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Democratic candidates warn against Middle East escalation after U.S. kills Iranian general

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Many top Democratic presidential candidates cautioned against potential military escalation in the Middle East after a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad killed a top Iranian official, Gen. Qassem Soleimani.  from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SQaQfe via Latest News

Man Captured on Doorbell Camera Footage Confessing to Murder

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A man was captured on home security camera footage confessing to the murder of his sister Friday, shortly after she was stabbed to death in a Texas home, authorities said.The woman, Jennifer Chioma Ebichi, 32, had been stabbed at least a dozen times when authorities found her on the kitchen floor at the home in Pflugerville, according to documents provided by the Travis County District Clerk's Office. Her younger brother, Michael Egwuagu, 25, was arrested on a murder charge.An arrest affidavit said one witness saw Egwuagu "exit the residence smiling and with a bloody kitchen knife in his hand stating, 'I killed Jennifer.' Michael's clothing was covered in blood."It added that footage from a doorbell camera at the home corroborated the witness testimony.The episode is one of several recent examples of doorbell cameras -- increasingly affordable and popular security tools that can be connected to home Wi-Fi systems -- yielding footage that becomes useful to loca...

The Fed says interest rates are likely to remain at historically low levels — for now

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Federal Reserve officials saw fewer risks to the economy at the end of 2019 and predicted there would be no need to adjust interest rates this year. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36qJsbm via Latest News

Cops in Missing Siblings Case Search Doomsday Writer’s Home

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Idaho police and FBI agents investigating two missing children swarmed a home owned by their stepfather and his mysteriously deceased first wife.Fremont County Sheriff Len Humphries told East Idaho News that investigators developed probable cause for a search warrant of the Salem house. Officers with rakes and metal detectors could be seen scouring the snow-covered backyard.“This has been in the works for several days,” Humphries told the news site. “When you are doing an investigation, you have to accumulate evidence, and the process takes time.”The home is where Tammy Daybell was found dead on Oct. 19. Her husband, doomsday writer Chad Daybell, soon married Lori Vallow, whose own husband had died just a few months earlier.The newlyweds attracted the attention of law-enforcement when Vallow’s extended family reported they had not heard from her two children, 17-year-old Tylee Ryan and adopted 7-year-old Joshua “J.J.” Vallow.According to authorities, the couple said the kids were with ...

Ghosn lawyer feels betrayal, sympathy over tycoon's Japan escape

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A lawyer for former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn said Saturday he felt betrayed by his client's escape from Japan but still understood his act, claiming it resulted from Japan's inhumane justice system. "But anger was turning to something else as I recalled how he was treated by the country's justice system," Takano said. Ghosn is thought to have taken a private jet from Kansai Airport in western Japan, heading for Istanbul. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZNLMXs via Latest News

5 Inmates Have Been Killed in at Mississippi Prisons This Week. Here's What to Know

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The lockdown means that inmates can only move in emergency situations and that there will not be any visitation this weekend, according to the statement. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/39DWVP3 via Latest News

Tropical cyclones likely to become another weather worry for Australia amid bushfires

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While the dangerous fires in Australia continue to make national headlines this week, the opposite side of the country may be under a different weather threat."Meteorologists continue to monitor the Timor Sea for development through the weekend and into early this week," said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Adam Douty.In this zone, conditions are favorable for any tropical lows to flourish, increasing the chances of tropical development. Meanwhile, evacuation orders continue to pile up in Victoria, New South Wales and even Kangaroo Island through the weekend in response to the bushfires. Whether it becomes a defined tropical system or not, the tropical low is likely to approach land by early this week, bringing with it waves of heavy, tropical rainfall.A general southwesterly track is expected for the tropical low, likely putting parts of the Kimberley and Pilbara coasts in its path, including coastal cities like Broome, Port Hedland and Karratha.In addition to on land, offs...

U.S. killing of Iran's second most powerful man risks regional conflagration

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The U.S. killing of Qassem Soleimani, Iran's most powerful figure after its supreme leader, is seen by Tehran as an act of war that risks regional conflagration. By ordering Friday's air strike on the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's foreign legions, President Donald Trump has taken the United States and its allies into uncharted territory in its confrontation with Iran and its proxy militias across the region. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36mj6XX via Latest News

CES chief defends invite for Ivanka Trump

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Iran faces dilemma in avenging general's death: To strike back without starting a war

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Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, vowed to exact “severe revenge” for the Thursday night U.S. airstrike that killed the country’s most famous general, but the Iranian regime will have to walk a fine line to respond strongly without provoking a war with the United States, former intelligence officials familiar with the region said Friday. Qassem Soleimani headed the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Quds Force, which combines intelligence gathering, covert action and special operations. Also killed in the airstrike, which hit two vehicles, was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the leader of the Iraqi Shiite militia group Kataib Hezbollah, along with several other Quds Force and militia members. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FhGdr5 via Latest News

Democrats battle White House over executive power and congressional oversight

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Two hearings in a Washington court brought the battle between the House and the White House into stark relief. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SQQF0H via Latest News

Slain Hubby Claimed Doomsday Mom Threatened to Kill Him

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Lori Vallow, the mother of two Idaho children who have vanished, allegedly threatened to kill her estranged husband five months before he was murdered, according to divorce documents.Charles Vallow said in the papers that Lori was obsessed with doomsday and near-death scenarios and told him in January that she was a “translated being who cannot taste death sent by god to lead the 144,000 into the Millennium.”By July, Charles Vallow was dead—allegedly shot by Lori’s brother, Alex Cox, who himself died of unknown causes on Dec. 12. A few months later, Lori married Chad Daybell, a doomsday writer whose own wife had died weeks earlier.The newlyweds left Idaho, police said, after investigators began inquiring about the whereabouts of Lori’s minor children, 17-year-old Tylee Ryan and adopted 7-year-old Joshua “J.J.” Vallow.Doomsday Writer’s Friend Says He Prophesied Wife’s Mysterious DeathThe children have not been seen since October and Rexburg, Idaho, police said last week they are believe...

Security camera shows Ghosn leaving Tokyo home alone before his escape - NHK

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A surveillance camera captured former Nissan Motor Co chairman Carlos Ghosn leaving his Tokyo residence alone shortly before his surprise escape from Japan, public broadcaster NHK said on Friday, citing investigative sources. The security footage was taken by a camera installed at his house in central Tokyo around noon on Sunday, and the camera did not show him returning home, NHK said. Ghosn has become an international fugitive after he revealed on Tuesday he had fled to Lebanon to escape what he called a "rigged" justice system in Japan, where he faces charges relating to alleged financial crimes. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/39yIN9Z via Latest News

Cruise ship tour: New Carnival Panorama cruises to Mexico with water park, top-notch dining, more

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The first brand-new Carnival cruise ship to debut on the West Coast in 20 years, the Carnival Panorama was christened in Long Beach in December. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QlWvW4 via Latest News

Terrifying video shows a 'fire tornado' ripping through the Australian countryside as devastating fires ravage the country

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Australia's third-largest island is ravaged by two fires as firefighters battle huge blazes destroying homes, lives, and wildlife across the country. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QP52jw via Latest News

Global powers warn that the world has become a more dangerous place after U.S. attacks

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Global powers warned Friday that the world has become a more dangerous place and urged restraint after the U.S. assassinated Iran’s top general, although Britain and Germany also suggested that Iran shared blame for provoking the targeted killing that dramatically ratcheted up tensions in the Mideast. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2trsoUg via Latest News

China calls for easing UN sanctions on N.Korea

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A Chinese-Russian resolution aimed at easing international sanctions on North Korea is a "timely" step in the "right direction," China's UN ambassador Zhang Jun said Friday. "We can really contribute to the political dialogue between the parties concerned, especially between the United States and DPRK," or North Korea, he added. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FkhAKk via Latest News

What's behind the recent rash of anti-Semitic attacks?

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There were more than 1,300 anti-Semitic incidents in 2019, according to the Anti-Defamation League, including a stabbing at a rabbi's home Saturday. Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl and professor Ibram Kendi joined "CBS This Morning" to discuss the rash of hate. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FjPTBi via Latest News