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Trump's Mideast envoy leaving administration ahead of peace plan release

Jason Greenblatt's departure is the latest sign that optimism for peace plan's prospects may be fading.

05/09/2019

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'I've gotta crow': Maurice the French rooster wins courtroom cock fight

Maurice's owner will be able to keep the rooster on the small island of Oleron, off France's Atlantic coast, the court decided.

05/09/2019

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U.S. woman accused of trying to smuggle baby out of the Philippines faces life in jail

Jennifer Talbot, 42, was arrested early Wednesday attempting to board a flight while concealing a six-day-old baby boy in a carry-on bag.

05/09/2019

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'The house landed on top of me': Bahamas residents on Dorian's terror

"The roof started to peel off," said a 75-year-old man who fled his house with his wife. "It was unbelievable."

05/09/2019

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U.S. service member killed in Kabul suicide blast, official says

The service member was killed in a car bomb near the U.S. embassy on Thursday, a U.S. official at the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said.

05/09/2019

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Lawmaker scolds female economics professor in S. Korea for not having babies

The conservative male lawmaker made the remarks at a confirmation hearing for the female professor's nomination to an antitrust body.

05/09/2019

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Trump again defends claim Hurricane Dorian could have hit Alabama

"What I said was accurate!" Trump tweeted Thursday morning, a day after showing reporters a week-old, apparently doctored hurricane map.

05/09/2019

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Elizabeth Warren won the summer, but still has a big challenge in front of her

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.

05/09/2019

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New theory in the never-ending search for the Loch Ness monster: a really big eel

While the legend of the Loch Ness monster goes back hundreds of years, the first modern sighting of Nessie was reported in 1933.

05/09/2019

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Face-swapping app takes off in China, making AI-powered deepfakes for everyone

It's as easy as using a photo filter on Instagram or Snapchat, but it also demonstrates the remarkable power of advances in artificial intelligence to make fake videos.

05/09/2019

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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's brother quits government over Brexit

"In recent weeks I've been torn between family loyalty and the national interest," Jo Johnson said.

05/09/2019

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Euroviews. Trump's Space Force can seem funny. But space threats are deadly serious ǀ View

Some of the joking about Trump’s space designs is deserved, but U.S. national security relies on space capabilities that are at risk.

05/09/2019

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A royal education: Princess Charlotte marks her first day of school

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge held the hands of their two children as they started a new year at Thomas's Battersea School.

05/09/2019

Business

Google's YouTube to pay $170 million penalty for collecting data on kids

Google's YouTube to pay $170 million penalty for collecting data on kids

05/09/2019

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After Dorian's destruction in Bahamas, relief efforts start trickling in

"The logistics are really unlike anything we've experienced before," said the executive director of an organization that provides meals to victims.

05/09/2019

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Pentagon taking over $400 million in funding for military projects in Puerto Rico for the wall

The DOD is taking money from 127 projects in 23 states and three territories to build Trump's long-promised wall along the southern border.

05/09/2019

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Top House Democrat says Trump appointee accused of harassing diplomats should be fired

A watchdog report said Moley's senior adviser called some employees "Obama holdovers" or "traitors," and accused some of being part of the "Deep State."

05/09/2019

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House panel subpoenas documents linked to Trump's alleged pardon offers

The move follows reports the president told DHS officials that he would offer them pardons if they broke federal law while carrying out his immigration agenda.

04/09/2019

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8chan founder: Current owner will 'lie' during congressional testimony

Watkins is scheduled to answer questions Thursday morning as part of a closed-door session with the House Homeland Security Committee.

04/09/2019

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India gets set for historic moon landing

A successful landing would make India the fourth nation to put a spacecraft on the moon and the first to put a craft at the lunar south pole.

04/09/2019

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Rep. Steve King: I drank from the toilet-fountain hybrid at border facility and it was 'pretty good'

King said he "went into that cell where it was reported that they were advised they had to drink out of the toilet" and that drink was "pretty good."

04/09/2019

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Big tech meets with U.S. security officials to talk 2020 election

The meeting comes five months before the first 2020 votes are cast in the Democratic primary and 14 months before the November election.

04/09/2019

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Conservative activist Jacob Wohl charged with illegal sale of securities

Wohl allegedly tried to sell unqualified securities to one of his financial companies, Montgomery Assets, in July and August of 2016.

04/09/2019

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Twitter halts feature that enabled hack of CEO Jack Dorsey's account

The step is temporary but necessary to protect accounts, the company said in a series of tweets.

04/09/2019

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Why does Trump's hurricane map look different than others?

The president has claimed for days Hurricane Dorian was projected to hit Alabama. Forecasters said it was not.

04/09/2019

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U.K. Parliament approves first stage of bill to halt no-deal Brexit, dealing blow to PM

"The country must now decide whether the leader of the opposition or I go to those negotiations in Brussels," Boris Johnson said.

04/09/2019