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• Syrian army command says it has regained most of eastern Ghouta

  31-03-2018 23:58 via yahoo.com
  By Suleiman Al-KhalidiAMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian army command said on Saturday it had regained most of the towns and villages in eastern Ghouta and was pressing its military operations in the last rebel bastion of Douma.In a televised statement, the Syrian army spokesman said the weeks-long military campaign had now brought security to the Syrian capital, Damascus, and also secured its main links to other parts of the country, stretching north and all the way to the Iraqi border to the east.A
  
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• 'This building is closed': Howard U students take over admin building amid financial aid scandal

  31-03-2018 23:57 via yahoo.com
  Howard University's president confirmed earlier this week that financial aid funds had been misappropriated.
  
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• A Quiet Place Review: The Sound Of Silence

  31-03-2018 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Get Out, It Follows, The Witch. These are modern horror films we still talk about because of a standout premise. A Quiet Place joins these ranks with a strong hook of its own: everyday noise as something to fear. It’s a harsh, scary film that pulls no punches and makes excellent use of sound.A Quiet Place has a simple setup, where the rules are clearly established: The world is overrun by blind monsters that track you by sound only. This leads to an hour and a half of pure tension. Common
  
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• Hundreds protest in Sacramento after Stephon Clark autopsy shows police shot unarmed black man shot six times in back

  31-03-2018 22:46 via yahoo.com
  A former professional basketball player has led hundreds of protesters who gathered in the centre of Sacramento to demonstrate over the police killing of an unarmed black man, the day after an autopsy showed he had been shot six times in the back.Matt Barnes, a former player with the Sacramento Kings, spoke to protesters as they marched through California’s state capital, for the fifth successive day of demonstrations.It’s about wrong and right,” Barnes told the crowd taking pa
  
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• New York killer who massacred 10 in 1984 freed from prison

  31-03-2018 22:44 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man who killed 10 people in 1984 in one of New York City's most notorious massacres has been released from prison.
  
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• Crowds Rally for Stephon Clark After Autopsy Reveals He Was Shot 6 Times in the Back

  31-03-2018 22:42 via yahoo.com
  The rally was led by former NBA player Matt Barnes
  
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• New Asian-American, Brazilian apostles make Mormon history

  31-03-2018 22:41 via yahoo.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church made history and injected a bit of diversity into a previously all-white top leadership panel on Saturday by selecting the first-ever Latin-American apostle and the first-ever apostle of Asian ancestry.
  
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• Dying Light Takes A Cue From PUBG And Fortnite, Adds In New Battle Royale Mode

  31-03-2018 22:30 via gamespot.com
  
  In the three years since its release, Techland has continually been churning out content for Dying Light. In addition to a number of quality-of-life updates and tweaks to the gameplay, the open-world zombie survival game has also seen a number of new modes--including The Following DLC campaign and additional multiplayer options. And now, the developers are riding the wave of interest for battle royale with their own take on the familiar every-man-for-themselves game type. While at GDC 2018, we g
  
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• Spy case: Russia, US envoys leave Washington, St. Petersburg

  31-03-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian diplomats and their families climbed aboard buses and left their embassy in Washington on Saturday while across the Atlantic, American envoys took down the flag from outside the U.S. Consulate in St. Petersburg, loaded up boxes, closed the office down and headed home.
  
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• ’80s Nostalgia Gets Strange And Out Of Control In Pixel Ripped 1989

  31-03-2018 22:26 via gamespot.com
  
  With many games paying homage to the nostalgia-ripe 2D-era of the '80s and '90s, Pixel Ripped 1989 seems like it could get lost in the crowd. But when it comes to reliving a bygone era, this strange yet surprisingly relatable throwback goes about things a bit differently, offering one of the most impressive and self-aware VR experiences in quite some time. During GDC 2018, we had the chance to go hands-on with the game ahead of its Oculus, HTC Vive, and PS VR release on May 22, while also speaki
  
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• Mormon Church Selects First-Ever Latin American and Asian Apostles

  31-03-2018 22:02 via yahoo.com
  Ulisses Soares and Gerrit W. Gong to were selected to leadership positions
  
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• Israel says it will expand response if Gaza clashes go on

  31-03-2018 21:50 via yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel will target militant groups inside Gaza if violence along the territory's border with Israel drags on, the chief military spokesman warned on Saturday, a day after 15 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in the area's deadliest violence in four years.
  
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• Trump critic hopes to become the first Native American woman in Congress

  31-03-2018 21:34 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has come under fire for his track record with the Native American population on more than one occasion.The US president frequently uses the racial slur “Pocahontas” in relation to Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren, and has made a number of policy decisions which will destroy sacred Native American land.The Trump administration’s budget also proposes sweeping cuts to job training programmes which directly help Native Americans into work.
  
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• Israeli troops wound dozens on Gaza border as Palestinians bury dead from earlier violence

  31-03-2018 21:12 via yahoo.com
  Israeli troops shot and wounded about 70 Palestinians among crowds demonstrating at the Gaza-Israel border on Saturday, health officials said, after one of the deadliest days of unrest in the area in years.Thousands of people marched through the streets of Gaza in funerals for the 15 people killed by Israeli gunfire on Friday, and a national day of mourning was observed in the enclave and in the occupied West Bank.Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel was responsible for the violence.
  
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• Court: Government can't block immigrant teens from abortion

  31-03-2018 21:03 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court in Washington has told the Trump administration that the government can't interfere with the ability of pregnant immigrant teens being held in federal custody to obtain abortions.
  
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• The Latest: Russian envoys leave Washington to head home

  31-03-2018 20:54 via yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the nerve agent poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain. (all times local):
  
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• A Toddler Died In a 'Senseless' Shooting in Miami, Police Say

  31-03-2018 20:48 via yahoo.com
  The suspect is in custody
  
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• Sacramento Erupts In Protest After Stephon Clark Autopsy Report

  31-03-2018 20:18 via yahoo.com
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Protests engulfed downtown Sacramento on Friday night
  
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• Fox Host Laura Ingraham to Take a Vacation Amidst David Hogg Scandal

  31-03-2018 20:12 via yahoo.com
  She mocked the Parkland shooting survivor on Twitter
  
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• North Carolina officer shoots, kills man during traffic stop

  31-03-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A white North Carolina police officer shot and killed a black passenger who displayed a gun after a late-night traffic stop led to a physical struggle, authorities said Saturday.
  
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• Netanyahu praises Israeli troops after Gaza border clashes

  31-03-2018 20:04 via yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday praised troops for "guarding the country's borders" after a mass Gaza frontier protest led to clashes that left 16 Palestinians dead.The Israeli army said it opened fire only when necessary, against those taking an active part in violence.It said there were attempts to damage the fence and break through into Israel, as well as an attempted gun attack against troops.
  
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• Funeral of renowned physicist Stephen Hawking

  31-03-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  The life of renowned physicist and author Stephen Hawking was celebrated Saturday in English city of Cambridge, with hundreds of well-wishers lining the streets for a glimpse of the hearse carrying his remains to a private funeral.
  
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• Tiangong-1 Reentry: ESA Estimates New Location and Time for China's Falling Space Station

  31-03-2018 19:52 via yahoo.com
  Expect an Easter night light show.
  
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• Waymo Joins Forces With Jaguar With I-Pace

  31-03-2018 19:30 via yahoo.com
  The firm has unveiled plans to launch a self-driving ride-hailing service.
  
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• Baylor University paid ex-football coach $15 million after sex scandal

  31-03-2018 19:21 via yahoo.com
  A spokeswoman for Baylor, a private Baptist university in Waco, said the money was severance pay, made as part of a legal settlement, and came from institutional reserves.Kenneth Starr, who was forced to step down as the university's president and chancellor in the wake of the scandal, received more than $4.5 million in severance pay, the school said.
  
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• Turkey says France sending troops to Syria would be 'invasion'

  31-03-2018 19:12 via yahoo.com
  Turkey on Saturday warned France against increasing its military presence in Syria, saying it would be an "invasion", as tensions between Paris and Ankara remained high.Temperatures were raised after French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday met a delegation of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) made up of Kurdish and Arab fighters.
  
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• Trump attacks Amazon, again, over U.S. postal rates

  31-03-2018 19:12 via yahoo.com
  Investor concerns about regulatory action sent Amazon shares down 3.3 percent over Wednesday and Thursday, knocking $24 billion off the company's market value."While we are on the subject, it is reported that the U.S. Post Office will lose $1.50 on average for each package it delivers for Amazon.A Citigroup analysis last year showed that if the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reallocated costs to account for the growing volume of packages it delivers, it would cost $1.46 more to deliver each package.
  
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• Turkish leader slams Kosovo's PM over secret deportations

  31-03-2018 19:03 via yahoo.com
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's president slammed Kosovo's prime minister on Saturday for criticizing the secret deportations of six Turkish men who Turkey claims were supporters of an alleged coup plotter.
  
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• The Latest: Mormons diversify leadership and make history

  31-03-2018 19:02 via yahoo.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on Mormon conference in Utah (all times local):
  
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• $521 Million Mega Millions Jackpot Ticket Sold in New Jersey

  31-03-2018 18:53 via yahoo.com
  The winner has not claimed the prize yet.
  
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• Kosovo PM orders probe into expulsion of Gulenists

  31-03-2018 18:49 via yahoo.com
  Kosovo's prime minister has sacked his top security chiefs and ordered a probe into the expulsion of six members of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen's movement, which is blamed by Turkey for a 2016 coup attempt.Five teachers at a Gulen school and a doctor were spirited back to Turkey on Thursday in a covert operation carried out by Kosovo's interior ministry and spy service together with Turkey's National Intelligence Organisation (MIT).
  
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• Free Xbox One Games With Gold Titles Available Early

  31-03-2018 18:49 via gamespot.com
  
  The Witness and Cars 2 are available to download for Xbox Live Gold members right now, a day earlier than each month's typical release. You won't be able to grab them from the Games with Gold Hub today, but a quick search in the store shows that both titles are available for free now.The Witness will be up for grabs until May 1 and Cars 2 will see the end of its rotation on April 15. Download The Witness here, and Cars 2 here. Xbox has not commented on why both were marked down early.But just be
  
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• Former prosecutor: ‘Gutless’ not to charge officers in shooting

  31-03-2018 18:37 via yahoo.com
  The two officers who shot and killed Alton Sterling in Louisiana will not face criminal charges. And, the Sacramento community continues to protest the death of Stephon Clark after an independent autopsy found officers shot Clark eight times.
  
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• Howard University Students Stage Sit-in Amid Financial Aid Scandal

  31-03-2018 18:22 via yahoo.com
  A student whistleblower claimed Howard University employees stole nearly one million dollars in financial aid funding.
  
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• Israeli military defends tactics as video appears to show unarmed Gaza protesters shot by snipers

  31-03-2018 18:21 via yahoo.com
  The Israeli military has defended its handling of clashes in Gaza which left 16 Palestinians dead even as footage emerged appearing to show unarmed protesters being shot by Israeli snipers. Palestinian mourners called for "revenge" as they buried their dead after the bloodiest day in Gaza since the 2014 war and both side braced for what is expected to be weeks of rolling protests.    Around 30,000 Palestinians marched towards the Israeli border on Friday, where some hurled rocks and bu
  
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• Tesla Releases Statement on Fatal Model X Crash Involving Apple Engineer

  31-03-2018 18:19 via yahoo.com
  Logs showed driver failed to act before crash.
  
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• Major fire at Yemen's Hodeidah port destroys aid supplies

  31-03-2018 18:18 via yahoo.com
  Thick plumes of smoke were seen rising from a World Food Program storage building in Yemen following a major fire. Rough cut (no reporter narration).Thick plumes of smoke were seen rising from a World Food Programme storage building in Yemen following a major fire. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
  
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• Meet the Parkland educator who taught many student activists

  31-03-2018 18:02 via yahoo.com
  Jeff Foster teaches AP Government at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, influencing the voices of the students now leading the conversation on gun control.
  
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• Dalai Lama calls on Tibetans to remain united as India drifts toward China

  31-03-2018 17:57 via yahoo.com
  By Abhishek MadhukarDHARAMSALA, INDIA (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama called on his people to remain united as the Tibetan community gathered on Saturday in a small hill town to mark 60 years of political asylum in India - although just one federal minister appeared at the event.The "Thank You India" event had been scheduled for India's capital, New Delhi, but was shifted to Dharamsala, a small town in the country's north where Tibetans run a government in exile, as India tries to avoid a confrontati
  
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• Laura Ingraham announces vacation after apologizing for David Hogg comment

  31-03-2018 17:52 via yahoo.com
  Laura Ingraham previously tweeted that Parkland survivor David Hogg was whining about college rejections, with Hogg then calling for advertisers to pull out from her Fox News show.
  
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• Tesla Says Driver in Fatal Model X Crash Was Using Autopilot

  31-03-2018 17:51 via yahoo.com
  The driver of a Model X who was killed in a single-vehicle crash into a concrete barrier a week ago in California was using Tesla’s Autopilot driver-assist system, did not have his hands on the w...
  
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• U.S. ready for North Korean response as joint exercises set to begin

  31-03-2018 17:45 via yahoo.com
  The USS Dewey, sailing in the Philippine Sea, has a radar system that links it with a dozen counterparts in the western Pacific, creating a digital net able to track and shoot down an inbound missile.
  
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• Trump again takes aim at Amazon on Twitter

  31-03-2018 17:43 via yahoo.com
  President Trump accused Amazon of a “Post Office scam” with the postal service losing money for each Amazon package it delivers — a claim experts say can’t be backed up.
  
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• EPA and California set to clash over federal fuel standards

  31-03-2018 17:39 via yahoo.com
  The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to roll back fuel efficiency standards, but California, which sets the toughest standards in the country, has pledged to defend the current guidelines.
  
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• Killing Him While He's Dead, A Eulogy For Stephon Clark

  31-03-2018 17:30 via yahoo.com
  Adapted from remarks delivered at Stephon Clark's funeral, March 29, in
  
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• Boys, 12 and 14, Allegedly Try to Steal Pizza Man's Car but Can't Drive Stick Shift

  31-03-2018 17:20 via yahoo.com
  It's not clear who ordered the pizza.
  
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• Kosovo investigates seizure of Turkish nationals

  31-03-2018 17:13 via yahoo.com
  By Fatos BytyciPRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo authorities are investigating the arrest and extradition of six Turkish citizens, which activists said represented a violation of human rights, Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said on Saturday.The six Turkish nationals were arrested in Kosovo on Thursday at Turkey's request over alleged links to schools financed by the Gulen movement, which Ankara blames for a failed 2016 coup."Today we have decided to start an investigation of all (state) structures th
  
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• New York moves to offset federal tax changes in $168 billion budget deal

  31-03-2018 17:03 via yahoo.com
  By James OdatoALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature agreed late on Friday on a $168 billion budget for fiscal 2019, including measures aimed at offsetting damage to taxpayers from new federal tax changes.Cuomo outlined details of the agreement a few hours before the Senate and Assembly voted to pass the legislation needed to adopt the budget.The governor likened the federal tax changes enacted early this year to a missile launched at New York.
  
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• Every Ready Player One Easter Egg And Reference We Could Remember

  31-03-2018 17:01 via gamespot.com
  
  We get that reference.
  Ready Player One spoilers here!Ready Player One is a blast to watch, and a large part of that is the endless flood of references and Easter eggs with which the movie assaults your every sense. These span movies, TV, books, video games, and music, from the 1970s up through the 1990s--and to the present day, which goes beyond what even the original book referenced.The movie just hit theaters, so it will be a while before we can get it at home and start poring over every fram
  
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• Why Ready Player One's Virtual Video Game Just Doesn't Make Sense

  31-03-2018 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Like the unbelievably popular book on which it's based, Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One sends viewers to the incredibile virtual world of The Oasis. It's a VR paradise in which anything is possible, you can go anywhere, and everyone is welcome. Unfortunately, it makes no sense within the movie.The Oasis is a beautiful fantasy, but it falls apart when you stop to think about it. Unlike Ernest Cline's book, the film doesn't have the time to delve into the specific rules for the virtual world.
  
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