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Rep. Tim Murphy resigns from Congress after allegedly asking woman to have abortion
Washington Post
Rep. Tim Murphy said Thursday that he will resign from Congress this month, a day after the eight-term Pennsylvania Republican announced that he would not seek reelection amid a personal scandal. “Upon further discussion with my family, I have made the ...
Congressman Caught In Abortion Hypocrisy To ResignHuffPost
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Harvey Weinstein to Sue NY Times, Says His Attorney
Hollywood Reporter
On the heels of The New York Times' bombshell expose published Thursday about "decades of harassment" on the part of Harvey Weinstein, the mogul's attorney Charles Harder says he's preparing a lawsuit against the paper. "The New York Times ...
Decades of Sexual Harassment Accusations Against Harvey WeinsteinNew York Times
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Las Vegas Shooting: NRA Supports New Rules on 'Bump Stock' Devices
New York Times
A window Stephen Paddock broke at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas to fire on the crowd at a concert. Credit David Becker/Getty Images. LAS VEGAS — The National Rifle Association on Thursday endorsed tighter restrictions on devices that ...
NRA says it backs regulations on bump stocks; top House Republicans open to legislationWashington Post
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Stephen Paddock Chased Gambling's Payouts and Perks
New York Times
Video poker machines in the casino of the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas. Credit Eric Thayer for The New York Times. Read the latest on the Las Vegas shooting with Thursday's live updates. LAS VEGAS — The video poker machines that Stephen ...
Las Vegas shooter booked hotel overlooking Lollapalooza, seen with mystery womanABC News
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Las Vegas shooting motive remains elusive as new details emerge about attack
Washington Post
Investigators probing the Las Vegas massacre continued searching Thursday for what could have motivated the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, even as they detailed more evidence suggesting that the gunman meant to inflict even ...
Las Vegas shooting: Paddock may have planned to escapeBBC News
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Tropical Storm Nate poses weekend threat to central US Gulf Coast
CNN
(CNN) Tropical Storm Nate formed Thursday morning in the southwestern Caribbean, and early forecast models show it taking aim this weekend at the central US Gulf Coast, likely as a minor hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Tropical Storm Nate Forms in the Caribbean Sea and Is Forecast to Hit Gulf Coast as Hurricane This Weekend ...The Weather Channel
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Republicans Open to Banning 'Bump Stocks' Used in Massacre
New York Times
Senators John Cornyn, left, and Lindsey Graham, both Republicans, said they would consider supporting a ban on so-called bump stocks. Credit Al Drago for The New York Times. WASHINGTON — Top congressional Republicans, who have for decades ...
Gun proposal picks up GOP supportThe Hill
Gun owners rush to buy bump stocks as Congress eyes crackdownFox News
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Tropical Depression Sixteen Forecast to Hit US Gulf Coast as Hurricane This Weekend; Hurricane Watch Issued For ...
The Weather Channel
Bands of heavy rain and wind may affect Cancún and Cozumel by Friday, where a hurricane watch has been posted. The future "Nate" will make landfall along the northern Gulf Coast Sunday as either a tropical storm or hurricane. Interests in Mexico's ...
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Carles Puigdemont: The man who wants to break up Spain
BBC News
The drive for independence that delivered the banned 1 October referendum did not begin under his leadership. But such is his zeal for secession, that Catalonia's President Carles Puigdemont is prepared to risk its existing autonomy to achieve it. In ...
How the Spanish government is pushing Catalans to support independenceWashington Post
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Las Vegas gunman planned to escape after massacre, sheriff says
CNN
(CNN) The gunman in the Las Vegas massacre planned to escape after targeting the country music concert, but instead left behind a note and killed himself, authorities say. Stephen Paddock led such a secretive life, much of it remains unknown days after ...
Las Vegas sheriff: Mass killer led a 'secret life' before attackFox News
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Sources: Vegas killer paid cash for property and privacy
CNN
Mesquite, Nevada (CNN) He seemed so ordinary, just another house-hunting retiree, when he strolled with his girlfriend into the sales office of the Sun City development in late 2014. The agents had just what Stephen Craig Paddock was looking for -- a ...
Las Vegas Gunman Chased Gambling's Payouts and PerksNew York Times
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Google is using its biggest advantage as a weapon to totally embarrass Apple
Business Insider
Hardware, as they say, is hard. Building something complex like a smartphone is tough enough as it is; selling enough of them to overcome the lousy profit margins and high costs of manufacturing only makes it harder. Major companies like Google are not ...
Google launches new phones, speakers in hardware pushReuters
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3 Special Forces Troops Killed and 2 Are Wounded in an Ambush in Niger
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Three United States Army Special Forces were killed and two were wounded on Wednesday in an ambush in Niger while on a routine patrol with troops they were training from that nation in northwestern Africa, American military officials ...
Three US Special Forces troops killed in Niger ambush, reports sayWashington Post
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3 US troops killed in ambush in Niger
CNN
(CNN) Three members of the US Special Operations Forces were killed and two others were wounded in southwest Niger near the Mali-Niger border when a joint US-Nigerien patrol was attacked Wednesday, two administration officials told CNN.
3 Special Forces Troops Killed and 2 Are Wounded in an Ambush in NigerNew York Times
Three US Special Forces troops killed in Niger ambush, reports sayWashington Post
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Murphy Misses on NRA Track Record
FactCheck.org
Sen. Chris Murphy urged politicians to stand up to the National Rifle Association because while “[t]he gun lobby is certainly politically powerful … it loses as many races as it wins.” But the NRA has won the vast majority of recent congressional ...

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Murphy Misses on NRA Track Record
FactCheck.org
Sen. Chris Murphy urged politicians to stand up to the National Rifle Association because while “[t]he gun lobby is certainly politically powerful … it loses as many races as it wins.” But the NRA has won the vast majority of recent congressional ...

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Girlfriend of Las Vegas gunman: 'It never occurred to me ... that he was planning violence'
Washington Post
The girlfriend of Stephen Paddock, the gunman who opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas earlier this week, said Wednesday she had no warning about his plans to carry out the massacre and pledged to cooperate with authorities struggling ...
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Tropical Storm Nate, expected later today, to hit Gulf Coast as a hurricane
Miami Herald
A tropical depression churning across the southern Caribbean could become Tropical Storm Nate by late Wednesday, on track to hit the Gulf Coast, and possibly Florida, as a hurricane over the weekend. In their latest advisory, National Hurricane Center ...
New tropical depression poses weekend threat to Gulf CoastCNN
New Tropical Depression Forms Below Gulf Of MexicoNPR
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