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• Texas church shooting: Suspected gunman Devin Kelley was member of US Air Force - as it happened

  05-11-2017 23:39 via yahoo.com
  A man walked into a church in a small Texas church on Sunday and opened fire as the congregation were involved in weekly service - leaving at least 26 dead and a number of others injured.The mass shooting occurred at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, about 30 miles from San Antonio, with officials saying that the gunman started shooting about 11.20am local time.The gunman was identified in US media as Devin Patrick Kelley - who had been a member of the US Air Force.
  
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• Texas shooting: First victim confirmed as Baptist church pastor Frank Pomeroy's 14-year-old daughter

  05-11-2017 23:31 via yahoo.com
  The 14-year-old daughter of the pastor of First Baptist Church in Texas was killed in the mass shooting at the church on Sunday, reports suggest.Sherri Pomeroy, wife of Pastor Frank Pomeroy, said her daughter Annabelle "and many friends" had been killed in the shooting, which left at least 20 people dead.Ms Pomeroy and her husband were out of town when a gunman entered the church in the small town of Sutherland Springs and opened fire.
  
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• Destiny 2 PC Patch Coming Tomorrow

  05-11-2017 23:22 via gamespot.com
  
  Bungie is updating the PC version of Destiny 2 again. The developer has announced that a "hotfix" is coming out tomorrow, November 6. The patch aims to fix the "hitching" issues that popped up in Destiny 2's PC version after the release of 1.0.6.1. That patch came out last week. Specific to PC, it fixed a problem with clan rosters not showing up as they should, along with an issue for when the game's performance would drop during lengthy play sessions. This patch also made changes to the Faction
  
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• Senator Rand Paul thanks supporters after assault at Kentucky home

  05-11-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Senator Rand Paul expressed gratitude to supporters on Sunday after police said he was assaulted at his Kentucky home on Friday afternoon by a neighbor and suffered minor injuries.Rene Boucher, 59, was released on bond after being charged with one count of fourth-degree assault causing minor injury, authorities said on Saturday.The Bowling Green Daily News, citing an arrest warrant, said Paul told police his neighbor came on to his property in a gated community just east of Bowling Green an
  
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• UK Queen's private estate invested in offshore funds: leaks

  05-11-2017 22:55 via yahoo.com
  Millions of pounds from the private estate of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II have been invested in offshore tax haven funds, a huge new leak of financial documents revealed on Sunday.Around £10 million ($13 million, ⠬11.3 million) of the Queen's private money was placed in funds held in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda, according to the leaked papers, which were first reported in Britain by the BBC and the Guardian newspaper.The investments, which were entirely legal, were m
  
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• What Is The Massive Document Leak Known As The Paradise Papers?

  05-11-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  The Paradise Papers closely resemble a document leak from last year known as the Panama Papers, which also detailed the offshore holdings and tax avoidance schemes of some of the world’s most powerful people.The Panama Papers caused a significant international fallout when they were released in April 2016, even leading to the resignation of Iceland’s prime minister amid protests and the surrounding controversy.The effects of this new Paradise Papers leak remain to be seen, but it has
  
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• Gran Turismo Sport PSVR Bundle Hitting Store Shelves

  05-11-2017 22:51 via gamespot.com
  
  Gran Turismo Sport saw its release in October, but it's coming back for another lap. The next PSVR bundle will come with the latest driving simulator inside.Gran Turismo got its start in 1997, but 20 years down the line, things have changed. This iteration of the game is online-only and has three different ways to play: campaign, sports, and arcade. Aside from letting you earn an actual racing license, it will have virtual championships. The winners of these will be treated like actual race vict
  
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• New Thor Movie Crushes The Competition At US Box Office

  05-11-2017 22:43 via gamespot.com
  
  The new Thor film, Thor Ragnarok, is finally in theaters--and it's crushing it. The Marvel film pulled in an estimated $121 million in the US and Canada on its first weekend Friday-Sunday, making it the No. 1 movie of the weekend by far.With $121 million domestically, Ragnarok becomes the fourth-largest opening-weekend haul of the year, trailing juggernauts like Beauty and the Beast ($174.8 million), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($146.5 million), and It ($123.4 million). Comparisons to past Th
  
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• Saudi-led coalition calls missile 'dangerous escalation' of Yemen conflict

  05-11-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  A Saudi-led coalition accused Yemen's Houthi militia of a "dangerous escalation" on Sunday after Saudi air defense forces intercepted a ballistic missile fired towards Riyadh.Saudi Arabia also announced financial rewards for information leading to the arrest of 40 leaders it said were responsible for "planning, implementing and supporting the Houthi terrorist group's various terrorist activities".The missile was brought down on Saturday evening near King Khaled International Airport on the north
  
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• Ducati Goes Big With New Scrambler 1100

  05-11-2017 22:03 via yahoo.com
  Ducati Goes Big With New Scrambler 1100 Big L-twin produces 86 hp Something, something Land of Joy something something. Ducati has brought out the biggest bucket of superlatives it can find for the newly unveiled Scrambler 1100 – a big-boy version of the
  
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• Deadly mass shooting at Sutherland Springs, Texas, church

  05-11-2017 21:55 via yahoo.com
  At least 27 people were killed and 30 injured in a Texas church shooting Sunday morning, law enforcement sources told ABC News.The alleged shooter is dead, and it appears there is no longer an active threat at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, about 40 miles southeast of San Antonio, police told ABC News.A person who said she works at a gas station across the street from the church told ABC News she heard rapid gunfire at around 11:15 a.m., leading congregants from the church as we
  
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• Hezbollah: Lebanon PM forced to resign by Saudi Arabia

  05-11-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The head of Lebanon's powerful militant group Hezbollah accused Saudi Arabia Sunday of forcing the country's prime minister to resign after less than a year in his post, as Bahrain ordered its citizens in Lebanon to "leave immediately" and banned travel there.
  
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• Jared Kushner Keeps Failing To Disclose Connections With Russians

  05-11-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, failed to disclose business ties to a Russian oligarch whose deep pockets helped Russian government institutions invest in Facebook and Twitter.
  
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• United Airlines Flight Turns Around After Passenger ‘Initiated an Altercation’ with Flight Crew

  05-11-2017 21:32 via yahoo.com
  A United Airlines flight heading to Washington, D.C. from Beijing was turned around during the flight after an altercation occurred between a passenger and a member of the flight crew, PEOPLE can confirm.
  
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• Leaks show US commerce chief's ties to Putin-linked businesses

  05-11-2017 21:32 via yahoo.com
  US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has business ties to a shipping firm linked to Vladimir Putin's inner circle, leaked documents showed Sunday.Ross, a billionaire investor, holds a 31 percent stake in Navigator Holdings through a complex web of offshore investments detailed in leaked documents from a law firm examined by nearly 100 news organizations as part of an international collaboration.The 79-year-old reduced his stake when he took public office, according to public filings.
  
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• Mass shooting at church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, leaves 26 dead

  05-11-2017 21:20 via yahoo.com
  A gunman opened fire at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday, killing 26 people and injuring dozens more. Officials said the suspect was found dead after being pursued by a neighbor of the church. For a recap of the shooting and latest on the investigation, see the blog below.
  
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• The Russia that Russians see

  05-11-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  Right at the top of The Christian Science Monitor’s Daily Edition are two words: “Perspective matters.” Those words come from the mission and lived experience of the Monitor.For this week’s cover story, Sara Miller Llana visited Russia for the first time to write on the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution.Arthur has worked extensively with cover story coauthor Fred Weir, who is one of the most contrarian Russia correspondents in the Western press – frequen
  
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• Richard Dreyfuss' Son Says Kevin Spacey Groped Him As A Teen

  05-11-2017 20:50 via yahoo.com
  Actor Harry Dreyfuss, the son of Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss, says that actor Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted him as a teen, adding his name to a growing list of accusers.
  
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• Xbox One's Biggest News This Week Includes Xbox One X Release And Lots of Deals

  05-11-2017 20:31 via gamespot.com
  
  The Xbox One X launch is just days away. Be sure to check out its specs comparison to the rest of this generation and everything you need to know about the upgrade. This week's Xbox news is more about what's coming and how to save money. We're seeing updates to bigger titles Like Destiny 2 and Assassin's Creed Origins, but also some great deals going on at Walmart and Newegg before Black Friday.New and Forthcoming ReleasesXbox One XCheck Out The Biggest Xbox One X Enhanced Games: Check out this
  
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• At Least 26 Dead In Shooting At Texas Baptist Church

  05-11-2017 20:28 via yahoo.com
  Authorities reportedly responded to a shooting at a church outside of San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday that left several people wounded and a gunman dead.
  
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• At Least 26 People Killed in Texas Church Shooting

  05-11-2017 20:23 via yahoo.com
  A man dressed in black tactical-style gear and armed with an assault rifle opened fire inside a church in a small South Texas community
  
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• Israel holds bodies of 5 Gaza militants after tunnel blast: army

  05-11-2017 20:17 via yahoo.com
  Israel's army said Sunday it is holding the bodies of five Palestinian militants found after it blew up a tunnel last week stretching from the Gaza Strip into its territory.Israeli media said they would most likely be retained as bargaining chips to retrieve the bodies of soldiers believed to be held by the strip's Hamas rulers.The military stressed that the Palestinian bodies were found in Israeli territory following the operation to blow up the tunnel that left at least 12 militants dead.
  
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• Texas church shooting: Gunman dead after 'multiple casualties' reported in First Baptist Church

  05-11-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  Several people have been shot at a church in South Texas leaving multiple people dead and a number of other casualties, local media have reported.As well as local police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and US Marshals are all said to be on, or heading to the scene in Sutherland Springs about 40 miles east of San Antonio.A sheriff says a man walked into the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and started shooting.
  
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• Mugabe's wife says ready to take over in Zimbabwe

  05-11-2017 20:14 via yahoo.com
  President Robert Mugabe's wife on Sunday said she is ready to succeed her husband as tensions rise in Zimbabwe's ruling party over who will take over from the country's ageing leader."I say to Mr Mugabe you should ... leave me to take over your post," she said in an address to thousands of indigenous church followers at a stadium in Harare.If you want to give me the job give it to me freely," Grace Mugabe said.
  
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• Get A Free Copy Of Call Of Duty: WW2 With A Xbox One S Bundle

  05-11-2017 20:07 via gamespot.com
  
  If you're looking to grab a new Xbox One, Newegg's got a deal for you. Grab any new Xbox One bundle available on the site, and get not only the game that comes with it, but a free copy of Call of Duty: WWII.While none of these bundles are quite as discounted as Walmart's deal, the 500GB Forza Horizon 3 bundle is $30 off at $250, and the used 1TB Battlefield 1 bundle is $70 off at $280. At the time of publication, the 500GB Madden 18 bundle is sold out.The remaining bundles available include a ne
  
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• Trump Official Wilbur Ross Involved With Business Tied to Vladimir Putin

  05-11-2017 20:06 via yahoo.com
  Ross has a stake in a shipping company connected to Putin's son-in-law
  
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• Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Failed To Disclose Ties To Vladimir Putin

  05-11-2017 20:02 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross shares business interests with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s immediate family, a connection that he failed to disclose earlier this yearduring his confirmation hearing for his Cabinet post, The Guardian reports.
  
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• Single Player Games Aren't Really Dying

  05-11-2017 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  2017 was a promising year for games. We played one of the best open-world titles ever made. We traversed one of the best platformers. We explored some of the most gorgeous worlds, played some of the best shooters, and explored some of the most engrossing stories to date. We try our best to avoid hyperbole, but 2017 makes that extremely hard.Of course, the year wasn't without its bad news either. Most recently, publisher EA shuttered Visceral Games, the studio responsible for Dead Space, and the
  
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• Shares of 'arrested' Saudi billionaire's company dive

  05-11-2017 19:44 via yahoo.com
  Shares in Kingdom Holding, 95 percent of which is owned by Saudi billionaire Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, fell sharply Sunday after reports of his arrest.The share price of the company, which has high profile investments inside and outside Saudi Arabia, dropped 9.9 percent at the start of the week's trading.The Saudi Tadawul All-Shares Index (TASI) also recovered early losses to end the day up 0.32 percent.
  
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• Seventeen killed as 'Isil militants' storm security compound in Yemen

  05-11-2017 19:41 via yahoo.com
  At least 17 people were killed after dozens of masked militants stormed a Yemeni government security compound yesterday, sparking a gun battle that continued into the night.  The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levent (Isil) terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack, which began when a car laden with explosives detonated outside a building housing a police investigations unit in the government-held city of Aden early on Sunday morning.   About thirty gunmen then stormed
  
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• Snag a Battlefield 1 Xbox One S Bundle For $200 Before Black Friday

  05-11-2017 19:29 via gamespot.com
  
  Black Friday isn't quite here yet, but you won't have to wait for it this year. Right now, the Battlefield 1 Xbox One S bundle is on sale at Walmart for just $200.The price won't be revealed until the console is added to your cart, but for $80 off, this is a deal you won't want to miss before Black Friday. The deal also includes free 2-day shipping, so right now is the perfect time to find a good hiding spot for all your holiday gifts.This storm grey Xbox One S console comes packaged with a matc
  
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• The Latest: Saudi crown prince shocks kingdom with arrests

  05-11-2017 19:20 via yahoo.com
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The Latest on Saudi Arabia, where dozens of princes and former ministers have been arrested as authorities announce an anti-corruption drive (all times local):
  
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• Militants storm security compound in Yemen, kill at least 17

  05-11-2017 19:18 via yahoo.com
  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Masked militants set off a large car bomb outside a security headquarters in Yemen's southern port city of Aden early Sunday killing at least 17 people before storming the compound, officials said, sparking combat that continued well into the night.
  
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• Man Allegedly Used Ice Cream Truck To Lure And Sexually Assault Children: Police

  05-11-2017 19:18 via yahoo.com
  He is being held on $1 million bond.
  
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• Iraqi PM raises flag at border crossing taken from IS

  05-11-2017 19:12 via yahoo.com
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi raised on Sunday the Iraqi flag at a border crossing with Syria days after Iraqi forces retook it from the Islamic State group, state TV announced.
  
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• A year after election, poll has Trump lower than any president in decades

  05-11-2017 18:46 via yahoo.com
  A new poll, released a year after Donald Trump's stunning electoral victory, shows the US president suffering historically dismal approval ratings as the Russia investigation casts a continuing shadow.The next highest disapproval rating among presidents stretching back to Dwight Eisenhower was 41 percent, for Bill Clinton, in 1993.The poll comes as Trump faces a daunting array of political and legal challenges, led by the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into possible collusion be
  
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• Man Meets Biological Sister For First Time After She Was Switched At Birth 39 Years Ago

  05-11-2017 18:41 via yahoo.com
  The family could not believe the rumors they'd heard all these years had been true.
  
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• Bahrain Orders Citizens to 'Immediately' Leave Lebanon After Prime Minister's Surprise Resignation

  05-11-2017 18:15 via yahoo.com
  Citizens are banned from traveling to Lebanon, as well
  
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• Jimmy Fallon's Mother Dies Of Undisclosed Illness

  05-11-2017 18:12 via yahoo.com
  “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon’s mother died at a New York hospital on Saturday, HuffPost confirmed, a day after he canceled a taping of his NBC program.
  
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• President Trump's Approval Rating Is Lower Than Any Modern President

  05-11-2017 18:01 via yahoo.com
  Former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush had higher approval ratings at this time
  
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• Asia Argento Tells Uma Thurman ‘We Need’ Your Voice After Her Response to Weinstein Goes Viral

  05-11-2017 17:42 via yahoo.com
  She’s shared credits with him in seven movies, but when it comes to the flood of sexual misconduct allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, Uma Thurman is staying mum… for now.
  
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• Could Solar Technology be the Answer to Puerto Rico’s Problems?

  05-11-2017 17:02 via yahoo.com
  While more than 60 percent of Puerto Rico is still without power, the lights are on at a Children’s Hospital in San Juan thanks to more than 800 brand new solar panels.
  
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• Woman Accused of Strangling 3 Men With Trash Bags

  05-11-2017 16:49 via yahoo.com
  She is the fifth person to be charged in connection with the murders
  
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• Jeff Sessions Needs To Be 'Precise,' 'Accurate' About Trump's Campaign And Russia: Feinstein

  05-11-2017 16:43 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said on Sunday she wants Attorney General Jeff Sessions to testify again before the panel to clarify past claims that he was unaware of any communication between members of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russian officials.
  
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• Save $80 On A 500GB Xbox One S Bundle At Walmart

  05-11-2017 16:24 via gamespot.com
  
  Black Friday isn't quite here yet, but you won't have to wait for it this year. Right now, the Battlefield 1 Xbox One S bundle is on sale at Walmart for just $200.The price won't be revealed until the console is added to your cart, but for $80 off, this is a deal you won't want to miss before Black Friday. The deal also includes free 2-day shipping, so right now is the perfect time to find a good hiding spot for all your holiday gifts.This storm grey Xbox One S console comes packaged with a matc
  
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• Kentucky man arrested in assault on Senator Rand Paul released on bail

  05-11-2017 16:24 via yahoo.com
  By Chris Kenning and David ShepardsonLOUISVILLE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man has been arrested for assaulting U.S. Senator Rand Paulat his Kentucky home on Friday and causing a "minor injury," the state police said.Rene Boucher, 59, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, was arrested and charged with one count of fourth-degree assault causing minor injury, the Kentucky State Police said in a statement on Saturday.
  
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• Supermodel Kate Upton Marries Astros' Justin Verlander Just Days After His World Series Win

  05-11-2017 16:19 via yahoo.com
  Capping off a perfect week after watching her fiancé win the world series, supermodel Kate Upton is now a married woman
  
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• The North Korea Crisis Looms Over Trump's Visit To Japan

  05-11-2017 16:16 via yahoo.com
  Shortly after dawn on Aug. 29, residents of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido awoke to sirens, emergency alerts and breaking news banners urging them to take cover and brace for an imminent attack.
  
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• Floods swamp Vietnam as typhoon death toll reaches 27

  05-11-2017 16:10 via yahoo.com
  By Mai Nguyen and Matthew TostevinHUE, Vietnam (Reuters) - Floods inundated swathes of central and southern Vietnam on Sunday in the wake of a typhoon that left at least 27 dead just days before the region is due to host the APEC summit of Asia-Pacific leaders.Typhoon Damrey, the 12th major storm to hit Vietnam this year, made landfall on Saturday with winds of up to 90 km/h (56 mph) that damaged more than 40,000 homes, knocked down electricity poles and uprooted trees.The communist state's Stee
  
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• House Speaker Ryan says special counsel should not be fired: Fox News Sunday

  05-11-2017 16:01 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller should not be fired or step down, and needs to be allowed to follow his Russia investigation to its end. "We need to let these career professionals do their jobs, see it through...I don't think he should be stepping down and I don’t think he should be fired," Ryan said in an interview on Fox News Sunday.  (Reporting by Howard Schneider; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
  
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