed with poles and batons, set upon anti-government protesters and bystanders in Yuen Long station, leaving at least 45 people needing hospital treatment. The brazen assault was the latest escalation in seven weeks of unprecedented political violence that shows little sign of abating as the city's pro-Beijing leaders refuse to budge. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2MhE7fn via Latest News

Bones of Colorado girl who vanished 34 yrs ago found at pipeline site

Human remains unearthed by an excavation crew at an oil and gas site in Colorado this week are those of a 12-year-old girl who went missing over three decades ago, but the mystery surrounding her fate has yet to be solved, police said on Thursday. Jonelle Matthews vanished in December 1984 after she was dropped off at her home in Greeley, Colorado, about 50 miles (80 kms) north of Denver, following a performance singing in a school Christmas concert with her classmates. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Zg65vG via Latest News

Russian police crack down hard on Moscow election protest

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Russian police cracked down hard Saturday on demonstrators in central Moscow, beating some people and arresting hundreds of others protesting the exclusion of opposition candidates from the ballot for Moscow city council. OVD-Info, an organization that monitors political arrests in Russia, said 638 people were detained. Moscow police earlier said 295 people had been taken in, but did not immediately give a final figure. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2JUe1xn via Latest News

Why Democrats Are Further Away From Impeachment Than Ever

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On Friday afternoon House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) filed a petition to obtain secret grand jury information currently redacted from the Mueller Report. With articles of impeachment under consideration, this informational probe is “in effect” the same as an impeachment inquiry, according to Nadler, who also called the information “critically important.” Next week Nadler is also expected to file a lawsuit to attempt to enforce a subpoena against former White House counsel Donald McGahn. But how significant are Nadler’s moves now that special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony on Capitol Hill is widely acknowledged to have fizzled, left-wing activists such as billionaire and Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer are turning their attention back to climate change—and Congress is heading toward a six-week-long recess?Fred Wertheimer, a veteran ethics activist and president of Democracy 21, believes Nadler’s move is only a cosmetic change to reflect changing party sent

Official: Arizona to resume executions after 5-year hiatus

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Stephen Colbert Rips Into CNN, MSNBC Hosts for ‘Panning’ Mueller

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Stephen Colbert has spent a lot of time going after Fox News over the years, but it’s far more rare that he takes aim at CNN or MSNBC. But that’s what he did Thursday night after hosts on those networks focused more on the optics of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s hearing this week than on the substance of his testimony. “At the hearings, Mueller confirmed that the president of the United States was not ‘totally exonerated,’” as Trump has repeatedly claimed, the host explained. “Mueller also agreed that Trump obstructed the investigation multiple times, Russia tampered with the election in Trump’s favor. And that the president welcomed that help, lied about welcoming it and encouraged others to lie about it.” “In short: BORING!” the Late Show host added. “I assume it must have been because the critics have decided. And they’re panning Mueller’s performance.” Colbert was referring not only to headlines from The New York Times and the AP—”and he’s only got 35 percent on Rotten To

Family speaks out after girl with special needs was brutally attacked by multiple teens in viral video

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The family of a 15-year-old Chicago girl with special needs said she is doing OK after she was brutally beaten by a group of teenagers. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/310Mlg5 via Latest News

Donald Trump says he has 'safe third country' deal with Guatemala

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The agreement is designed to reduce asylum claims in the United States. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Y8sgHu via Latest News

US Navy Seals platoon sent home from Iraq for drinking alcohol as sexual assault allegations investigated

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The commander of a US Special Operations task force in Iraq has sent home a platoon of Navy SEALs for drinking while deployed after an alleged sexual assault by one of them, US defence officials said, the latest discipline incident that has emerged for an elite force relied upon heavily by the Pentagon.US Special Operations Command said in a statement on Wednesday night that the platoon was forced out early to San Diego by the commander of the task force, Major General Eric Hill, “due to a perceived deterioration of good order and discipline within the team during non-operational periods” of their deployment.“The Commander lost confidence in the team’s ability to accomplish the mission,” the statement said. “Commanders have worked to mitigate the operational impact as this SEAL platoon follows a deliberate redeployment.”The statement did not say what led to the decision, but a defence official with knowledge of the situation said that a female service member working with their platoon

Loose tire rolls down New Jersey highway until crashing into car

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It was a wild scene in New Jersey when a wayward tire rolled down the highway until it went flying into a moving vehicle. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ybQK3d via Latest News

Student group says Harvard failed to address racist messages

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An association of black students at Harvard Law School says the university "woefully failed to act" after four students received offensive emails and text messages from an anonymous sender. The Harvard Black Law Students Association issued a statement on Friday criticizing the school after it was unable to determine who sent the "hateful, racist and sexist" messages, and after officials refused to share details of an investigation with students who received the messages. Harvard officials say the case was investigated by university police, information technology officials and an outside law firm hired by the school, but they have been unable to determine who was behind the messages. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2On8V0M via Latest News

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Woman dies while trying to reach ‘Into the Wild’ bus in Alaska

A Belarusian woman who was trying to hike to an abandoned bus at the edge of Denali National Park in Alaska made famous in the book and movie “Into the Wild” died after being swept away in a river, state troopers said on Friday. Veramika Maikamava, 24, was pulled underwater when she tried to cross the Teklanika River with her husband Piotr Markielau, also 24, in their journey to the site where hiker Christopher McCandless perished in 1992, the troopers said. There is a rope stretched across the river to help hikers, but waters were waist-high and swift-running when the newly married couple tried to cross on Thursday night, said Ken Marsh, an Alaska State Trooper spokesman. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YoIuHM via Latest News

Migration deal with US meets mixed reactions in Guatemala

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US President Donald Trump, who has pushed hard to slow the flow of migrants, said Friday that the "safe third country asylum" agreement would require would-be asylum seekers traveling through Guatemala to seek refuge there, not in the United States. Anyone failing to do so would be sent back to Guatemala. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2K65Gpq via Latest News

Trump news - live: Unprecedented impeachment call issued as president renews attack on Mueller and invents imaginary word

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Donald Trump has continued to lash out in the wake of Robert Mueller's explosive testimony in front of Congress, while taking the time to make up words and tweet about the imprisonment of A$AP Rocky.The president is trying to undo the damage from the hearings involving Mr Mueller, who said he was not able to say that his report had cleared Mr Trump of any wrongdoing.He has also been wrapped in another controversy after he spoke in front of a bizarre version of the presidential seal, which included references to the Russian flag and a set of golf clubs.Yet more footage has emerged from that same Turning Point USA event, which showed the president being introduced by a bizarre campaign video that highlighted Mr Trump's sporting prowess and popularity among friends.It also comes as the president's administration announced it would begin federal executions for the first time in more than 15 years.Please allow a moment for the live blog to load from Yahoo News - Latest News

Justice Department approves $26.5 billion T-Mobile and Sprint merger

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Despite some ongoing and vociferous opposition to T-Mobile and Sprint's brewing merger, the U.S. Department of Justice today officially approved it. Notably, the approval comes just a few weeks after the Antitrust Division within the DOJ recommended that the $26.5 billion merger be blocked. Incidentally, the FCC indicated that it was amenable to the merger this past May.There are, naturally, some caveats worth mentioning with respect to the DOJ approval. First and foremost, the merger hinges on Sprint divesting itself from Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, and its own prepaid phone business. Additionally, some of T-Mobile and Sprint's spectrum will be handed over to Dish.The DOJ press release reads in part:> Under the terms of the proposed settlement, T-Mobile and Sprint must divest Sprint's prepaid business, including Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, and Sprint prepaid, to Dish Network Corp., a Colorado-based satellite television provider. The proposed settlement also provides f

Supreme Court allows border wall spending in battle between President Donald Trump and liberal opponents

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The Supreme Court approved President Trump's effort to use $2.5 billion in military funding to build a portion of his long-sought border wall. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ygQBM8 via Latest News