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NewsReutersU.S. Senator McCain to vote against Obamacare repeal: statement
U.S. Senator John McCain said on Friday that he would vote against a new Republican bill to dismantle Obamacare if it is brought onto the Senate floor next week, in a new setback for the proposal. "I cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal," McCain said in a statement
NewsAFP NewsBrazil's army sent to help quell shootouts in Rio favela
Hundreds of Brazilian soldiers came to the aid of Rio de Janeiro police Friday after heavily armed drug traffickers rampaged through the country's most heavily populated favela, spraying bullets and terrifying locals. Intense exchanges between police and criminals began early morning inside the
NewsReutersDriven by hope and patriotism, Mexico rescuers seek quake survivors three days in
By Julia Love MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Human chains of rescuers on Friday sped up efforts to remove rubble from collapsed buildings in Mexico City, assisted by dogs and heat sensors and refusing to give up hope of finding survivors of the earthquake three days ago. Tuesday's 7.1 magnitude quake
NewsAFP NewsMamma Mia! British star Colin Firth is now Italian
He may be famed for portraying the quintessential Englishman but for Italy, British actor Colin Firth has "amore" and more. Firth took up Italian citizenship on Friday, the interior ministry in Rome announced. Firth, 57, married Italian producer Livia Giuggioli, 48, in 1997, according to
NewsReutersHurricane Maria lashes Turks and Caicos, fresh flooding in Puerto Rico
By Dave Graham and Robin Respaut SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Hurricane Maria lashed the Turks and Caicos Islands on Friday and was blamed for fresh flooding on Puerto Rico, where it had already destroyed homes and knocked out power during its rampage through the Caribbean. U.S. weather forecasters
NewsReutersFormer head of Muslim Brotherhood dies in hospital: lawyer
The former leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Islamist movement, Mohamed Akef, has died in a Cairo hospital after an illness, the group's lawyer said on Friday. Akef was "supreme guide" of the movement, as the leadership is known, until the end of 2009. Akef's daughter announced
NewsAFP NewsSupermodel reunion at blockbuster Versace tribute in Milan
Donatella Versace authored the defining moment of Milan fashion week on Friday with a blockbuster show honouring her late brother Gianni which closed with a surprise supermodel reunion that brought the cheering crowd to its feet. Out stepped Cindy Crawford, Carla Bruni, Naomi Campbell, Helena Christensen
NewsReuters'Unfortunate' if incidents U.S. says harming diplomats politicized: Cuba
By Anthony Boadle UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Cuba's foreign minister said on Friday it would be "unfortunate" if incidents the United States says are harming its diplomats in Havana were to be politicized, days after Washington raised the possibility of closing its embassy in Cuba. In
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'Full House' Cast Is Still A Family, 30 Years And A Revival Later
Time and time again, we hear casts of TV and film describe themselves as family.
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A Look Inside The Newly Discovered City Built By Octopuses
The idea of undiscovered underwater cities isn’t as far-fetched as you might think.
NewsAFP NewsCuba says found no proof of attack on US diplomats
Cuba has found no evidence to support US claims that several American diplomats in Havana were harmed in outside attacks on their health, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said Friday. Since last year, at least 21 US officials and a smaller number of Canadians have received treatment for a variety
NewsAFP NewsRussia's Lavrov says US, N.Korea in 'kindergarden fight'
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday described the rhetoric between leaders of the United States and North Korea as a "kindergarden fight between children" and urged calm. "We have to calm down the hot heads and understand that we do need pauses, that we do need some contacts
NewsAFP NewsBangladesh frees Myanmar photographers
Bangladesh authorities Friday released two Myanmar photographers covering the Rohingya crisis for a German magazine after they were granted bail by a court, police and a lawyer said. Minzayar Oo and Hkun Lat were detained early this month in the border district of Cox's Bazar, where more than 420,000
NewsAFP NewsIstanbul mayor steps down as Erdogan eyes 2019 polls
Istanbul's mayor Kadir Topbas resigned on Friday after 13 years in the key post, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks to refresh the ruling party ahead of local and national polls in 2019. Topbas, 72, did not give any reason for his resignation from the job which Erdogan himself held from 1994
NewsAFP NewsMerkel takes on hard right in final German vote push
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced down jeering protesters Friday as she embarked on a final push for votes ahead of Sunday's election, seeking to beat back a challenge from the emboldened hard-right. Many turn up bearing posters of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD), with some
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ACLU Sues St. Louis Over Handling Of Protests Following Ex-Cop's Acquittal
The ACLU of Missouri has filed a lawsuit against the city of St. Louis, alleging unconstitutional police misconduct for cops’ use of riot gear and chemical weapons this week against protestors.
NewsAFP NewsRed faces as Russia's Kalashnikov monument shows Nazi gun
Workers in Moscow on Friday erased the illustration of a gun from a freshly-inaugurated monument of Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the legendary AK-47 assault rifle, after it was found that the drawing was of a Nazi weapon. The sculptor, Salavat Shtsherbakoff, has acknowledged his mistake," the
NewsReutersTrump readies new order to replace travel ban - reports
By Yeganeh Torbati and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is planning to replace his soon-to-expire travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries with a new one tailored on a country-by-country basis and affecting slightly more nations, U.S. media reported on Friday
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Charmin Tries To Get 'Mad Pooper' To Turn Herself In With Brilliant Ploy
Charmin has flushed, er, fleshed out a clever plan.
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John McCain: 'I Cannot In Good Conscience Vote' For The GOP Obamacare Repeal Bill
WASHINGTON ― Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Friday that he doesn’t support the latest Obamacare repeal bill, all but ensuring Republicans’ last-ditch effort to gut the Affordable Care Act is dead in the water.
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Ellen Explains Why She Doesn't Want 'Dangerous' Donald Trump On Her Show
Ellen DeGeneres does not see the point in having President Donald Trump on her show.
NewsReutersAccused mobster tied to Boston art heist to undergo psychiatric test
By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - An octogenerian alleged mobster who police believe may be able to help solve the largest art heist in U.S. history will undergo a psychiatric evaluation before being sentenced on gun charges, a federal court judge in Connecticut ruled on Friday. The decision came
NewsAFP NewsProtests in Catalonia over crackdown on banned independence vote
Demonstrators hit the streets of Barcelona on Friday for a third day of protests against the Spanish authorities' crackdown on preparations for a banned independence referendum in Catalonia that has divided the region. Some 2,000 people, many draped in red and yellow Catalan independence flags,
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