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U.S. prosecutors have more time to decide whether to retry former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on 10 criminal charges that a jury deadlocked on last week, a judge ordered on Thursday. U.S. District Judge T. S. Ellis delayed the deadline for Special Counsel Robert Mueller to make the decision until one week after Ellis rules on any post-trial motions that Manafort may submit. The original deadline had been Wednesday, which prosecutors said would be difficult to meet because Manafort's lawyers had requested a 30-day extension to file their post-trial motions. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-gives-u-more-time-decide-retrying-manafort-184523474.html

Sarah Palin, John McCain's presidential running mate in 2008, has not been from https://www.yahoo.com/news/sarah-palin-reportedly-not-invited-090643750.html

Fox News contributor reacts to wins by DeSantis in Florida and McSally in Arizona on 'Fox & Friends.' from https://www.yahoo.com/news/gingrich-primaries-set-stage-red-105625321.html

GENEVA (AP) — Fearing a military offensive, the U.N. envoy for Syria proposed Thursday that civilians holed up in the rebel-held region of Idlib could evacuate to government areas — a move that would send many back into parts of Syria they once fled in its 7-1/2-year-old civil war. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-hold-mediterranean-drills-syria-tensions-rise-104030365.html

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President Trump's favorite news outlet to hate did not back down from the from https://www.yahoo.com/news/cnn-hits-back-president-trump-154302752.html

Ricardo Ezzati, the Archbishop of Santiago, told colleagues at an internal church event on Tuesday that the Catholic church was facing a "completely unprecedented situation," according to the text of his speech posted on the archbishopric's website. "The terms to describe this situation are well-known: pain, shame, anger, indignation, tension," he said. "We are living in a tense time within the country and the Church. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/chiles-santiago-archbishop-says-regrets-tension-church-184401559.html

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In a story Aug. 29 about a former Texas police officer's murder conviction, The Associated Press erroneously referred to the school where Phil Stinson works as Bowling Green University. The school's name is Bowling Green State University. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/experts-unusual-factors-ex-texas-cops-murder-conviction-001921441.html

China's defense ministry said on Thursday that navy chief Shen Jinlong plans to visit the United States in September, despite an escalating trade row that threatens to spill into other areas of tension between the two countries. The announcement the ministry's spokesman Wu Qian comes two months after U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited Beijing. China said that visit yielded positive results, and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe has accepted an invitation to visit the United States before the end of the year. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-says-navy-chief-visit-united-states-next-082258016--business.html

The controversy over an alleged high-level cover-up of Church sex abuse in America has revealed a deep rift among US bishops that reflects both the damage done by the pedophilia scandals rocking the Vatican -- and the country's current political divisiveness. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, who was the Vatican envoy in Washington between 2011 and 2016, sparked a firestorm when he claimed last week that Pope Francis ignored his warnings in 2013 about alleged abuse by then prominent US cardinal Theodore McCarrick. In July, the pontiff accepted the resignation of McCarrick, now 88. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-church-divided-over-claims-pope-ignored-sex-221919103.html

President Trump lashed out at the media and the Mueller probe on Twitter Thursday morning, and he responded to a new report that nearly 3,000 died in Hurricane Maria. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-morning-tweet-storm-171636324.html

As several days of memorials begin for Sen. John McCain, his family says goodbye to him while his body lies in state in the Arizona state Capitol. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/mccain-family-says-goodbye-sen-194047373.html

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A Vatican whistle-blower who has accused Pope Francis of having covered up sexually abusive behaviour by an American cardinal stepped up his attack on Wednesday, speaking from a secret location. Archbishop Carlo Mario Vigano, a former Vatican ambassador to the US, has plunged the Catholic Church into crisis with allegations that the pope failed to act against Theodore McCarrick, a US cardinal, who was accused of sexually abusing young priests over decades. Cardinal McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, resigned in disgrace last month, becoming the first cardinal to step down since 1927. Archbishop Vigano, 77, released an 11-page document detailing the allegations at the weekend and called on Francis to resign. He then went underground amid reports that he feared for his safety. After days of silence he gave an interview, from an undisclosed location, to an Italian journalist, renewing his criticism of Francis’ papacy. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick resigned in disgrace in Ju...

Trent Bolte says he had a 10-month relationship with Watts, who revealed to him that he was trapped in a loveless marriage. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/chris-watts-murder-case-man-174659221.html

GENEVA (AP) — Fearing a military offensive, the U.N. envoy for Syria proposed Thursday that civilians holed up in the rebel-held region of Idlib could evacuate to government areas — a move that would send many back into parts of Syria they once fled in its 7-1/2-year-old civil war. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-hold-mediterranean-drills-syria-tensions-rise-104030365.html

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Former  Vice President Joe Biden was due to lead mourners in saluting the late John McCain, his former Senate colleague, at a Phoenix church service on Thursday celebrating the life of the Vietnam War hero and two-time Republican presidential candidate. The memorial service at the North Phoenix Baptist Church marks the second of five days of commemorative tributes to McCain, who died on Saturday after a nearly yearlong battle with brain cancer. He was 81. On Wednesday, several thousand admirers stood in line for hours in the blazing Arizona sun and triple-digit heat to pay final respects to McCain, eventually filing past his flag-draped coffin as it lay in state in the Arizona Capital rotunda. The public viewing followed a brief ceremony for family and dignitaries led by Republican Governor Doug Ducey, who has said he would appoint McCain’s immediate successor in the Senate only after McCain’s burial on Sunday. (Reuters) See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on...

A former vice president, a Hollywood actor and politicians from both parties from https://www.yahoo.com/news/apos-serve-pallbearers-john-mccain-215455439.html

Ricardo Ezzati, the Archbishop of Santiago, told colleagues at an internal church event on Tuesday that the Catholic church was facing a "completely unprecedented situation," according to the text of his speech posted on the archbishopric's website. "The terms to describe this situation are well-known: pain, shame, anger, indignation, tension," he said. "We are living in a tense time within the country and the Church. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/chiles-santiago-archbishop-says-regrets-tension-church-184401559.html

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In a story Aug. 29 about a former Texas police officer's murder conviction, The Associated Press erroneously referred to the school where Phil Stinson works as Bowling Green University. The school's name is Bowling Green State University. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/experts-unusual-factors-ex-texas-cops-murder-conviction-001921441.html

China's defense ministry said on Thursday that navy chief Shen Jinlong plans to visit the United States in September, despite an escalating trade row that threatens to spill into other areas of tension between the two countries. The announcement the ministry's spokesman Wu Qian comes two months after U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited Beijing. China said that visit yielded positive results, and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe has accepted an invitation to visit the United States before the end of the year. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-says-navy-chief-visit-united-states-next-082258016--business.html

The controversy over an alleged high-level cover-up of Church sex abuse in America has revealed a deep rift among US bishops that reflects both the damage done by the pedophilia scandals rocking the Vatican -- and the country's current political divisiveness. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, who was the Vatican envoy in Washington between 2011 and 2016, sparked a firestorm when he claimed last week that Pope Francis ignored his warnings in 2013 about alleged abuse by then prominent US cardinal Theodore McCarrick. In July, the pontiff accepted the resignation of McCarrick, now 88. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-church-divided-over-claims-pope-ignored-sex-221919103.html

President Trump lashed out at the media and the Mueller probe on Twitter Thursday morning, and he responded to a new report that nearly 3,000 died in Hurricane Maria. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-morning-tweet-storm-171636324.html

THOREAU, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on a commercial bus crash in New Mexico (all times local): from https://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-motorist-told-blown-tire-caused-crash-232927660.html

Cindy McCain, along with her family, honored her late husband, Sen. John from https://www.yahoo.com/news/cindy-mccain-kisses-husband-john-195603826.html

MSNBC's Chuck Todd thinks all signs point to special counsel Robert Mueller from https://www.yahoo.com/news/chuck-todd-says-mueller-may-031345186.html

Accusations of racism flared up on Wednesday in the Florida governor's race after the Republican candidate told voters they would "monkey this up" if they chose a liberal African-American Democrat backed by Senator Bernie Sanders. The upset victory by Democrat Andrew Gillum, 39, in the Florida gubernatorial primary was the most notable of a slate of party primaries held on Tuesday to decide candidates for the midterm election. Gillum's opponent in November will be Representative Ron DeSantis, an enthusiastic backer of President Donald Trump who surged in the polls in Florida, America's third-largest state, after earning the endorsement of the president. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-sanders-backed-candidates-duel-florida-governor-145154781.html

U.S. prosecutors have more time to decide whether to retry former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on 10 criminal charges that a jury deadlocked on last week, a judge ordered on Thursday. U.S. District Judge T. S. Ellis delayed the deadline for Special Counsel Robert Mueller to make the decision until one week after Ellis rules on any post-trial motions that Manafort may submit. The original deadline had been Wednesday, which prosecutors said would be difficult to meet because Manafort's lawyers had requested a 30-day extension to file their post-trial motions. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-gives-u-more-time-decide-retrying-manafort-184523474.html

A former vice president, a Hollywood actor and politicians from both parties from https://www.yahoo.com/news/apos-serve-pallbearers-john-mccain-215455439.html

Hailed for his progressive views on homosexuality and climate change, Pope Francis is facing growing scrutiny amid the sex abuse crisis in Catholic Church. Are the media devoting enough coverage? Ben Shapiro, editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire, sees a double standard. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/ben-shapiro-blasts-media-coverage-234133750.html

GENEVA (AP) — Fearing a military offensive, the U.N. envoy for Syria proposed Thursday that civilians holed up in the rebel-held region of Idlib could evacuate to government areas — a move that would send many back into parts of Syria they once fled in its 7-1/2-year-old civil war. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-hold-mediterranean-drills-syria-tensions-rise-104030365.html

Judge Emilio Chavez ordered charges to be dropped against Lucas Morton, his wife Subhannah Wahhaj and her sister Hujrah Wahhaj because prosecutors had failed to follow a procedural rule after they were charged and jailed. "They're out now," said Megan Mitsunaga, a defense attorney for Subhannah Wahhaj. The three still face a criminal trespassing case in magistrates court in Taos County for building their makeshift settlement on a plot of land near Amalia, New Mexico, that did not belong to them, Mitsunaga said. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/three-released-jail-mexico-compound-case-000240950.html

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a man arrested on suspicion of threatening to kill Boston Globe employees over editorials condemning President Donald Trump (all times local): from https://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-man-charged-globe-threats-loud-neighbor-184215048.html

Former Vice President Joe Biden delivered an emotional and stirring tribute to his longtime friend. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/joe-biden-im-democrat-love-john-mccain-183809269.html

The Trump administration has sided with Asian-American students in a lawsuit alleging Harvard University has failed to demonstrate it does not discriminate on the basis of race. Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) filed a lawsuit against Harvard in 2014 alleging the university discriminates against Asian-American applicants by setting caps on the number of Asian-American students. The filing marks another instance of the administration’s efforts to encourage more race-neutral admission practices. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-backs-asian-american-182035313.html

New Mexico State Police did not immediately confirm how many people were killed and injured, or the cause of the crash on Interstate 40 near Thoreau, about 100 miles west of Albuquerque. Greyhound Lines said 49 people were aboard the bus, which was traveling from Albuquerque to Phoenix, Arizona. A spokeswoman, Crystal Booker, deferred comment to state police regarding the crash. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/multiple-deaths-mexico-bus-truck-crash-officials-220929352.html

PARIS (AP) — It won't be remembered as one of the great naval encounters between France and England but, unlike at the Battle of Trafalgar, this time French mariners felt they won. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/scallop-skirmish-erupts-between-french-british-boats-090550866--finance.html

As several days of memorials begin for Sen. John McCain, his family says goodbye to him while his body lies in state in the Arizona state Capitol. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/mccain-family-says-goodbye-sen-194047373.html

The boyfriend of a woman captured on night-vision video ringing a doorbell in the middle of the night while partially-clothed and wearing broken wrist restrains has been found dead, according to police. Mr Spencer said the man had made suicidal comments in a call to the sheriff’s office and had died of a gunshot wound. Investigators determined that his girlfriend was the barefoot young woman seen in a nearby resident’s security video ringing the doorbell early on Friday while wearing a T-shirt and wrist restraints. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/boyfriend-woman-seen-ringing-texas-080133260.html

Cindy McCain, along with her family, honored her late husband, Sen. John from https://www.yahoo.com/news/cindy-mccain-kisses-husband-john-195603826.html

A Vatican whistle-blower who has accused Pope Francis of having covered up sexually abusive behaviour by an American cardinal stepped up his attack on Wednesday, speaking from a secret location. Archbishop Carlo Mario Vigano, a former Vatican ambassador to the US, has plunged the Catholic Church into crisis with allegations that the pope failed to act against Theodore McCarrick, a US cardinal, who was accused of sexually abusing young priests over decades. Cardinal McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, resigned in disgrace last month, becoming the first cardinal to step down since 1927. Archbishop Vigano, 77, released an 11-page document detailing the allegations at the weekend and called on Francis to resign. He then went underground amid reports that he feared for his safety. After days of silence he gave an interview, from an undisclosed location, to an Italian journalist, renewing his criticism of Francis’ papacy. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick resigned in disgrace in Ju...

Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Thursday that Israel will not be bound by whatever agreements the international community may reach on Syria after its civil war. Speaking on a visit to the Israeli border with Lebanon, Lieberman said his government would scrupulously observe existing agreements with Syria, with which it which also shares a frontier. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-says-wont-bound-post-war-deals-syria-162713833.html

Police are still assessing the number and extent of passengers' injuries from https://www.yahoo.com/news/least-4-dead-following-bus-234705381.html

A former police officer was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of murder for killing an unarmed 15-year-old boy when he fired into a car filled with black teenagers. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/sentencing-underway-ex-texas-cop-convicted-murder-042228845.html

John McCain's body will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol this week before burial at the U.S. Naval Academy this weekend. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/meghan-mccain-sobs-over-father-181250587.html

President Trump lashed out at the media and the Mueller probe on Twitter Thursday morning, and he responded to a new report that nearly 3,000 died in Hurricane Maria. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-morning-tweet-storm-171636324.html

The British caving expert who coordinated the rescue of 12 Thai children trapped underground has informed Elon Musk he is preparing to sue him, after the Tesla founder labelled him a “paedo” on Twitter.  Vernon Unsworth, 63, enraged the billionaire when he rejected his offer of sending a submarine to assist the rescue, pointing out that it was not a workable solution, and deriding it as a "PR stunt". He said Mr Musk could "stick his submarine where it hurts." Mr Musk hit back, calling Mr Unsworth a “paedo guy”, in a now-deleted tweet. He then issued an apology, and said he had tweeted “in anger”. Elon Musk, founder of Tesla But on Tuesday he reignited the controversy by mocking Mr Unsworth for not following up on his threat to take legal action. On Wednesday it emerged that Mr Unsworth’s lawyers had in fact sent Mr Musk a letter on August 6, informing him of their intention to sue for the “false and defamatory statements.” “You published through three different twee...