Viralbuzfeednews: October 2019

Thursday, 31 October 2019

NFL Week 9's best photos

Check out all the best action from Week 9, starting with Thursday's game between the San Francisco 49ers and Arizona Cardinals.

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Quotation of the Day: What Recovery? Life on the Edge

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Memphis Clerk Sentenced to 22 Years for Killing Teenager Who Stole Beer

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Toronto’s City of Tomorrow Is Scaled Back Amid Privacy Concerns

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Chicago girl, 7, shot in the neck while trick-or-treating, police say

A 7-year-old girl dressed as a bumblebee was shot while she was trick-or-treating in a Chicago neighborhood Thursday evening.

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David Letterman apologizes to former 'Late Night' staffer 10 years after being accused of 'sexual favoritism'

Former late-night host David Letterman offered an apology to a former staffer ten years after she accused him of what she described as "sexual favoritism" among the women who worked for him.

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Pope Francis appears to tear upon return of Virgin Mary statue to Argentina

Pope Francis appeared to tear up Tuesday during a ceremony celebrating the return of a statue of the Virgin Mary to his native Argentina.

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Climate change 'making mountaineering riskier'

Thinning ice and snow cover is leading to more rock-falls and landslides.

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The African Americans discovering Ghana

Ghana has declared 2019 the 'year of return' and is encouraging the African diaspora to visit the country, but why are some deciding to make it their new home?

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Saudi Arabia hosts women's wrestling for first time as WWE stars compete

Saudi Arabia hosted its first-ever women’s wrestling match Thursday, featuring WWE stars Lacey Evans and Natalya.

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Bernie Sanders will scare away voters with truth about 'Medicare-for-all' tax burden, Andy Puzder says

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders' "Medicare-for-all" plan may sound promising to some, but the price tag will scare away voters, according to Andy Puzder.

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Labrador sworn in at Chicago state's attorney's office as emotional support dog

The Illinois State's Attorney's office in Chicago has gone to the dogs.

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Philadelphia man admits killing mom, stepfather and half-brothers, police say

Philadelphia police announced Thursday that the 29-year-old son of a couple found fatally shot in their home Wednesday has confessed to murdering his mother, stepfather and two half-brothers.

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Reporter's Notebook: The impeachment resolution, Dem holdouts and Pelosi's next steps

It was never a question that the House would adopt the resolution formalizing the impeachment process; the question was the vote tally, and what may happen next.

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New top story on Hacker News: NIH-Funded Study Suggests Acetaminophen During Pregnancy Linked to ADHD/Autism

NIH-Funded Study Suggests Acetaminophen During Pregnancy Linked to ADHD/Autism
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New top story on Hacker News: Acquiring Books for the Greatest Libraries in the World (2018)

Acquiring Books for the Greatest Libraries in the World (2018)
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Calif. evacuees return home as fire threat weakens

Tens of thousands of Northern California residents return home days after they were evacuated as firefighters battled a massive wind-fueled wildfire burning in Sonoma County wine country. (Oct. 31)

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Trump thinks Meghan Markle handles media criticism 'very personally': 'You’ve got to be a little bit different'

President Donald Trump is offering Meghan Markle advice on how to handle the media.

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Boy Scouts of America membership fees to increase by 80 percent amid wave of sex-abuse lawsuits

The Boy Scouts of America, faced with a wave of sex-abuse lawsuits, will increase its annual membership fee next year by more than 80 percent to relieve some financial pressure, the organization said last week.

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Rep. Collins: Democrats 'shredded our procedures and shredded our rules and lied to the American people'

"What they did today was [they] went to the floor of the House and shredded our procedures and shredded our rules and lied to the American people about saying that they wanted to be fair," the Georgia lawmaker said.

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New Threats Put Wildfire Fighters’ Health on the Line

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Brazil wildfires: Blaze advances across Pantanal wetlands

The area is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, and a popular tourist destination.

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Rush Limbaugh: Pelosi, Schiff 'don't care' about California wildfires when 'objective is impeaching' Trump

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif. of not caring about the wildfires ravaging their home state.

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Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Baghdad's Green Zone targeted by rocket fire; Iraqi soldier killed

Two rockets were fired into Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone near the U.S. Embassy Wednesday, killing one Iraqi soldier amid unprecedented anti-government protests and a violent security crackdown.

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R. Kelly skips court hearing over worries his infected toenail might get stepped on

R. Kelly skipped a scheduled court hearing in Chicago on Wednesday because he had an infected toenail and he was worried someone might step on it, the embattled R&B singer's attorney said.

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Your Move, Facebook

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New top story on Hacker News: GitHub Student Developer Pack

GitHub Student Developer Pack
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Mike Pompeo blasts 'truly sick' Washington Post for 'austere religious scholar' headline about death of Baghdadi

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised all involved in the raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and slammed the Washington Post for one of its headlines reporting the terrorist's death.

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Throw it down! Best dunk photos of the NBA season

Check out all the best shots of NBA stars dropping the hammer during the 2019-20 season.

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Breastfeeding suites increasing in popularity in the US

Private breastfeeding spaces are increasing in the US, including in train stations and supermarkets.

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Melania Trump, Karen Pence visit elementary school students, military agencies to discuss emergency prep

Melania Trump and Karen Pence paid a visit Wednesday to a group of fifth-graders in South Carolina prepping emergency pillowcase kits for natural disasters as part of an initiative to mentally and physically prepare children for evacuations.

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Hackers hijacked DC’s surveillance cameras just before Trump’s inauguration: report

Days before Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, a pair of hackers managed to seize control of Washington, DC's surveillance cameras.

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Boeing 'doesn't understand our grief'

Zipporah Kuria's father Joseph Waithaka was one of 157 people killed when a Boeing 737 Max crashed in March.

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Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle and more comedians weigh in, bluntly, on 'cancel culture'

Comedians are known for not holding back, and now, many are speaking out about "cancel culture."

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Liberia's child soldiers: 'I know I killed people'

Miatta says she was forced to fight when she was 14 and can't remember how many people she's killed.

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New top story on Hacker News: Which Planet Is Closest?

Which Planet Is Closest?
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New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: A minimal Fortran TCP client and server

Show HN: A minimal Fortran TCP client and server
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Democrats' impeachment vote like 'trying to put paint on rotten wood,' Sen. John Kennedy says

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's planned impeachment resolution vote is not a serious attempt to offer President Trump due process, according to Sen. John Kennedy, R-La.

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