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David Rhodes leaving as head of CBS News

Rhodes, who fired Charlie Rose, will be succeeded by Susan Zirinsky, the inspiration for Holly Hunter's character in the movie "Broadcast News."

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Mudslides shut down Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu

Parts of the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu will remain closed until at least Monday, the department said.

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Report: Nearly all terror attacks in France carried out by suspects already known to police

A GLOBSEC report says nearly 80 percent of attackers behind 22 French incidents had been on terror watchlists; 97 percent had been on radar of authorities.

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Unveiling of Trump's Israeli-Palestinian peace plan to be delayed by months

National security adviser John Bolton toured tunnels beneath the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, drawing criticism from Palestinian leadership.

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Poland shuts down 13 escape game sites due to safety flaws

Past participants had criticized the safety of the escape room where the five teens died, police chief Jaroslaw Szymczyk said.

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Pesticides banned in the West are still being used on farms overseas

Such chemicals hit farmers' bottom line by limiting their ability to sell crops.

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One killed, two injured in Cairo church explosion

A police officer has been killed and two injured in an explosion in a church in Cairo, Egypt.

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U.S. troops deployed Central Africa amid fears of violence in Congo

President Donald Trump said military personnel deployed to nearby Gabon will secure U.S. citizens in Congo in the event "violent demonstrations" break out.

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Russian official says U.S. citizen detained in Moscow to be charged 'soon'

Also on Saturday, the Foreign Ministry said the U.S. had detained a Russian citizen in the Western Pacific and not notified the Russian Embassy.

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Moscow accuses Washington of detaining Russian citizen

The accusation comes days after Moscow arrested the former US Marine Paul Whelan on suspicion of spying.

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Three dead, four injured in California bowling alley shooting: Police

Torrance Police said three people have been killed and four are injured after a gunman opened fire at a bowling alley.

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Taiwan president calls for international support after Chinese threats

"We might have to ask which country might be next?" Tsai Ing-wen said in response to Beijing's claim over the island.

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Poland to close 'Escape Rooms' that don't meet safety standards after fire kills 5 teenagers

A police spokeswoman in the city of Koszalin, Monika Kosiec, said Friday the teenage victims were probably celebrating one of their birthdays.

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Private data of hundreds of German politicians released online

The data released may have been stolen in multiple attacks but doesn't appear to be politically sensitive, a German government spokesperson said.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson's 'StarTalk' show pulled amid misconduct allegations

"StarTalk" will remain on hiatus as a Fox Networks Group investigation into the multiple claims continues.

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Thailand's rebel female Buddhist monks defy tradition

A growing number of women are bucking an order in place since 1928, and donning monks' traditional saffron robes.

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China and U.S. to hold talks in bid to end trade war roiling markets

The two nations have been locked in a trade war for much of the past year, stoking fears of a global economic slowdown.

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'Women's lives in danger': Government shutdown holds up funds for sexual violence victims

The concern is that the funding flow for the Violence Against Women Act "may be stopped, which will put women's lives in danger," the head of the National Organization for Women said.

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Hindu hard-liners paralyze Indian state over women at shrine

Hindu hard-liners shut shops and businesses and clashed with police in a southern state to protest women entering one of India's largest pilgrimage sites.

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Massive data hack leaves German politicians questioning security

A large number of German politicians have been affected by a hacking incident. Politicians from Germany's far-left Linke party were the first to confirm they had been affected, but then it snowballed as details from almost all parties were found to have been leaked.