Mexican authorities investigating the killing of nine U.S. citizens on a road in northwestern Mexico said a shootout between two rival drug gangs earlier that day may have prompted the attack.
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Herb ScribnerA shootout between two rival Mexican drug gangs earlier that day may have prompted the attack, authorities say. wsj.com/articles/mexic… via @WSJ
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U.S. lawmakers accused TikTok of threatening national security. That’s right, TikTok.
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Herb ScribnerThere’s a good chance that you don’t use TikTok. It’s really popular among American high schoolers searching for viral success and, of course, The Washington Post guy. But it’s still under the radar for adults and pretty much anyone sick of social media.
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It's focused on messaging — not the legal side of the impeachment fight.
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Herb ScribnerTop Trump officials have quietly created a de facto impeachment war room, with a chief goal of policing and solidifying Republican Senate support for acquittal.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his Russian counterpart to discuss dividing influence in Syria as U.S. troops pull out and a five-day halt to a Turkish offensive comes to an end.
Donald Trump's attorney general met Priti Patel this summer as he sought British help in an investigation casting doubt over the Russian 2016 election meddling probe, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
Experts are raising questions about why the Justice Department did not open an investigation.
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Herb Scribner"The move by the CIA's general counsel, Trump appointee Courtney Simmons Elwood, meant she and other senior officials had concluded a potential crime had been committed" nbcnews.com/politics/trump… via @nbcnews
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‘Joker’ was a well-made film. But its focus on violence and tension overshadowed the discussion on mental health.
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Herb Scribner“Joker” could have been an epic film about the way society treats those with mental illness. It could have been a story about those who don’t have the resources, the know-how or the proper environment to find the help they need. It wasn’t. deseret.com/entertainment/… via @DeseretNews
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An Isreali woman was hospitalized with so-called “broken heart syndrome” after mistaking wasabi for avocado, according to a report recently detailed in a medical journal.
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Herb ScribnerWoman who mistook wasabi for avocado hospitalized with 'broken heart syndrome,' report says
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People familiar with the matter said Trump is not aggressively pushing the proposal.
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Herb Scribner“You don’t need to worry about what’s floating around,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). “We aren’t going to do anything that the president isn’t going to sign anyway.”
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