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Christine Blasey Ford In Hiding After Receiving Death Threats Over Kavanaugh Assault Claim
WorldNews.com 19 Sep 2018
The research psychologist from North California who revealed last week she believed Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, had sexually assaulted her more than 30 years ago when she was 15 and he was 17 has been forced into hiding after receiving several threatening messages via email and across her social media accounts on Tuesday, according to The New York Times ... ... Professor Ford is telling the truth ... Sen ... ... ....
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Putin Calls Downing Of Russian Plane In Syria 'Tragic' And Absolves Israel
WorldNews.com 18 Sep 2018
The Russians have shown extraordinary tolerance toward Israel’s military, which has carried out more than 200 airstrikes over two years in Syria aimed at Iran-backed Shiite militias that Israel regards as a threat.Despite initial anger by the Russian military, fears of a Russia-Israel confrontation were dampened by Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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Mexican Officials Uncover Trailer Filled With More Than 150 Homicide Victims
WorldNews.com 19 Sep 2018
One woman in the town of Tlajomulco de Zuniga, Mexico, described the smell as "horrible" after officials found a semi-trailer carrying more than 150 bodies in the western state of Jalisco, according to The Los Angeles Times ... "We have a lot of children in this neighborhood... it could make us all sick," resident José Luis Tovar said to BBC News ... The truck has reportedly moved across several suburbs of the Jalisco state capital....
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Stormy Daniels's new book includes graphic details about Trump, and the internet is horrified
Yahoo Daily News 18 Sep 2018
According to the Guardian, Daniels says she slept with Trump after a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Calif., where he was wearing a red baseball cap reminiscent of the MAGA headgear he’d later make famous ... “It may have been the least impressive sex I’d ever had, but clearly, he didn’t share that opinion,” she adds ... *opens twitter*. "Donald Trump's penis is shaped like a mushroom from Mario kart". *closes twitter* ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 2 ... ....
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China Retaliates Against Trump With Tariffs Targeting $60 BIllion Of US Goods
WorldNews.com 18 Sep 2018
Shortly after President Donald Trump announced the United States would put tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, Beijing responded with its own tariffs on $60 billion worth of products from the United States on Tuesday, according to National Public Radio. Chinese state television first reported Xi Jinping's government decided to impose tariffs ranging from 5 to 10 percent on $60 billion worth of U.S ... Trump previously said the U.S ... ....
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Viral Video Shows Firefighters Losing Their Hose To Rare 'Fire Whirl' In British Columbia
WorldNews.com 18 Sep 2018
A video showing the rare phenomenon of a "fire whirl" was captured in British Columbia as forest firefighters attempting to extinguish the wildfire lost their hose to the swirling winds, according to The Guardian. The video was first posted on social media by firefighter Mary Schidlowsky as a crew worked on extinguishing a blaze in British Columbia, Canada ... “Fire tornado destroyed our line ... “That’s definitely a first.” ... 19 ... ....
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Israel blamed for 15 killed after Russian plane shot down off Syria
Independent online (SA) 18 Sep 2018
Moscow - A Russian reconnaissance aircraft was brought down by a Syrian missile over the Mediterranean, killing all 15 people on board, the Russian defence ministry said Tuesday. It blamed Israel for the crash, saying the plane was caught in the crossfire as four Israeli fighters attacked targets in northwestern Syria ... Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in a statement ... A recovery operation in the Mediterranean Sea is underway, Konashenkov said....
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Canadian Marijuana Company Allowed To Legally Ship Medicinal Cannabis To U.S.
WorldNews.com 19 Sep 2018
A Canadian marijuana company has been granted permission by the United States federal government to export medicinal cannabis to California for scientific research, Newsweek reports.The company, Tilray Inc., and Dr. Fatta Nahab, an associate professor of neurosciences at the University of California San Diego’s medical school, who is behind the research, believe it is the first time that the U.S ... But U.S ... due to current federal law....
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Champion golfer found murdered on course, suspect charged
ABC7 18 Sep 2018
Police charged a man with murder just hours after promising young golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena was found dead on a golf course in Iowa. Collin Daniel Richards, 22, was charged with first-degree murder in the Iowa State University golfer's death Monday night after police found her body at Coldwater Links golf course in Ames, Iowa. Barquin Arozamena, 22, a native of Spain, was recently named Iowa State's female athlete of the year ... ....
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Ireland Collects $16.35 Billion In Disputed Taxes And Interest For EU From Apple
WorldNews.com 19 Sep 2018
Ireland’s government has fully recovered more than 14 billion euros ($16.35 billion, £12.4 billion) in disputed taxes and interest from Apple, which it will hold in an escrow fund pending its appeal against a European Union tax ruling, The Guardian reports.The European commission ruled in August 2016 that Apple had received unfair tax incentives from the Irish government ... ....
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Container ship crosses Arctic route for first time in history due to melting sea ice
The Independent 18 Sep 2018
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At Least 100 Killed In Floods Across Nigeria
WorldNews.com 18 Sep 2018
Nigeria declared a "national disaster" after severe floods left at least 100 people dead across several states around the country and 30,000 are now displaced on Tuesday, according to Reuters. Officials said after weeks of heavy rainfall in central and southern states, two major rivers have burst their banks, sweeping away many homes, according to the country's emergency response agency, the National Emergency Management Agency ... ....
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Senate Passes Short-Term Spending Bill To Avoid Government Shutdown
WorldNews.com 18 Sep 2018
The Senate passed a short-term spending bill on Tuesday which would keep the government open through early December, according to The Washington Post. The legislation was attached to a large budget package which contains full-year funding for 2019 for the Pentagon and the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education departments, which account for more than 60 percent of all discretionary spending ... Trump tweeted over the weekend....
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Florence Death Toll Grows To 32 As Flood Waters Rise Across The Carolinas
WorldNews.com 18 Sep 2018
The death toll from Hurricane Florence rose across the East coast to at least 32 after 25 were reported dead as a result of the storm in North Carolina, another 6 in South Carolina, and 1 in Virginia by Monday evening as the flood waters continued to rise in some areas, according to National Public Radio ... ET from the National Hurricane Center ... North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper cautioned residents on Monday. "Don't drive around barricades....
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FDA Launches New Anti-Vaping Advertising Campaign To Convince Teens Not To Vape
WorldNews.com 19 Sep 2018
The Food and Drug Administration launched a new advertising campaign on Tuesday which hopes to scare teenagers in the United States from taking up vaping, according to NBC News ... The FDA is trying to scare teens from using the products based on the message that the vaping devices not only deliver addictive nicotine but also toxins which could affect their health ... Scott Gottlieb said ... The FDA said the vaping use of teens in the U.S ... ....
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