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  The Latest: UNC statue meeting goes into closed session

  December 14, 2018 23:00 IST

  The board that oversees North Carolina's statewide university system has gone into closed session as it considers what to do with a statue toppled by protesters

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  US sanctions 3 over activities in South Sudan's civil war

  December 14, 2018 22:45 IST

  US sanctions retired Israeli military official, 2 locals over activities in South Sudan war

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  EU leaders agree on limited budget to support eurozone

  December 14, 2018 22:45 IST

  Leaders of the European Union have agreed to press ahead with a common eurozone budget to help the currency union weather future crises.

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  Israeli army kills Palestinian in West Bank clashes

  December 14, 2018 22:45 IST

  An 18-year-old Palestinian died hours after Israeli soldiers shot him in clashes Friday with rock-throwing crowds in the West Bank

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  Brazilian judge orders arrest of Cesare Battisti

  December 14, 2018 22:30 IST

  A Brazilian supreme court judge has ordered the arrest of an Italian communist militant convicted of murder in his home country

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  CBS replacing head of struggling morning show

  December 14, 2018 22:30 IST

  CBS announces that the top executive at 'CBS This Morning' is leaving, with no replacement named

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  The Latest: Official identifies 7-year-old migrant who died

  December 14, 2018 22:30 IST

  An official with Guatemala's foreign ministry has identified the 7-year-old migrant girl who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody as Jackeline Caal

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  The Latest: White House dismisses Cohen accusations as lies

  December 14, 2018 22:30 IST

  The White House is dismissing the accusations from President Donald Trump's former fixer that Trump directed hush money payments to two women during the presidential campaign to buy their silence about alleged affairs

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  Iraq summons Turkish ambassador over airstrikes

  December 14, 2018 22:00 IST

  Iraq's Foreign Ministry says it has summoned Turkey's ambassador to protest Turkish airstrikes on Kurdish militia positions in northern Iraq

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  Liberal Polish political contender starts to lay out goals

  December 14, 2018 22:00 IST

  Robert Biedron, a prominent left-wing politician, says he wants to shut down coal mines operating in the country by 2035, improve health care and end state subsidies to the church

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  3rd New Jersey racetrack plans to offer sports betting

  December 14, 2018 22:00 IST

  The only operating horse racing track in New Jersey that does not yet have sports betting plans to offer it at some point next year

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  Canadian minister postpones trip to China amid tensions

  December 14, 2018 22:00 IST

  Canada's tourism minister is postponing a trip to China amid tensions over the arrest of a Chinese tech executive on behalf of the United States and the detentions of two Canadians in China in apparent retaliation

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  Historian lays out vision for new Holocaust museum in Warsaw

  December 14, 2018 22:00 IST

  The newly appointed chief historian of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum says he hopes it will become 'the major Holocaust museum in Poland' when it opens in 2023

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  McCain replacement Sen. Jon Kyl resigning at end of year

  December 14, 2018 21:45 IST

  Arizona's governor says U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl will resign at the end of the year from the U.S. Senate seat he was appointed to less than four months ago following the death of Sen. Jon McCain

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  Top TV moments: 'Roseanne,' Oprah's speech, message funerals

  December 14, 2018 21:45 IST

  It was a remarkable year on television for drama, with much of it unscripted

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  As hunting declines, efforts grow to broaden the funding base for wildlife conservation

  December 14, 2018 21:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Lincoln Larson, North Carolina State University(THE CONVERSATION) Hunting is a seasonal ritual for more than 11 million Americans in fall and winter. For those whose quarry includes ducks, geese or other waterfowl, one essential item is a Federal Duck Stamp – one of the most innovative and influential conservation initiatives in U.S. history. For more than 80 years, federal law has

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  Are we done here? Nope. Cranky Congress still has work to do

  December 14, 2018 21:30 IST

  Everyone in Congress wants to go home, yet both chambers are scheduled to be in session next week over hefty matters, including the budget and criminal sentencing reform

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  2018 Breakthrough: Awkwafina of 'Crazy Rich Asians'

  December 14, 2018 21:30 IST

  2018 Breakthrough: Awkwafina of 'Crazy Rich Asians' and 'Ocean's 8'

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  Arizona's governor says Republican Sen. Jon Kyl will resign at the end of the year

  December 14, 2018 21:15 IST

  Arizona's governor says Republican Sen. Jon Kyl will resign at the end of the year

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  Supreme Court struggles to define 'searches' as technology changes

  December 14, 2018 21:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Behzad Mirhashem, University of New Hampshire(THE CONVERSATION) What the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution means when it protects citizens against an unreasonable search by government agents isn’t entirely clear. It certainly includes police physically entering a person’s home, but for almost 100 years, the Supreme Court has tried to define what else might qualify, including

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  The Second Amendment comes first in teaching constitutional law

  December 14, 2018 21:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Anthony Johnstone, The University of Montana(THE CONVERSATION) Twenty years ago, when I was a law student taking constitutional law, the Second Amendment did not even come up in class. Today, as a law professor, I teach the Second Amendment as the very first case in my constitutional law class. The emergence of the Second Amendment in law school classrooms is a lesson in the ways

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  Months after Massachusetts gas explosions, normalcy far off

  December 14, 2018 21:00 IST

  Some Massachusetts property owners are struggling to return to normalcy following several dramatic pipeline explosions three months ago

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  The Latest: Palestinian police end Hamas' West Bank protest

  December 14, 2018 21:00 IST

  Palestinian police have cracked down on a Hamas protest in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, beating demonstrators with batons and throwing stun grenades

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  Royals reveal the images on their Christmas cards

  December 14, 2018 21:00 IST

  British officials have released the photos chosen by members of the royal family for their Christmas cards

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  Global stocks slide following weak reports from China

  December 14, 2018 21:00 IST

  Global stocks are down Friday after Chinese authorities said industrial output and retail sales both slowed in November, the latest warning sign from the second-largest economy in the world

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  North Carolina university board discusses Confederate statue

  December 14, 2018 20:45 IST

  The board overseeing North Carolina's public universities is meeting to decide the fate of a Confederate statue toppled by protesters at the state's flagship campus

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  Dutch court upholds maximum sentence for cyberbully

  December 14, 2018 20:30 IST

  A Dutch appeals court has upheld a prison sentence of nearly 11 years for a man convicted of cyberbullying dozens of young women and gay men around the world

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  Kanye reignites Drake feud on Twitter, alleges threats

  December 14, 2018 20:30 IST

  Kanye West appeared to reignite a feud with fellow rapper Drake in which he claimed Drake had called trying to threaten him