New York Port Authority attack: Man held after Manhattan blast
A man is being held after an attempted terror attack at New York City's main bus terminal.
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Times Square Subway Bomber Tells Police He's a Follower of Islamic State
A Brooklyn man wearing a pipe bomb attached with Velcro and zip ties set off an explosive in the Times Square subway station Monday morning, injuring himself and three others, sending ambulances racing and commuters fleeing as Christmas shoppers poured into New York City.
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UN poverty official touring Alabama's Black Belt: 'I haven't seen this' in the First World
A United Nations official who tours the globe investigating extreme poverty said Thursday that areas of Alabama's Black Belt are suffering the most dire sewage disposal crisis of any place he has visited in a developed country.
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Transgender People Can Enlist in Military Jan. 1, Pentagon Says
The Pentagon is allowing transgender people to enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1, despite President Donald Trump's opposition.
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EU's Federica Mogherini rebuffs Netanyahu on Jerusalem
The EU's foreign policy chief says there is "full EU unity" in support of Jerusalem becoming the capital of both Israel and a future Palestinian state.
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Hezbollah chief says fight for Jerusalem is now top priority
Lebanese Hezbollah will work with its allies to create a strategy “in the field” to confront Israel, the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, said, calling again for a third Palestinian intifada (uprising), during a rally in Beirut on Monday.
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How Steve Bannon Rescued Roy Moore’s Campaign Against All Odds
Polls show most Republicans now don’t believe Moore’s accusers.
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Trump Super PAC Gets 12-Year-Old Girl To Interview Roy Moore
Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore recently sat down for an interview with a 12-year-old girl in a meeting arranged by a pro-Trump political action committee.
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Syria service for British fighters Jac Holmes and Oliver Hall
A military ceremony has been held in Syria for two Britons killed with the Kurdish-led armed group the over a dozen US military bases in Syria.
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Nearly half of Americans still oppose Republican tax bill: Reuters/Ipsos poll
As Republicans in the U.S. Congress rush to finish their tax plan, the legislation is not getting more popular with the public, with nearly half of Americans still opposed to it, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Monday.
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Monsanto offers cash to U.S. farmers who use controversial chemical
Monsanto Co will give cash back to U.S. farmers who buy a weed killer that has been linked to widespread crop damage, offering an incentive to apply its product even as regulators in several U.S. states weigh restrictions on its use.
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Bulgaria discovers it has enough bitcoins to pay off fifth of its debt
Hundreds of thousands of bitcoins have been seized in an anti-corruption operation in Bulgaria, reports Zerohedge. They are currently worth $3.6 billion, which is enough to pay off a fifth of the country's national debt of $16.5 billion.
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College Presidents Making $1 Million Rise With Tuition and Student Debt
A seven-figure salary to run a nonprofit college? You know what they say: Pro Humanitate.
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Hundreds of HP laptop models found to have hidden keylogging software
A security researcher has revealed that some HP laptops have hidden software which can log everything typed on its keypads. More than 460 models have been affected, dating back to 2012, according to the list released by HP.
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