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Congress Braces for Busy September
ABC News - 6 Sep 2016 16:55
Lawmakers have four weeks to fund the government and the fight against Zika.
Rodrigo Duterte Declares a State of Emergency in the Philippines
Time - 6 Sep 2016 06:58
Duterte had first called for a "state of lawlessness"
Donald Trump on His Tax Returns: 'I Think People Don't Care'
Time - 6 Sep 2016 16:17
A majority of voters think it's important to release them, a recent poll found
Hillary Clinton Is Concerned About Reports of Russia Interfering in U.S. Elections
Time - 6 Sep 2016 05:21
Meanwhile Donald Trump appeared to pivot away from his hard-line position on immigration
Keeping Track Of U.S. Special Ops In Africa
The Huffington Post - 6 Sep 2016 16:46
Mission Impossible Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com Sometimes the real news is in the details -- or even in the discrepancies. Take, for instance, missions by America’s most elite troops in Africa. It was September ...
84 Russian athletes lose bid to compete in Paralympics
Miami Herald - 6 Sep 2016 15:52
A German court has dismissed appeals by 84 Russian athletes seeking to compete at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. …
Heat makes history in Spain as September records fall
Miami Herald - 6 Sep 2016 15:47
Spain's weather agency says some places in the south of the country are smashing September heat records, with one site near Seville logging 45.4 degrees Celsius (113.7 Fahrenheit). …
Hurricane Newton approaching Baja California
The Week - 6 Sep 2016 05:24
Baja California is bracing for Hurricane Newton, which started the day as a tropical storm bringing heavy rains to the Mexican states of Michoacan and Guerrero. Newton is a category 1 hurricane as it approaches the south...
Exclusive: Trump Says He Did Not 'Choke' on Mexico Wall Deal
ABC News - 6 Sep 2016 04:26
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and Gov. Mike Pence speak with ABC News' David Muir.
UK: Anjem Choudary jailed for encouraging ISIL support
Al Jazeera English - 6 Sep 2016 16:51
Preacher Anjem Choudary has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in Britain for inviting support for armed group.
Ivanka Trump Says Her Dad Can't Be Sexist Because He Hired Her
The Huffington Post - 6 Sep 2016 16:51
FYI: Just because a man employs women doesn’t mean he can’t be sexist. During an interview with CNN’s Gloria Borger, Borger asked Trump “flat out” if her father is a sexist. Trump responded that her father is...
Woman mistakenly sets fire to car she thought was her ex's
New York Post - 6 Sep 2016 16:38
A young Florida woman who was smoking mad at her ex-boyfriend tried to set fire to his car. The only problem was the vehicle belonged to a total stranger. Carmen Chamblee, 19, was arrested Saturday and charged with arson...
Ex-Stanford Swimmer Brock Turner Registers as Sex Offender
ABC News - 6 Sep 2016 16:32
Brock Turner served three months in jail after sex assault conviction.
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Chat With Press in Rare Move
Time - 6 Sep 2016 16:14
Morning Must Reads: September 6
Police: threat against German hotel was teenagers' hoax
Fox News - 6 Sep 2016 16:04
An anonymous call threatening a "terror attack" on a German hotel on Tuesday morning was a hoax by teenagers in Austria, police in the eastern city of Leipzig said.
Thai protest leader gets 20 years in prison for fraud
Miami Herald - 6 Sep 2016 15:57
Thailand's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a 20-year prison sentence for fraud for a media tycoon whose crusade to oust a prime minister succeeded, triggering a decade of political violence and instability. …
Fox settles sexual harassment suit for $20 million on Ailes' behalf: report
Reuters - 6 Sep 2016 15:56
(Reuters) - Fox News has reached a $20 million settlement of former anchor Gretchen Carlson's sexual harassment lawsuit against the network's former chief Roger Ailes, Vanity Fair said on Tuesday, citing three people fam...
NATO chief to visit Turkey for 1st time since coup attempt
Miami Herald - 6 Sep 2016 15:41
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will make his first visit to Turkey since a violent coup attempt rocked the key alliance member in July. …
Obama pledges $90M to clean up old bombs in Laos
CBSNews - 6 Sep 2016 15:30
Millions of unexploded cluster bombs still litter tiny nation -- key to Obama's Asia "pivot" -- 43 years after war in neighboring Vietnam
After 18-month hiatus USS Cole trial participants return to Guantánamo
Miami Herald - 6 Sep 2016 15:29
Lawyers, staff and family of sailors killed in the USS Cole attack converged Tuesday at this air base for a flight to Guantánamo to resume pretrial hearings in the terror …
Refugees from Boko Haram return home, excited but fearful
Miami Herald - 6 Sep 2016 15:27
Excited but fearful, refugees from Boko Haram piled into yellow school buses with their bundles of belongings, returning after two years to homes that have been torched, wells destroyed, livestock looted and fields that ...
Obama aide to meet with missing Laotian activist's wife
Miami Herald - 6 Sep 2016 15:17
A top aide of President Barack Obama said Tuesday he will meet with the wife of a missing Laotian activist, whose case has been repeatedly highlighted by human rights groups as an example of authoritarian excesses of Lao...