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Miami Herald: Labor secretary accused of giving wealthy alleged pedophile 'deal of a lifetime' - CNN

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CNN Miami Herald: Labor secretary accused of giving wealthy alleged pedophile 'deal of a lifetime' CNN Washington (CNN) When he was a US attorney in Florida, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta gave accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein the "deal of a lifetime," the Miami Herald reported Wednesday. In a sweeping review of the politically connected ... and more » from Top Stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2DS8NzF

“Daredevil” will not be renewed for a fourth season, the latest Marvel series cancelled by Netflix - TechCrunch

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TechCrunch “Daredevil” will not be renewed for a fourth season, the latest Marvel series cancelled by Netflix TechCrunch Despite strong reviews and a fan petition, Netflix said today that it is cancelling “Daredevil” after three seasons. This is the latest Marvel series, after “Luke Cage” and “Iron Fist,” that Netflix has cancelled recently, and is a sign that Marvel TV ... Daredevil canceled by Netflix after three seasons EW.com (blog) Daredevil cast 'heartbroken' as show is cancelled on Netflix after three seasons Metro 'Daredevil' Canceled at Netflix as Marvel Roster Shrinks to Two Hollywood Reporter Deadline  - Variety all 157 news articles » from Top Stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2P8qLzP

Three killed, eight injured in crash following US Border Patrol chase - NBCNews.com

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NBCNews.com Three killed, eight injured in crash following US Border Patrol chase NBCNews.com Three people were killed and eight others were injured, three of them seriously, on Thursday when a truck crashed on a California interstate near the Mexican border while fleeing U.S. Border Patrol agents, authorities said. The truck, which was ... Border Patrol Chase: Three killed, 8 injured in Interstate-8 crash CBS 8 San Diego 3 dead, 8 injured when Border Patrol uses spike strip to stop fleeing pickup on I-8 near Boulevard The San Diego Union-Tribune At least 3 people killed when a truck carrying passengers in cargo bed overturns while fleeing from Border Patrol Business Insider all 30 news articles » from Top Stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2zrXOKj

Two San Diego teens among three reportedly killed execution-style at Tijuana apartment complex - Los Angeles Times

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Los Angeles Times Two San Diego teens among three reportedly killed execution-style at Tijuana apartment complex Los Angeles Times Two San Diego teenagers and their Tijuana friend who set out for Ensenada for a Friday barbecue were shot and killed execution-style early Sunday at a Tijuana apartment complex, according to family members, school officials and Mexican media reports. Two American Teens Killed Execution-Style in Mexico Newsweek 2 San Diego teens tortured, killed execution-style in Tijuana fox5sandiego.com all 30 news articles » from Top Stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2P8qFYZ

Alleged kingpin 'El Chapo' Guzman once made Forbes billionaires list. He now dons Kmart suits at his trial - CNN

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CNN Alleged kingpin 'El Chapo' Guzman once made Forbes billionaires list. He now dons Kmart suits at his trial CNN New York (CNN) The late mobster John Gotti, the self-styled "Dapper Don," was a natty dresser known for his custom-tailored, double breasted suits, silk ties with matching pocket squares and handmade shoes. If the first week of testimony in Joaquín ... and more » from Top Stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2zxYptP

St. Louis Police Officers Charged With Beating Undercover Detective at 2017 Protest - New York Times

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New York Times St. Louis Police Officers Charged With Beating Undercover Detective at 2017 Protest New York Times Three St. Louis police officers were charged on Thursday with beating up an apparent protester who turned out to be an undercover detective on their own team, the authorities said. The officers were accused of attacking their own colleague during a ... 4 St. Louis police officers indicted, accused of beating an undercover colleague during Stockley protests STLtoday.com St. Louis officers accused of beating undercover colleague Associated Press (press release) (blog) all 76 news articles » from Top Stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2P8qCfL

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Fox News Breaking News Alert 3 dead, 8 injured after high-speed chase at border 11/29/18 11:45 PM

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Fox News Breaking News Alert Deputy US marshal killed in Arizona shooting 11/29/18 8:55 PM

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Fox News Breaking News Alert President Trump cancels meeting at G20 with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Ukraine tensions 11/29/18 8:44 AM

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Fox News Breaking News Alert Ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress in Russia probe 11/29/18 6:34 AM

Carphone Warehouse faces Black Friday backlash

Problems with credit checks led some customers to be wrongly refused smartphone contracts. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2E4L5kO

Nintendo smashes its rules for gaming vloggers

The gaming giant will now let players share videos on YouTube, Twitch and others. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2E5Vc91

Facebook's UK political ad rules kick in

Facebook starts to enforce its tighter political advertising rules in the UK following a delay. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2TVTpb1

Raids mounted on fake Indian tech support centres

Microsoft complained to local police, who arrested more than 50 people in call centres. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2DR4ULp

Smart meter fitting slows as deadline looms

Fewer smart meters are being fitted despite the government insisting all homes will have one by 2020. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2E4ldFo

What’s Stronger Than a Blue Wave? Gerrymandered Districts

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By MAGGIE ASTOR and K.K. REBECCA LAI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2TXEBsl

‘The Numbers Are So Staggering.’ Overdose Deaths Set a Record Last Year.

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By JOSH KATZ and MARGOT SANGER-KATZ from NYT The Upshot https://ift.tt/2Q53Af5

Trump’s Recall of Moscow Deal Matches Cohen’s, President’s Lawyers Say

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By MAGGIE HABERMAN, MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and SHARON LaFRANIERE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2BFdNpG

Microsoft Is Worth as Much as Apple. How Did That Happen?

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By STEVE LOHR from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2KGOuXm

Sheryl Sandberg Is Said to Have Asked Facebook Staff to Research George Soros

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By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and MATTHEW ROSENBERG from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2AC3UHw

Trump Is Compromised by Russia

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By MICHELLE GOLDBERG from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2Q4HZDs

What Cohen’s Deal Means for Trump

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By BARRY BERKE, NOAH BOOKBINDER and NORMAN EISEN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2KHQC14

Europe’s Jew Hatred, and Ours

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By BARI WEISS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2Q2nMhJ

The Rapid Rise and Sudden Fall of 6ix9ine

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By ALI WATKINS and JOE COSCARELLI from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2E7cy5c

Cohen Pleads Guilty and Details Trump’s Involvement in Moscow Tower Project

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By MARK MAZZETTI, BENJAMIN WEISER, BEN PROTESS and MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2FKXOKZ

Jewish Professor Finds Swastikas Spray-Painted in Office at Columbia

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By MICHAEL GOLD from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2KIBd0m

You Don’t Want Fries With That

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By CHRISTOPHER MELE from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2FOgWI5

Deutsche Bank Offices Are Searched in Money Laundering Investigation

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By JACK EWING, MELISSA EDDY and AMIE TSANG from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2BFSHYA

The 10 Best Books of 2018

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By Unknown Author from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2rcAJXl

Senators, Furious Over Khashoggi Killing, Spurn President on War in Yemen

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By GARDINER HARRIS, ERIC SCHMITT, HELENE COOPER and NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2P73IFy

What Is Robert Mueller Thinking?

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By CRISTIAN FARIAS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2PYg8EY

Russia-Ukraine crisis clouds G20 summit in Buenos Aires

Leaders gather in Argentina amid tension with Russia over Ukraine and a US trade row with China. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2FOo3QB

Charlottesville driver Alex Fields Jr acted in anger, trial told

The trial opens of Alex Fields Jr, who drove a car into a crowd in Virginia in 2017, killing a woman. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2DSo1on

Berta Cáceres: Seven convicted of murdering anti-dam activist

A Honduran court finds seven men guilty of killing renowned environmental campaigner Berta Cáceres. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2TSu4ia

South Korean train crosses DMZ into North Korea

A group of experts will travel around North Korea working out how to update its ageing train network. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2DQfi6a

Whale stranding: Another 50 pilot whales die off NZ

The mass stranding on Chatham Island means more than 200 whales have died off NZ in the past week. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2DPNHSx

MeToo founder Tarana Burke: Campaign now 'unrecognisable'

Tarana Burke first used the phrase 12 years ago before it became a global movement last year. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zGF1ev

Australian students in mass climate protest

Thousands skip school to urge action on climate change, despite criticism from Australia's PM. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2DRMZEj

Michael Cohen in court: Trump ex-lawyer admits lying to Congress

Michael Cohen says he lied "out of loyalty" to Mr Trump, while the president says he is "weak". from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2RtGv2c

Merkel's plane makes unscheduled landing after technical hitch

The German chancellor will miss the start of the G20 in Argentina after her flight had to turn back. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2repfCG

Southwest Airlines apologises for mocking girl's name

Southwest Airlines has offered its "sincere apology" after staff mocked five-year-old Abcde Redford. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2FN4tUX

Georgia woman jailed as 'cops mistake candy floss for meth'

A Georgia woman was charged with meth trafficking due to a faulty police drug test, says a lawsuit. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2P9tOaQ

G20: So how does the summit work?

The G20 summit of the world's most powerful leaders begins in Buenos Aires on Friday. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ShPNyz

Michael Cohen: What Trump lashing out at his ex-lawyer reveals

Michael Cohen is a liar and a "weak person", according to the president. Anthony Zurcher analyses his response. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2E5qsVE

How Disney's Wreck It Ralph is challenging Disney's stereotypes

Why Ralph Breaks The Internet is the Disney sequel that is not afraid of poking fun at a Disney stereotype. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zzazmj

'Miss Environment': The 11-year-old girl 'saving Lagos'

Misimi Isimi is an 11-year-old environmentalist on a mission to clean up Lagos. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zz5cn9

Syrian on 'sound and smell of freedom' after months in airport

Syrian Hassan al-Kontar had not been outside for nine months - but now has a new home in Canada. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PYXtJc

How do you make a vinyl record?

Watch behind the scenes as a vinyl record is processed from start to finish. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2QpItn5

Like Ali v Frazier, how Magnus Carlsen kept his World Chess title after 50 hours and 12 draws

Norway's world number one Magnus Carlsen retains his World Chess Championship after 12 draws and more than 50 hours of play - eventually beating Fabiano Caruana in a tie-breaker. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2TZqWkT

Starbucks to block porn on free wi-fi in US

The coffee chain says watching porn has always been banned, but it will now block access to content. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2rdnLsn

Shenzhen Half Marathon: Traffic cameras catch cheats taking shortcut

Almost 250 runners in the Shenzhen Half Marathon are caught cheating by traffic cameras that show them taking a shortcut through bushes. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2DQnCmd

China employees fined for walking fewer than 180,000 steps

Staff at a real estate firm had to walk 6,000 steps a day in order to avoid a fine. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2SkYVSP

Sabarimala: India activist held for 'explicit' thigh photo

Rehana Fathima made an unsuccessful attempt last month to enter one of Hinduism's holiest temples. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KI5KeN

The French village that fears for its British community

Alet-les-Bains has benefited from a British influx and many there fear the aftermath of Brexit. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2E4RKez

Carmichael project: Visiting Australia's controversial Adani mine

The BBC's Vineet Khare visited the controversial Carmichael project by Indian energy giant Adani. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2U09RqC

'Hermione has taught me how to be angry'

The actress Noma Dumezweni, best known for playing Hermione Granger in the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, says women need to learn how to be angry. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2QurIqM

Africa's week in pictures: 23-29 November 2018

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2E4SoZx

Syria did not shoot down Israeli war plane: RIA cites source

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Syrian air defenses shot down several targets but did not shoot down an Israeli war plane on Thursday, Russia's RIA news agency cited an unnamed Syrian security source as saying on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2KH8KYN

Sri Lanka parliament halts ministers' salaries to hinder disputed PM

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Sri Lanka's parliament on Friday voted to halt payment of ministers' salaries and travel expenses, but it remained unclear how the move would impact the disputed government of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa whose ministers boycotted the vote. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2zxvg1O

Merkel protege and old rival battle to lead Germany's ruling party

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The race to succeed Angela Merkel as leader of Germany's ruling conservatives, and take pole position to succeed her as chancellor, is going down to the wire. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Paxdq2

Australian kids walk out of school to protest climate inaction

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Thousands of children walked out of school across Australia on Friday in protest against government inaction on climate change, prompting a rebuke from a minister who said they were setting themselves up for "failure". from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2E462w5

Angry Indian farmers march on parliament to denounce their plight

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Tens of thousands of Indian farmers and rural workers marched to the Indian parliament in the capital, New Delhi, on Friday in a protest against soaring operating costs and plunging produce prices that have brought misery to many. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2SiQJTb

Germany checking if Merkel's plane woes had 'criminal' cause: paper

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German investigators are checking whether there was any criminal cause behind the malfunction of a plane carrying Chancellor Angela Merkel to the G20 summit in Argentina, German newspaper Rheinische Post reported on Friday, citing security sources. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QqKFe1