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CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on hearing for a prominent Chicago alderman accused of corruption (all times local): from https://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-alderman-rejects-plea-deal-heads-trial-175233458.html

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Videgaray, who leaves office at the weekend, said the incoming Mexican government was also not planning to accept U.S. demands that it give asylum to the migrants, thousands of whom have arrived at the U.S.-Mexican border in caravans in recent weeks. Videgaray said the migrants were welcome to stay in Mexico while they waited to file asylum claims in the United States. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexico-refused-u-safe-third-country-request-migrants-140343437.html

The German automaker's fully electric e-tron GT concept made its global debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show, which opens to the public Friday, November 30, 2018. Volume production is scheduled to start in late 2020. The Audi e-tron GT concept is a fully electric four-door coupé that's particularly powerful. It has two separate electric motors, fitted on the front and rear axles, for system power of 434kW, equivalent to 590 horsepower. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/audi-unveils-concept-forthcoming-electric-coup-115814608.html

A few of the Democratic Party’s young stars in the House took on Nancy Pelosi this week and proved mainly that none of them have anything like the political acumen to replace her. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-democrats-agree-time-generation-100019093.html

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WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump publicly floated the possibility that he'd from https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-floats-potential-pardon-paul-202514669.html

Poroshenko's comments to German media were part of a concerted push by Kiev to gain Western support for more sanctions against Moscow, securing tangible new Western military help, and rallying opposition to a Russian gas pipeline that threatens to deprive Ukraine of important transit revenues. Moscow and Kiev blame each other for the incident, which took place in the Black Sea near Crimea, the Ukrainian region annexed by Russia in 2014. "Don't believe Putin's lies," Poroshenko told Bild, Germany's biggest-selling paper. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukrainian-leader-says-putin-wants-whole-country-asks-123510802.html

The longer it confronts Saudi Arabia over who exactly ordered the operation, the more it risks looking isolated as other countries put aside their misgivings and return to business with the world's biggest oil exporter. A prolonged standoff with Riyadh could also jeopardize Turkey's own fragile rapprochement with Washington, if it forces Trump to choose sides between the rival regional powers. Turkey's dilemma comes to a head this week at the G20 summit of the world's main economies, where President Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman could meet, according to Turkish officials. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-support-saudi-prince-leaves-turkey-tough-choices-113356185.html

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller's team believes a conservative author and conspiracy theorist tipped off Donald Trump's confidant Roger Stone months before WikiLeaks released thousands of emails stolen from Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, according to a document newly made public. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/mueller-focused-tip-wikileaks-plans-document-shows-054010052--politics.html

President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia had no choice but to cut its dependency on dollars to conduct trade, after becoming the target of increasingly severe US sanctions. "It isn't our goal to desert the dollar," Putin told an investment forum in comments broadcast on national television. The dollar is the preeminent currency in international trade. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/putin-says-russia-ditching-dollar-sanctions-response-144530350.html

A bipartisan group of senators emerged frustrated from a briefing with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saudi Arabia policy Wednesday, with some even saying the classified meeting convinced them to buck the administration by publicly opposing the longtime U.S. ally. The Senate is considering a vote on a resolution that would end U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s proxy war with Iran in Yemen. The contentious issue of the Yemen war was further complicated by the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last month. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/senators-clash-state-department-over-192124696.html

Miguel Angel "El Gordo" Martinez was extradited to the United States in 2001 and was subpoenaed to testify at Guzman's federal trial in Brooklyn. The terms of his witness protection program affording him a new identity in the United States require him to cooperate with the government. "I never mentioned Mr Guzman, I never failed him, I never stole from him, I never betrayed him, I took care of all his family and the only thing I got from him is four attacks against me," he told jurors. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/witness-says-el-chapo-tried-kill-him-four-212700715.html

Authorities found Aubrey Acree with a 23-year-old man in Checotah, Oklahoma, more than 900 miles from the girl's home in Rutherford County, North Carolina, according to the FBI. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/missing-girl-13-found-oklahoma-105731401.html

President Trump, who usually composes his own Twitter diatribes, relied on fan accounts and supporters Wednesday morning to attack Hillary Clinton, General Motors, Robert Mueller’s investigation and the migrant caravans. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-outsources-twitter-rage-fan-parody-accounts-162017416.html

You've already seen the photo: A woman on the U.S.-Mexico border grips two from https://www.yahoo.com/news/border-patrol-apos-tear-gas-191434890.html

Chris Cuomo delivered a powerful "Closing Argument" Wednesday night in which from https://www.yahoo.com/news/chris-cuomo-shreds-hypocrite-christians-083711094.html

The Indonesian authorities have concluded that the Lion Air plane that crashed last month killing 189 people was not fit to fly and should have been grounded after recurring technical problems.  The Boeing 737 MAX vanished from radar about 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, on October 29, slamming into the Java Sea at 450 miles per hour moments after the pilot had asked to return to the airport.  Data from the jetliner, presented in preliminary findings by accident investigators on Wednesday, showed the pilots fought to prevent the crash from the moment the plane took off as the 737’s nose was repeatedly forced down, apparently by an automatic system receiving incorrect sensor readings. The information from the flight data recorder reveals that the crews successfully battled to raise the nose over two dozen times before finally losing control.  The National Transport Safety Committee (KNKT) did not pinpoint a definitive cause of the accident, with a final

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a black man at an Alabama shopping mall (all times local): from https://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-city-cancels-christmas-event-shooting-200241713.html

WASHINGTON ― Despite a group of Democrats vowing to block her, Nancy Pelosi from https://www.yahoo.com/news/nancy-pelosi-wins-democratic-speaker-200310426.html

The 2017 G-20 Summit, in Germany1- How will the dynamics of the summit be? The meeting will take place between November 30 and December 1 and will have Costa Salguero as core venue, although there will also be activities in the center of Buenos Aires. The leaders will participate in four debate sessions, with the aim of reaching a final consensus statement among all the participants. from https://es-us.noticias.yahoo.com/ten-keys-understand-stake-summit-160429419.html

The body of the kidnapped 13-year-old was found, police said. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/urgent-hunt-underway-teens-killer-171719878.html

CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on federal agents executing search warrants at the City Hall office of a powerful Chicago alderman (all times local): from https://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-alderman-responds-search-warrant-reports-234921827--election.html

President Trump led a countdown for the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on Wednesday, and first lady Melania Trump hit the switch to illuminate the decked-out spruce in President's Park, just south of the White House. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/photos-president-mrs-trump-attend-national-christmas-tree-lighting-143903262.html

The Airbus A340 experienced difficulties southwest of Amsterdam on Thursday, less than an hour into the flight from Berlin. A routine inspection suggests a technical malfunction of the plane’s air-to-ground communications systems, a German Air Force spokesman in Berlin said by phone. News portal Spiegel Online reported the plane suffered a complete failure of its communication system that left the crew without contact with ground control. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/merkel-arrive-g-20-plane-214222243.html

NEW YORK (AP) — A former Colombian drug lord known for an extreme plastic-surgery makeover meant to hide his identity testified Thursday at a U.S. trial about his lucrative drug-trafficking alliance with notorious Mexican counterpart Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/colombian-drug-kingpin-testifies-against-el-chapo-210910892.html

Indonesia is one of the world's fastest-growing aviation markets, but it has come under fresh scrutiny since a fatal Lion Air crash last month as the sector struggles to keep up with its breakneck expansion, putting safety at risk, analysts warn. On Wednesday, investigators issued a preliminary report that said the doomed Lion Air jet had technical problems that the airline failed to fix before its final flight. While officials did not lay blame or pinpoint a definitive cause of the October 29 accident, they said the budget carrier must take steps "to improve (its) safety culture". from https://www.yahoo.com/news/indonesia-aviation-spotlight-lion-air-crash-051009542--finance.html

CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on hearing for a prominent Chicago alderman accused of corruption (all times local): from https://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-alderman-rejects-plea-deal-heads-trial-175233458.html

The US Justice Department charged two Iranian hackers Wednesday with extorting at least $6 million from hospitals, city governments and public institutions in the US and Canada by remotely locking down their computer systems. The DOJ said Faramarz Shahi Savandi and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri deployed the SamSam Ransomware into the systems of more than 200 institutions, encrypting their operations to make them inaccessible until the owners paid ransoms by bitcoin. Victims included the city governments of Atlanta, Georgia and Newark, New Jersey, the University of Calgary in Canada, major US hospitals in Los Angeles and Kansas City, and Laboratory Corporation of America, or LabCorp, one of the world's largest medical testing businesses. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-indicts-iranians-over-hospital-ransomware-attacks-170552192.html

WASHINGTON ― In a shocking defeat for President Donald Trump, Sen. Tim Scott from https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-sink-trump-judicial-nominee-224920688.html

Flying through the clouds with a black parrot umbrella and holding her signature carpet bag, whimsical British nanny Mary Poppins made her "practically perfect" movie comeback on Thursday, more than 50 years after first charming audiences worldwide. from https://www.reuters.com/article/us-film-mary-poppins-returns/kites-dancing-penguins-and-magic-mary-poppins-returns-idUSKCN1NZ0UB?feedType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews

Media giant Sinclair Broadcast Group has reportedly released a new "must run" from https://www.yahoo.com/news/sinclair-segment-defends-tear-gassing-110605629.html

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller's team believes a conservative author and conspiracy theorist tipped off Donald Trump's confidant Roger Stone months before WikiLeaks released thousands of emails stolen from Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, according to a document newly made public. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/mueller-focused-tip-wikileaks-plans-document-shows-054010052--politics.html

No criminal charges will be filed against the 42 migrants who were arrested after they clashed with Border Patrol agents at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego, Calif. on Sunday. The only two individuals Customs and Border Protection referred for prosecution ended up not being charged because they had medical problems and could not be held at the San Diego detention center, according to reports. “Depending on their country of citizenship and their case’s final disposition, the Border Patrol may turn those people over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” said Customs and Border Protection spokesman Ralph DeSio. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/42-migrants-arrested-border-clash-230040910.html

Donald Trump has said he does not believe in manmade climate change because America’s water and air is “right now at a record clean”. Asked why he was sceptical of a global warming report published by his own government, the US president gave a rambling response, much of it not backed by evidence, in which he blamed forest management, “small” oceans and China over the issue. “One of the problems that a lot of people like myself - we have very high levels of intelligence, but we’re not necessarily such believers,” Mr Trump told The Washington Post. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-doesn-apos-t-091927733.html

A bipartisan group of senators emerged frustrated from a briefing with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saudi Arabia policy Wednesday, with some even saying the classified meeting convinced them to buck the administration by publicly opposing the longtime U.S. ally. The Senate is considering a vote on a resolution that would end U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s proxy war with Iran in Yemen. The contentious issue of the Yemen war was further complicated by the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last month. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/senators-clash-state-department-over-192124696.html

President Donald Trump's newest pick to lead Immigration and Customs from https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-panel-delays-vote-trump-181153432.html

Up to 10 inches of rain have fallen in the past eight days. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/evacuations-ordered-california-amid-mudslide-170752388.html

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump publicly floated the possibility that he'd from https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-floats-potential-pardon-paul-202514669.html

WASHINGTON ― In perhaps the most contentious battle for House Democratic from https://www.yahoo.com/news/hakeem-jeffries-wins-contested-house-165829579.html

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China's science ministry has ordered that people involved in the controversial baby gene-editing experiment halt their activities, a government official told state media Thursday. The ministry "firmly opposes the baby gene-editing incident and has already demanded that the relevant organisation suspend the scientific activities of relevant personnel," a ministry official said, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The National Health Commission is investigating the claims. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-orders-halt-baby-gene-editing-activities-state-002231962.html

President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty from https://www.yahoo.com/news/michael-cohen-expected-plead-guilty-143010287.html

Chris Cuomo delivered a powerful "Closing Argument" Wednesday night in which from https://www.yahoo.com/news/chris-cuomo-shreds-hypocrite-christians-083711094.html

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that he is canceling a previously from https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-cancels-meeting-putin-amid-165154860.html

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller's team believes a conservative author and conspiracy theorist tipped off Donald Trump's confidant Roger Stone months before WikiLeaks released thousands of emails stolen from Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, according to a document newly made public. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/mueller-focused-tip-wikileaks-plans-document-shows-054010052--politics.html

A young boy upstaged Pope Francis on Wednesday, escaping from his mother and running onto the papal podium at a general audience, tugging on the hand of a Swiss guardsman and playing behind the pontiff's chair. Pope Francis told her to let him carry on playing. As she left the stage, a smiling Francis leaned towards Bishop Georg Ganswein sitting next to him and whispered: "He is Argentinian. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/unruly-young-boy-upstages-pope-francis-112451422.html