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A Russian politician says he has seen a North Korean missile that could reach the US west coast, and that Pyongyang plans on testing a long-rage missile "in the nearest future". Anton Morozov told Russian state-backed news agency RIA Novost that he and two colleagues had visited North Korea, where they were shown the North Korean calculations that the missile could hit America. The North Koreans showed him the "mathematical calculations which they say prove that their missile is capable of reaching the US west coast," he said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2xni2G0

A 20-year-old student from the Netherlands is making a powerful statement about sexual objectification by turning the tables. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2fRcTe1

A Wyoming man accused of public intoxication allegedly told police he traveled from the year 2048 to warn mankind of an impending invasion by extraterrestrials. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2xmNnsn

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2xVUFmq

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The new finds show that even 4,000 years ago, hunters, shepherds and traders were using the route. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2z3BEfm

Luke” Gottwald, who has been embroiled in a legal battle with Kesha since 2014, in a recent interview for The New York Times. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2y5bjje

A 23-year-old woman has been charged in the death of her 4-year-old son who was reportedly set on fire in their apartment’s bathtub from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2y62Vjd

Melania Trump's latest fashion move is raising some eyebrows. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2y1sfFk

The Trump administration is poised to scrap a policy limiting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, furthering its attack on the United States’ efforts to combat climate change. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2yueO3z

A McDonald's manager working the night shift at a restaurant in New York sold cocaine alongside burgers and fries, police allege. Authorities say Frank Guerrero, 26, was arrested after selling $10,900 (£8,200) worth of the drug to an undercover police officer over the course of eight occasions, at a restaurant in the Soundview area of the Bronx. At least two times, it is alleged Mr Guerrero placed the cocaine into a bag containing a cookie, which he then concealed in a larger bag with cheeseburgers, fries and a drink. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2ghWrEc

Thousands of Afghans have been returned from Europe only to be killed, injured, or left to live in constant fear from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2krrty3

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Latest on Vice President's Mike Pence's visit to the U.S. Virgin Islands (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2ku6daX

Seth Meyers assumed that Congress and the gun lobby were merely ignoring pleas for reasonable gun safety regulations. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2y5g0cs

WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia officials said Thursday they won't appeal a court ruling striking down a portion of the city's gun laws, a decision that means it will soon be easier for gun owners to get concealed carry permits in the nation's capital. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2y6sAs8

Regime forces Friday broke into the eastern town of Mayadeen, one of the Islamic State group's last bastions in Syria, backed by Russian air raids taking a deadly toll on civilians. Mayadeen in the oil-rich eastern province of Deir Ezzor is seen as the jihadist group's "security and military capital" in Syria, and its loss would deal "a severe blow" to the jihadists, according to a Syrian military source. Over the course of months of successive defeats, Mayadeen and nearby Albu Kamal on the Iraqi border have taken in IS fighters fleeing the battle to the north for Raqa city in the face of an offensive launched by US-backed Kurdish and Arab forces. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2y6GMBB

By Lisa Lambert and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Revenues for the $6 billion payday loan industry will shrivel under a new U.S. rule restricting lenders' ability to profit from high-interest, short-term loans, and much of the business could move to small banks, according to the country's consumer financial watchdog. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a regulation on Thursday requiring lenders to determine if borrowers can repay their debts and capping the number of loans lenders can make to a borrower. Republican lawmakers, who often say CFPB regulations are too onerous, want to nullify it in Congress, and the industry has already threatened lawsuits. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2y6gJua

On Thursday, a Texas father was cleared of a murder charge in the asphyxiation death of his 2-year-old daughter after prosecutors learned that his 7-year-old son admitted being responsible, PEOPLE confirms from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2giwAvQ

(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson's diabetes care unit, which makes insulin pumps, said on Thursday it would shut its business in United States and Canada amid increased competition and after failing to find a buyer. Animas Corp has selected rival Medtronic Plc as its partner for the device and nearly 90,000 patients using its pumps will be offered the option to transfer to pumps made by Medtronic. J&J has been reviewing strategic options, including a potential sale of its diabetes care division, which includes LifeScan Inc, Animas Corp and Calibra Medical Inc. The division reported sales of $421 million in the second quarter, down 10.6 percent from a year earlier. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2geCwpF

WASHINGTON ― Republicans from some blue states want their constituents to believe they’ve extracted major tax reform concessions from GOP leadership on the state and local tax deduction, a write-off that mostly benefits highly taxed areas. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2y6KgUN