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• Nikki Haley’s ‘I Don't Get Confused’ Comment Demonstrated Her Gift for the Clapback

  18-04-2018 23:59 via yahoo.com
  It was one of many whip-smart comebacks throughout her career
  
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• Dashcam video shows home exploding as police officers approach

  18-04-2018 23:49 via yahoo.com
  Dashcam video shows a home in Texas exploding just as a police officer is walking up to the front yard, apparently the result of a ruptured gas line.
  
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• Federal Judge Holds Kris Kobach In Contempt For Failing To Follow Court Order To Register Voters

  18-04-2018 23:34 via yahoo.com
  A Kansas federal judge ruled Wednesday that Kansas Secretary of State Kris
  
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• Excavator blamed for island-wide blackout in Puerto Rico

  18-04-2018 23:32 via yahoo.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday after an excavator accidentally downed a transmission line, officials said, as the U.S. territory struggles to repair an increasingly unstable power grid nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria.
  
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• Confederate flag-bearing trucks park outside Michigan school

  18-04-2018 23:22 via yahoo.com
  AUBURN, Mich. (AP) — Students and others with Confederate flags flying from or painted on their pickup trucks parked for a second day outside of a central Michigan high school, prompting other students to hold a counter-demonstration against racism and bigotry.
  
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• 18 Of The Best Self Care Mother's Day Gift Ideas

  18-04-2018 23:21 via yahoo.com
  In today's fast-paced world, self care has become a crucial part of our daily
  
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• Pompeo N. Korea trip mean to boost flagging Trump nominee: report

  18-04-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on the difficulty CIA Director Mike Pompeo is having gathering enough votes for his nomination to make it out of committee, with final confirmation less than guaranteed. Just one of several struggling Trump nominations.
  
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• Jenna Fischer donates her DePauw University event profits to support student protesters

  18-04-2018 23:14 via yahoo.com
  Actress Jenna Fischer visited Indiana's DePauw University on Tuesday to discuss her career and her new book,The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide, with students. But not long after the event began, students began to protest, voicing serious concerns over their safety at the university. About 15 minutes into Fischer's lecture, an audience member stood up and blew a whistle, according to the IndyStar. Around 100 students, some of whom held protest signs, filled the aisles of the auditorium and began
  
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• 'Killer Nanny' Yoselyn Ortega Found Guilty on All Counts in Stabbing Deaths of 2 Children

  18-04-2018 22:48 via yahoo.com
  Jurors deliberated for just one day in the trial of nanny Yoselyn Ortega.
  
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• EPA chief sat in coach when not flying on taxpayer's dime

  18-04-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt flew in coach-class seats on at least two trips home to Oklahoma when taxpayers weren't footing the bill, despite claims he needed to travel in first class at government expense because of security threats.
  
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• 100-Strong Cluster of Unknown Octopus Species and Eggs Baffles Scientists

  18-04-2018 22:24 via yahoo.com
  "When I first saw the photos, I was like, 'No, they shouldn't be there!'"
  
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• Hear Pilot Tammie Jo Shults' Cool-Headed Call to Air Traffic Control

  18-04-2018 22:18 via yahoo.com
  The dispatcher could be heard responding, “I'm sorry, you said there was a hole and somebody went out?”
  
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• Factbox: U.S. companies with exposure to Russia

  18-04-2018 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Although the United States and Russia have imposed economic sanctions on each other since 2014, several large U.S. corporations, including PepsiCo Incand McDonald's Corp , still count Russia as a growth market.The United States imposed sanctions on 24 Russian oligarchs and government officials and 12 Russian companies on April 6.
  
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• Iran's Khamenei quits Telegram

  18-04-2018 21:51 via yahoo.com
  Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced Wednesday that he would no longer use the hugely popular messaging app Telegram, shifting instead to domestic services.President Hassan Rouhani quickly followed suit, announcing that he too was giving up Telegram shortly after issuing a directive banning the government and administration workers from using foreign messenger apps to communicate, according to the official IRNA news agency.The announcements came as rumours continued that Iran w
  
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• New York governor to allow 35,000 paroled felons to vote

  18-04-2018 21:46 via yahoo.com
  New York State plans to restore voting rights to about 35,000 New York felons on parole who previously were barred from casting a ballot until they completed their parole, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday.Cuomo will issue an executive order to restore voting rights to those felons already on parole as well as those who enter the parole system each month, a spokesman said.Most convicted felons in the United States face hurdles and roadblocks to voting, which vary by state.
  
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• Fresno State professor under fire for celebrating death of Barbara Bush

  18-04-2018 21:46 via yahoo.com
  Fresno State University is distancing itself from an Arab-American professor who celebrated the death of former first lady Barbara Bush as it reviews the matter, school officials said Wednesday.
  
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• Here's The Truth About The Caravan Of Migrants Trump Keeps Going On About

  18-04-2018 21:44 via yahoo.com
  SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras ― For the past two weeks, President Donald Trump and
  
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• Airlines inspecting Boeing planes after Southwest engine ripped apart mid-air

  18-04-2018 21:44 via yahoo.com
  Airlines are inspecting Boeing 737 planes after an engine on a passenger  flight ripped apart mid-air and killed a woman who came close to being  sucked through a broken window. Jennifer Riordan, 43, was on a Southwest Airline flight from New York to  Dallas when a part of the engine shattered into the window and nearly  pulled her out.  Mrs Riordan, a banking executive, was hauled back into the aircraft by  other passengers who attempted to resuscitate her but she
  
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• GOP Spending Against Obamacare Plummets In 2018 Elections

  18-04-2018 21:38 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Since the Affordable Care Act's passage in 2010, repealing
  
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• Israel marks 70 years as a nation as new and old challenges lurk

  18-04-2018 21:15 via yahoo.com
  Israel celebrated 70 years since the country's foundation on Wednesday, lauding its improbable economic success and military prowess, but facing a range of political and security challenges.The anniversary of the proclamation of the state of Israel by founding father David Ben-Gurion began at sundown on Wednesday under the Hebrew calendar, but falls on May 14 according to the Western calendar.At the traditional Jerusalem torch-lighting ceremony kicking off what Israelis call Independence Day, Pr
  
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• U.N. team fired upon in Syria while visiting suspected chemical sites

  18-04-2018 21:06 via yahoo.com
  By Anthony Deutsch and Tom PerryTHE HAGUE/BEIRUT (Reuters) - A U.N. security team came under fire in Syria while doing reconnaissance for inspectors to visit sites of a suspected chemical weapons attack, and officials said it was no longer clear when the inspectors would be able to go in.The inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons are in Syria to investigate an April 7 incident in which Western countries and rescue workers say scores of civilians were gassed to d
  
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• Imagine A Chevy Camaro EV SUV To Take On Ford's Mustang Crossover

  18-04-2018 21:02 via yahoo.com
  Chevy did tell dealers it's working on a performance-electric car.
  
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• The power is out again in Puerto Rico, 7 months after Hurricane Maria

  18-04-2018 20:56 via yahoo.com
  Seven months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico is still dealing with the fallout as it experienced an island-wide blackout on Wednesday. SEE ALSO: The mayor of Puerto Rico's capital can't believe this tiny firm's $300 million contract This latest power outage follows a series of outages in the months since Maria. Just last week, half of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's (PREPA) customers lost power when a tree fell across a major power line. And in November 2017, San Juan and several o
  
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• Republicans Say People Would Kick Themselves Off Food Stamps Under Their New Bill

  18-04-2018 20:38 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― The Republican food stamp bill would cut benefit spending by
  
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• 'Cross the Bushes Off Your Worry List.' George H.W. Bush Honors Barbara Bush, 'The Enforcer'

  18-04-2018 20:38 via yahoo.com
  'I always knew Barbara was the most beloved woman in the world'
  
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• Israeli PM issues veiled warning to Iran over Syria tensions

  18-04-2018 20:37 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday issued a veiled warning to Iran, saying in a Memorial Day speech that his country will defend itself against anyone that tries to harm it.
  
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• I Thought Losing 70 Pounds Would Bring Me Joy. I Was Wrong.

  18-04-2018 20:05 via yahoo.com
  I've always been fat. Or, more precisely, I've always identified as fat.
  
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• School shooting survivor calls for investment firm boycott

  18-04-2018 19:59 via yahoo.com
  MIAMI (AP) — A survivor of a mass shooting that killed 17 at a Florida high school in February is calling for a boycott of two of what he says are the biggest investors in gun manufacturers: BlackRock and The Vanguard Group.
  
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• Lois Riess on the Run: Authorities Ramp Up Search for Alleged Look-Alike Killer

  18-04-2018 19:50 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Marshals have joined in the investigation of the woman wanted in two slayings.
  
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• Toddler Shoots Pregnant Mom With Dad's Gun In Parking Lot

  18-04-2018 19:49 via yahoo.com
  A 3-year-old in Indiana accidentally shot her pregnant mother, leaving the
  
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• Tennessee Republicans Punish Memphis For Removing Confederate Statues

  18-04-2018 19:38 via yahoo.com
  Tennessee's Republican-controlled House on Tuesday retaliated against Memphis
  
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• Around 16,000 rally in Armenia against new PM

  18-04-2018 19:26 via yahoo.com
  More than 16,000 people rallied in Armenia's capital on Wednesday to protest the election of former president Serzh Sarkisian as prime minister, viewed by the opposition as a power grab.Protesters staged a day-long march through central Yerevan, briefly blocking entrances to government buildings, and in the evening gathered in the Republic Square where a 30-metre Armenian national flag was unrolled.Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan -- the leader of the pro-Western Civil Contract opposition party --
  
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• Top GOP Senator Hopes Macron And Merkel Convince Trump To Save Iran Deal

  18-04-2018 19:25 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― With weeks to go before President Donald Trump is expected to
  
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• German police investigate anti-Semitic attack on men in Berlin

  18-04-2018 19:11 via yahoo.com
  German police said on Wednesday that they had launched an investigation after two men wearing Jewish skullcaps were attacked and insulted in Berlin on Tuesday, an incident that comes amid concern that anti-Semitism could be on the rise in Germany.Anti-Semitism remains a sensitive issue in Germany given that more than 6 million Jews were murdered during the Nazi-era Holocaust.German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the attack was a "absolutely dreadful" and stressed any form of anti-Semitism would b
  
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• Barbara Bush funeral planned for Saturday at Houston church

  18-04-2018 19:04 via yahoo.com
  A private funeral for former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush, the only American woman to see her husband and son both sworn in as president, will be held on Saturday at a Houston church where her family has been members since the 1950s, officials said.Bush, the wife of the 41st president, George H.W. Bush, and mother of the 43rd, George W. Bush, died on Tuesday at the age of 92.After the funeral at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston, Bush will be buried on Saturday on the grounds of the Georg
  
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• Amazon launches new app feature targeting international shoppers

  18-04-2018 18:58 via yahoo.com
  International shipping is already an option on many orders from Amazon's U.S. website but the new services are aimed at easing the process.The feature, which was announced late on Tuesday, will display pricing, shipping costs and import duty estimates, with Amazon managing courier services and customs clearance.In a statement, Amazon said customers using the new function will be able to shop in five languages - English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, German, and Brazilian Portuguese - and will be
  
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• Suspect sought in killing of Penn State student in West Philadelphia

  18-04-2018 18:57 via yahoo.com
  Philadelphia Police are working to track down a suspect in connection with the shooting death of a Penn State student.
  
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• Rare footage of San Francisco after 1906 earthquake shown in Fremont theater

  18-04-2018 18:51 via yahoo.com
  A lost piece of Bay Area history unearthed at a flea market was shown for the first time to the public.
  
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• The Navy's Stealth Destroyer is a Giant Missile 'Carrier' (And It Will Soon Fire Some Missiles)

  18-04-2018 18:39 via yahoo.com
  In preparation for all of this, the ship is now going through combat activation in San Diego, Calif., to pave the way toward preparing the weapons systems for the ship’s planned move to operational status in 2020, Navy officials say.This process will also carefully refine many of the ship’s other technologies, such as its advanced Integrated Power System and Total Ship Computing Environment, multi-function, volume-search SPY-3 radar and sonar systems.Navy developers of the new high-t
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan calls snap election

  18-04-2018 18:38 via yahoo.com
  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announces a snap election for June 24 in order to switch to an executive presidency created by a narrowly-won referendum last year. David Doyle reports.
  
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• George W. Bush: U.S. should be tough on Russia — 'not belligerent, but forceful'

  18-04-2018 18:34 via yahoo.com
  Former President George W. Bush said on Monday that he has “always felt” the United States should be tough in countering Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression.
  
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• George and Barbara Bush’s enduring love story

  18-04-2018 18:15 via yahoo.com
  The couple met as teenagers at a Christmas dance, the beginning of a love that spanned more than seven decades, from writing letters during World War II to navigating the campaign trail and White House together.
  
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• Unarmed Black Man Killed In 'Mind-Boggling,' Unjustified Barrage Of Police Gunfire: Lawyer

  18-04-2018 18:07 via yahoo.com
  A lawyer representing relatives of an unarmed black man killed in a hail of
  
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• State of emergency, rescues in Hawaii after severe flooding

  18-04-2018 18:05 via yahoo.com
  More than 340 people have been airlifted to safety after nearly 30 inches of rain hit the Hawaiian island of Kauai, with another storm on its way.
  
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• Jewish men beaten with belt in Berlin anti-Semitic attack

  18-04-2018 17:59 via yahoo.com
  There has been public outrage in Germany after video footage emerged of two Jewish men being violently assaulted in an apparent anti-Semitic attack in central Berlin. The two men, who were both wearing kippah, traditional Jewish skullcaps, were insulted before being set upon and whipped with a belt in one of the city’s most fashionable neighbourhoods. A group of three unidentified men can be heard on the video clearly shouting “Yahudi”, the Arabic word for Jew. The two victims
  
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• NTSB investigation of Southwest Airlines deadly incident focuses on engine

  18-04-2018 17:55 via yahoo.com
  Investigators determined one of the engine’s fan blades had broken off at its base causing it to violently tear itself apart, shredding the plane with shrapnel and blowing out the window a woman was partially sucked out of yesterday.
  
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• Stormy Daniels Plans To Donate NDA Money To Planned Parenthood

  18-04-2018 17:16 via yahoo.com
  Stormy Daniels will reportedly donate the $130,000 she made in her
  
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• Diaz-Canel tapped to steer Cuba through post-Castro uncertainty

  18-04-2018 17:11 via yahoo.com
  Cuba turns to a model Communist Party official, Miguel Diaz-Canel, to steer it through a period of uncertainty when it finally turns the page on the Castro era in a vote on Thursday.The 57-year-old First Vice President is the pre-ordained choice of Raul Castro as he steps down, ensuring that the vote in the National Assembly to appoint him will be little more than a formality.The successor to Fidel and Raul Castro has spent three decades climbing to the summit of the Communist Party.
  
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• 7 Students Involved in 'Cutting Incident' at Maryland Elementary School

  18-04-2018 17:11 via yahoo.com
  A Maryland elementary school says seven students removed the blades found in pencil sharpeners to cut themselves in class.
  
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• Hero Southwest Pilot Was Among U.S. Navy's First-Ever Female Fighter Pilots

  18-04-2018 17:03 via yahoo.com
  Tammie Jo Shults safely landed Southwest flight 1380 after an engine explosion.
  
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