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  Detroit school board approves purchase of hydration stations

  October 10, 2018 0:15 IST

  About $3 million for water hydration stations and related expenditures has been approved by Detroit's school board as the district deals with high levels of lead and copper in some school water fixtures

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  DHS to waive laws for new border gates in South Texas

  October 09, 2018 23:45 IST

  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says it's waiving environmental laws so it can build gates between sections of border barriers in South Texas' Rio Grande Valley

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  FANTASY PLAYS: Free agents to target for Week 6 in football

  October 09, 2018 23:45 IST

  FANTASY PLAYS: Free agents to target for Week 6 in football

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  Weinstein due in court as judge mulls motion to dismiss case

  October 09, 2018 23:15 IST

  Harvey Weinstein is due in court this week as a New York judge weighs the movie mogul's bid to have some or all of his sexual assault case thrown out

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  Young activist to make TV debut as transgender superhero

  October 09, 2018 23:15 IST

  A Maine activist who won a lawsuit over using the girls' bathroom at her school is making her debut as what is believed to be TV's first transgender superhero

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  Brooks Koepka voted PGA Tour's top player of the year

  October 09, 2018 23:15 IST

  Brooks Koepka captures wins PGA Tour player of the year on strength of 2 majors

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  Remains from 1908 Springfield race riots to be excavated

  October 09, 2018 23:15 IST

  Archaeological work could begin this fall on the remains of seven homes destroyed during the 1908 race riots in Springfield, Illinois _ deadly unrest that precipitated the creation of the NAACP

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  Kimberly-Clark lobbyist, wife gave Republicans $4k

  October 09, 2018 23:15 IST

  Campaign finance reports show new Kimberly-Clark lobbyist R.J. Pirlot and his wife gave Republican legislators more than $4,000 in late August

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  Trump to talk ethanol, boost candidates at Iowa rally

  October 09, 2018 23:15 IST

  President Donald Trump is heading to Iowa to boost Republican candidates and roll out new summer fuel standards

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  2 men plead guilty in statewide phone extortion scheme

  October 09, 2018 23:00 IST

  Authorities say two men have pleaded guilty to scamming thousands of dollars from dozens of people across New York in an elaborate phone scam involving threats to kill the victims' relatives

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  Bulgarian police official says man will be released from custody, won't be charged in connection with journalist slaying

  October 09, 2018 23:00 IST

  Bulgarian police official says man will be released from custody, won't be charged in connection with journalist slaying

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  A 'sixth sense' for humidity helps insects stay out of climatic trouble

  October 09, 2018 23:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Marco Gallio, Northwestern University and Marcus Stensmyr, Lund University(THE CONVERSATION) The amount of water vapor in the air – humidity – profoundly alters our experience of the environment around us. A hot, dry morning in the desert of California feels miles apart from a hot, sticky one in the Cambodian jungle.People generally dislike hot and humid conditions for good reasons.

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  Polish leader honors WWII diplomat who tried to help Jews

  October 09, 2018 22:45 IST

  Poland's president and descendants of Holocaust survivors have held a graveside ceremony to honor a Polish diplomat in Switzerland who helped Jews escape Poland during World War II by issuing phony Latin American passports

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  Lawyer: Inmate's choice of electric chair won't buy him time

  October 09, 2018 22:45 IST

  An attorney for Tennessee death row inmate Edmund Zagorski says his choice of death by electrocution over lethal injection is not a ploy to buy time

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  NBA coaches box get a little more diverse during offseason

  October 09, 2018 22:45 IST

  NBA coaches box get a little more diverse during offseason

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  Taylor Swift makes politics personal with endorsement

  October 09, 2018 22:30 IST

  Taylor Swift jumped into politics with a rare endorsement, but her focus on gender issues and LGBTQ rights made her political statement a personal one

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  The Latest: Menendez 'deeply concerned' by Haley's departure

  October 09, 2018 22:30 IST

  The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations committee says Nikki Haley's resignation as United Nations ambassador is "yet another sign of the Trump administration's chaotic foreign policy."

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  Genoa and Chievo become 1st Serie A clubs to change coaches

  October 09, 2018 22:00 IST

  Genoa and Chievo Verona have made the first coaching changes of this season's Serie A

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  Post #MeToo, opportunity still a mixed bag for women in film

  October 09, 2018 22:00 IST

  In the year after the downfall of Harvey Weinstein and the rise of #MeToo awareness, women in Hollywood are still processing and evaluating what, if anything, has fundamentally changed in their business

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  Brazil to play Uruguay in November friendly in London

  October 09, 2018 21:30 IST

  Brazil will play Uruguay in a friendly on Nov.16 at London's Emirates Stadium

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  The Latest: Kavanaugh asks questions in first day on bench

  October 09, 2018 21:30 IST

  Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is diving into his new job, asking a handful of questions in the first arguments of the day

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  US teen flies for round-the-world record by youngest pilot

  October 09, 2018 21:15 IST

  He flew for hours through a sandstorm over Saudi Arabia, got stuck in the Philippines by typhoons, and set a trio of youth aviation records

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  Review: Pussy Riot founder's guide to political activism

  October 09, 2018 21:15 IST

  Book Review: A Pussy Riot founder writes passionate guide to political activism

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  FA looks into claims about Shad Khan team amid Wembley sale

  October 09, 2018 21:15 IST

  The English Football Association is looking into allegations made by a former employee of Shad Khan as the American sports team investor tries to buy Wembley Stadium from the governing body

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  Pakistan's currency plunges as it seeks IMF loan

  October 09, 2018 21:00 IST

  Pakistan's currency plunged by about 7 percent on Tuesday after the government said it would seek emergency bailout loans from the International Monetary Fund

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  La relación entre el acoso escolar y el uso de teléfonos móviles en el colegio. Seis consejos para evitarlo.

  October 09, 2018 21:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Elizabeth Englander, Bridgewater State University(THE CONVERSATION) Cada año más padres dejan a sus hijos llevar un teléfono inteligente al colegio.Por ejemplo, el porcentaje de estudiantes de tercero de primaria que tienen teléfono móvil propio pasó de un 19 % en 2013 a un 45 % en 2017, más del doble. En el caso de estudiantes de cuarto y quinto de primaria se produjeron aumentos

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  Far-sighted adaptation to rising seas is blocked by just fixing eroded beaches

  October 09, 2018 21:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrew G. Keeler, East Carolina University; Dylan McNamara, University of North Carolina Wilmington, and Jennifer Irish, Virginia Tech(THE CONVERSATION) Coastal communities around the world are struggling to adapt to rising sea levels and increasingly severe coastal storms. In the United States, local governments are making investments to reduce those risks, such as protecting

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  Hundreds attend vigil to honor 20 victims of limousine crash

  October 09, 2018 20:45 IST

  A ceremony for the victims of the upstate New York limousine crash that killed 20 people ended with participants lifting candles above their heads to signal unity and perseverance