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  California teacher arrested for forcibly cutting boy's hair

  December 07, 2018 0:30 IST

  A high school teacher in central California has been arrested on suspicion of felony child endangerment after forcibly cutting the hair of one of her students while singing the National Anthem

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  Review: Mellencamp puts fearless touch on American classics

  December 06, 2018 23:45 IST

  In a fresh collection of cover songs he's performed over the years, John Mellencamp demonstrates one more time that he is willing to take a risk

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  Explosion at Dominican plastics company kills 4, injures 66

  December 06, 2018 23:30 IST

  Authorities in the Dominican Republic say the death toll from an explosion at a plastics company has risen to four

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  UN-led talks on Western Sahara end with plans to meet again

  December 06, 2018 23:30 IST

  The U.N. secretary-general's envoy for Western Sahara has wrapped up the first talks in six years over the future of the territory mostly controlled by Morocco, saying the sides have agreed to meet again early next year

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  Pelosi rejects funding wall to protect young immigrants

  December 06, 2018 23:15 IST

  House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is rejecting the idea of paying for President Donald Trump's border wall in exchange for a deal to help hundreds of thousands of young immigrants avoid deportation

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  Poland's Lech Walesa wears protest T-shirt to Bush funeral

  December 06, 2018 23:00 IST

  Poland's former president and democracy icon Lech Walesa wears T-shirt that is symbol of political protest in his homeland

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  No Sam Elliott and more Golden Globes nomination shockers

  December 06, 2018 23:00 IST

  No Sam Elliott and more Golden Globes nomination shockers, including a series snub for 'Atlanta' and shutout of female directors

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  Gomez to miss 6 weeks for Liverpool because of broken leg

  December 06, 2018 22:45 IST

  Liverpool defender Joe Gomez will be out for up to six weeks after breaking a bone in his left leg in a Premier League match against Burnley

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  US average mortgage rates fall; 30-year loan at 4.75%

  December 06, 2018 22:45 IST

  US average mortgage rates fall amid stock market decline; 30-year loan at 4.75%

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  Pentagon reveals US observation flight over Ukraine

  December 06, 2018 22:45 IST

  The Pentagon says a U.S. Air Force plane flew a special observation flight over Ukraine in a show of solidarity with Ukraine after its naval confrontation with Russia

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  Zika y embarazo: análisis de sangre prenatal podría predecir malformaciones fetales

  December 06, 2018 22:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Suan-Sin Foo, University of Southern California and Weiqiang Chen, University of Southern California(THE CONVERSATION) El brote repentino y descontrolado del virus del Zika en 2016 aterrorizó a las mujeres embarazadas, especialmente a las que vivían en las regiones endémicas del Zika como Brasil. Su temor estaba justificado debido a la relación entre la infección por el virus del

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  EKG, other heart health features come to Apple Watch

  December 06, 2018 22:30 IST

  The latest software update to the newest Apple Watch, the Series 4, will now let people take EKGs of their heart and notify them when they have an irregular heartbeat

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  National Football League

  December 06, 2018 22:15 IST

  y-clinched division___Jacksonville at Tennessee, 8:20 p.m.New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Washington, 1 p.m.Atlanta at Green Bay, 1 p.m.Indianapolis at Houston, 1 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Carolina at Cleveland, 1 p.m.New England at Miami, 1 p.m.Baltimore at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Cincinnati at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m.Denver at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.Detroit at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.Philadelphia at Dallas, 4:25 p.m.Pittsburgh at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.L.A. Rams at Chicago, 8:20

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  The Latest: Cemetery caretaker has no comment after arrest

  December 06, 2018 22:00 IST

  A former cemetery caretaker has declined to comment after being arrested in connection with the desecreation of dozens of graves at the Connecticut burial ground

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  NATO chief speaks to Serbia and Kosovo leaders amid tensions

  December 06, 2018 22:00 IST

  NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said he spoke on Thursday with both Serbian and Kosovo leaders about Kosovo's plan to form a regular army, a move that has been strongly contested by Serbia and the alliance

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  Libya to vote on new constitution before February

  December 06, 2018 21:45 IST

  Troubled Libya to hold vote on new constitution before February, provided election commission has security guarantees, funds

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  Rwandan court drops all charges against opposition figure

  December 06, 2018 21:45 IST

  Rwandan court drops all charges against opposition figure who challenged president in election

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  Israel calls for international response to Hezbollah tunnels

  December 06, 2018 21:45 IST

  Israel's Netanyahu demands international response to Hezbollah tunnels on visit with ambassadors

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  Ecuador: Enough UK guarantees for Assange to leave embassy

  December 06, 2018 21:45 IST

  Ecuador's president says Britain has provided sufficient guarantees for Julian Assange to leave his government's embassy in London, where the WikiLeaks founder has been living under asylum since 2012

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  It's now or never pedestrians: German town has Elvis lights

  December 06, 2018 21:15 IST

  Keep your blue suede shoes behind the curb: the German town where Elvis Presley was stationed as a soldier in the 1950s has installed three pedestrian lights with images of the American rock icon

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  Greek races to ax pension cuts days before implementation

  December 06, 2018 21:15 IST

  Greek lawmakers fast-track bill to cancel major round of pension cuts scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1

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  US military says 1 of 2 crew members recovered after US warplanes collided off Japan is dead, 5 others still missing

  December 06, 2018 21:15 IST

  US military says 1 of 2 crew members recovered after US warplanes collided off Japan is dead, 5 others still missing

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  US stocks tumble on US-China trade jitters, oil price slide

  December 06, 2018 21:00 IST

  U.S. stocks tumbled in early trading Thursday following a sell-off in overseas markets, knocking more than 450 points off the Dow Jones Industrials Average

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  Survey: US services firms grew in November

  December 06, 2018 21:00 IST

  Supply managers say new orders and business activity pushed up growth at US services companies

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  Inter needs to win, Juventus barely seems to care

  December 06, 2018 21:00 IST

  Inter Milan really needs to win the Derby d'Italia, while Juventus barely seems to care

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  GOP-led Michigan Senate to vote on bill to strip Dem's power

  December 06, 2018 20:45 IST

  The Republican-led Michigan Senate is expected to pass a bill that would strip the incoming Democratic secretary of state of her power to oversee campaign finance

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  The Latest: French prime minister promises more security

  December 06, 2018 20:30 IST

  France's prime minister is promising "exceptional" security measures for protests planned in Paris and around the country Saturday, amid fears that radicals and troublemakers will take advantage of the moment to seed chaos

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  Nobel laureates: Despite progress, cancer won't be wiped out

  December 06, 2018 20:30 IST

  The winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine say they expect substantial advances toward treating cancer in the next several decades although it is unlikely the disease could be eradicated