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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.

29 November 2018

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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.

29 November 2018

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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."

29 November 2018

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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.

29 November 2018

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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."

29 November 2018

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Quincy Jones honoured in Hollywood handprint ceremony

Jones is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time, with a total of 79 nominations. He has had 27 wins.

28 November 2018

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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".

28 November 2018

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Paul Manafort's now-murky plea bargain brings challenges to him and the Mueller probe

A possible broken deal amounts to "a real blow" to Mueller, because he's lost a cooperating witness and any past information Manafort passed could now be severely weakened.

28 November 2018

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Feds say Russian hackers duped U.S. companies out of millions in ad dollars

The schemes made it appear to advertisers that human beings had clicked on internet ads, when in reality it was automated bots doing the clicking.

28 November 2018

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Accused Russian agent Maria Butina wants to be released from solitary confinement: Lawyer

Butina was arrested and charged with allegedly conspiring with her ex-boss to infiltrate powerful U.S. organizations, including the NRA, and to push Moscow's agenda.

28 November 2018

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'SpongeBob Squarepants' creator Stephen Hillenburg dies at 57

"We are incredibly saddened by the news that Steve Hillenburg has passed away following a battle with ALS," Nickelodeon said in a statement.

28 November 2018

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Elon Musk's L.A. freeway tunnel won't see the light of day

Elon Musk's Boring Company made a lot of noise about drilling a tunnel below a busy Los Angeles freeway, but in the end the idea was nixed.

28 November 2018

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Three US service members killed in Afghanistan

Three US service members were killed and three wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated Tuesday near Ghazni city, Afghanistan, Resolute Support said in a statement.

27 November 2018

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Special counsel Mueller's team says Paul Manafort lied to investigators, breaking plea deal

Lawyers for Manafort, former Trump campaign chairman, say he "believes he has provided truthful information" and doesn't agree he has breached the plea deal.

27 November 2018

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Euroviews. The Mars landing could lead to human colonization, and the end of Martian life | View

If any of [human] missions [to Mars] finds more concrete evidence of life, even of the microscopic variety, we all will face a moral and ethical quandary. Do microscopic and presumably non-sentient beings on another planet have the right to be protected from us? Is Mars their planet?

27 November 2018

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'Segregation academies' are common remnants of Mississippi's troubled history

"The most damning evidence of racism is the rise of the segregation academies in Mississippi just as school integration is taking place," an expert told NBC News.

26 November 2018

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Climate report says sea level rise threatens Puerto Rico's infrastructure

Nearly 8,000 structures in the island's low-lying areas are said to be at risk by an increase in sea level of 1.6 feet, according to a new climate report.

25 November 2018

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Incoming Mexican government denies deal to hold asylum seekers in Mexico

After initial reports that a deal was in the works to hold asylum seekers in Mexico, the incoming government denied such an agreement had been struck.

25 November 2018

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190 sea turtles found frozen to death along Cape Cod

Mass Audubon said a "once in a lifetime weather system" of "gale force winds," cold temperatures and high tide caused the migrating turtles to freeze.

24 November 2018

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Federal report says climate change will wallop US economy

A new federal report warns of a "cascading effect" that will alter lives and economies, cause fuel shortages and increased power outages.

24 November 2018