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  Group files rights suit over Airbnb's Israel settlement ban

  November 30, 2018 7:15 IST

  A group of Americans has filed a civil rights suit in a U.S. federal court against vacation rental company Airbnb over its decision to ban listings from West Bank settlements

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  Boston Bruins retire Rick Middleton's No. 16

  November 30, 2018 7:15 IST

  Rick Middleton raised his No. 16 to the TD Garden rafters Thursday night, nearly three decades after playing his final game with the Bruins

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  Alaska credit union to serve marijuana businesses

  November 30, 2018 7:00 IST

  A credit union is launching a pilot program to begin serving marijuana businesses in Alaska, giving the cash-reliant industry a financial option after banks shunned the industry

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  Katie Ledecky wins 400 free at Winter Nationals

  November 30, 2018 6:45 IST

  Katie Ledecky won the 400-meter freestyle for second title in two days at the USA Swimming Winter National Championships, and fellow Olympic champions Simone Manuel and Nathan Adrian took the 50 freestyles

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  Marist tops Dartmouth at Belfast Classic in Northern Ireland

  November 30, 2018 6:45 IST

  Brian Parker scored 18 points with six assists, Ryan Funk added four 3-pointers and 14 points and Marist defeated Dartmouth 76-58 in the Basketball Hall of Fame Belfast Classic

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  Koreas survey North's railways in hopes of joining networks

  November 30, 2018 6:45 IST

  South Korea sent rail cars and officials to North Korea for joint surveys on railway sections the countries hope someday to connect with the South, but they can't do much more as long as sanctions remain

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  Ehire Adrianza, Twins agree to $1.3M, 1-year contract

  November 30, 2018 6:30 IST

  Infielder Ehire Adrianza and the Minnesota Twins agreed to a $1.3 million, one-year contract, a raise of $300,000

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  Trump to meet with several tech CEOs amid rising tensions

  November 30, 2018 6:30 IST

  President Donald Trump will meet with CEOs of Google, Microsoft and other top tech executives as tensions boil

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  Prithvi Shaw injures ankle while fielding for India at SCG

  November 30, 2018 6:00 IST

  Teenage star Prithvi Shaw has sustained a serious-looking left ankle injury while fielding for India against a Cricket Australia XI at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday

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  St. Louis officers accused of beating undercover colleague

  November 30, 2018 6:00 IST

  Federal indictment accuses three St. Louis police officers of beating an undercover colleague during a 2017 protest, and along with a fourth officer, conspiring to cover up the crime

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  Court: Man put clothes, ID on stand-in corpse in $2M scheme

  November 30, 2018 6:00 IST

  Details have emerged about how a Minnesota man allegedly faked his own death seven years ago in Eastern Europe to collect a $2 million life insurance policy

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  Mayweather, DJ Khaled settle over digital coin promotions

  November 30, 2018 5:45 IST

  Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and music producer DJ Khaled have agreed to pay a total $750,000 to settle federal regulators' charges of failing to disclose payments they received for promoting investments in digital currency securities.

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  Weinstein's lawyers urge dismissal of sexual assault case

  November 30, 2018 5:45 IST

  Harvey Weinstein's lawyer says his sexual assault case has devolved into a mess of lying witnesses and hidden evidence and should be thrown out

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  Pennsylvania commits to new voting machines, election audit

  November 30, 2018 5:15 IST

  Gov. Tom Wolf's administration is settling a vote-counting lawsuit stemming from the 2016 election, in part by affirming a commitment it's made previously to push Pennsylvania's counties to buy voting systems that leave a verifiable paper trail by 2020

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  Behind Cohen plea: Trump's longtime dream of a Moscow tower

  November 30, 2018 5:15 IST

  Behind Michael Cohen's guilty plea: Donald Trump's decades-long dream of building a Trump Tower in Moscow

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  Senators consider sentencing bill tweaks to satisfy sheriffs

  November 30, 2018 5:15 IST

  Senators are considering changes to criminal justice legislation to appease Republicans and law enforcement groups

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  The Latest: Attorney wants 2 ballots included in Alaska race

  November 30, 2018 5:15 IST

  An attorney wants election officials to count two ballots for the Democrat in a tied Alaska state House race

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  Boca-River Libertadores final will be played in Madrid

  November 30, 2018 5:00 IST

  CONMEBOL says the rearranged Copa Libertadores final second leg between Boca Juniors and River Plate will be played in Madrid on Dec. 9

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  US circulates UN resolution that would condemn Hamas rockets

  November 30, 2018 5:00 IST

  The U.S. has circulated a proposed U.N. resolution condemning the Palestinian group Hamas "for repeatedly firing rockets into Israel and for inciting violence" that puts civilians at risk

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  Father of 3 Indiana fire victims found dead hours later

  November 30, 2018 4:30 IST

  Police say there were no working smoke detectors in a rural northern Indiana home where six members of an extended family died in a fire

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  County GOP chair: Oklahoma should quit public education

  November 30, 2018 4:30 IST

  A Republican Oklahoma lawmaker says she supports increasing funding to the state's public school system, despite other Republicans questioning the state's involvement in education

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  Tyree Jackson grounded as Buffalo set to play for MAC title

  November 30, 2018 4:30 IST

  Quarterback Tyree Jackson stays grounded during breakout season in which he's helped lead the University at Buffalo to its second Mid-American Conference championship game appearance

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  Former Planet Fitness manager alleges rape, harassment

  November 30, 2018 4:30 IST

  A former manager at New Hampshire-based Planet Fitness has sued the company, saying she was subjected to a "debaucherous" environment that included sexual harassment and rape

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  Lyft acquires bike sharing company Motivate

  November 30, 2018 4:15 IST

  Ride-hailing giant Lyft has completed its acquisition of Motivate, the largest bike sharing company in the nation

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  Witness contradicts police account of shooting of black teen

  November 30, 2018 4:00 IST

  A Chicago man who witnessed the 2014 fatal police shooting of black teen Laquan McDonald gave a version of events that contradicts what three officers wrote in their reports

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  López Obrador takes power in Mexico after an unstable transition and broken campaign promises

  November 30, 2018 4:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Luis Gómez Romero, University of Wollongong(THE CONVERSATION) Five months after he won a landslide victory in Mexico’s 2018 presidential election on promises to “transform” the country, leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador will be sworn into office on Dec. 1. The prolonged transition period – currently one of the the world’s lengthiest – has given Mexicans a preview of what

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  Writers' group won't honor prosecutor tied to Central Park 5

  November 30, 2018 4:00 IST

  The Mystery Writers of America group has withdrawn a major award given to author Linda Fairstein (FAYR'-steen) after other writers condemned the ex-prosecutor's role in New York's notorious Central Park Five case

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  People in Trump's political orbit who have pleaded guilty

  November 30, 2018 4:00 IST

  People in Trump's political orbit who have pleaded guilty