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Instagram ousting fake followers from accounts

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Instagram on Monday said it is booting fake followers, likes, and comments generated by applications tailored to make accounts appear more popular than they actually are. The ...

Nov 20, 2018
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Report: Ivanka Trump used personal email for government work

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and a top White House adviser, sent hundreds of emails about government business from a personal email account last year, The Washington Post...

Nov 20, 2018
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‘I want to thank me,’ rapper Snoop Dogg on getting Hollywood star

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Rap great Snoop Dogg thanked himself on Monday as he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame just days before the 25th anniversary of his debut album “Doggystyle.” “I want...

Nov 20, 2018
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Olympic curling champion booted for ‘drunken’ antics

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Olympic gold medallist Ryan Fry was among a group of four curlers thrown out of a tournament in Canada for “extreme drunkenness,” reports said Monday. Fry, who won gold for Cana...

Nov 20, 2018
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Limiting screen time for your kid? It’s harder than it looks

CHICAGO (AP) -- It is Saturday morning, and 10-year-old Henry Hailey is up at the crack of dawn. Still in PJs, his microphone-equipped headphones glowing blue in the dim basement, he fixates on the p...

Nov 20, 2018
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Gunman opens fire at Chicago hospital, wounds at least 4

CHICAGO (AP) -- A gunman opened fire Monday at a Chicago hospital, wounding at least four people, including a police officer and a hospital employee, authorities said. A police spokesman said the gu...

Nov 20, 2018
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Victims mourned as toll hits 77 in California wildfire

PARADISE, Calif. (AFP) -- The toll from the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history rose further on Sunday to 77, the sheriff's office said, after a vigil to honor the victims...

Nov 20, 2018
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China's youth embrace street dance amid hip-hop crackdown

In China, where children are often saddled with a packed schedule of extracurricular activities before they even enter grade school, some parents are making room for a surprising pursuit: hip-hop dan...

Nov 20, 2018
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Saudi king backs son amid furore over Khashoggi murder

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi King Salman stood by the crown prince and heaped praise on the judiciary Monday, in his first public remarks since critic Jamal Khashoggi's murder tipped the count...

Nov 20, 2018
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Why a salmonella outbreak shouldn’t ruin your Thanksgiving

NEW YORK (AP) -- There’s no reason to skip Thanksgiving dinner because of a salmonella outbreak linked to raw turkey. That’s according to health officials who’ve been monitoring the year-old outbrea...

Nov 19, 2018
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Searchers in California wildfire step up efforts before rain

CHICO, Calif. (AP) — Volunteers in white coveralls, hard hats and masks poked through ash and debris Sunday, searching for the remains of victims of the devastating Northern California wildfire befor...

Nov 19, 2018
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Trump says doesn't want to hear 'suffering' Khashoggi tape

US President Donald Trump says he has been fully briefed on an audio recording of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder but does not want to listen to it himself. "Because it's a suffering tape. It's ...

Nov 19, 2018
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Swimmer killed by stingray, two mauled by sharks in Australia

A swimmer died after a rare suspected stingray attack off an Australian beach while another two people were mauled in separate shark encounters this weekend. The 42-year-old's death came more than a...

Nov 19, 2018
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Korean American narrowly defeated in US Congress election

LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON -- Republican candidate Young Kim, who was expected to become the first Korean-American woman elected to Congress, has been defeated by Democratic rival Gil Cisneros in Califor...

Nov 18, 2018
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1 dead, scores injured in fuel tax protests around France

PARIS (AP) — One protester was killed and 227 other people were injured — eight seriously — at roadblocks set up around villages, towns and cities across France on Saturday as citizens angry with ris...

Nov 18, 2018
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