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• Syrian army deploys to Manbij after Kurdish calls to deter Turkey
• Bright light in big city mystifies New Yorkers after transformer fire
• Shutdown Likely to Go Into 2019 as Trump Fumes, Congress Is Idle

Syrian army deploys to Manbij after Kurdish calls to deter Turkey Posted: 28 Dec 2018 05:35 AM PST The Syrian army said it had deployed forces to Manbij in northwest Syria on Friday, after the Kurdish YPG militia urged Damascus to protect the town from the threat of Turkish attacks. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based monitoring group, said the government forces were stationed out the outskirts, between the town and territory under Turkish influence. U.S. President Donald Trump's abrupt decision to withdraw troops from Syria has alarmed the Kurdish-led fighters who have fought Islamic State alongside them for years. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Bright light in big city mystifies New Yorkers after transformer fire Posted: 28 Dec 2018 02:32 AM PST "There was a boom and a bang and a flash of light," said Jim Long, a spokesman for Fire Department New York. The blue flashes that briefly lit up the night sky in the Astoria area of Queens, New York, shortly after 9 p.m. (0200 GMT) were caused by a power surge and electrical "arching" and sparked a transformer explosion and a small fire, said Con Edison spokesman Bob McGee. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Shutdown Likely to Go Into 2019 as Trump Fumes, Congress Is Idle Posted: 27 Dec 2018 08:22 PM PST There was no sign of any progress toward a plan to fund nine government departments that closed after funding ran out Dec. 21. Senators have been told they'll vote only once there's a deal backed by Democrats and by Trump, who is demanding $5 billion for a wall at the southern border, his central campaign promise. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued a statement outlining Trump's demands that didn't include the word "wall." She said later there was no significance to that omission. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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