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California Firefighters Recount Historic Blaze: 'There Wasn't Anything That Wasn't on Fire'
The New York Times - 26 Nov 2018 22:51
Thousands of firefighters fought the Camp Fire, the most destructive in the state's history. For every disheartening loss, there was sometimes a moment of hope.
US soldier killed in Afghanistan identified as elite Army Ranger
New York Post - 26 Nov 2018 00:27
The US soldier killed in Afghanistan on Saturday has been identified as a 25-year-old elite Army Ranger from Washington state. Sgt. Leandro Jasso was mortally wounded by small-arms fire while supporting Operation Freedom...
10 Distilleries Where You Can Buy An Entire Cask Of Whisky
Forbes - 26 Nov 2018 18:38
Owning an entire whisky cask is a wonderful opportunity to eventually drink your very own whisky.
NASA's Insight Mission: When will it land and why should we care?
Al Jazeera English - 26 Nov 2018 02:04
InSight Lander is the US space agency's first craft dedicated to peer beneath Mars' surface and study its interior.
Video from ISS shows Russian rocket soaring into space
CNN - 26 Nov 2018 18:42
The International Space Station captured video showing a Russian MS-10 cargo spacecraft soaring into space.
Match postponed after rivals' bus attacked
CNN - 26 Nov 2018 00:53
The second match of the Copa Libertadores final between Argentina's Boca Juniors and River Plate was postponed indefinitely after a Boca team bus was attacked the day before, according to the governing body of South Amer...
ATM spitting out $100 bills causes chaos
New York Post - 26 Nov 2018 20:35
Christmas came early for some lucky cash-grabbers when a malfunctioning ATM started spitting out $100 bills instead of twenties in Texas, according to reports. The broken Bank of America ATM in northern Harris County cau...
At Least 31 Dead in a Ugandan Boat Accident
Time - 26 Nov 2018 05:26
Ugandan divers have retrieved 31 bodies and expect to find more in a capsized vessel in Lake Victoria
Heavy snow across Midwest, including Chicago, complicates post-Thanksgiving travel
USA Today - 26 Nov 2018 04:35Republicans saw the Kavanaugh fight as an electoral lifeline. It wasn't.
The Week - 26 Nov 2018 16:21
In the weeks before the 2018 midterms and right afterward, Republicans were arguing that the contentious, narrow confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh had finally awoken the Republican base, giving the pa...
The U.N. Security Council Is Calling an Emergency Meeting Over Russia-Ukraine Tensions
Time - 26 Nov 2018 04:40
The Ukrainian navy said Russia seized two artillery ships in the Black Sea following an incident near Crimea
Tear gas fired at migrants protesting near U.S.-Mexico border
The Week - 26 Nov 2018 03:54
The United States temporarily closed a major port of entry on Sunday as hundreds of migrants approached the southern border at San Ysidro. U.S. Customs and Border Protection tweeted that "several migrants threw projectil...
Rep. concedes Utah race, blasts Trump, GOP outreach to minority communities
ABC News - 26 Nov 2018 21:14
Utah Rep. Mia Love officially conceded Monday to her Democratic opponent, Ben McAdams, bringing Democrats' net gain in the U.S. House this cycle to 39 seats.
145 pilot whales die in mass stranding in New Zealand
Al Jazeera English - 26 Nov 2018 05:01
Half the animals were already dead when found by conservation officers who decided to put the rest of the whales down.
Mexico to deport migrants who 'violently' tried to cross the U.S. Border
Reuters - 26 Nov 2018 03:53
Mexico will deport migrants from a group of 500 who on Sunday tried to "violently" and "illegally" cross the U.S. border, the Mexican Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Trump reportedly thinks 'we're idiots' if we don't take Iraq's oil as repayment for the war
The Week - 26 Nov 2018 17:11
President Trump has long suggested the United States take Iraq's oil as a sort of involuntary thank-you gift for our generous willingness to invade and establish a long-term military occupation. "You heard me, I would ta...
More than 200 Chinese arrested in Cambodia for online scams
Miami Herald - 26 Nov 2018 17:07
Police in Cambodia on Monday arrested more than 200 Chinese citizens accused of defrauding people in China over the internet. Gen. Y Sok Khy, director of the Interior Ministry's Department …
Ex-Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos to begin two-week prison sentence
USA Today - 26 Nov 2018 16:56Russia ignores Western calls to free captured Ukrainian ships
Reuters - 26 Nov 2018 16:55
Russia on Monday ignored Western calls to release three Ukrainian naval ships and their crews it fired on and captured near Crimea at the weekend and accused Kiev of plotting with its Western allies to provoke a conflict...
Trial starts for man accused of killing counterprotester in Charlottesville
The Week - 26 Nov 2018 16:48
Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of James Fields, the self-described neo-Nazi accused of driving his Dodge Challenger into a group of counterprotesters and killing Heather Heyer at last year's Unite the Right ra...
Heavy snow hammers U.S. Midwest after holiday weekend
Reuters - 26 Nov 2018 16:47
Commuters in Chicago and across the Midwest faced inches of heavy, wet snow as they headed back to work on Monday after the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend, with the storm knocking out power, icing roads and canceling ...
Family fight at home over Thanksgiving holiday weekend turns deadly
New York Post - 26 Nov 2018 16:43
A 23-year-old woman is facing charges after her 63-year-old relative died during a family fight at a Massachusetts home over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, authorities said. Modesta Gomez is expected to appear Monday ...