| Gruesome murder leaves 2 children, 2 adults dead Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:05 AM PST  Investigators in Troy, New York are on the hunt for the people responsible for murdering two children, their mother and her girlfriend. The bodies were found a day after Christmas.
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| Roy Moore Files Lawsuit Contesting Alabama's Senate Election Results Posted: 28 Dec 2017 12:27 AM PST  Former Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore filed a lawsuit on Wednesday night contesting the outcome of the state's special election.
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| Trump reportedly fired his entire HIV/AIDS council by FedEx letter Posted: 29 Dec 2017 09:01 AM PST  President Donald Trump reportedly fired the sixteen remaining members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) Wednesday via a letter FedExed from the White House.
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| Female Comedian From 'Last Comic Standing' Sued For Banning Men From Show Posted: 28 Dec 2017 01:04 PM PST  A man is suing comedian Iliza Shlesinger for waging a "War On Men" after he was denied entry to her November show, "Girls Night In With Iliza — No Boys Allowed."
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| Deadly Bronx Fire Caused by Child Playing With Stove, Officials Say Posted: 29 Dec 2017 08:24 AM PST  12 people perished in the fire
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| Increased police presence in Times Square on New Year’s Eve Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:05 AM PST In the wake of the recent attempted suicide bombing in New York City and the Las Vegas hotel shooting, the New York Police Department announced new steps to protect people in Times Square on New Year's Eve.
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| At Least 15 People Have Been Killed in Mumbai After a Fire Engulfs a Building Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:21 PM PST  A fire broke out early Friday in an upscale rooftop restaurant in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital, leaving at least 15 dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
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| Tuscon Police Release Footage of Man Impersonating a Police Officer Posted: 27 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST  The suspect allegedly made fake traffic stops in Arizona and handcuffed one of his victims.
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| Solange Opens Up About Autonomic Disorder She's Been Battling For Months Posted: 28 Dec 2017 07:35 AM PST  Solange just revealed she won't be performing in South Africa at Afropunk's upcoming New Year's Eve show due to medical issues.
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| Shy 10-year-old Oklahoma boy looking for a permanent home Posted: 28 Dec 2017 07:54 AM PST  A shy fourth grader from Oklahoma is turning to the public in hopes that someone will read his story and make him a part of their family.
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| Trump Administration Moves To Weaken Offshore Safety Rules Prompted By 2010 Spill Posted: 28 Dec 2017 07:21 PM PST  The Trump administration moved on Thursday to eliminate key offshore safety regulations adopted in the wake of the deadly Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the biggest in the nation's history.
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| 12 dead in fast-moving New York City apartment fire Posted: 28 Dec 2017 09:54 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — The deadliest residential fire to hit New York City in at least a quarter century swept through a Bronx apartment building Thursday on one of the coldest nights this winter, killing 12 people and leaving four more fighting for their lives, city officials said.
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| Most popular Yahoo News photo galleries of 2017 – The countdown Posted: 29 Dec 2017 04:50 AM PST  The countdown of photo galleries that our Yahoo readers liked the best this year! Check back in as we'll be counting down the top 10 until New Year's Eve.
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| Brazil's top court suspends parts of President Temer's Christmas pardons Posted: 28 Dec 2017 02:51 PM PST ![Brazil's top court suspends parts of President Temer's Christmas pardons]( "Brazil's top court suspends parts of President Temer's Christmas pardons") By Ricardo Brito and Jake Spring BRASILIA (Reuters) - The head of Brazil's Supreme Court suspended parts of a Christmas decree from President Michel Temer granting pardons to convicted criminals on Thursday, saying Temer's actions needed further examination by the court. Cármen Lúcia ruled largely in favor of a legal challenge by Brazil's top prosecutor, Raquel Dodge, who said on Wednesday that the pardons were unconstitutional and threatened a probe into the country's largest-ever corruption scandal.
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| Mother Says Alabama Police Beat Black 17-Year-Old Son Posted: 29 Dec 2017 09:17 AM PST  Angela Williams shared a photo of her son's bloodied face on Facebook
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| 10 Winter Hats For Natural Hair That'll Protect Your Beautiful Curls Posted: 29 Dec 2017 11:52 AM PST  I know the struggle that is trying to find a winter hat or beanie that will stylishly fit over my massive head of hair ― which I recently transitioned back to its naturally curly state.
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| Remembering Those Lost in 2017 Posted: 27 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST  "World News Tonight" remembers some of the people who helped shape history.
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| Blue Apron Is Launching A Whole30 Meal Plan Just In Time For The New Year Posted: 29 Dec 2017 11:54 AM PST  If your New Year's resolution is to eat cleaner and healthier, the challenge just got a little bit easier.
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| Israel retaliates to Gaza rocket attack, no injuries Posted: 29 Dec 2017 08:25 AM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's military retaliated to rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip on Friday with strikes on posts used by the Islamic militant group Hamas that rules the territory. The exchange caused no casualties on either side.
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| Tehran Police Say Women Will No Longer Be Arrested For Violating 'Islamic' Dress Code Posted: 28 Dec 2017 11:26 AM PST  Police in Iran's capital are loosening up restrictions regarding dress code after decades of pushback from women in the country.
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| Trump has spent a third of his presidency so far at Trump-branded properties Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:09 AM PST  Since the president opts to spend working vacations at Trump properties and has not fully separated from his business, government money spent there could ultimately end up in his pocket.
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| South Korea finalizes energy plan to boost renewable power generation Posted: 28 Dec 2017 11:59 PM PST ![South Korea finalizes energy plan to boost renewable power generation]( "South Korea finalizes energy plan to boost renewable power generation") South Korea has finalised a power supply plan that aims to make renewables the country's fuel of choice for power generation for the next 15 years, its energy ministry said on Friday. The plan is largely unchanged from a draft released earlier this month that outlined the gradual reduction in use of coal and nuclear fuel as the usage of gas and renewables for power generation increased over 2017-2031. South Korea plans to meet 20 percent of its total electricity consumption with renewables by 2030.
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| Deadly Police Shooting May Have Been Result of Online Gaming Prank Posted: 29 Dec 2017 11:27 AM PST  The practice is known as "swatting"
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| India's 'moonwalking' traffic cop turns heads Posted: 29 Dec 2017 01:17 AM PST  "I have been a Michael Jackson fan for years and copied his moonwalk step to halt traffic 12 years ago," Singh told AFP. "It's a tiring task maintaining traffic amid noise pollution and reckless motorists but moonwalking amuses commuters and drivers," Singh added, after another tiring day seemingly gliding backwards across the street. Singh claims the number of traffic violations at the high court intersection where he spends most days has fallen over the years.
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| 'I’m Not Giving up My Voice.' Sen. Al Franken Makes First Public Statement Since Resigning Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:21 PM PST  Sen. Al Franken spoke to his supporters in Minneapolis Thursday evening after resigning due to sexual harassment allegations made against him.
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| Pour One Out, Flavortown Fans: Guy Fieri's Times Square Restaurant Is Closing Posted: 29 Dec 2017 08:57 AM PST  "Flavortown" fans, put on your best flame shirt and prepare to bury your feelings in a whole lot of donkey sauce.
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| Apartment building fire in Bronx, N.Y., is deadliest in decades Posted: 29 Dec 2017 07:26 AM PST ![Apartment building fire in Bronx, N.Y., is deadliest in decades]( "Apartment building fire in Bronx, N.Y., is deadliest in decades") New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says investigators believe a Bronx fire that killed 12 was caused by a child playing with a stove.
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| Trump White House's Revolving Door Of Staff Changes Expected To Continue In The New Year Posted: 29 Dec 2017 09:06 AM PST  White House officials, led by chief of staff John Kelly, are reportedly plotting a staff shakeup in the new year, as President Donald Trump and his administration continue to weather scandals and defeats, and prepare for what could be tumultuous midterm elections in 2018.
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| Turkey's Erdogan seeks to mend strained ties with Europe Posted: 28 Dec 2017 02:23 PM PST  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signaled he wants to mend fences with the governments of several European nations he's quarreled with this year, saying Turkey must "decrease the number of enemies and increase friends."
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| Death Of Argentine Prosecutor Investigating Massive Terror Attack Ruled A Murder Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:18 AM PST  More than two decades after the deadliest bombing in Argentina's history, the details of the unresolved massacre are only becoming more mysterious.
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| Fighting in northwestern Syria kills 66: monitor Posted: 29 Dec 2017 01:34 AM PST  Clashes pitting mainly jihadist and rebel fighters against regime forces backed by Russian warplanes killed at 66 people on the edge of Syria's northwestern Idlib province, a monitor said Friday. Among the victims were at least 19 civilians killed by air strikes, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that the casualties were over 24 hours of fighting in an area straddling Idlib and Hama provinces. The head of the Observatory, Rami Abdel Rahman, said seven children were among the civilian victims.
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| Brazil defense ministry opposes giving up Embraer control to Boeing Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:12 AM PST ![Brazil defense ministry opposes giving up Embraer control to Boeing]( "Brazil defense ministry opposes giving up Embraer control to Boeing") (Reuters) - Brazil's defense minister voiced opposition on Thursday to selling control in Embraer SA to Boeing Co , saying the defense operations of the Brazilian planemaker cannot be separated from the commercial business. Boeing and Embraer said last week they were discussing a "potential combination", in a move that would consolidate a global passenger jet duopoly provided Brazil's government gives its blessing. Defense Minister Raul Jungmann said on Thursday the ministry was concerned that the negotiations between the aerospace companies had advanced without its knowledge.
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| Branch Davidian follower calls 911 as ATF raids compound: 'There are children and women in here!' Posted: 29 Dec 2017 08:45 AM PST  Wayne Martin, a member of the Branch Davidians, called 911 to call off the raid as gunfire broke out at the Mount Carmel Center near Waco, Texas on Feb. 28, 1993.
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| AP PHOTOS: Jerusalem walls offer glimpse of city's richness Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:28 PM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — What would Jerusalem be without its walls? Poets have sung of them since ancient times, they are mentioned in the Book of Psalms, and they have shadowed conflicts past and present.
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| NYPD Officers Suspended After Witnesses Say They Didn't Check On Woman Later Found Dead Posted: 29 Dec 2017 12:55 AM PST  Two New York City police officers were suspended after witnesses said they failed to leave their car to check on a young woman who was later found dead at the bottom of a stairwell.
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| Ivanka Trump's Vacation Picture Has A Confederate Flag In The Background Posted: 28 Dec 2017 11:18 AM PST  One of Ivanka Trump's photos from her family's holiday break in Florida is causing quite the stir.
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| Venezuela blames Portugal for sabotaging Christmas with ham delays as protesters urge 'pork revolution' Posted: 29 Dec 2017 09:01 AM PST  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accused Portugal of sabotaging Christmas as a shorage of pork led to anti-government protests spilling onto the streets. According to Mr Maduro and his socialist government, the Portuguese authorities were pressured into preventing the delivery of two "giant boats" laden with government-subsidized ham, a favoured seasonal meat, due to an international conspiracy led by the United States. "So, what happened to the ham?" Mr Maduro asked in a televised Christmas address on Wednesday after hundreds of people took to the streets in poor parts of Caracas on Wednesday night in protest at the shortage. "We were sabotaged. I can name one country: Portugal. Everything was ready because we bought up all the ham there was in Venezuela, but we had to import [more] so I gave the order and signed off on the payments." Some pockets of protests continued on Thursday morning, in what some social media users dubbed the "pork revolution". Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro took to state television to denounce a US-led conspiracy Credit: REUTERS Diosdado Cabello, the former speaker of parliament and a key figure in Venezuela's ruling party, placed ultimate blame for the ham shortage at the feet of the "gringo" US government. "And why didn't the ham arrive? Because of the blockage against us. The Portuguese made an agreement, then they were frightened by the gringos and they didn't send the hams." But the Portuguese government has denied any involvement in the alleged Christmas sabotage. "I know that ham to Venezuelans is as important as cod is to us at Christmas, but the fact that distribution has been delayed has nothing to do with the Portuguese government", said Portugal's foreign minister, Augusto Santos Silva. A bemused Mr Santos Silva explained that the only restrictions on trade with Venezuela are "sanctions against that country approved in the framework of the European Union", naming the freezing of certain assets if found in Europe and the sale of some military material. As Venezuelans protest in Caracas demanding the government's prommised pork -the main dish of the Christmas and New Year's dinner-, President Nicolas Maduro attributes the shortage to international sabotage Credit: FEDERICO PARRA/ AFP But on Thursday a statement by food company Raporal appeared to clarify the crux of the dispute, explaining that it and other Portuguese exporters had yet to be paid in full for last year's consignment of meat products shipped to Venezuela. According to Raporal, a contract of €63.5 million was signed in 2016 for the supply of 14,000 tons of meat, but "€40 million remains unpaid". Venezuela's acute economic crisis has led to shortages of many consumer products in recent months, including petrol, despite the country being a major oil producer. Street protests turned violent earlier this year after President Maduro stripped the powers of the opposition-controlled legislative, replacing it with a puppet assembly.
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| World's Wealthiest Billionaires Got Nearly $1 Trillion Richer In 2017: Bloomberg Posted: 28 Dec 2017 06:43 AM PST  The rich aren't just getting richer — they're getting much, much richer.
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| Russia hit by several terrorist attacks in 2017 Posted: 28 Dec 2017 01:57 AM PST  Russia has suffered several terrorist assaults this year, including a deadly attack on the Saint Petersburg metro in April that left 15 dead and dozens wounded. - On April 3, a bomb in the Saint Petersburg metro killed 15 people and wounded dozens. The deadly blast was the first in Russia since October 31, 2015, when a bomb exploded on a plane carrying Russian holidaymakers from Egypt, killing all 224 people on board.
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| Court rules 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz', 96, must go to jail Posted: 29 Dec 2017 05:08 AM PST ![Court rules 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz', 96, must go to jail]( "Court rules 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz', 96, must go to jail") Germany's constitutional court has ruled that a 96-year-old German must go to jail over his role in mass murders committed at the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz during World War Two, refusing to overturn a lower court ruling. Oskar Groening, known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz" for his job counting cash taken from the camp's victims, was sentenced to four years' jail in 2015, but wrangling over his health and age have delayed the start of his sentence. The constitutional court rejected the argument by Groening's lawyers that imprisonment at his advanced age would violate his right to life, adding that the gravity of his crimes meant there was a particular need for him to be seen to be punished.
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| This Is How China Is Slowly Creeping into Latin America Posted: 28 Dec 2017 06:40 PM PST  As China's 19th Party Congress consolidates Xi Jinping's position as the country's most ambitious leader since Deng Xiaoping or possibly Mao Zedong, China and the United States are engaging in a global rivalry that echoes the Cold War with the Soviet Union. Latin America is the scene of China's latest offensive.
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| Beer stores near American Indian reservation fight tax bill Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:47 AM PST ![Beer stores near American Indian reservation fight tax bill]( "Beer stores near American Indian reservation fight tax bill") LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The owners of four now-closed stores that sold millions of cans of beer next to an American Indian reservation where alcohol is banned are fighting a steep Nebraska tax bill.
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| Marco Rubio: Tax Bill ‘Probably Went Too Far’ On Corporate Handouts Posted: 29 Dec 2017 02:31 PM PST  has some hangups about the GOP's tax bill, and he's speaking out ― over a week after he delivered a crucial vote in its favor and helped send it to President Donald Trump's desk.
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