Suspect in Rampage at N.J. Kosher Market Wrote Anti-Semitic Posts

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Brazen kidnappings multiply in Myanmar's Rakhine state as conflict deepens

It was a brazen daytime attack by ethnic rebels fighting for greater autonomy in the jungles of western Myanmar.

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Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time's Person of the Year

NEW YORK/MADRID (Reuters) - Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swede who inspired millions of young people to take action against climate change, has been named Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2019. Thunberg launched a grassroots campaign aged 15 by skipping school every Friday to demonstrate outside Swedish parliament, pushing for her government to meet its ambitious goals to curb carbon emissions. "In the 16 months since (her protests began), she has addressed heads of state at the U.N., met with the Pope, sparred with the President of the United States and inspired 4 million people to join the global climate strike," the magazine said.

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'Whose side are you on?': Houston police chief tears into GOP senators over gun laws after officer killed

"You're either here for women and children and our daughters and our sisters and our aunts, or you're here for the NRA," Acevedo said.

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Oink oink, cha-ching: $3 million found in barrels of pork

Barrels of raw pork shoulder were riding fat in a tractor trailer pulled over by North Carolina deputies. Approximately $3 million in cash was recovered from the barrels Saturday, the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post Tuesday. The driver of the tractor trailer was accused of failing to maintain his lane and impeding the flow of traffic on Interstate 85.

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'Suspect in Custody' at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi After Lockdown

An incident caused the base to be put under lockdown early Wednesday

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They Came to Play Table Tennis. They Were Deported at Gunpoint in the Dark.

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How the Yankees Wooed Gerrit Cole

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Trump’s Executive Order and the Rise of Anti-Semitism

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Movie Nights, Camp David and Cable Messaging: A White House Impeachment Playbook

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Let Trump Have a Miserable Little Christmas

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Will Impeachment Change 2020?

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M.L.B. Sends Message: Pitchers, Not Baseballs, Must Adapt

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Democratic congressman says 'it will not end if the Senate does not convict'

Green subsequently introduced articles of impeachment three times for what he described as Trump’s “infusion of bigotry into policy.” On Dec. 4, Green sent a memo to other House members urging them to include Trump’s “racism” in the articles of impeachment.

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FBI warned six months ago about loophole Pensacola shooter used to obtain a gun

More than six months before the Dec. 6 shooting at a naval base in Pensacola, Fla., where a Saudi gunman used a weapon obtained using a hunting license exemption, the FBI issued a report warning about precisely this loophole.

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Blanketed in ash, no survivors: Paramedic describes New Zealand volcano devastation

The intensive care paramedic works with the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter emergency service, which was sent to Whakatane to assist in the rescue efforts. Whakatane, on the North Island's east coast, is the main base for tours to White Island, about 50 km (30 miles) off the coast.

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Arrest of Top Crime Fighter Stuns Mexico, Where Corruption Is All Too Routine

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Ending America’s Endless War in Afghanistan

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'Highly volatile' NZ volcano prevents body recovery, death toll rises to eight

The New Zealand volcano that fatally erupted earlier this week is "highly volatile" and could explode again in the next day, making it too risky to send in recovery teams to retrieve bodies, officials said on Thursday.

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United Kingdom votes to decide the fate of Brexit, again

Voters go to the polls on Thursday in an election that will pave the way for Brexit under Prime Minister Boris Johnson or propel Britain toward another referendum that could ultimately reverse the decision to leave the European Union.

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Australia's New South Wales government says 10 victims of volcano to be transferred to Sydney hospitals

Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state government said on Thursday 10 victims of the volcano eruption in New Zealand will be transferred to hospitals around Sydney.

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Pompeo says U.S. wants to work with Russia on Libya, reminded Lavrov of arms embargo

The United States wants to work with Russia to end the conflict in Libya, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday, but he added that he reminded Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov a day ago of the arms embargo that is in place on the North African country.

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