McConnell: Roy Moore ethics probe 'almost certain' if he's elected



Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told Fox News Wednesday that an ethics investigation of Roy Moore is "almost certain" if the Republican is elected in next month's Alabama runoff vote.

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North Korean state television has released what it says is video of the country's latest missile launch. CNN's Paula Newton reports.

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's coast guard on Thursday boarded a North Korean fishing boat near a Japanese island where the crew said they had taken shelter from rough seas, the latest in a series of North Korean vessels in distress drifting into Japanese waters.

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President Trump's son-in-law is asked about former top White House aide Michael Flynn, reports say.

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Defense will try to shift focus to NKorea in Kim killing



Malaysia's high-profile trial of two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korean leader goes on recess Thursday with the last hearing until next year.

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EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (Reuters) - The head of the umbrella group of national anti-doping agencies told Reuters that allowing Russia to compete at the 2018 Winter Games would be "a missed opportunity" which would raise doubts about sport's willingness to root out drug cheats.

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AP source: Kushner questioned by Mueller's team about Flynn



President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has been questioned by special counsel Robert Mueller's team of investigators about former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

A Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe leader issued a damning response Wednesday to President Donald Trump’s “Pocahontas” slur earlier this week during an event meant to honor Navajo Code Talkers.

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The journalist, who had been with the “Today” show since 1994, was terminated after a review by the network of a detailed complaint from a colleague. Variety is reportedly preparing to reveal other accusations against Lauer.

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Caitlyn Frisina, 17, was reported missing Sunday after withdrawing $200 from an ATM.

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The issue of Muslim Rohingya refugees will continue to dominate, as Francis arrives from Myanmar.

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Exes file clashing lawsuits over hit novel 'The Girls'



A lawsuit alleges that author Emma Cline plagiarized parts of her bestselling novel "The Girls" from an ex-boyfriend by using spyware to access his email and other accounts, claims that Cline vehemently denies.

Morrisons recalls some chicken and mushroom pies as the packaging actually contains fish pie.

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The rapper says issues he had from his childhood led him to push his wife away, which led to infidelity.

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The US president couldn’t resist taking a jab at the North Korean leader during an event to promote his tax cut for wealthy Americans in St Charles, Missouri, on Wednesday. After referring to the Republican tax plan as ‘rocket fuel’ for the economy, Trump appeared to pause and refer to Kim – whom Trump has recently called ‘rocket man’ – as ‘a sick puppy’, drawing hoots from the crowd.

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The horsemen were training for roles in an independent movie about the segregated 10th U.S. Cavalry of the late 1800s. Actors Bryan King and Woody Strode worked to turn city boys into horsemen using the same training regiment used by the 10th Cavalry.

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Lebanese PM decries Hezbollah's involvement in region's wars



Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri says he fears that Hezbollah's military role in regional conflicts will end up costing his country dearly.

Defense will try to shift focus to NKorea in Kim killing



Malaysia's high-profile trial of two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korean leader goes on recess Thursday with the last hearing until next year.

OPEC oil ministers poised to extend production cuts



OPEC and allied oil producing-nations are going into meetings amid apparent consensus on extending their output cuts.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - An election could be a year away in army-ruled Thailand, but Anutin Charnvirakul is already eyeing a role as a potential kingmaker with ties across the traditional political divide and to the politicized generals.

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Global arms experts say North Korea’s latest test of a ballistic missile was an expected but troubling development that further solidifies Kim Jong Un’s role as a nuclear-backed strongman.

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BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's long-running civil war may be winding down slowly, but the country is awash in weapons and a confounding array of local militias and thousands of foreign troops, some of which may never leave.

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Fifteen suspected communist guerrillas including six women have been killed in a gunbattle, the Philippine military said on Wednesday, days after President Rodrigo Duterte called off peace talks. Duterte last week vowed to go to war with the rebels and threatened to categorise them a "terrorist" group over deadly attacks against soldiers and police. Late Tuesday residents reported seeing armed men boarding a van and a truck in the town of Nasugbu 65 kilometres (40 miles) south of Manila, prompting authorities to send troops, said local military spokesman Colonel Teody Toribio.

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CNN’s Don Lemon could not hide his sheer bewilderment Tuesday night as he reported that President Donald Trump has still been privately questioning the authenticity of former President Barack Obama’s birth certificate.

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A suspected serial killer was arrested in Florida after one of his McDonalds co-workers found a loaded gun in one of his food bags. Howell Donaldson III, 24,will be charged with four counts of first degree murder in relation to fatal shootings in the Seminole Heights region of Tampa, said the city's Police chief Brian Dugan. Mr Donaldson III's arrest affadavit said one of his co-workers at the fast food restaurant had called them after he handed them a food bag with a loaded .40 caliber Glock firearm inside.

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The British cartoon character becomes ever more popular - both with kids and with counterfeiters.

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US, China hold low-key military talks amid NKorea tensions



U.S. and Chinese generals are working on how the mighty American and Chinese militaries might communicate in a crisis.

AP FACT CHECK: Anti-Muslim videos misrepresent what happened



Like much other propaganda, the anti-Muslim videos spread around by President Donald Trump mix grains of truth, fakery and shades in between, overlaid with a message meant to be a blunt hammer blow for a cause.

Ohio's Cops for Kids charity bilked donors out of $4.2M, state AG says



Cops for Kids, a charity that helps families or children who are victims of crimes, allegedly defrauded millions of dollars in donations, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Ohio Attorney General, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported.

Fentanyl found in dead baby's system; parents face charges



The parents of an 8-month-old girl who died last week in Coventry, R.I., have been charged with felony neglect after police said the potent opioid fentanyl was found in the infant's system.

San Francisco may adopt Uber-style surge pricing for parking meters



San Francisco is considering setting the prices on each of the city’s 30,200 parking meters based on demand, an unprecedented move for a major US city that local officials hope will make drivers’ lives easier.

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Justices May Impose New Limits On Government Access To Cellphone Data NPR In the political world, conservatives often accuse liberals of being soft on crime. At the U.S. court, that's not how it goes. Case in point, at the high court on Wednesday, a majority of the justices across ideological lines indicated they may be ... Justices appear to favor more restraints on government access to digital informationWashington Post Supreme Court justices voice support for digital privacyUSA TODAY Argument analysis: Drawing a line on privacy for cellphone records, but where?SCOTUSblog (blog) U.S. News & World Report -ABC News -Engadget -Christian Science Monitor all 117 news articles »

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KARANGASEM, Indonesia (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of villagers on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali are refusing to evacuate a 10-km (six-mile) danger zone around an erupting volcano, putting their fate in the hands of the gods or simply staying put to protect homes and livestock.

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DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh could start relocating Rohingya Muslim refugees to a flood-prone island off its coast in the middle of next year, a government official said on Thursday, as it pushes ahead with the plan despite criticism from aid agencies and rights groups.

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LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump sharply rebuked British Prime Minister Theresa May on Twitter after Britain criticised him for retweeting anti-Islam videos originally posted by a leader of a British far-right fringe party.

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