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• The Latest: California dad pleads not guilty in kids' deaths

  18-09-2017 23:53 via yahoo.com
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the killing of three California children (all times local):
  
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• Dragon Ball FighterZ Livestream Coming During TGS This Week

  18-09-2017 23:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Bandai Namco has been releasing a steady stream of new details about Dragon Ball FighterZ since the game was formally unveiled at E3 2017, and it looks like more information may be on the way soon. The game's developer, Arc System Works, will host a live panel for Dragon Ball FighterZ later this week during the Tokyo Game Show (via Shoryuken.com).The panel takes place on Saturday, September 23, at 4:00 PM JST/12:00 AM PT/3 AM ET. Bandai Namco hasn't shared any details about what will be discusse
  
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• Iranian president Hassan Rouhani warns US would pay 'high cost' for scrapping nuclear deal

  18-09-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  Hassan Rouhani, the Iranian president warned Donald Trump that the US would pay dearly if he scrapped the nuclear deal signed by the Obama administration. In a wide-ranging interview with CNN, Mr Rouhani also rounded on Mr Trump's diplomacy by Twitter, saying that his tweets were often at odds with other members of his administration. "And this, by its nature, causes a certain deal of chaos." Mr Trump has repeatedly threatened to pull out of the agreement Tehran reached with not only the US, but
  
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• Check Out Call Of Duty: WW2's New Cinematic Story Trailer

  18-09-2017 23:45 via gamespot.com
  
  As promised, Activision has shared more details on this year's Call of Duty title, Call of Duty: WWII. Today, the publisher released a new trailer for the game, giving fans their first look at its cinematic campaign.Call of Duty: WWII's story revolves around Private Ronald "Red" Daniels, a "young recruit in the U.S. First Infantry Division who experiences combat for the first time on D-Day." After surviving the invasion of Normandy, Daniels and his squad make their way across Europe and take par
  
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• US state grants $3 billion in tax incentives to Foxconn

  18-09-2017 23:43 via yahoo.com
  Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed a bill on Monday granting $3 billion in tax incentives to Foxconn, paving the way for the Taiwan electronics giant to build a manufacturing plant in the state.Foxconn, maker of Apple's iPhone, is expected to invest up to $10 billion to build a flat-screen facility in the state -- with the promise of at least 3,000 new jobs, and possibly as many as 13,000.Wisconsin would provide up to $3 billion in tax subsidies as job promises are met -- the highest US gove
  
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• Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite DLC Characters Announced, Include Venom And Monster Hunter

  18-09-2017 23:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite launches this week and includes a sizable roster right out of the gate, but there are still a few characters on the way to the crossover fighting game. Today, Capcom announced the remaining fighters who'll be added as DLC.In a statement to GameSpot, Capcom confirmed that it will release four more playable characters for Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite later this year: Monster Hunter, Winter Soldier, Black Widow, and Venom. The full statement reads:"We know there has been
  
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• The GOP Congress Is Rushing Wildly Ahead With A Huge Health Care Bill. Again.

  18-09-2017 23:32 via yahoo.com
  For what feels like the 1,000th time this year, the Republican Senate is looking to ram through a hugely consequential health care bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act and “replace” it with ... a lot less.
  
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• US has 'many' military options in Korea crisis: Mattis

  18-09-2017 23:30 via yahoo.com
  The United States has "many" military options against North Korea, including some that don't put Seoul at risk, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday."There are many military options, in concert with our allies, that we will take to defend our allies and our own interests," Mattis told Pentagon reporters.
  
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• Cops: Ammo, manifesto seized in school shooting suspect home

  18-09-2017 23:23 via yahoo.com
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Guns, ammunition, a Molotov cocktail and a school yearbook with pictures of faces marked with X's were seized by police from the home of a Washington state high school sophomore accused of fatally shooting a classmate and wounding three other students, according to court documents filed in the case.
  
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• Hillary Clinton Won't Rule Out Questioning The Legitimacy Of Donald Trump's Election

  18-09-2017 23:14 via yahoo.com
  Hillary Clinton opened the door to possibly questioning whether Donald Trump was legitimately elected president, depending on the outcome of investigations into Russia’s role in the 2016 campaign.
  
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• Overwatch's Ana Can Block Healing In Heroes Of The Storm, And That Could Be A Big Deal

  18-09-2017 23:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Following her initial announcement last week, Blizzard has now shared more details about Ana's debut as a character in Heroes of the Storm. She'll operate much like she does in Overwatch, although she might be even more effective in a MOBA setting.Her passive, Shrike, causes her basic attacks to apply a damage-over-time effect. These can stack and are refreshed by subsequent basic attacks (which should be a bit easier to land as her attack range is longer than that of most heroes). Her Healing D
  
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• Dragon Ball FighterZ - Closed Beta Tour & Gameplay

  18-09-2017 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  We tour the adorable lobby in the Dragon Ball FighterZ beta, as well as check out one of the high level matches available to watch in the replay channel!
  
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• NBA 2K18 Update Out Now, Addresses Lost MyCareer Save Files

  18-09-2017 22:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Ahead of its official release on September 19, NBA 2K18 landed in the hands of everyone who pre-ordered it last Friday. Unfortunately, a number of players have encountered various bugs, the most serious of which causes Xbox One players' MyCareer save data to be lost. A patch is on the way, but 2K has recommended players on Xbox One to avoid the mode altogether until it's available. [Update: The patch is out now, but 2K says more details on it aren't coming until "later."]Numerous players have co
  
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• Taco Bell is Adding 300 New Locations

  18-09-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  The Tex-Mex Brand is expanding with over 300 new locations in urban areas by 2022.
  
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• Man charged in 1992 slaying of Massachusetts teacher's aide

  18-09-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  BOSTON (AP) — A man has been charged with the 1992 killing of a middle school teacher's aide after testing confirmed that his DNA matched evidence found at the crime scene, authorities said Monday.
  
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• That Climate 'Scandal' Rep. Lamar Smith Promoted Was, Indeed, Fake News

  18-09-2017 22:41 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON — Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), an early and loyal supporter of President Donald Trump, likes to make noise about the liberal media’s coverage of climate change, often dismissing it as “fake news.”
  
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• Pokemon Go Adds Free Item, New Update Out Now

  18-09-2017 22:41 via gamespot.com
  
  Pokemon Go players have a new item to add to their wardrobes. Today, developer Niantic rolled out a new t-shirt for the popular AR game, which all players can get their hands on for free.In honor of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, an initiative to end extreme poverty, inequality, and climate change around the world, Pokemon Go players can now get a free Global Goals t-shirt for their avatars. Niantic announced it was partnering with Global Goals earlier this year and added 17 PokeS
  
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• A Scary Number Of Americans Don't Think Muslims Or Atheists Have Constitutional Rights

  18-09-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  Nearly a quarter of Americans ― 22 percent ― either don’t know or don’t believe that U.S. Muslims are granted the same constitutional protections as other citizens.
  
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• Six Dreamers sue Trump administration over DACA decision

  18-09-2017 22:25 via yahoo.com
  San Diego attorney Dulce Garcia has regularly defended clients in immigration court.
  
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• Hero Ride Operator Falls While Saving Kids Trapped on Ferris Wheel, Miraculously Survives

  18-09-2017 22:23 via yahoo.com
  Remarkably, the ride operator suffered only a broken finger in the fall.
  
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• 6 Bad Carbs That Are Actually Good For You

  18-09-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  Some natural foods that rank high in carbohydrates can also provide essential nutrients. Here’s a list of our favorites.
  
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• Clinton: Trump's bathroom quip showed he's a 'very emotionally strange man'

  18-09-2017 22:16 via yahoo.com
  Clinton offered a scathing analysis of Trump’s psyche during a Monday interview with NPR’s Terry Gross, calling him “a very emotionally strange man.”
  
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• 2 charged in alleged rape of university student on bus

  18-09-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Two men who worked for a company that runs the Auburn University transit system have been charged in the alleged rape of a student on one of the buses.
  
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• Trump wants big military parade on July 4 to show 'strength'

  18-09-2017 22:11 via yahoo.com
  President Trump wants to showcase America’s military power with a July 4 parade of martial assets down Pennsylvania Avenue, inspired by the two-hour display he witnessed in Paris on Bastille Day.
  
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• PS4 And Xbox One Cross-Play Was Briefly Live In Fortnite, Described As "Configuration Issue"

  18-09-2017 21:42 via gamespot.com
  
  From a technical standpoint, the ability for PS4 and Xbox One owners to play online together in games like Rocket League is more than possible, but to date, Sony has not given its consent to allow it to happen. Despite that, Fortnite reportedly enabled cross-platform play between the two consoles over the weekend, although that has now been turned off and chalked up to an error.A number of posts on Reddit have emerged over the past few days with accounts of cross-play working. This was seemingly
  
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• Alabama Senate Candidate Roy Moore Laments Racial Divisions Between 'Reds' And 'Yellows'

  18-09-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  Alabama Senate GOP candidate Roy Moore appeared to use racially insensitive language to refer to Native Americans and Asian-Americans, according to footage obtained by The Hill newspaper on Monday.
  
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• Amid Cheating Claims, Kevin Hart's Ex Claims He Was With Current Wife While Still Married to Her

  18-09-2017 21:39 via yahoo.com
  Inside Edition spoke exclusively to Hart's ex-wife, Torrei.
  
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• Immigration Activists Protest Pelosi Over Trump Deal: 'We Are Not Your Bargaining Chip'

  18-09-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  A group of young undocumented immigrants interrupted an event hosted by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
  
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• Sean Spicer Regrets His First Move As White House Press Secretary

  18-09-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer said he regrets his first move in his old job working under President Donald Trump.
  
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• PC RPG Divinity: Original Sin 2 Hits Nearly 500K In Sales After Strong Release

  18-09-2017 21:35 via gamespot.com
  
  Divinity: Original Sin II came out just a few days ago, but it's been in Steam Early Access for almost a year. Now, publisher and developer Larian Studios is sharing some sales data, telling Eurogamer the game has sold nearly 500,000 copies in total. 180,000 of those sales have come since its 1.0 release on September 14."We're close to hitting 500K units sold, which is a number I believe took us two or three months with Divinity: Original Sin 1," said Swen Vincke, owner of Larian Studios. The ga
  
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• Navy fires 2 commanders in connection with ship collisions

  18-09-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy has fired two senior commanders in the Pacific region in connection with recent deadly collisions of Navy ships, as part of a sweeping purge of leadership in the Japan-based fleet.
  
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• Arizona Governor Endorses Obamacare Repeal, In Apparent Message To John McCain

  18-09-2017 21:24 via yahoo.com
  Arizona’s governor has endorsed a last-minute effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, potentially giving a key skeptic of past repeal efforts, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), more reason to vote yes this time.
  
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• Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite DLC Characters Include Venom And Monster Hunter

  18-09-2017 21:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite launches this week and includes a sizable roster right out of the gate, but there are still a few characters on the way to the crossover fighting game. Today, Capcom announced the remaining fighters who'll be added as DLC.In a statement to GameSpot, Capcom confirmed that it will release four more playable characters for Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite later this year: Monster Hunter, Winter Soldier, Black Widow, and Venom. The full statement reads:"We know there has been
  
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• Syrian troops battling IS cross river toward US-backed force

  18-09-2017 21:18 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops battling the Islamic State group crossed to the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in Deir el-Zour on Monday, threatening a potential standoff with the U.S.-backed forces operating there.
  
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• Mea Culpa: I Said Trump and Bibi Would Blow Up

  18-09-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  But eight months in, the U.S. president is still playing nice with Israel — thanks to a moribund peace process.
  
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• Check Out Call Of Duty: WW2's New Story Trailer

  18-09-2017 21:11 via gamespot.com
  
  As promised, Activision has shared more details on this year's Call of Duty title, Call of Duty: WWII. Today, the publisher released a new trailer for the game, giving fans their first look at its cinematic campaign.Call of Duty: WWII's story revolves around Private Ronald "Red" Daniels, a "young recruit in the U.S. First Infantry Division who experiences combat for the first time on D-Day." After surviving the invasion of Normandy, Daniels and his squad make their way across Europe and take par
  
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• Man walks around Seattle with swastika armband and gets punched to ground by passerby

  18-09-2017 21:05 via yahoo.com
  A man wearing a swastika armband was punched to the ground in downtown Seattle, after activists spread his photo across Twitter.The Seattle Police Department said they received reports of a man wearing a swastika armband and “instigating fights” late Sunday afternoon.Hours before, an anti-fascist Twitter account had shared a photo of a man riding the bus in Seattle with a Nazi armband on his right arm.
  
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• Charter bus barrels into NYC bus, killing 3 and injuring 16

  18-09-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A charter bus barreled through an intersection, slammed into a city bus and then plowed onto a sidewalk and into a building Monday, killing three people.
  
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• Police release man questioned over slayings of two black men in 'possibly racially motivated' crimes

  18-09-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  A man questioned about two possibly racially-motivated homicides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana has been released on bail after a drug arrest, reports say.Mr Gleason was arrested on suspicion of drug possession unrelated to the killings.Kenneth Gleason, 23, posted his $3,500 bail and was released from prison, according to the Advocate, a newspaper in Baton Rouge.
  
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• Three dead, 16 hurt after buses collide in New York City

  18-09-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  Three people were killed and at least 16 injured when a New York City transit bus and a tour bus collided early on Monday in the city's borough of Queens, spinning around before slamming into a building, fire officials said.Firefighters pulled passengers from the wreckage after the city bus collided with a Dahlia tour bus in the Flushing neighborhood shortly after 6 a.m. EDT (1000 GMT), according to the New York City Fire Department.The tour bus was traveling east on Northern Boulevard when the
  
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• Here's What Destiny 2's Item With A Hate Symbol Looks Like Following New Update

  18-09-2017 20:46 via gamespot.com
  
  Following a scheduled maintenance period today, Destiny 2 is back online, and a new update is now available. Among other things, it addresses the controversial item that featured a design associated with a hate group.Bungie announced last week that it had discovered an item in Destiny 2 "share[d] elements with a hate symbol." It described this as unintentional and apologized, vowing to remove the item swiftly. It did now specify the name of the item, but fans quickly discovered that it was likel
  
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• Ohio firefighter says he’d rather save a dog before a million ‘n-words’

  18-09-2017 20:45 via yahoo.com
  A volunteer firefighter from Franklin Township, Ohio, is catching heat for his racially offensive Facebook post in which he said that he would rather save a dog before a black person in an emergency.
  
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• Dad Using Clown Mask to Scare Daughter Prompts Neighbor to Fire Gun, Both Arrested: Cops

  18-09-2017 20:36 via yahoo.com
  The Ohio man reportedly told cops he didn't want to spank the girl because her mother was in jail for harming her.
  
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• Florida's insured losses from Irma total nearly $2 billion to date

  18-09-2017 20:27 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Florida policyholders so far have filed nearly $2 billion in claims to insurers for damage from Hurricane Irma, the state's insurance regulator said on Monday.The estimate of insured losses is based on preliminary statewide data that insurers filed with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation as of 4 p.m. ET on Sunday for nearly 335,347 claims, the regulator said.Irma was ranked as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record before striking the U.S. mainland as a Category 4
  
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• Dishonored: Death Of The Outsider Review

  18-09-2017 20:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Tying up loose ends in a series focused on political intrigue and all things metaphysical can't be easy. In Dishonored: Death Of The Outsider--a stand-alone game capping off the events of Dishonored 2--it covers the exploits of various side-characters on a more personal quest, that doesn't overstay its welcome. Arkane Studios continues its tradition of coming up with an incredibly inventive and cunning game about elusive assassins making their mark on the world around them, while choosing where
  
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• Climate change not as threatening to planet as previously thought, new research suggests

  18-09-2017 20:15 via yahoo.com
  Climate change poses less of an immediate threat to the planet than previously thought because scientists got their modelling wrong, a new study has found. New research by British scientists reveals the world is being polluted and warming up less quickly than 10-year-old forecasts predicted, giving countries more time to get a grip on their carbon output. An unexpected “revolution” in affordable renewable energy has also contributed to the more positive outlook. Experts now say there
  
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• Destiny 2 Update 1.0.1.3 Now Available, Here Are The Patch Notes

  18-09-2017 20:08 via gamespot.com
  
  Bungie's scheduled maintenance period for Destiny and Destiny 2 has come to an end sooner than expected, and players on both PS4 and Xbox One can now jump back into the game. Before they can do so, however, they'll first need to download the new 1.0.1.3 update, which is now available.Alongside the update's release, Bungie has shared the official patch notes. It's not a major update by any means and primarily deals with bug fixes. Much like the issue with the MIDA Multi-Tool quest that has since
  
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• Are Nicole Kidman's Scientologist children forbidden to speak to her? Emmys speech leads to speculation

  18-09-2017 20:02 via yahoo.com
  Nicole Kidman's impassioned acceptance speech was one of the highlights of the Emmys -- but careful listeners noticed something both telling and troubling.
  
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• Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite Review Roundup

  18-09-2017 19:56 via gamespot.com
  
  This week marks the release of Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite, the latest installment in the crossover fighting game series. Like previous Marvel Vs. Capcom games, Infinite pits some of the biggest characters from the two companies' histories against each other in tag battles. This time, however, Capcom has made some notable changes to the gameplay, streamlining Infinite's tagging system and introducing Infinity Stones to put a unique twist on the long-running series.Reviews for Marvel Vs. Capcom:
  
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• Dog Who Disappeared From Florida Turns Up in New York More Than a Year Later

  18-09-2017 19:38 via yahoo.com
  She had escaped from a backyard.
  
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