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"Hill Valley High School" from Back to the Future was filmed at Whittier High School in California. Richard Nixon attended this high school from 1928 to 1930

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Sanders Condemns Trump for Putting US on Path to 'Another Disastrous War in the Middle East': "Trump promised to end endless wars, but this action puts us on the path to another one," says Sanders of Trump's order to assassinate top Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani.

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The Trump administration is barring Iran’s top diplomat from entering the United States this week to address the United Nations Security Council about the U.S. assassination of Iran’s top military official in Baghdad, violating the terms of a 1947 headquarters agreement .

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A United Nations official says the U.S. is torturing Chelsea Manning with detention. Nils Melzer, the U.N. special rapporteur on torture, accused the U.S. of torture by holding Manning in “civil contempt” of court for refusing to testify in front of a grand jury

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Trump says Iran will be held "fully responsible" for attack on U.S. embassy in Baghdad. Trump’s tweet came after Iraqi Shiite protesters stormed the compound.

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Saudi Prince Tweet About Monday Meeting With Trump That White House Never Disclosed: reporters note that the meeting was not on the president’s public schedule and some speculated as to whether the public would have known about the meeting if the Saudi prince had not tweeted about it.

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Congress reacts to Iran attack on U.S. forces. Pelosi says 'world cannot afford war: Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer were briefed on the attack on the facilities housing U.S. troops by Vice President Mike Pence, according to their spokesmen

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Mark Hamill Among Those Calling Out Trump for Saying Obama Would Start Iran War to Get Re-Elected — The Star Wars actor is among others calling out Trump for his old tweets about Iran

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Starting January 1, three single-use plastic products will be banned in France: plates, cups, and cotton buds. More will be banned next year, marking the first steps toward the government’s goal of phasing out all single-use plastics by 2040

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The Green New Deal- Study: 'Researchers devised a plan for how 143 countries, which represent 99.7 percent of the world’s carbon emissions, could switch to clean energy. This plan would create nearly 30 million jobs, and it could save millions of lives per year just by reducing pollution.'

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Iraq’s Parliament vows to eliminate the US presence in Iraq. Iraq’s deputy parliament speaker says they’ll hold an emergency meeting & make "decisive decisions that put an end to US presence inside Iraq"

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“For anyone who accuses us for instituting purity tests,” she says, “it’s called having values. It’s called, giving a damn.”

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'Game of Thrones' fails to win a golden globe for its 8th and final season.

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Coalition was hesitant to take action on climate change 20 years ago too, cabinet papers show: Australia's Howard government did not want to commit at 1997 Kyoto summit to anything it believed could harm Australia’s interests, cabinet papers 1998-99 release shows

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Pacific island nation, Palau, bans 'reef-toxic' sunscreen — Reefs all over world affected by toxins in sunscreens — From New Year's day, any reef-toxic sunscreen imported or sold in Palau, regarded as one of world's best diving destinations, will be confiscated and the owner will be fined US$1,000.

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U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced Monday that 21 Saudi military cadets studying at U.S. military bases are being sent back to their home country after an investigation found the students had viewed or shared jihadist posts and child pornography online.

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Trump impeachment: US president retweets post apparently naming Ukraine call whistleblower. A Twitter outage caused the retweet to vanish from some users' feeds which suggested the US president had deleted it.

103 hits - published 2019-12-29T16:32:42.173Z by reddit | Discuss

China will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to it and the world will only ever recognize that there is “one China”, Beijing said on Sunday after President Tsai Ing-wen won re-election and said she would not submit to China’s threats.

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Google just beat humans at spotting breast cancer — but it won’t replace them. A new study reveals Google AI is often better at detecting breast cancer than actual doctors

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The Department of Homeland Security said Saturday that it doesn't have information about any "specific, credible threat" to the U.S. homeland, but warned that groups are capable of carrying out "operations" in the U.S.

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Erdogan: "I had called on (U.S. President Donald) Trump to exercise restraint toward Iran in a phone call four or five hours before the strike. We were also shocked upon receiving the news.Killing a high-ranking commander of a country, a state, would not be left unrequited”

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Top EU lawmaker raises prospect of easy Scottish return to EU — An independent Scotland could return to the European Union after Brexit, says David McAllister. The German chair of the EU parliament's foreign affairs committee has hinted he's ready to assist.

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Human rights group: Saudi Arabia executed 184 people in 2019 — On April 23, Saudi Arabia executed 37 people, including 3 people who were children at time of alleged offenses. "A country that tortures and executes children should be a pariah state not preparing to host the next meeting of the G20."

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A man wanted to raise awareness about shelter dogs. So he arranged to stay 10 nights at a shelter and he actually slept in the cages with the dogs. Videos he made were viewed thousands of times, he raised thousands of dollars for the shelter and people stepped forward to adopt some of the dogs.

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Cross-eyed husky Jubilee finds forever home in New Jersey

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Trump signs bill to upgrade Martin Luther King's birthplace to national historic park

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U.S. National Archives: 'We made a mistake' altering Trump photos

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Bernie Sanders nabs endorsement from central Iowa Postal Workers union

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Joe Biden again says no to marijuana legalization without more studies

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British royals: A century of abdication, divorce and death

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Car filmed on wrong side of road near RAF base near where Harry Dunn died

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Plant life 'expanding over the Himalayas'

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Federal appeals court rules that both parents in same-sex relationship can be listed on their child's birth certificates

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No. 2 US general says North Korea building new missiles 'as fast as anybody on the planet'

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Sweden summons Chinese ambassador over threats to media

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Peace Corps to withdraw volunteers from China

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Philippines: Taal volcano residents turn ash and plastic waste into bricks

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Arizona man registers bees as emotional support animals

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said cheering for soaring stock prices while wages stay low is 'inequality in a nutshell.' We made 6 charts to show why she's right.

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Sanders Team Hits Back After Biden Claims Social Security Video Was 'Doctored': “The facts are very clear: Biden not only pushed to cut Social Security—he is on tape proudly bragging about it on multiple occasions."

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What happens when you have no word for dinosaur -- a look a lexical gaps in technical language

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Cambridge Analytica and the end of elections: The latest Cambridge Analytica leaks show just how compromised voting

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Body of woman, 46, missing for 6 years found in car submerged in New Jersey river

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Officials want to clear a mile-long homeless camp on a Sonoma County bike trail. Some don't want to go

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Former Drexel professor accused of spending grant money on strippers, sports bars and iTunes

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Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced fires emergency director after aid is found sitting in warehouse

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“To the world leaders and those in power, I would like to say that you have not seen anything yet. You have not seen the last of us, we can assure you that. And that is the message that we will bring to the WEF in Davos."

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Trump’s top Russia expert was placed on administrative leave — and escorted from the White House: report

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