Saturday, August 31, 2019

Assam NRC: People queue to check they are on list

The list effectively strips about 1.9 million people in the state of their citizenship.

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The churches trying to save Ethiopia's trees

The forests provide protective 'clothing' for sacred spaces but farmland is putting these ancient trees at risk.

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Premier League: Why Nigeria's passion for English football continues

As England's Premier League continues to grip Nigeria, the football phone-ins are intense listening.

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How migrants cross the Channel from Calais

The BBC's Gavin Lee boards a small boat to see some of the dangers face by migrants who cross the English Channel.

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Hong Kong police storm metro system after protests

Footage shows officers beating people with batons and using pepper spray in train carriages.

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FOX NEWS: 'Will & Grace' star celebrates sign calling black Trump voters mentally ill


'Will & Grace' star celebrates sign calling black Trump voters mentally ill



Actress Debra Messing appears to have endorsed an Alabama church's message that black supporters of President Trump are mentally ill.

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Hong Kong police raid metro system

Riot police violently tackle suspected protesters in Hong Kong's metro system after demonstrations.

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FOX NEWS: Cancel culture Twitter mob goes after businesses allegedly supporting Trump


Cancel culture Twitter mob goes after businesses allegedly supporting Trump



There’s nothing they won't do to cancel you!

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FOX NEWS: 'America is sick of this': Democrats renew call for tighter gun laws after West Texas shootings


'America is sick of this': Democrats renew call for tighter gun laws after West Texas shootings



Democratic lawmakers and presidential candidates renewed their calls for tougher gun legislation after 24 people were shot, five of them fatally, during a series of shootings in West Texas.

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Thai palace shares unusually candid images of king’s consort

Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi is shown flying a fighter jet, wearing combat fatigues, and firing a gun.

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Woman with house full of hedgehogs says 'no more'

Paula Garner is currently nursing more than 80 poorly hedgehogs back to health.

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FOX NEWS: Dr. Nathaniel Ott describes how he helped a Texas shooting victim


Dr. Nathaniel Ott describes how he helped a Texas shooting victim



Dr. Nathaniel Ott talks about treating a Texas shooting victim.

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FOX NEWS: At least 24 shot, 5 killed in West Texas rampage, official says; suspect dead


At least 24 shot, 5 killed in West Texas rampage, official says; suspect dead



At least 21 people were shot and five people were killed Saturday in a series of shootings in the area of Midland and Odessa, Texas, an Odessa city official told Fox News.

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What we learned from the Harvey Weinstein documentary Untouchable

Women who accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault shed light on their stories in a new film.

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Mat Dan: 'I became an accidental celebrity 6,000 miles from home'

When Daniel Tyler went backpacking, little did he know he'd end up a star in Malaysia.

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Sheryl Crow on her final album, #MeToo and being an outsider in the 1990s

The star talks about singing with her heroes on her 11th and apparently final album Threads.

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FOX NEWS: Florida police officer arrested on child pornography charges


Florida police officer arrested on child pornography charges



A Boynton Beach Police officer has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on federal charges of possession of child pornography.

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FOX NEWS: Maryland man sentenced to 30 months in prison for role in $20M Ponzi scheme


Maryland man sentenced to 30 months in prison for role in $20M Ponzi scheme



A Maryland man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of more than $20 million, the Justice Department announced this week.

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FOX NEWS: Pence comments on the deadly Texas shooting, Hurricane Dorian


Pence comments on the deadly Texas shooting, Hurricane Dorian



Vice President Pence comments on deadly Texas shooting and Hurricane Dorian.

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Friday, August 30, 2019

FOX NEWS: Former Canadian PM apologizes for tweet hoping hurricane hits Mar-a-Lago


Former Canadian PM apologizes for tweet hoping hurricane hits Mar-a-Lago



Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell and Trump 2020 campaign national press secretary Kayleigh McEnany react to the left's dangerous rhetoric.

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FOX NEWS: Gowdy: History will hold James Comey accountable regardless of an indictment


Gowdy: History will hold James Comey accountable regardless of an indictment



Fox News contributor and former congressman Trey Gowdy discusses the IG's report on James Comey.

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FOX NEWS: Rep. John Shimkus becomes latest Republican lawmaker to retire from Congress


Rep. John Shimkus becomes latest Republican lawmaker to retire from Congress



Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill. announced Friday he will not run for re-election to Congress in 2020, becoming the 14th Republican this cycle to retire, resign or seek another office.

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammad: Trial date set for 'architect of 9/11'

Khalid Sheikh Mohammad and four other men face the death penalty if found guilty.

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FOX NEWS: Stars react to death of Valerie Harper: 'She was incredibly courageous'


Stars react to death of Valerie Harper: 'She was incredibly courageous'



Hollywood was left with a huge void after the death of acting icon Valerie Harper.

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FOX NEWS: Yoo: Trump freed the Justice Department of James Comey


Yoo: Trump freed the Justice Department of James Comey



Media tries to spin Comey IG report; reaction from former deputy assistant attorney general John Yoo.

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FOX NEWS: Hurricane Dorian reaches category 4, continues to strengthen


Hurricane Dorian reaches category 4, continues to strengthen



Meteorologist Adam Klotz takes a look at Hurricane Dorian's projected path.

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FOX NEWS: New York man accused of plotting ISIS-inspired terror attack in Queens


New York man accused of plotting ISIS-inspired terror attack in Queens



A Queens man was arrested Thursday and accused of plotting a terrorist attack with a knife on behalf of the ISIS terror group, federal prosecutors announced Friday.

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FOX NEWS: Amazon's Ring gave police statistics about users who refused law enforcement requests


Amazon's Ring gave police statistics about users who refused law enforcement requests



Ring, the home security company owned by Amazon, tracked how users responded to law enforcement requests for footage captured by its doorbell video devices and gave overviews to police departments when requested to do so.

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DJ Arafat: Thousands pay tribute at Abidjan concert

Fans flock to honour the influential Ivorian musician, who died in a motorcycle accident this month.

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FOX NEWS: ‘Modern Family’ star Sofia Vergara slammed on social media over ‘tone deaf’ pics ahead of Hurricane Dorian


‘Modern Family’ star Sofia Vergara slammed on social media over ‘tone deaf’ pics ahead of Hurricane Dorian



Sofia Vergara‘s glam beach photos calling out Hurricane Dorian aren’t sitting too well with fans as many are readying for the storm.

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FOX NEWS: Stars react to death of Valerie Harper, 80, comic actress from ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show, ‘Rhoda’


Stars react to death of Valerie Harper, 80, comic actress from ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show, ‘Rhoda’



Hollywood was left with a huge void after the death of acting icon Valerie Harper.

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FOX NEWS: Hurricane Dorian strengthens to 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 storm


Hurricane Dorian strengthens to 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 storm



Hurricane Dorian has strengthened to a Category 4 storm with sustained winds near 130 mph, the National Hurricane Center announced Friday night.

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FOX NEWS: Texas couple, 5-year-old daughter dead in what appears to be murder-suicide: police


Texas couple, 5-year-old daughter dead in what appears to be murder-suicide: police



Texas authorities are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that left a married couple and their 5-year-old daughter dead, police said Friday.

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Trade war: US set to hit China with new wave of tariffs

The trade war between the world's two largest economies is set to intensify with new tariffs.

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FOX NEWS: California appeals court overturns sole conviction in Kate Steinle death


California appeals court overturns sole conviction in Kate Steinle death



A California state appeals court Friday overturned the lone conviction against an undocumented immigrant who shot and killed Kate Steinle on the San Francisco waterfront in 2015.

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FOX NEWS: Conviction of Kate Steinle's killer overturned


Conviction of Kate Steinle's killer overturned



Court throws out only conviction against immigrant who shot Steinle.

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FOX NEWS: Trial date set for 9/11 mastermind, co-conspirators


Trial date set for 9/11 mastermind, co-conspirators



Trial date set for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other four men charged with plotting the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

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FOX NEWS: Lawsuit by families of Charleston church shooting victims can proceed: court


Lawsuit by families of Charleston church shooting victims can proceed: court



A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a lawsuit against the federal government over a faulty background check that allowed a South Carolina man to purchase a handgun that he used to kill nine people at a historically black church in Charleston can go forward.

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Poland still counts losses from WW2 invasion

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the start of World War Two, Poland has reparations on its mind.

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Ezekiel Mutua: The man who polices Kenyan pop music

The head of the Film Classification Board has also banned a film for "promoting lesbianism".

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FOX NEWS: Trump says personal assistant was ‘drinking’ when she made 'hurtful' comments


Trump says personal assistant was ‘drinking’ when she made 'hurtful' comments



President Trump on Friday expressed disappointment over what he described as the “unfortunate” departure this week of his personal assistant Madeleine Westerhout over "hurtful" comments she made to reporters at a recent off-the-record gathering.

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FOX NEWS: Nunes: There is no excuse for an FBI director to be this dirty


Nunes: There is no excuse for an FBI director to be this dirty



Brennan, Clapper defend Comey in wake of IG report; Rep. Devin Nunes weighs in.

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Thursday, August 29, 2019

Mexico missing: The city where 'you can feel the fear'

With gangs using private homes to dispose of bodies, the search for the missing is getting harder.

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Moscow protests: Students challenging arrest in Putin's Russia

Hundreds have been arrested, now student are filling courtrooms for crash courses in Russia's legal system.

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Has President Trump's trade war cost China three million jobs?

He said that China has lost at least three million jobs - is this true?

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'I would not have kept the baby': Fighting depression in pregnancy

Where millions live without access to a psychiatrist, one innovative scheme is trying to plug the gap.

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FOX NEWS: R. Kelly asks judge to release him from ‘unconstitutional’ solitary confinement while awaiting trial: report


R. Kelly asks judge to release him from ‘unconstitutional’ solitary confinement while awaiting trial: report



R. Kelly is trapped in a jail cell.

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FOX NEWS: Coast Guardsman, 19, charged with murdering fellow seaman in Alaska


Coast Guardsman, 19, charged with murdering fellow seaman in Alaska



A 19-year-old Coast Guardsman has been arrested and charged with murdering a fellow seaman in Alaska this past January, the Coast Guard announced Thursday.

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FOX NEWS: Ingraham: The liar, the wimp and the wardrobe


Ingraham: The liar, the wimp and the wardrobe



DOJ inspector general issues scathing report on former FBI director James Comey.

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FOX NEWS: Census Bureau abruptly ends just-announced partnership with Muslim advocacy group CAIR


Census Bureau abruptly ends just-announced partnership with Muslim advocacy group CAIR



The Commerce Department on Thursday terminated its just-announced planned partnership with the nation's largest Muslim advocacy group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, after Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight" asked the Trump administration about CAIR's reported past links to the terrorist group Hamas.

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FOX NEWS: Meadows: Today was a bad day for James Comey


Meadows: Today was a bad day for James Comey



Reps. Mark Meadows, Devin Nunes and John Ratcliffe react to DOJ IG report on fired FBI director James Comey on 'Hannity.'

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FOX NEWS: Hannity: James Comey is a leaker and liar, not the super patriot he claims to be


Hannity: James Comey is a leaker and liar, not the super patriot he claims to be



DOJ inspector general issues scathing report on former FBI director James Comey.

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FOX NEWS: Jay Sekulow calls IG report '70 pages of bad news for James Comey'


Jay Sekulow calls IG report '70 pages of bad news for James Comey'



President Trump's attorney Jay Sekulow reacts to DOJ inspector general's report of the former FBI director.

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FOX NEWS: 'Green' experiment completely fails in Texas town


'Green' experiment completely fails in Texas town



Renewable energy experiment fails; reaction from Chuck DeVore, Texas Public Policy Foundation vice president of national initiatives.

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Joshua Wong arrested: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist

Mr Wong's political party says the leading activist was "forcefully pushed into a minivan" by police.

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FOX NEWS: US labels Lebanon bank with Hezbollah ties a 'global terrorist,' sanctions Iranian networks linked to regime


US labels Lebanon bank with Hezbollah ties a 'global terrorist,' sanctions Iranian networks linked to regime



The U.S. designated Lebanon-based Jammal Trust Bank a "global terrorist" Thursday over its ties to the Hezbollah terror group.

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Man gored to death by bull at Spanish festival

The man had attended the festival in Cuellar as a spectator but was attacked by the bull.

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FOX NEWS: Terrapin turtle trafficker gets 6 months in prison -- and he'll have to shell out $250G


Terrapin turtle trafficker gets 6 months in prison -- and he'll have to shell out $250G



A Pennsylvania man will have to shell out $250,000 and spend six months behind bars for illegally trafficking thousands of threatened diamondback terrapin turtles.

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FOX NEWS: Biden appears to forget Obama's name in latest blunder


Biden appears to forget Obama's name in latest blunder



Enthusiasm for Biden turns into concern; reaction from conservative columnist Mark Steyn.

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FOX NEWS: Tucker: Comey sees himself as the last honest man in Washington


Tucker: Comey sees himself as the last honest man in Washington



Scathing IG report released on former FBI director James Comey.

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FOX NEWS: Rep. Omar dismisses questions about alleged affair, campaign funds as 'stupid'


Rep. Omar dismisses questions about alleged affair, campaign funds as 'stupid'



Rep. Ilhan Omar under fire from Federal Election Commission; Gillian Turner has the details.

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FOX NEWS: Florida braces for possible life-threatening Hurricane Dorian


Florida braces for possible life-threatening Hurricane Dorian



Dorian could hit Florida as a category 4 hurricane; Phil Keating reports from Miami.

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FOX NEWS: First Amendment group asks AOC to unblock Twitter users with opposing views


First Amendment group asks AOC to unblock Twitter users with opposing views



A First Amendment group is asking U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to unblock Twitter users she has blocked because of their differing political positions. 

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FOX NEWS: Ilhan Omar says questions about alleged affair, misuse of campaign funds are 'stupid'


Ilhan Omar says questions about alleged affair, misuse of campaign funds are 'stupid'



Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., dismissed what she called “stupid questions” from reporters on Wednesday about allegations she misused campaign funds to illegally reimburse her purported paramour for personal travel expenses.

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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

FOX NEWS: Trump says media trying to convince public there will be a recession


Trump says media trying to convince public there will be a recession



Reaction from Fox News contributor Jessica Tarlov and Fox Business senior correspondent Charles Gasparino.

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FOX NEWS: Ohio grandfather with gun stops intruder: 'They picked the wrong house'


Ohio grandfather with gun stops intruder: 'They picked the wrong house'



An Ohio grandfather with a loaded gun stopped a would-be robber who broke into his home on Tuesday, according to a local report.

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FOX NEWS: Ingraham: California's anti-fur fervor


Ingraham: California's anti-fur fervor



California proposes ban on fur, no action for homeless crisis.

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FOX NEWS: Palestinian Harvard freshman, 17, allegedly blocked from entering US over friends' social media posts


Palestinian Harvard freshman, 17, allegedly blocked from entering US over friends' social media posts



Ismail Ajjawi, a 17-year-old Palestinian student living in Lebanon had big plans to study medicine this fall at Harvard University but claims he was blocked from entering America because of his friends' social media posts.

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FOX NEWS: Three Hamas policemen killed in rare attacks with Gaza in 'state of alert'


Three Hamas policemen killed in rare attacks with Gaza in 'state of alert'



Gaza’s interior ministry said Wednesday arrests have been made in a pair of coordinated bombings that killed three Hamas policemen at Gaza City checkpoints the previous night.

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FOX NEWS: North Carolina college student studied mass shootings, kept guns in dorm, prosecutors say


North Carolina college student studied mass shootings, kept guns in dorm, prosecutors say



A North Carolina university student who studied mass shootings planned to shoot himself and his roommate if he didn't get accepted to a fraternity, prosecutors said Wednesday.

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FOX NEWS: Maryland man accused of plotting ISIS-inspired terror attack near DC is indicted


Maryland man accused of plotting ISIS-inspired terror attack near DC is indicted



A 28-year-old Maryland man accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired terror attack at a tourist site near Washington, D.C., with a U-Haul truck was indicted Wednesday on a terrorism-related charge, the Justice Department announced. 

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FOX NEWS: Doorbell-cam company Ring partners with 405 police agencies across US to share footage, fight crime


Doorbell-cam company Ring partners with 405 police agencies across US to share footage, fight crime



Amazon's doorbell-camera company Ring has partnered with more than 400 law enforcement agencies across the country to give them potential access to video footage from outside homes, a new initiative that's triggered red flags from privacy advocates.

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