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Starbucks says it will start blocking pornography on its stores' Wi-Fi in 2019

The announcement comes after a new petition by internet safety advocacy group Enough is Enough garnered more than 26,000 signatures.

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His tunnel nixed, Musk doubles down on a subterranean dream

Musk's grand tunnel plan is news to many of the regulators who would very likely have to give it approval if it's ever going to see the light of day.

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Southwest Airlines apologizes for employee laughing at 5-year-old passenger named Abcde

The agent snapped a picture of Abcde's boarding pass and posted it on social media, according to girl's mother.

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Trump cancels meeting with Putin over seized Ukraine ships and sailors

US President Donald Trump says he has cancelled an upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin because of the Russia-Ukraine standoff.

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Ukraine once gave up 5,000 nukes. Russia's attack may have broken that deal.

Washington paid half a billion dollars for Ukraine to pass 5,000 nuclear weapons to Russia to be dismantled after brokering the deal.

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Trump will meet one-on-one with Putin at G-20, Kremlin says

Their last encounter drew criticism after Trump sided with Putin against American intelligence agencies over 2016 election meddling.

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The Dead Sea is dying. A $1.5 billion plan aims to resurrect it.

Some experts believe the saltiest sea on earth will dry out by 2050, while others predict it will just end up a fraction of its current size.

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Inmates accused of scamming hundreds of U.S. service members in 'sextortion' ring

The inmates are accused of using smart phones to pose as underage girls in order to trick service members into paying them money.

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Deutsche Bank offices searched under money laundering investigation

Investigators have gone into the Frankfurt offices as part of a probe by the public prosecutors office into the rogue offshore finance industry.

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A prison transfer request led to Samuel Little confessing to 90 murders

Little is very good at remembering his victims and where he killed them, even drawing "pictures of many of the women he killed," according to the FBI.

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Bobby Brown files lawsuit against Showtime and BBC over Whitney Houston documentary

The film has an 86 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with one critic saying it "makes you want to reach right into the screen and tell Whitney Houston to draw herself back from the abyss."

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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting treated as hate crime, victims' families 'in shock'

The victims ranged in age from 54 to 97, authorities said during a press conference.

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Margaret Atwood announces sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'

Atwood said she drew inspiration for her new novel from reader's questions and "the world we've been living in."

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Video of boy in England attacking smaller boy in 'racially-aggravated assault' goes viral

Police say the 16-year-old boy, who can be seen in the video yelling, "I'll drown ya," will face assault charges.

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Six-year-old boy steals spotlight from Pope Francis

A 6-year-old boy climbed on stage during Pope Francis' general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday. The pontiff said, "Let him be, let him be."

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Magnus Carlsen defeats Fabiano Caruana to retain World Chess Championship title

This showdown followed a record-breaking streak of 12 drawn games of regular chess.

Business

UK GDP 'could shrink by up to 8% with a no deal, no transition Brexit'

The Bank of England has warned that the UK's economy could shrink by 8% in the event of a "disorderly" no deal Brexit.

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Two Iranian citizens indicted on charges of carrying out ransomware attacks at U.S. cities, hospitals

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein called the attacks a "high-tech, sophisticated, extortion plot".

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Mother and 10-month-old daughter killed by grizzly bear outside their remote cabin

The mother, a 37-year-old schoolteacher, was on maternity leave. She and her family had been staying in a lake cabin in the Yukon for three months.

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Russia follows up sea clash by deploying anti-aircraft missiles

The Ukrainian president believes his country is under the "extremely serious" threat of a land invasion.