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• Michelle Obama, De Niro, Zendaya fete college-bound kids

  02-05-2018 23:49 via yahoo.com
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Michelle Obama told college-bound Philadelphia high school seniors Wednesday about when she applied to universities. Her counselor advised her not to set her sights too high and warned that some of the schools on her list were out of her reach, the former first lady said.
  
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• 1st death reported in romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak

  02-05-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The first death has been reported in a national food poisoning outbreak linked to romaine lettuce.
  
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• Black men arrested at Starbucks settle with the company

  02-05-2018 23:37 via yahoo.com
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the world's biggest coffee-shop chain Wednesday for an undisclosed sum and an offer of a free college education.
  
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• Dozens of quakes rattle Hawaii volcano, eruption possible

  02-05-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  HONOLULU (AP) — Dozens of earthquakes were rattling Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano on Wednesday as underground magma moved into a new area east of the Puu Oo (POO'-oo OH'-oh) vent.
  
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• Stephen Hawking Finished Mind-Bending Parallel Universe Paper Days Before His Death

  02-05-2018 23:23 via yahoo.com
  British physicist Stephen Hawking may have died in March, but his legacy is
  
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• After Obama, a Nobel prize for Trump -- or not so fast?

  02-05-2018 23:20 via yahoo.com
  Washington (AFP) - A decade after Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, could his White House successor Donald Trump follow suit for navigating the thorny North Korean nuclear standoff?
  
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• Five killed in crash of US military cargo plane

  02-05-2018 23:14 via yahoo.com
  A military cargo plane crashed in the southern US state of Georgia on Wednesday, killing all five people aboard, an official said.The C-130 "Hercules" cargo plane from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard crashed around 11:30 am (1530 GMT) near the Savannah airport."There were five fatalities," a spokeswoman from the Georgia National Guard said.
  
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• High School Senior Fighting Back After She’s Accused of Cultural Appropriation Over Prom Dress

  02-05-2018 23:09 via yahoo.com
  Her mother says she is the victim of cyberbullying.
  
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• Joseph DeAngelo's attorney wants body pictures barred

  02-05-2018 23:06 via yahoo.com
  The 72-year-old former Auburn police officer who authorities suspect is the East Area Rapist appeared briefly Wednesday in Sacramento County court his lawyer tried to limit additional evidence from being gathered.Public defender Diane Howard wants to bar prosecutors from collecting DeAngelo's DNA and fingerprints and taking photos of his body, according to a motion she filed in Sacramento County Superior Court.The district attorney's office is fighting back, saying a judge has already approved a
  
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• US, China dampen expectations as trade talks open

  02-05-2018 23:04 via yahoo.com
  Senior US officials arrive in Beijing for trade talks with China starting Thursday, as both sides dampen expectations for a quick resolution to the heated dispute between the world's two largest economies.At stake are tariffs on billions of dollars of US and Chinese goods, which, if imposed, could put a dent in humming global economic growth.US President Donald Trump has threatened to levy new tariffs on $150 billion of Chinese imports while Beijing has so far shot back with a list of $50 billio
  
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• Military cargo plane crashes in Georgia, killing at least 5

  02-05-2018 23:00 via yahoo.com
  A military cargo plane on a training mission crashed Wednesday along a road near a Georgia airport, killing at least five National Guard members from Puerto Rico, authorities said.Black smoke rose into the sky from a section of the plane that appeared to have crashed into a median on the road.Capt. Jeff Bezore, of the Georgia Air National Guard's 165th Air Wing, said he couldn't say how many people in total were on the plane, which crashed Wednesday around 11:30 a.m.
  
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• Lawmakers In Both Parties In Talks To Save House Chaplain's Job

  02-05-2018 22:52 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― A Democratic congressman is quietly working with GOP colleagues
  
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• Authorities: Slaying possibly linked to killing of ex-Packer

  02-05-2018 22:41 via yahoo.com
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A man whose bullet-riddled body was found dumped along a rural road in Alabama apparently was killed in retaliation for the slaying of a former Green Bay Packers player, authorities said Wednesday.
  
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• Students Nationwide Walk Out Of Schools To Show Support For Second Amendment Rights

  02-05-2018 22:34 via yahoo.com
  Hundreds of students nationwide walked out of their schools Wednesday to show
  
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• Giuliani: “president can’t be subpoenaed”

  02-05-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  Attorneys Jill Wine-Banks and Joyce Vance say there is no legal justification for the claim a president can’t be subpoenaed except for in Rudy Giuliani’s mind. Lawrence also discusses Giuliani’s view on what would happen if Mueller subpoenaed Ivanka.
  
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• Republican House members seek Nobel Peace Prize for Trump

  02-05-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of House Republicans is seeking the Nobel Peace Prize for President Donald Trump because of his work to ease nuclear tensions with North Korea.
  
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• ​Body camera video​ from mass shooting in Las Vegas released

  02-05-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  Las Vegas police on Wednesday released some officer body camera video from the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.The videos were expected to show what two officers found entering a 32nd-floor hotel room where Stephen Paddock unleashed gunfire on a concert last October.Police and the FBI have said he killed 58 people and injured hundreds more before killing himself as authorities closed in.
  
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• NTSB releases new video showing Air Canada flight's close call at at SFO

  02-05-2018 22:28 via yahoo.com
  The NTSB just released new video that shows how close an Air Canada flight got to other jets as it was making a landing at SFO two years ago.
  
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• Trump Wants to Negotiate New Trade Deals. First, the Administration Will Need to Negotiate With Itself

  02-05-2018 22:23 via yahoo.com
  Trump's trade delegation lacks one essential element: a clear set of demands for their Chinese counterparts
  
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• Accused serial killer's lawyer moves to halt search warrant

  02-05-2018 21:54 via yahoo.com
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The 72-year-old former police officer who authorities say is the Golden State Killer appeared in court Wednesday as his lawyer tried to limit additional evidence from being gathered.
  
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• 2 people found dead inside Greensboro home identified

  02-05-2018 21:40 via yahoo.com
  An active police investigation is underway after the bodies of two people were found inside of a Greensboro home at about 3 p.m. Wednesday.
  
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• President Trump Just Made the Changes to His Legal Team He Denied He Was Making

  02-05-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  In March, Trump denied a report he was hiring Emmett Flood. He just hired Flood
  
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• Palestinian president widely condemned for 'anti-Semitic' comments

  02-05-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas drew widespread condemnation Wednesday, including from the European Union and the United States, over alleged anti-Semitic comments suggesting the "social function" of Jews in banking had led to past massacres.The 82-year-old Abbas made the comments during a free-wheeling speech that led to outrage among Israelis, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling him a "Holocaust denier".The condemnations came after Abbas, who has faced accusations of anti-Semitis
  
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• Palestinian leader's speech condemned as anti-Semitic

  02-05-2018 21:22 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Remarks by the Palestinian president about the causes of 20th century anti-Semitism in Europe were sharply criticized as anti-Semitic and drew widespread condemnations from Israel and around the world on Wednesday.
  
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• Sexual abuse victims call for Vatican to crack down on Chilean cardinals

  02-05-2018 21:08 via yahoo.com
  Three victims of a Chilean paedophile priest on Wednesday demanded the Catholic Church force tougher sanctions on complicit cardinals after meeting Pope Francis.The calls by Juan Carlos Cruz, James Hamilton and Jose Andres Murillo come a day after Australian authorities ordered the trial of the Vatican's finance chief over alleged abuse of boys dating back four decades.Guests of Pope Francis since Friday, the trio blasted "criminal" Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz, a key advisor to the ponti
  
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• Texas teenager charged with plotting IS-inspired shooting at mall

  02-05-2018 20:57 via yahoo.com
  A 17-year-old boy in Plano, Texas, has been arrested and charged with plotting a mass shooting inspired by the Islamic State at a shopping mall, law enforcement agencies said on Wednesday.The Federal Bureau of Investigation and police said high school student Matin Azizi-Yarand had planned the attack for mid-May and had sought to recruit others for the shooting.The FBI and local authorities in Collin County, Texas, said that at the time of his arrest, Azizi-Yarand had sent "more than $1,400 to o
  
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• Ex-police officer on Texas death row loses federal appeal

  02-05-2018 20:51 via yahoo.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — A former suburban Houston police officer on death row for hiring a hitman to kill his estranged wife in 1994 has lost an appeal before a federal appeals court, moving him a step closer to execution.
  
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• Armenian protest leader pauses strike for talks with ruling party

  02-05-2018 20:49 via yahoo.com
  By Margarita Antidze and Hasmik MkrtchyanYEREVAN (Reuters) - The leader of a protest movement that has rocked Armenia on Tuesday called a pause in a campaign of civil disobedience while he seeks assurances that the ruling party will back him to be the next prime minister.After a day of protests that blocked roads and railways and brought parts of the country to a standstill, a senior official with the ruling party hinted it may be willing to back Nikol Pashinyan when his candidacy for the premie
  
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• Philadelphia To Launch Youth Program In Settlement With Starbucks Arrestees

  02-05-2018 20:47 via yahoo.com
  Philadelphia has reached a settlement with Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson ―
  
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• Does Mueller's probe infringe upon Trump's constitutional authority?

  02-05-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  President Trump on Wednesday tweeted comments arguing that special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into the firings of former FBI Director James Comey and national security adviser Michael Flynn is “an intrusion” into the president’s constitutional power.
  
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• Kanye West Tweets Fake Harriet Tubman Quote After Saying Slavery Was 'A Choice'

  02-05-2018 20:32 via yahoo.com
  Kanye West tweeted a fake Harriet Tubman quote on Tuesday night, just hours
  
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• Armenian protest leader urges halt in demonstrations

  02-05-2018 20:31 via yahoo.com
  YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — The opposition lawmaker who has led weeks of mass demonstrations in Armenia called Wednesday for the protests to take a break after a surprising move by the ruling party appeared to clear the way for him to become prime minister.
  
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• Agency: Pilots caused 3 San Francisco airport close-calls

  02-05-2018 20:26 via yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three of the five close-calls involving aircraft reported in the past 16 months at San Francisco International Airport were caused by pilots, federal authorities said Wednesday.
  
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• 17-year-old girl killed in crash on prom night; 3 others injured

  02-05-2018 20:26 via yahoo.com
  A 17-year-old girl is dead following a prom night crash in Ohio.Four teenagers from Monroe High School were involved in a single-car crash on their way to dinner in Mason before their prom Friday night, police said.Kaylie Jackson, 17, was pronounced dead Monday, days after the crash.
  
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• These six tick-borne diseases are spreading rapidly in the U.S.

  02-05-2018 20:19 via yahoo.com
  In fact, the number of tick-borne disease cases has more than doubled in the last 13 years.The CDC identifies tick-borne illnesses as a public health threat and admits the problem is widespread and difficult to control.While these diseases occur across the U.S., the Northeast, upper Midwest and southern parts of the country seem to be particularly vulnerable.
  
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• Two black men arrested at Starbucks receive $1 settlement each with the city

  02-05-2018 20:16 via yahoo.com
  Two black men who were arrested in Starbucks while they were waiting for a friend have settled with the city of Philadelphia for $1 each.“I am pleased to have resolved the potential claims against the city in this productive manner,” Mayor Jim Kenney told the Associated Press.The arrest of Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson on April 12 sparked outcry when the pair were led out of a Starbucks coffee shop in handcuffs after a manager called the police.
  
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• Japanese roller coaster stalls and strands people face down for 2 terrifying hours

  02-05-2018 20:14 via yahoo.com
  If you get stuck on a roller coaster, at least you'll have a nice view? At Universal Studios in Japan yesterday, the Jurassic Park-themed Flying Dinosaur roller coaster stalled, trapping riders for two hours until they were rescued. If that sounds bad, the roller coaster was designed so that the rides are lying prone for the whole thing. And people thought I was ridiculous for still being afraid of dinosaurs. Tell that to this dinosaur ride from my nightmares. Regardless, many brave theme park p
  
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• Police: Drunk dad didn't notice two toddlers tumbling out of van

  02-05-2018 20:12 via yahoo.com
  Two toddlers, just 1 and 2 years old, tumbled out of the family van in a Sheboygan roundabout on Tuesday evening, apparently without their father ever noticing, authorities said.According to police, witnesses reported seeing the children fall out of the cargo van near South 8th Street and Indiana Avenue at about 7:30 p.m. Sheboygan hospital staff treated both children for road rash, but one had to later be moved to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee for treatment of more serious injur
  
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• Kim Kardashian Is Working With Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump To Pardon Alice Marie Johnson

  02-05-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  Kim Kardashian is reportedly working with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump in an
  
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• The Latest: Armenia protest leader calls for end to protests

  02-05-2018 19:52 via yahoo.com
  YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — The Latest on Armenia's political crisis (all times local):
  
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• Rod Rosenstein tells Republicans he won’t be ‘extorted’ by impeachment threat

  02-05-2018 19:49 via yahoo.com
  Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein has forcefully rejected a Republican threat to relieve him of his job, saying the Justice Department “is not going to be extorted”.“We’re going to do what’s required by the rule of law and any kind of threats that anybody makes are not going to affect the way we do our job”, Mr Rosenstein said during a panel discussion.The top law enforcement official was reacting to conservative Republicans drafting articles of impeachme
  
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• Who will be the next governor of California? And why it matters to the rest of the country

  02-05-2018 19:21 via yahoo.com
  Democrat Gavin Newsom is likely to be the next governor of California. But there’s a primary to get through first, and the outcome of that could have significant consequences for the rest of the country.
  
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• Stephen Hawking's Last Paper Was Just Published. Here's What He Says About the Cosmos

  02-05-2018 19:09 via yahoo.com
  Hawking says it may be simpler than often believed
  
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• West Virginia Senate candidate distorts reality in campaign ad

  02-05-2018 19:07 via yahoo.com
  An ad from a Republican Senate candidate shows a primary opponent genially greeting Hillary Clinton. The point is clear, but the meeting never happened. Ads like this risk undermining a consensus about the truth.
  
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• New Mom Kylie Jenner Explains Why She Loves Changing Diapers

  02-05-2018 19:05 via yahoo.com
  Kylie Jenner talked about why she enjoys changing diapers, how she and
  
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• Trump Replaces Ty Cobb With Clinton Impeachment Lawyer

  02-05-2018 19:04 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump plans to replace White House lawyer Ty Cobb with Emmet
  
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• Ty Cobb out as White House lawyer

  02-05-2018 19:02 via yahoo.com
  White House lawyer Ty Cobb is leaving his position, the administration said Wednesday, the latest official change to President Donald Trump's legal team as it adopts a more adversarial posture toward the special counsel's investigation.Cobb has been discussing his retirement for several weeks and let chief of staff John Kelly know he would be retiring at the end of May, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement."I've done what I come to do in terms of managing the White House
  
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• History Professor Breaks Down What Kanye West Got Wrong In Saying Slavery Was A Choice

  02-05-2018 18:51 via yahoo.com
  An associate professor of history responded Tuesday night to Kanye West's
  
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• Hawking's last physics paper argues for a 'simpler' cosmos

  02-05-2018 18:48 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Weeks after his death, physicist Stephen Hawking has delivered his last thoughts about the nature of the cosmos, and he says it may be simpler than often believed.
  
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• GOP Senator Contradicts Trump On Ronny Jackson Allegations

  02-05-2018 18:43 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― A top Republican lawmaker undercut President Donald Trump's
  
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