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Today's Top News Compilation - Tuesday, Mar. 17, 2020

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Patients who allegedly got fake Botox or Botox from unlicensed injectors speak out

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Joey Luther was arrested last week and charged with wire fraud, smuggling and distributing counterfeit drugs for allegedly selling fake Botox.
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Pete Buttigieg blasts Trump after president excoriates him during press briefing

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Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg fired back at President Donald Trump on Thursday after the commander in chief blasted the Democrat during a press briefing about the deadly midair collision between a military helicopter and a passenger airplane that occurred on Wednesday night.

Trump sarcastically called Buttigieg "a real winner."

"He's a disaster. He was a disaster as a mayor. He ran his city into the ground. And he's a disaster now. He's just got a good line of bulls---," the president said.

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New FOIA on migrants potentially avoiding the draft could open new deportation predicate: attorneys

  • News source: FOX News
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A top government accountability group will send a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Selective Service System (SSS) for data on illegal immigrants who did not register for the draft and therefore committed a felony.

Oversight Project executive director Mike Howell – whose group is filing the action – underlined the move is not an illustration of any support for illegal immigrants serving in the military.

By law, all U.S. males aged 18-26 must register with the SSS under penalty of felony conviction and $250,000 fine under the...
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Father of youngest hostage among three men to be released on Saturday, Hamas says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Yarden Bibas and two others will be exchanged for more Palestinian prisoners in the fourth swap since the ceasefire began.
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Rwanda illegally occupying DR Congo, minister tells BBC

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A Rwandan spokesperson denies the charges, saying it is trying to prevent the conflict spilling over.
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German party could rely on far-right again for immigration vote

  • News source: BBC News - World
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CDU leader Friedrich Merz may need support in the Bundestag from the AfD, a move that has attracted wide condemnation.
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Billie Eilish and Lady Gaga play LA FireAid show

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The concert, which also featured Dr Dre and Pink, took place to help raise funds to rebuild the LA area.
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DR Congo's failed gamble on Romanian mercenaries

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Several hundred well-paid foreign soldiers fighting on the side of the Congolese government surrender.
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The Star-Ledger, made famous by "The Sopranos," is ceasing print editions

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Two longstanding New York City area newspapers, including one immortalized in "The Sopranos," are vanishing from newsstands, leaving Jersey City without printed news as media struggle against nationwide headwinds.

Across the river from New York, the fate of New Jersey's Star-Ledger -- read by fictional mob boss Tony Soprano -- and The Jersey Journal is leaving locals without a physical paper and some journalists, paperboys and printers without jobs.

The Star-Ledger is going online-only and The Jersey Journal is closing up shop altogether, reports...
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Woman found guilty in spouse's murder speaks out for first time since her conviction

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Fifteen years ago, Miriam Helmick was sentenced to life without parole for the murder of her second husband, Colorado businessman Alan Helmick.
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These prices could climb within days if Trump slaps tariffs on Canada and Mexico

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Who are the victims of the DC plane crash?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The victims of the mid-air collision include dedicated flight attendants and talented ice skaters.
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Families mourn loved ones who died in Kumbh Mela crush

  • News source: BBC News - World
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At least 30 people died and several were injured in a crush at the religious festival in India this week.
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Ros Atkins on... what may have caused Washington DC plane crash

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The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins on the unanswered questions around a fatal crash between a commercial airplane and a military helicopter near Washington DC.
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'Refuse to be their puppet': Top 5 moments from Tulsi Gabbard's confirmation hearing

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President Donald Trump's pick for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, faced an hourslong hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, fielding a bevy of questions related to her qualifications and previous remarks related to national security.

Gabbard appeared before the intelligence committee on Thursday morning where she worked to rally support from lawmakers ahead of Senate committee and floor votes.

Fox News Digital reported ahead of the hearing that Gabbard did not have a majority of its committee members'...
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