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Congress confronts jam-packed December with shutdown deadline looming
Chicago Tribune - 27 Nov 2017 03:07Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov 'ready to step down'
The Guardian - 27 Nov 2017 04:39
Russia to choose successor to former Islamist rebel who has been accused by human rights bodies of arbitrary arrests and torture of opponents Ramzan Kadyrov, the outspoken leader of Russia's Chechnya republic, said he wa...
Pair charged in assault, robbery of 92-year-old woman
New York Post - 27 Nov 2017 03:16
QUINCY, Mass. -- Two people have been arrested in connection with the assault of a 92-year-old woman who was pushed down and robbed in Massachusetts. Kayla Noel-Brown and Markell Cruz face arraignment Monday in Quincy on...
Senate GOP tax bill hurts the poor more than originally thought, CBO finds
Chicago Tribune - 27 Nov 2017 05:50Saudi prince: Military coalition will 'eradicate' terrorism
CNN - 27 Nov 2017 04:36
Saudi Arabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said a two-year-old Islamic military coalition charged with fighting terror "will pursue terrorism until it is eradicated completely," Saudi-backed broadcaster Al-Arabiya re...
Time Inc. agrees to be sold to rival publisher Meredith
USA Today - 27 Nov 2017 03:58
The company founded by Henry Luce said as recently as April that it wasn't planning to sell
Mom Who Killed Severely Disabled Daughter Is Found Dead, Police Say
Time - 27 Nov 2017 03:00
A county judge had ordered the 57-year-old to return to prison Monday
Leeds car crash: All seven people 'were in car'
BBC - 27 Nov 2017 16:59
All seven people involved in a fatal car crash in Leeds were in the vehicle, police say.
John McCain says Trump doesn't have 'principles and beliefs'
The Week - 27 Nov 2017 16:58
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) gave a scathing assessment of President Trump in one of multiple interviews for an Esquire story published Sunday. "I don't agree with the way he's conducting his presidency, obviously," McCain...
Las Vegas shooting survivor killed by hit-and-run driver
New York Post - 27 Nov 2017 16:31
A Las Vegas man who survived the country music festival attack that left 58 people dead was killed earlier this month by a hit-and-run driver, leaving his widow reeling "in another dimension." Roy McClellan, 52, was kill...
South Africa's Tutu bemoans vast gap between rich and poor
Fox News - 27 Nov 2017 16:30
Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu says a few in South Africa have become very rich while a "very large majority have remained in the bondage of poverty."
Trump floats grand idea of great American 'fake news' contest
The Week - 27 Nov 2017 16:29
Congress returned to work on Monday with must-pass legislation on the docket for the Republican Party. Meanwhile: We should have a contest as to which of the Networks, plus CNN and not including Fox, is the most dishones...
NYT: Trump queries authenticity of infamous tape
CNN - 27 Nov 2017 16:22
President Donald Trump has questioned the authenticity of the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape in which he bragged about being able to grope women, The New York Times reported over the weekend, despite the fact that Trum...
Harvey Weinstein: First UK civil claim made against film producer
BBC - 27 Nov 2017 15:36
A woman who worked in the film industry is alleging a series of sexual assaults by the film producer.
Indian court acquits 35 crew members of private US ship
Miami Herald - 27 Nov 2017 15:36
An Indian appeals court has acquitted 35 crewmembers of a private U.S. ship, including six former British soldiers and 10 Indians, who were sentenced last year to five years in …
Poll: 24 percent of Catalans want secession bid to continue
Miami Herald - 27 Nov 2017 15:18
A month after Spain cracked down on Catalonia's push for independence, an opinion poll shows that less than a quarter of the region's residents would like the secession bid to …
Mother Arrested in 1997 for Leaving Toddler Outside NYC Restaurant Says She Wants an Apology
Time - 27 Nov 2017 05:00
She said American parents "live in fear"
Sabbath Railway Work in Israel May Unravel Netanyahu's Coalition
The New York Times - 27 Nov 2017 04:41
A resurgence of Israel's so-called Sabbath wars leads an ultra-Orthodox minister to quit on his rabbi's orders, putting pressure on others in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet.
Conservative billionaire Koch brothers give $650m to help Meredith buy Time
The Guardian - 27 Nov 2017 04:39
Texans will not get a say in editorial decisions, says Meredith, as it hails 'transformative' deal to merge magazine stables Meredith Corporation has announced that it is buying the Time Inc publishing group in a "transf...
Instead Of Deporting The Undocumented, President Trump Should Insure Them
The Huffington Post - 27 Nov 2017 04:34
Expanding health insurance would provide substantial benefits.
Off-duty officer shoots theft suspect at Texas mall: police
New York Post - 27 Nov 2017 04:27
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Police say an off-duty officer shot a suspected shoplifter near the food court at a busy Dallas-area shopping mall. Arlington police spokesman Lt. Christopher Cook tells WFAA-TV the incident occurred ...
Why this deer disease could change the way Americans hunt forever
USA Today - 27 Nov 2017 04:25
Antibiotics don't kill it. Cooking doesn't kill it. And comparable diseases have incubated for decades before dementia-like symptoms were recognized.