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Biden Didn’t Consult With Son About Quitting Chinese Board
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Retired four-star Marine Gen. John Allen bluntly criticized the President over the ongoing Turkish military offensive in northern Syria
Gen. John Allen , the former commander of American forces in Afghanistan and former special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS under the Obama administration, told CNN the unfolding crisis in Syria was “completely foreseeable” and “the US greenlighted it.” “There was no chance (Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan) Erdogan would keep his promise, and full blown ethnic cleansing is underway by Turkish supported militias,” he said. “This is what happens when Trump follows his instincts and because of his alignment with autocrats.” “I said there would be blood, but could not have imagined this outcome,” added Allen, who previously stressed US military power and a robust…
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200% Stock Surge Makes Li Ning World’s Hottest Sportswear Firm
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Police Respond to Reports of Mall Shooting in Florida, Confirm One Person Shot
Sanya Mansoor Police responded to reports of a shooting Sunday afternoon at a shopping mall in Boca Raton, Florida and confirmed that one person had been shot and transported to a hospital. Updating-no active shooter. Report of shots fired. One person with gunshot wound transported to Delray Medical Center. SWAT teams grid searching mall. If in mall shelter in place until officers reach you to evacuate you @bocapolice — Boca Raton Police (@BocaPolice) October 13, 2019 Local law enforcement said that they were conducting an active search of the area and had told people to “avoid the mall area,” according to a tweet from the Boca Raton Police Services Department…
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These three women are young. They’re powerful. And they just made history
You’ll want to remember their names. This trio of female athletes just had quite a weekend. One flipped her way to becoming the most decorated gymnast ever. One served her way to becoming the youngest tennis titlist in 15 years. And one ran really fast for 26.2 miles to smash a world record. Let’s celebrate these remarkable young women in their respective sports. As an Olympic champion, Biles is already ranked among the best of the best in gymnastics. Her record-breaking 24th medal win at the world championships on Sunday solidified her GOAT status, making her the most decorated gymnast of all time, male or female. Biles surpassed the record…
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UAW ups strike benefits for GM workers
The union has been paying $250 a week in strike benefits since for three weeks . It announced Sunday it was raising the benefit to $275 a week. And for strikers at GM (GM) and Aramark, an outside contractor providing maintenance services at GM plants whose hourly employees are also striking members of the UAW, the union lifted a cap on the money they could earn from outside jobs and still get the full benefit. Typically, once a worker on strike reaches the same level of outside pay as their strike benefit, each additional dollar of pay reduces the strike benefit by a dollar. In other words, if a striker…
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Man fleeing Syria: They’re coming and they’ll take everything
CNN’s Nick Paton Wash reports from Syria where families in disarray attempt to find safety as Turkish forces cut off the main road between the east and west of Syrian Kurdish territory, effectively cutting off the city of Kobani.
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New Hampshire Wedding Shooting Suspect Is Stepson of Recently Slain Minister: Prosecutor
Associated Press (PELHAM, N.H.) — The man charged with wounding a clergyman and a bride during a wedding at a New Hampshire church is the stepson of a minister from the same church who was killed earlier this month, a state prosecutor said Sunday. Dale Holloway, 37, is the stepson of 60-year-old Luis Garcia who was shot to death Oct. 1 in Londonderry, Senior Assistant Attorney General Ben Agati said in an email Sunday. The groom was the father of the man charged with killing Garcia, Agati said. Services were canceled Sunday at the Pelham church where Holloway is accused of shooting the clergyman and bride during a Saturday wedding.…
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Firefighters make headway against the biggest of California’s active wildfires
The Saddleridge Fire in Los Angeles is 41% contained, up from 19% Saturday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or CAL FIRE, said on Facebook Sunday. The fire is almost 8,000 acres in size. All evacuation orders were lifted Saturday in Los Angeles after the Saddleridge Fire moved away from neighborhoods and into hillsides, and as wind conditions improved. “With the arrival of the onshore weather pattern yesterday, firefighters will take advantage of lower wind speeds and directly attack any remaining hot spots,” the Los Angeles Fire Department said Sunday morning. The red flag warning for increased fire risk expired at 6 p.m. Saturday, the National Weather Service…
