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Former GOP Rep. Chris Collins pleads guilty to insider trading charges

Prosecutors alleged that Collins, who served on the board of a pharmaceutical company, passed along the undisclosed results of a drug trial to his son "to make timely trades" to avoid over $700,000 in losses.

01/10/2019

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Aliens may have bugged space rocks to spy on Earth, scientist says

A new proposal suggests scouring so-called co-orbitals for advanced alien technology used to eavesdrop on our planet.

01/10/2019

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Warren on leaked Zuckerberg audio: '#BreakUpBigTech'

Zuckerberg told employees that if a President Warren threatened to break up Facebook, "you go to the mat and you fight." Warren responded, "It's time to #BreakUpBigTech."

01/10/2019

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Chuck Grassley defends Ukraine whistleblower, breaking with GOP and Trump

The statement by the powerful Iowa senator did not mention Trump's attacks on the whistleblower.

01/10/2019

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Trump admin delays funds for human-trafficking victims that would help non-citizens

Program funds went into limbo 5 days after the funding announcement was updated to "allow recipients [of the funds] to serve non-citizens,"

01/10/2019

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Toilet paper dress contest winner wipes floor with competition

The stunning looks toilet paper wedding dress 2019

01/10/2019

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Watch: Footage shows octopus changing colour in her sleep

Do octopuses dream? This is the question marine biologists are asking after watching this one sleep. They believe her colour changes could indicate what's happening in her dreams.

01/10/2019

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Trolls for hire: Russia's disinformation firms offer propaganda with a professional touch

Firms charged varying prices for services, such as $8 for a social media post, $100 per 10 comments made on an article or post and $65 for contacting a media source.

01/10/2019

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Taiwan Arch bridge falls in Taiwan bay, divers search for victims

The 460-foot-long bridge collapsed about 9:30 a.m. in Nanfangao, a tiny but often-crowded Pacific coast fishing village.

01/10/2019

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Bernie Sanders raises more than $25 million in the third quarter, his campaign says

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg's campaign announced he raised more than $19 million in the third quarter.

01/10/2019

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Euroviews. There is still hope for the future. The “American Dream” remains a beautiful ideal ǀ View

For me, the “Great American Dream” is not some ugly tortured vision of broken promises, facades and unfulfilled dreaming, but something that glitters at the heart of what it is to be American: hopeful, ambitious and a dreamer.

01/10/2019

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Ukrainian story broadens into Trump's State and Justice departments

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

01/10/2019

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One dead, 10 injured after 'violent attack' at vocational college in Finland

Finish prime minister Antti Rinne called the violence "shocking and completely unacceptable."

01/10/2019

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North Korea says U.S. nuclear talks set to resume

The two sides haven't met since talks abruptly collapsed in February.

01/10/2019

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'Feeling of injustice': Trump's Ukraine call runs counter to years of U.S. policy

"This is exactly what we tried to change in Ukraine for the last five years," one activist said of the president's actions.

01/10/2019

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Ukraine's comedian-turned-president meets Hollywood royalty, Tom Cruise

"The President of Ukraine, for his part, told the guest about his own experience in cinema," his office said.

01/10/2019

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Ex-Yahoo engineer pleads guilty to hacking thousands of accounts

The man used his work access to search Yahoo accounts for private materials before branching out to Facebook, Gmail and other accounts, prosecutors said.

01/10/2019

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Pompeo was on Trump-Ukraine call at center of impeachment inquiry

Pompeo had previously dodged questions about the July call.

01/10/2019

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Fact check: Were the whistleblower rules changed before Ukraine complaint?

"The law was not changed. What happened was a form was changed. A form cannot change the law," one attorney told NBC News.

01/10/2019

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Trump asked the Australian prime minister to help investigate Mueller probe origins

This comes amid allegations that Trump pressured the Ukrainian president to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.

30/09/2019

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Watch: Homeless woman sings Puccini aria on LA subway platform

The video was shared by the Los Angeles Police Department last week.

30/09/2019

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House subpoenas Rudy Giuliani for Ukraine documents as part of impeachment inquiry

Democrats are demanding he turn over Ukraine-related documents by Oct. 15

30/09/2019

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Ancient ape fossil yields surprising new insights about human evolution

A fossilized pelvis found in Hungary suggests human ancestors were able to stand upright much earlier than anthropologists had realized.

30/09/2019

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McConnell says Senate would have to hold a trial if House impeaches Trump

"I would have no choice but to take it up," the Senate majority leader told CNBC on Monday.

30/09/2019

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U.S. Treasury sanctions 'Putin's Chef' for more election interference

Yevgeniy Prigozhin, known as "Putin's Chef," was previously sanctioned for attempted meddling in the 2016 election. The new sanctions focus on 2018.

30/09/2019

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Rep. Chris Collins likely to plead guilty to insider trading Tuesday

The New York Republican was the first member of Congress to back Trump's presidential bid. Collins is now expected to plead guilty to insider trading.

30/09/2019