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Yahoo News Explains: The cost of Trump’s tariff war

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President Trump’s trade war is causing some real-world consequences in America. General Motors just announced its plans to cut more than 14,000 jobs. Yahoo News explains who’s paying the consequences. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SiFg6k

Trump says he doesn't believe in climate change because 'air and water is at a record clean'

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Donald Trump has said he does not believe in manmade climate change because America’s water and air is “right now at a record clean”. Asked why he was sceptical of a global warming report published by his own government, the US president gave a rambling response, much of it not backed by evidence, in which he blamed forest management, “small” oceans and China over the issue. “One of the problems that a lot of people like myself - we have very high levels of intelligence, but we’re not necessarily such believers,” Mr Trump told The Washington Post. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QvRRpc

Republicans Sink Trump Judicial Nominee Hostile To Black Voters' Rights

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WASHINGTON ― In a shocking defeat for President Donald Trump, Sen. Tim Scott from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FQtHSm

Exclusive: Boeing eyes Lion Air crash software upgrade in 6-8 weeks

Big Senate Majority Rebukes Trump Administration, Saudi Arabia Over Yemen War

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WASHINGTON ― A striking majority of senators voted Wednesday afternoon to move from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2r9mOBz

Syria state TV says air defenses repelled missile attack

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's air defenses confronted an aerial "aggression" over the country's south late Thursday, shooting down several targets and preventing them from carrying out their mission in the first such attack since Syria received a Russian air defense system last month, state TV said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Pa5Qwi

2020 Jeep Gladiator JT Pickup Scrambles to the Front of the Mid-Size Pack

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More than just a Wrangler with a bed, the Gladiator can tow 7650 pounds or haul 1600 pounds. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2DPR3Vx

The Latest: Alderman rejects plea deal; heads to trial

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CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on hearing for a prominent Chicago alderman accused of corruption (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2BGAxWx

Redesigned 2020 Kia Soul Remains Stylish, Practical, and Distinct

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The new 2020 Kia Soul retains the blend of personality and versatility that it has been known for, with its familiar boxy shape and focus on style. Although the new Soul may look familiar, it ri... from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2E3UOaL

Reporter's Notebook: One-on-one with Ivanka Trump

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An inside look at ABC News' exclusive interview with the president's daughter. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2BFo0Cu

Cindy Hyde-Smith's Response To Whether She Regrets Racist Comments: 'I'm A Cowgirl'

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Mississippi Senate incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) didn't use the opportunity from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2raXI53

Senate Panel Delays Vote On Trump's Pick To Lead ICE Over Tweet Critical Of President

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President Donald Trump's newest pick to lead Immigration and Customs from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2AvQLjm

U.S. indicts Iranian hackers responsible for deploying 'SamSam' ransomware

The United States on Wednesday indicted two Iranians for launching a major cyber attack using ransomware known as "SamSam" and sanctioned two others for helping exchange the ransom payments from Bitcoin digital currency into rials. The 34-month long hacking scheme wreaked havoc on hospitals, schools, companies and government agencies, including the cities of Atlanta, Georgia, and Newark, New Jersey, causing over $30 million in losses to victims and allowing the alleged hackers to collect over $6 million in ransom payments. The deployment of the SamSam ransomware represented some of the highest profile cyber attacks on U.S. soil, including one in 2016 that forced Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital in Los Angeles to turn away patients and one last year that shut down Atlanta courts and much of its city government. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2RkxGrL

See Photos of the Audi e-tron GT Concept

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Graham Vows to Block GOP Agenda Until CIA Briefs Congress on Khashoggi Murder

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Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Wednesday that he would not support a new government-funding bill or the confirmation of Republican judicial nominees until the CIA is allowed to brief lawmakers on the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. If that briefing is not given soon, it’s gonna be hard for me to vote for any spending bill,” Graham told reporters on Capitol Hill. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense James Mattis gave Congress a classified briefing on Khashoggi’s assassination at the hands of Saudi agents Wednesday morning, but CIA director Gina Haspel was not present. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Qp24E5

Hakeem Jeffries Wins Contested House Democratic Caucus Chair Race

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WASHINGTON ― In perhaps the most contentious battle for House Democratic from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2BFXiK1

Israel bombs targets in south Syria, near Damascus: monitor

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Israeli jets bombed several areas in southern Syria and near Damascus on Thursday drawing retaliatory fire from the ground, a monitoring group said. The Israeli military made no comment on the reported strikes, during which Syrian air defences opened fire for the first time since the deadly downing of a Russian transport plane in September, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "Israeli forces bombarded for an hour positions in the southern and southwestern suburbs of Damascus as well as in the south of Syria at the border of Quneitra province," Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2DQ12dz

Trump says he doesn't believe in climate change because 'air and water is at a record clean'

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Donald Trump has said he does not believe in manmade climate change because America’s water and air is “right now at a record clean”. Asked why he was sceptical of a global warming report published by his own government, the US president gave a rambling response, much of it not backed by evidence, in which he blamed forest management, “small” oceans and China over the issue. “One of the problems that a lot of people like myself - we have very high levels of intelligence, but we’re not necessarily such believers,” Mr Trump told The Washington Post. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QvRRpc

Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Michael Cohen’s New Guilty Plea

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It's been nearly eight months since the FBI raided Michael Cohen's New York from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2RpSG0i

House Democrats agree: It's time for the same generation

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A few of the Democratic Party’s young stars in the House took on Nancy Pelosi this week and proved mainly that none of them have anything like the political acumen to replace her. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FKLFWp

Yahoo News Explains: The cost of Trump’s tariff war

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President Trump’s trade war is causing some real-world consequences in America. General Motors just announced its plans to cut more than 14,000 jobs. Yahoo News explains who’s paying the consequences. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SiFg6k

Senate Advances Judicial Nominee Known For Weakening Black Voters' Rights

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WASHINGTON ― The Senate on Wednesday inched closer to confirming Thomas Farr from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FOBhwS

The Latest: Alderman rejects plea deal; heads to trial

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CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on hearing for a prominent Chicago alderman accused of corruption (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2BGAxWx

Putin says Russia ditching dollar in sanctions response

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President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia had no choice but to cut its dependency on dollars to conduct trade, after becoming the target of increasingly severe US sanctions. "It isn't our goal to desert the dollar," Putin told an investment forum in comments broadcast on national television. The dollar is the preeminent currency in international trade. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Q0CDJG

7 of the Best Snow Tires You Can Fit for Winter Driving

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Senators Clash with State Department over Saudi Arabia

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A bipartisan group of senators emerged frustrated from a briefing with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saudi Arabia policy Wednesday, with some even saying the classified meeting convinced them to buck the administration by publicly opposing the longtime U.S. ally. The Senate is considering a vote on a resolution that would end U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s proxy war with Iran in Yemen. The contentious issue of the Yemen war was further complicated by the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last month. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2E19UOv

Mexico says migrants have right to seek U.S. asylum, rejects closing border

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Videgaray, who leaves office at the weekend, said the incoming Mexican government was also not planning to accept U.S. demands that it give asylum to the migrants, thousands of whom have arrived at the U.S.-Mexican border in caravans in recent weeks. Videgaray said the migrants were welcome to stay in Mexico while they waited to file asylum claims in the United States. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2TVF8vc

Audi unveils concept for forthcoming all-electric coupé

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The German automaker's fully electric e-tron GT concept made its global debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show, which opens to the public Friday, November 30, 2018. Volume production is scheduled to start in late 2020. The Audi e-tron GT concept is a fully electric four-door coupé that's particularly powerful. It has two separate electric motors, fitted on the front and rear axles, for system power of 434kW, equivalent to 590 horsepower. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QwXwLI

The Gene-Edited Babies And CRISPR-Cas9 Controversy, Explained

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Outrage continues to grow over the news that Chinese scientist He Jiankui from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Sl6uJf

Witness says El Chapo tried to kill him four times

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Miguel Angel "El Gordo" Martinez was extradited to the United States in 2001 and was subpoenaed to testify at Guzman's federal trial in Brooklyn. The terms of his witness protection program affording him a new identity in the United States require him to cooperate with the government. "I never mentioned Mr Guzman, I never failed him, I never stole from him, I never betrayed him, I took care of all his family and the only thing I got from him is four attacks against me," he told jurors. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FNIkWG

Missing girl, 13, found in Oklahoma after alleged abduction

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Authorities found Aubrey Acree with a 23-year-old man in Checotah, Oklahoma, more than 900 miles from the girl's home in Rutherford County, North Carolina, according to the FBI. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FLe3YA

Trump outsources his Twitter rage to fan and parody accounts

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President Trump, who usually composes his own Twitter diatribes, relied on fan accounts and supporters Wednesday morning to attack Hillary Clinton, General Motors, Robert Mueller’s investigation and the migrant caravans. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2rcQv4K

Border Patrol's Use Of Tear Gas On Civilians Is A Grim Warning About America's Future

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You've already seen the photo: A woman on the U.S.-Mexico border grips two from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SjPNxX

Chris Cuomo Shreds Hypocrite Christians Who Celebrate Christmas But Reject Migrants

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Chris Cuomo delivered a powerful "Closing Argument" Wednesday night in which from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KH39BU

The Latest: City meets with family of man killed by police

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a black man at an Alabama shopping mall (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2RjmLhN

Nancy Pelosi Wins Democratic Speaker Nomination

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WASHINGTON ― Despite a group of Democrats vowing to block her, Nancy Pelosi from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FMxJey

Ten keys to understand what is at stake at the summit

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The 2017 G-20 Summit, in Germany1- How will the dynamics of the summit be? The meeting will take place between November 30 and December 1 and will have Costa Salguero as core venue, although there will also be activities in the center of Buenos Aires. The leaders will participate in four debate sessions, with the aim of reaching a final consensus statement among all the participants. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2AytqOd

Senate Panel Delays Vote On Trump's Pick To Lead ICE Over Tweet Critical Of President

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President Donald Trump's newest pick to lead Immigration and Customs from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2AvQLjm

The Latest: Alderman responds to search-warrant reports

CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on federal agents executing search warrants at the City Hall office of a powerful Chicago alderman (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QyA697

PHOTOS: President and first lady attend National Christmas Tree lighting

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President Trump led a countdown for the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on Wednesday, and first lady Melania Trump hit the switch to illuminate the decked-out spruce in President's Park, just south of the White House. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Awfi80

Merkel's Emergency Landing Investigated for Possible Crimes

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The Airbus A340 experienced difficulties southwest of Amsterdam on Thursday, less than an hour into the flight from Berlin. A routine inspection suggests a technical malfunction of the plane’s air-to-ground communications systems, a German Air Force spokesman in Berlin said by phone. News portal Spiegel Online reported the plane suffered a complete failure of its communication system that left the crew without contact with ground control. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2AE3Rej

Indonesia aviation in spotlight after Lion Air crash

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Indonesia is one of the world's fastest-growing aviation markets, but it has come under fresh scrutiny since a fatal Lion Air crash last month as the sector struggles to keep up with its breakneck expansion, putting safety at risk, analysts warn. On Wednesday, investigators issued a preliminary report that said the doomed Lion Air jet had technical problems that the airline failed to fix before its final flight. While officials did not lay blame or pinpoint a definitive cause of the October 29 accident, they said the budget carrier must take steps "to improve (its) safety culture". from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2RnsfYV

Putin defiant on Ukraine crisis despite Trump summit talks threat

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Russia seized the Ukrainian vessels and their crews on Sunday near Crimea, the Ukrainian region which Moscow annexed in 2014, over what it said was their illegal entry into Russian waters, which Ukraine denies. Some of Ukraine's Western allies have also raised the possibility of imposing new sanctions on Russia over the episode, which could deliver a blow to the Russian economy. Putin said he also still hoped to meet Trump at the G20, while the Kremlin said the meeting was still being prepared and Washington had not informed Moscow it was off. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FNccCq

42 Migrants Arrested in Border Clash Will Avoid Criminal Charges

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No criminal charges will be filed against the 42 migrants who were arrested after they clashed with Border Patrol agents at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego, Calif. on Sunday. The only two individuals Customs and Border Protection referred for prosecution ended up not being charged because they had medical problems and could not be held at the San Diego detention center, according to reports. “Depending on their country of citizenship and their case’s final disposition, the Border Patrol may turn those people over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” said Customs and Border Protection spokesman Ralph DeSio. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2rcjQvX

US indicts Iranians over hospital ransomware attacks

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The US Justice Department charged two Iranian hackers Wednesday with extorting at least $6 million from hospitals, city governments and public institutions in the US and Canada by remotely locking down their computer systems. The DOJ said Faramarz Shahi Savandi and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri deployed the SamSam Ransomware into the systems of more than 200 institutions, encrypting their operations to make them inaccessible until the owners paid ransoms by bitcoin. Victims included the city governments of Atlanta, Georgia and Newark, New Jersey, the University of Calgary in Canada, major US hospitals in Los Angeles and Kansas City, and Laboratory Corporation of America, or LabCorp, one of the world's largest medical testing businesses. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2P8fqzV

Republicans Sink Trump Judicial Nominee Hostile To Black Voters' Rights

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WASHINGTON ― In a shocking defeat for President Donald Trump, Sen. Tim Scott from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FQtHSm

The Latest: Alderman rejects plea deal; heads to trial

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CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on hearing for a prominent Chicago alderman accused of corruption (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2BGAxWx

Trevor Noah Blasts Paul Manafort For 'Resting Snitch Face'

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Trevor Noah, host of "The Daily Show," has refocused his attention on the from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KJgadW

Soaking rain, flash floods in California could pose a risk of mudslides near wildfire-scorched areas

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Wildfire survivors and residents within the proximity of fire-scorched areas in California have to deal with yet another potentially deadly threat. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2RnOkXv

California AG Considering Legal Challenge to Use of Force on Border

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California attorney general Xavier Becerra said Wednesday that his office is “monitoring” the use of force against a caravan of migrants and the possible closure of the southern border and considering filing a legal challenge. “We have been approached by folks who have expressed complaints,” Becerra told Reuters in an interview. Becerra, a Democrat and former member of Congress, suggested that president Trump’s threat to close the border in response to the influx of central American migrants arriving in caravans might provide a legal avenue to challenge the administration, provided the border closure affects a California resident. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FJcA4O

Putin says Russia 'satisfied' with oil at $60

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Russia is happy with the current oil price level of around $60 dollars per barrel, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, despite a recent dramatic oil price slump on global oversupply worries. The oil price "fell and then rose again but in my opinion, a level around $60 is quite acceptable, we are completely satisfied," he told an investment forum. Russia's latest budget had been built on the assumption of oil at $40, he said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2P59xn7