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A group of 155 migrants forced their way into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco on Friday, Spanish authorities said. "They are all from sub-Saharan Africa, the majority from Guinea," a spokesman for the central government's office in Ceuta told AFP. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HzA0s6 via IFTTT

Landfall anticipated early Tuesday on state’s east coast with maximum sustained winds of 140mphRich DiGiulio removes an awning from the Mulligans Beach House Bar & Grill in preparation for Hurricane Dorian, Friday, 30 August 2019, in Vero Beach, Florida. Photograph: Lynne Sladky/APResidents of Florida braced for what could be a historically damaging storm on Friday as Hurricane Dorian lingered in the western Atlantic, building strength in advance of its anticipated landfall early on Tuesday on the state’s east coast.The storm strengthened into a category 3 hurricane on Friday afternoon, amid fears it could prove to be the most powerful hurricane to hit Florida’s east coast in nearly 30 years. Forecasters warned that Dorian could wallop the state with “extremely dangerous” 140mph (225 kph) winds.“It could be an absolute monster,” Donald Trump said in a video address, pledging federal support for local disaster relief efforts.Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, declared a state of emer...

In a 1960s radio interview, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey's then-fiancee said Ivey wore blackface in a college sketch. Ivey apologized in a statement Thursday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2zACP7v via IFTTT

The new policy applies to Green Card holders who serve in uniform. "Why are we targeting people who want to serve?" a leading veterans advocate said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZAMmpS via IFTTT

Another spanner has been thrown into the works in the countdown to Brexit. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked the Queen to suspend parliament which will scupper MPs chances to block a no-deal Brexit. On Wednesday, the Queen approved Johnson's request, prompting a national outcry and protests across the country.During a Central London protest against prorogation (the official term for the suspension of parliament), a Portuguese woman, who has lived and worked in the UK for 20 years, interrupted an interview and delivered an impassioned and extremely moving speech about Brexit's impact on her life."I'm Portuguese and I worked here for 20 years and I have no voice and the Settlement Scheme is not working," the woman -- whose name is unknown -- told Sky News. The woman is referring to the EU Settlement Scheme, which allows EU citizens to apply to continue living in the UK once it's no longer part of the European Union. She had been attending the protest, statin...

West Virginia state Sen. Mike Maroney has been charged with soliciting a prostitute. The Republican lawmaker turned himself in and was arraigned Wednesday morning, a Marshall County court clerk said. Maroney exchanged text messages to discuss prices and set up meetings with a woman who has acknowledged being a prostitute, according to a criminal complaint. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZnrC9S via IFTTT

"I hate that we live in a world where you have to be protected from fellow humans," said Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/34acPy4 via IFTTT

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The Boy Scouts of America is facing a threat from a growing wave of lawsuits over decades-old allegations of sexual abuse. The Scouts have been sued in multiple states in recent months by purported abuse victims, including plaintiffs taking advantage of new state laws or court decisions that are now allowing suits previously barred because of the age of the allegations. A lawyer representing 150 people who say they were abused as Boy Scouts is planning a suit in New Jersey when the state's new civil statute of limitations law takes effect Dec. 1. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZAeKbz via IFTTT

We need serious plans to empower all workers to form unions, no matter what job they do. 'Unions for All' is our litmus test for 2020 candidates. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2L7KKQw via IFTTT

A spokesman for the federal agency said in a statement Friday that "we must stand as one community to focus on aiding the victims." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZGS21J via IFTTT

Insider has been tracking how many candidates' fans like other candidates. Gillibrand's exit could help Sen. Elizabeth Warren consolidate support. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NECLMz via IFTTT

As Hurricane Dorian hurtles into the Caribbean, airlines are issues waivers, and cruise lines are modifying routes. Here's what you need to know. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NFTRte via IFTTT

An Iranian oil tanker pursued by the U.S. on Friday again listed its destination as Turkey but the Turkish foreign minister added to the confusion by saying the vessel is headed to Lebanon — statements that were promptly denied in Beirut. The flurry of contradictory statements further muddies the waters for the Adrian Darya 1, formerly known as the Grace 1, and obscures where its 2.1 million barrels of oil will ultimately go. The tanker has taken center stage recently amid a crisis roiling the Persian Gulf and escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran after President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers over a year ago. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2LmlnJs via IFTTT

The leader of the Conservative Party in Scotland has quit her post one day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved to suspend Parliament ahead of Brexit. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Lkri1B via IFTTT

"I hate that we live in a world where you have to be protected from fellow humans," said Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/34acPy4 via IFTTT

A new BBC report details gruesome allegations from civilians living in Kashmiri villages known to be hubs of anti-India militant groups. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2zuDnf9 via IFTTT

The Boy Scouts of America is facing a threat from a growing wave of lawsuits over decades-old allegations of sexual abuse. The Scouts have been sued in multiple states in recent months by purported abuse victims, including plaintiffs taking advantage of new state laws or court decisions that are now allowing suits previously barred because of the age of the allegations. A lawyer representing 150 people who say they were abused as Boy Scouts is planning a suit in New Jersey when the state's new civil statute of limitations law takes effect Dec. 1. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZAeKbz via IFTTT

A group of 155 migrants forced their way into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco on Friday, Spanish authorities said. "They are all from sub-Saharan Africa, the majority from Guinea," a spokesman for the central government's office in Ceuta told AFP. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HzA0s6 via IFTTT

Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell tweeted that she is "rooting" for Hurricane Dorian to make a "a direct hit" on President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2MKqrL5 via IFTTT

James Reardon, 20, whose case is one of many thwarted potential mass shootings reported by U.S. law enforcement in recent weeks, faces one count of transmitting threatening communications via interstate commerce, federal prosecutors said as his indictment was unsealed on Thursday. Federal authorities said their investigation is ongoing. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2L5pJG2 via IFTTT

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the start of World War Two, Poland has reparations on its mind. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/34bb1os

Sources familiar with an intelligence report told CNBC that Russia was trying to recover the weapon after another unsuccessful flight test. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Ug2agF via IFTTT

A Chinese Australian writer detained in Beijing on suspicion of espionage since January has urged Australia to maintain diplomatic pressure for his release. "I implore the prime minister to help me go home as soon as possible," Yang, 54, said in the statement provided to The Associated Press by Feng Chongyi, an academic who was detained in China for two weeks in 2017 while researching human rights lawyers. Yang was taken into custody upon arriving in southern China's Guangzhou from New York on Jan. 19 with his wife, Yuan Xiaoliang, and his 14-year-old stepdaughter. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2zuFLCG via IFTTT

Race car driver Jessi Combs, host of the television series "All Girls Garage," was killed in a high-speed crash while trying to set a new land-speed record, her family said on Wednesday. Combs, 39, was attempting to become the fastest woman on Earth when she was killed while racing on Tuesday on the Alvord Desert, a dry lake bed in southeastern Oregon, the family said in a statement. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3475uiK via IFTTT

Who made it? Who came close? Here's what to know about the third Democratic presidential primary debate. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2LeBPeR via IFTTT

Ireland's foreign minister says it's too late to renegotiate Britain's departure deal from the European Union. Foreign Minister Simon Coveney on Wednesday reiterated Ireland's opposition to the EU renegotiating the Brexit agreement approved by former U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May. Coveney said there wouldn't be enough time before Britain's Oct. 31 departure deadline "even if we wanted to" reopen the negotiations. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NByEkf via IFTTT

In 2017, Ayers considered entering the Georgia gubernatorial contest but ultimately chose not to run from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2La8cve via IFTTT

Royal Caribbean has closed its Perfect Day at CocoCay island and Disney Cruise Line is re-routing its Disney Fantasy ship to avoid Hurricane Dorian. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2L5vpzZ via IFTTT

Bret Stephens, who was called a bedbug Monday evening on Twitter, has since deactivated his Twitter account. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30JLDUI via IFTTT

North Korea accused the United Kingdom, France and Germany on Thursday of meddling in its "self-defensive measures for arms modernization," saying the West will make "no greater mistake" than thinking Pyongyang will give up its right to have weapons that it says are needed to ensure peace. The North's official Korean Central News Agency circulated a statement from Kim Son Gyong, an adviser at the Korea-Europe Association, in response to a joint statement Tuesday from the three important U.S. allies condemning Pyongyang's "repeated provocative launches" of ballistic missiles. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/346hOQt via IFTTT

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong police said they banned a Saturday protest by the organizer of previous historic mass marches, citing public safety concerns, a move that could anger demonstrators ahead of a planned 13th straight weekend of pro-democracy rallies.Police said approving the Civil Human Rights Front’s march was too risky as some people might use it to “carry out large scale destruction and disrupt public order,” Kwok Pak-chung, the force’s regional commander for Hong Kong Island, said at a Thursday briefing. The South China Morning Post first reported the ban.“Based on our intelligence, we believe certain protesters will commit acts of violence during the gathering,” Kwok said. “There’s a high chance that certain violent protesters will hijack this event.” He added that officials “have made a decision that we didn’t like to make.”Bonnie Leung, CHRF’s vice-convener, told Bloomberg News earlier in the day that the group was planning to appeal. Some previous rallies have been approve...

A married couple wanted for murder have escaped from custody after overpowering guards who were transporting them through Utah in the United States.Blane Barksdale, 56, and Susan Barksdale, 59, broke free from two guards on Monday evening. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2L1DB46 via IFTTT

Power outages and flooding were reported in the Virgin Islands and the Puerto Rican islands, but no damagesHurricane Dorian caused only limited damage in Puerto Rico late Wednesday. Photograph: Ramón Espinosa/APHurricane Dorian caused limited damage in the northern Caribbean as it left the region and gathered strength late Wednesday, setting its sights on the US mainland as it threatened to grow into a Category 3 storm.Puerto Rico, which had braced for the worst, seemed to be spared any heavy wind and rain, a huge relief to many on an island where blue tarps still cover some 30,000 homes nearly two years after Hurricane Maria. The island’s 3.2 million inhabitants also depend on an unstable power grid that remains prone to outages since it was destroyed by Maria.Power outages and flooding were reported across the US Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands and the Puerto Rican islands of Vieques and Culebra after Dorian hit St Thomas as a Category 1 storm.“We’re happy because there ar...

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday "mistakes were made" when he sent a fundraising mailer that called on supporters to "defend Texas" from illegal immigration, which was dated a day before a gunman targeting Mexicans killed 22 people in El Paso. The letter was condemned as racist and anti-Latino by the Texas Democratic Party after it surfaced last week. Taken together, the mailer and tweet have put a spotlight on Abbott's hardline rhetoric at a time when he has urged unity in the aftermath of another mass shooting in Texas. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Hx1ONG via IFTTT

A district attorney in Tennessee could face suspension after saying he does not prosecute domestic violence cases between same-sex partners.Coffee County district attorney Craig Northcott came under fire in June after a video emerged of him saying he would not prosecute anyone with domestic violence charges if they are in a gay marriage because he does not accept their legal status. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NCPxLx via IFTTT

BARRICADED SUSPECT: The Secret Service along with police are in the middle of a standoff in Fairfield. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32cinGw via IFTTT

MIKE THEILERNearly a month after an accused shooter reportedly said he deliberately targeted “Mexicans” while killing more than 20 people in El Paso, Fox News personalities are still echoing the same talking points from the gunman’s racist manifesto, in which he complained about a “Hispanic invasion” of America.Appearing on Fox Nation’s The Todd Starnes Show on Thursday, Fox News host Jeanine Pirro was asked by Starnes—who recently likened migrants to a “rampaging horde” of Nazis—if Democrats and liberals hate President Donald Trump and his supporters.Pirro, who is currently promoting a book that Trump has already endorsed, took the opportunity to push a version of the “Great Replacement theory”—the same racist lie that was cited by the El Paso gunman and other recent domestic terrorist attackers.“They hate Donald Trump—he’s the one they want to get rid of,” she said, in a segment first spotted by Media Matters. “Their plot to remake America is to bring in the illegals, change the way ...

One of the first roadblocks undocumented immigrant youths living in the U.S. might face because of their status is learning they are ineligible for federal financial aid like student loans and the Pell Grant, used to pay for college. When Damian, an undocumented immigrant who preferred to only give his first name, decided he wanted to study beyond high school, he relied on private scholarships and paid out of pocket to cover the remaining tuition bills at a local community college. Achieving a community college education required sacrifices, like working 12-hour weekend shifts instead of spending time with friends and eating at McDonald's on a daily basis. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HzbAyH via IFTTT

Hurricane Dorian is forecast to hit somewhere along the east coast of Florida this weekend. Here is why it's so treacherous. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Pl999f via IFTTT

Royal Caribbean has closed its Perfect Day at CocoCay island and Disney Cruise Line is re-routing its Disney Fantasy ship to avoid Hurricane Dorian. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2L5vpzZ via IFTTT

Florida's largest power company says it has secured about 13,000 employees and additional personnel to work to restore powerlines and equipment damaged by Hurricane Dorian. Florida Power and Light also said Thursday that it is working with utilities nationwide to send additional crews and equipment ahead of the landfall. FPL President and CEO Eric Silagy says they're taking Hurricane Dorian seriously and have activated an emergency response plan in anticipation of its impact. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30IPYYk via IFTTT

BARRICADED SUSPECT: The Secret Service along with police are in the middle of a standoff in Fairfield. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32cinGw via IFTTT

Former VP Joe Biden's half-century of public life has drawn extensive attention to his record on race and civil rights in the 2020 Democratic primary. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30PoP6c via IFTTT

Federal agents on Wednesday searched the suburban Detroit home of the president of the United Auto Workers, apparently another step in a corruption investigation that has netted labor leaders and auto industry officials, and damaged the union's reputation during contract talks with U.S. car companies. The UAW criticized the remarkable search of Gary Jones' home in Canton Township, insisting it has fully cooperated with authorities. "President Jones is determined to uncover and address any and all wrongdoing, wherever it might lead," the UAW said in a written statement. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3493KW4 via IFTTT

A Palestinian Harvard student claims that he has been denied entry into the US because his friends had posted anti-American statements on social media. Ismail Ajjawi, 17, who is due to begin his studies at the prestigious university next Tuesday, said he was detained when he arrived at Boston's Logan International Airport on Friday night. Mr Ajjawai told the Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper, that immigration officers subjected him to hours of questioning and demanded access to his phone and computer. Mr Ajjawai, who lives in Lebanon, said he was asked about his religious beliefs and practices before officers trawled through his technology devices. The teenager said that after five hours an officer called him into a room and “started screaming" at him. "She said that she found people posting political points of view that oppose the US on my friend[s] list,” he said.   Mr Ajjawi said he stressed to the officer that he had not made any political posts himself and that ...

An adventurer has completed a 2,951-mile solo paddleboard voyage from San Francisco to Hawaii, a feat of endurance which lasted 76 days.Antonio de la Rosa travelled alone across the Pacific Ocean without supporting boats. He braved choppy waters and glimpsed whales – as well as a constant stream of plastic pollution. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NBx81m via IFTTT

Over the past couple of weeks, Donald Trump has increasingly blasted Fox News' coverage. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NDCoBU via IFTTT

An abandoned oil tanker anchored off war-torn Yemen that is degrading along with its cargo could explode and cause an environmental disaster, experts said Wednesday as UN inspectors prepared to visit. The ship "Safer", used as a floating storage platform, is laden with some 1.1 million barrels of crude oil and has been stranded with no maintenance since early 2015, leaving it to deteriorate and potentially allowing explosive gases to build up. United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday that a technical assessment team was waiting in nearby Djibouti preparing to board the Safer for a first-hand evaluation. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2PlgtBZ via IFTTT

The Chicago Board of Education approved a $7.7 billion fiscal 2020 budget on Wednesday, rejecting a call to delay a vote on the spending plan by the district's teachers union, which is eyeing a possible strike next month. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), which is in contract talks with the nation's third-largest public school system, claimed the new spending plan fails to address "dire" shortages of social workers, nurses and other staff. School officials said the budget funds 95 additional positions that were part of a commitment by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot for more than 450 new jobs over five years. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2L1dlqr via IFTTT

Federal agents on Wednesday searched the suburban Detroit home of the president of the United Auto Workers, apparently another step in a corruption investigation that has netted labor leaders and auto industry officials, and damaged the union's reputation during contract talks with U.S. car companies. The UAW criticized the remarkable search of Gary Jones' home in Canton Township, insisting it has fully cooperated with authorities. "President Jones is determined to uncover and address any and all wrongdoing, wherever it might lead," the UAW said in a written statement. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3493KW4 via IFTTT