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• Hundreds release balloons for UK toddler Alfie Evans as Pope leads tributes

  28-04-2018 23:50 via yahoo.com
  Alfie Evans, a British toddler with a degenerative brain condition whose parents lost a legal battle to keep him on life support at a Vatican hospital, was mourned with balloons set free in the sky and prayers from the Pope after he died on Saturday – weeks shy of his second birthday.Kate James and Tom Evans said their son’s death overnight in Liverpool, England had left them “heartbroken”.Alfie’s condition left him with almost no brain function, and multiple courts
  
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• The Latest: Utah Democrats nominate Wilson for Senate race

  28-04-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on the Utah Democratic convention (all times local):
  
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• RIP Larry Harvey: Burning Man's leading light dies at 70

  28-04-2018 23:26 via yahoo.com
  Larry Harvey, the co-founder of the Burning Man festival who grew it from an event on a San Francisco beach to a desert arts festival of global significance, died Saturday. He was 70. Harvey had been hospitalized after a stroke on April 4, and had remained in critical condition. "Though we all hoped he would recover, he passed peacefully this morning at 8:24am in San Francisco, with members of his family at his side," wrote Burning Man CEO Marian Goodell in the organization's official annou
  
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• The Latest: McAdams wins Democratic nomination to face Love

  28-04-2018 23:19 via yahoo.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on the Utah Democratic convention (all times local):
  
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• Shaquem Griffin Becomes First One-Handed Player Selected In NFL Draft

  28-04-2018 23:06 via yahoo.com
  Shaquem Griffin is the first one-handed player to be picked in the NFL draft.
  
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• The Latest: Slain deputy's handcuffs used to arrest suspect

  28-04-2018 23:04 via yahoo.com
  NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine (AP) — The Latest on the search for a suspect in the slaying of a Maine deputy sheriff (all times local):
  
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• Deal reached in Arizona after teachers' walkout; Colorado teachers also walk out

  28-04-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced a deal with state legislative leaders Friday to raise teachers’ pay 20 percent by 2020, as educators stayed away from classrooms a second straight day in a spreading revolt over salaries and school funding.In a joint statement with Arizona Senate President Steve Yarbrough and House Speaker J.D. Mesnard, Ducey said the deal would also restore funding for schools that were cut in the last recession.The funds would be “flexible dollars for superint
  
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• Trump Claims He Wants To Help Dreamers. Time To Put Up Or Shut Up.

  28-04-2018 22:29 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration was dealt yet another blow to its un-American
  
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• Man accused of killing girlfriend dies days after attempted suicide in SW Houston

  28-04-2018 21:58 via yahoo.com
  The man accused of killing his girlfriend then attempting to take his own life has died, officials confirmed.
  
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• Drugmakers push back against lawmakers' calls to tax opioids

  28-04-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Facing a rising death toll from drug overdoses, state lawmakers across the country are testing a strategy to boost treatment for opioid addicts: Force drug manufacturers and their distributors to pay for it.
  
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• Arizona schools to remain closed Monday as walkout continues

  28-04-2018 21:29 via yahoo.com
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona teachers' walkout over pay and education funding appears headed into a second week as major school districts say schools will remain closed Monday.
  
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• Tens of thousands protest in Spain over gang rape acquittal

  28-04-2018 21:24 via yahoo.com
  Tens of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets of Pamplona on Saturday to protest against the acquittal of five men accused of gang raping an 18-year-old woman at the city's bull-running festival.Demonstrators have filled streets across the country since the court ruling on Thursday, leading Spain's conservative government to say it will consider changing rape laws.The men were acquitted of sexual assault, which includes rape, and sentenced to nine years for the lesser offence of sexual abus
  
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• Fmr. Fed. Prosecutor: House’s Russia investigation was ‘superficial’

  28-04-2018 21:15 via yahoo.com
  While House Republicans said conclusively that no collusion occurred, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee said the investigation did not go far enough.
  
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• U.S. urges Europeans to impose sanctions on Iran missile program

  28-04-2018 20:55 via yahoo.com
  The United States is urging its European allies and others to impose sanctions on Iran to curb its missile program, calling it an international threat to peace and security."We are urging nations around the world to sanction any individuals and entities associated with Iran's missile program, and it has also been a big part of discussions with Europeans," Brian Hook, senior policy advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, told reporters in Riyadh.
  
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• Armenian ruling party quits PM race as protest leader bids for power

  28-04-2018 20:52 via yahoo.com
  By Hasmik MkrtchyanYEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenia's ruling party will not put up a candidate for prime minister, it said on Saturday, in a bid to ease tensions after more than two weeks of street protests against the ruling elite.Demonstrations against the party and official corruption forced Serzh Sarksyanm, a former president, to resign as prime minister last Monday and parliament is due to pick a new one on May 1.While its majority in parliament means it should be able to choose who that is, the
  
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• Unusual eruptions at world's largest active geyser in Yellowstone

  28-04-2018 20:49 via yahoo.com
  The world's largest active geyser has erupted three times in the past six weeks at Yellowstone National Park, including once this week, in a pattern that is unusual but not at all indicative of a more destructive volcanic eruption brewing beneath Wyoming, geologists said on Saturday.Steamboat Geyser, which can shoot water as high as 300 feet (91 meters) into the air, erupted on March 15, April 19 and on Friday.The last time it erupted three times in a year was in 2003, the U.S. Geological Survey
  
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• Democratic strategist: WH doesn’t have proper vetting process

  28-04-2018 20:47 via yahoo.com
  Various members of President Trump’s cabinet faced a great deal of scrutiny this week. Ronny Jackson’s nomination for secretary of Veterans Affairs failed.
  
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• Clashes: Syrian Troops and Islamic State Group

  28-04-2018 20:47 via yahoo.com
  Fighting continued on Saturday between Syrian troops and Islamic State group fighters in southern neighborhoods of the capital Damascus. (April 28)
  
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• Man Accused of Killing Sheriff's Deputy in Maine Is Arrested

  28-04-2018 20:44 via yahoo.com
  John Williams was in custody after a four-day manhunt in the woods
  
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• Southwest Airlines sued after woman claims post-traumatic stress disorder following fatal engine explosion

  28-04-2018 20:41 via yahoo.com
  A passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight that made an emergency landing after an engine burst apart is suing the company, saying she has been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder sparked by the carriers’ alleged negligence.Lilia Chavez was sitting three rows behind the window that was shattered by shrapnel from the exploding engine.Ms Chavez, a California native, has argued in her federally filed lawsuit that she has been suffering from PTSD, depression and other personal injuri
  
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• Pakistan moves jailed doctor who helped track bin Laden

  28-04-2018 20:40 via yahoo.com
  By Jibran AhmadPESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani prison authorities have moved the jailed doctor believed to have helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden, his attorney said on Saturday, speculating it could be a prelude to his release.The continued imprisonment of Dr. Shakil Afridi has long been a source of tension between Pakistan and the United States, which cut military aid over accusations Pakistan continues to shelter Taliban militants fighting U.S. and Afghan soldiers across the bo
  
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• 'Radical’ pace of modern life is fuelling disease, Pope warns

  28-04-2018 20:33 via yahoo.com
  The ‘radical’ pace of modern life is fuelling disease, The Pope has warned as he urged people to exercise, eat well and avoid alcohol and air pollution to stay healthy. Speaking at the Unite For Cure Fourth International Vatican Conference in Rome, Holy Father Pope Francis said ‘many evils’ could be avoided if greater attention was paid to living a good lifestyle. Addressing some of the world’s leading doctors and scientists, Pope Franc
  
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• Africa’s democratic 'laggards' must listen to calls for change - Liberia’s Johnson Sirleaf

  28-04-2018 20:30 via yahoo.com
  By Clement UwiringiyimanaKIGALI (Reuters) - African leaders resisting "democratic transformation" must heed their citizens' calls for change, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said on Saturday after receiving an award aimed at promoting good leadership on the continent.Without naming specific countries or leaders, she referred to "laggard" countries in the region of one billion people who are "not meeting democratic transformation"."Their own citizens are making the call for change
  
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• Trump on Russian 'informant': Putin wants to make U.S. more chaotic

  28-04-2018 20:02 via yahoo.com
  Trump says Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, claiming to be an "informant" is only doing so because Putin wants to make the United States more chaotic.
  
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• Joy Reid speaks out over homophobic blog posts: 'I genuinely do not believe I wrote those hateful things'

  28-04-2018 19:59 via yahoo.com
  TV anchor Joy Reid has denied writing a series of homophobic blog posts describing gay sex as "gross", days after claiming her website had been hacked.The MSNBC host, who is a vocal opponent of Donald Trump, responded to the controversy over her now-defunct website The Reid Report by offering an apology to the viewers of her Saturday morning show.The posts - unearthed last week - appeared to show Ms Reid making gay jokes about celebrities and politicians and confessing she could not watch the fi
  
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• Suspected Golden State Killer on suicide watch

  28-04-2018 19:40 via yahoo.com
  Man accused of multiple rapes and murders awaits his next hearing; Claudia Cowan report.
  
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• Woman Allegedly Suffering From PTSD Sues Southwest Airlines After Engine Failure Flight

  28-04-2018 19:39 via yahoo.com
  She called it a "horror."
  
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• Steam Spy returns from death, but admits data is less accurate

  28-04-2018 19:30
  Earlier this month, the popular third-party tool Steam Spy was essentially left dead in the water after Valve announced new privacy settings for Steam users, including hiding libraries and profile data from public view by default. This meant Steam Spy, which tracked stats like games’ sales numbers and play time, wasn’t able to access the data it needed, and was … Continue reading
  
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• Arizona police officer shot by carjacking suspect dies

  28-04-2018 19:30 via yahoo.com
  NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A police officer in the Arizona border city of Nogales was killed after he tried to stop a carjacking suspect.
  
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• Confident Pompeo makes Middle East diplomatic debut

  28-04-2018 19:14 via yahoo.com
  Washington's newly appointed secretary of state landed in Riyadh Saturday on a tour of America's key Middle East allies, after vowing to bring some "swagger" back to US diplomacy.Mike Pompeo touched down in Saudi Arabia shortly after authorities in the kingdom said they had intercepted four missiles fired at the south of the country by Yemeni rebels, underlining the tensions in the region.The Saudi capital is the first stop on a three-day trip that will also take him to Israel and Jordan to upda
  
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• Armenian ruling party won't nominate own candidate for PM

  28-04-2018 19:03 via yahoo.com
  VANADZOR, Armenia (AP) — Armenia's ruling party said Saturday it will not put forward a candidate for prime minister to keep from exacerbating the political crisis sparked by the naming of the country's termed-out president as premier this month.
  
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• Blue Origin will launch this weekend with livestream

  28-04-2018 18:36
  We haven’t heard much in the last several months from Blue Origin, the private aerospace company owned by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, but that’s finally going to change this weekend. After a successful test flight of its Crew Capsule 2.0 back in December, Blue Origin will conduct another test launch of its New Shepard rocket this weekend, making it the eighth … Continue reading
  
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• Special celebration for longtime Pittsburgh Pirates usher’s 100th birthday

  28-04-2018 18:06 via yahoo.com
  Phil Coyne is beloved in the Steel City, serving the Pittsburgh Pirates for 82 years as an usher. The team and his fans honored Coyne for his 100th birthday with a celebration at the ballpark he loves.
  
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• Migrant caravan reaches U.S. border to seek asylum

  28-04-2018 18:04 via yahoo.com
  The group of around 400 people have been traveling from Central America, hoping to seek asylum in the United States. At their final stop before the border, the group attended legal clinics to prepare.
  
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• Ford shifts focus, discontinues most passenger cars

  28-04-2018 18:02 via yahoo.com
  Ford announced this week that it’s phasing out production for most of its traditional cars, excluding the Mustang and a new Focus crossover, in favor of larger vehicles.
  
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• This Is the Focus Active That's Coming to the US

  28-04-2018 18:00 via yahoo.com
  The crossover-esque trim will be the model's only variant to reach our shores.
  
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• Police Nab cop-killer Suspect After four-day Manhunt in Maine

  28-04-2018 17:56 via yahoo.com
  Police caught 29-year-old John Williams, the man authorities say killed Corporal Eugene Cole on Wednesday, after four days on the run.
  
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• Stage Set for Trump’s Meeting with Kim Jong Un

  28-04-2018 17:55 via yahoo.com
  The president shared updates about his forthcoming summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, saying he spoke with the leaders of South Korea and Japan, and that the meeting’s time and location are being set.
  
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• Monster Hunter: World debuts Devil May Cry crossover event

  28-04-2018 17:49
  It’s only been a week since Monster Hunter: World received its second major update, complete with new monster Kulve Taroth, and the game already has something else for players to get excited about. While not quite as big a deal as an entirely new monster to battle, another of Monster Hunter: World‘s crossover events is live, this time feature Capcom’s … Continue reading
  
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• Young Siblings Hold Hands in Hospital After Their Parents Were Killed in Car Crash

  28-04-2018 17:31 via yahoo.com
  Their newborn baby sister was also killed.
  
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• Joy Reid Says She Doesn't 'Believe' She Wrote Anti-LGBTQ Posts

  28-04-2018 17:05 via yahoo.com
  MSNBC's Joy Reid said she doesn't "believe" she wrote the anti-LGBTQ
  
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• Romaine lettuce from Arizona linked to serious E. coli outbreak, warns CDC

  28-04-2018 16:52 via yahoo.com
  At least 98 people in 22 states report infections linked to outbreak‘This is a serious E. coli. Everybody should be avoiding romaine’ Romaine lettuce is displayed on a shelf at a supermarket on 23 April in San Rafael, California. The current E coli outbreak is focused on produce grown in Yuma, Arizona. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
  
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• Russian FM says US trying to 'divide Syria into parts'

  28-04-2018 16:46 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign minister said Saturday the United States is trying to divide Syria.
  
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• 'Golden State Killer' suspect appears in court after 40 year manhunt

  28-04-2018 16:40 via yahoo.com
  A former policeman accused of being the “Golden State killer” has made his first court appearance, 30 years after the decade-long series of attacks. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, appeared before a judge in an orange prison jumpsuit, handcuffed to a wheelchair. He was formally arraigned on two murder charges dating back to 1978, and prosecutors said they expect more charges. DeAngelo is a suspect in 11 other murders and 51 rapes committed across California between 1976 and 1986. The fath
  
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• Ex-con candidate compounding GOP woes in West Virginia

  28-04-2018 16:29 via yahoo.com
  HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Don Blankenship doesn't care if his party and his president don't think he can beat Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin this fall.
  
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• Apple’s next iPhone may ditch 3D Touch

  28-04-2018 16:23
  The iPhone’s 3D Touch feature, which enables gestures based on how much pressure is used when tapping the screen, may not be the most popular or useful thing about the device, but it’s become well ingrained throughout iOS since its debut on the iPhone 6s in 2015. But now there’s word from Ming-Chi Kuo, the reliable, well-connected analyst with KGI … Continue reading
  
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• The Latest: Funeral held for aid worker killed in Yemen

  28-04-2018 16:17 via yahoo.com
  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The Latest on developments in Yemen (all times local):
  
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• Bondi reacts after sheriff receives 'no confidence' vote

  28-04-2018 16:14 via yahoo.com
  Broward deputies union votes 'no confidence' in Sheriff Israel; Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi reacts on 'Fox & Friends.'
  
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• NKorea's Media Broadcast Of Inter-Korean Summit

  28-04-2018 16:05 via yahoo.com
  North Korea's state media broadcast pictures from the historic inter-Korean summit late Saturday. (April 27)
  
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• World’s biggest active geyser erupts at Yellowstone National Park for third time in weeks

  28-04-2018 15:50 via yahoo.com
  Steamboat Geyser, in Yellowstone National Park, erupted at around 6.30am local time on Friday morning, geologists said.The eruption is the latest event in a rare period of activity at the geyser this year, following similar water discharges on March 15 and April 19 this year.Before this year, Steamboat had not erupted since September 2014.
  
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