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• Only 11 Syrian refugees have been taken in by the US this year

  14-04-2018 23:57 via yahoo.com
  America has accepted just 11 Syrian refugees so far this year, it was revealed, hours after Donald Trump ordered air strikes on the country, risking sparking an uprising in violence.It prompted accusations of hypocrisy by the Trump administration.In 2015, under Barack Obama's presidency, the US admitted 2,192 Syrian refugees, State Department figures show.
  
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• Gun rights activists rally at state capitols nationwide

  14-04-2018 23:26 via yahoo.com
  Pro-gun supporters wrapped in flags and carrying guns rallied at statehouses across the U.S.
  
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• The Latest: Pence, 15 nations urge free vote in Venezuela

  14-04-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — The Latest on the Summit of the Americas meeting in Peru (all times local):
  
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• U.S. marijuana friends and foes cautious at signs of softer Trump

  14-04-2018 23:10 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado announced on Friday that he had convinced U.S. President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican, to protect from federal interference those state laws that legalize marijuana for certain uses.Last year, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who opposes marijuana use, rescinded a memo issued by Trump's Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, that dialed back enforcement of the federal ban in states that legalized the drug.
  
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• Starbucks faces social media backlash over tepid apology for alleged racial profiling

  14-04-2018 23:00 via yahoo.com
  Cell phone video captured a bewildered man at Starbucks this week asking Philadelphia police why they were arresting his two black friends.  Onlookers said there didn't appear to be a reason for the arrest. The men were simply sitting at the coffee shop, waiting for their business associate — the aforementioned bewildered man — to show up before placing their orders. SEE ALSO: The tech talent gap is real. Increased diversity is the solution. Now, Starbucks has confirmed that the
  
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• Western airstrikes unlikely to impact Assad's war machine

  14-04-2018 22:58 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Western airstrikes targeting suspected Syrian chemical weapons facilities might have rained down punishment from the sky, but they will not fundamentally degrade a war machine whose main bases, weaponry and personnel remain in place.
  
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• Excluded Venezuelan leader calls Americas summit 'failure'

  14-04-2018 22:50 via yahoo.com
  Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, excluded from the Summit of the Americas due to regional censure of his democratic record, mocked the meeting in Lima as a "complete failure" on Saturday.Addressing red-shirted supporters at an "anti-imperialist" rally in Caracas, Venezuela's socialist leader said other Latin American presidents were wasting their time criticizing him."Everyone who attacks Venezuela ends up losing," he said "The Summit of the Americas has been a complete failure."U.S. Presid
  
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• Former FBI head: assumption Clinton would win a factor in email probe

  14-04-2018 22:43 via yahoo.com
  Former FBI Director James Comey said his assumption that Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 presidential election was a factor in opening an inquiry into her emails, according to part of an ABC interview broadcast on Saturday.The controversy involved Clinton’s use of a private email server for official correspondence when she was secretary of state under then-President Barack Obama, including for messages that were later determined to contain classified information.Although the FBI ultimat
  
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• `I Don`t Play Mega Millions:` New Jersey Man Comes Forward as $533 Million Winner

  14-04-2018 22:41 via yahoo.com
  Food processing plant manager Richard Wahl says he`s only played Mega Millions once before he won a major jackpot.
  
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• If Syria uses toxic gas again, U.S. 'locked and loaded': U.N. envoy Haley

  14-04-2018 22:40 via yahoo.com
  The United States is "locked and loaded" to strike again if Syria's President Bashar al-Assad's government again uses chemical weapons, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told the Security Council on Saturday."We are confident that we have crippled Syria's chemical weapons program.
  
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• A look at the military hardware used to strike Assad regime

  14-04-2018 22:23 via yahoo.com
  NATO allies back U.S.-led air strikes on Syria; national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports from the Pentagon.
  
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• Syria airstrikes: US warns it is 'locked and loaded' if Assad uses chemical weapons again - latest news

  14-04-2018 22:22 via yahoo.com
  Trump: 'Mission accomplished' after Syria strikes May: it was 'right and legal' to take military action Russia warns of 'consequences' as Syria blasts 'illegal' action Russia claims Syria shot down 71 of the 103 missiles Footage 'shows destroyed chemical weapon research facility' How the world reacted to the Syrian airstrikes ​ Read Donald Trump and Theresa May's statements in full  ​ Donald Trump has hailed coordinated US, British and French air strikes on Syria as "m
  
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• Syria strikes - latest news: Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons capability 'set back for years' by bombing, Pentagon says

  14-04-2018 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Joint air strikes by the US, UK and France have set back Syria’s chemical weapons capability “for years”, the US military has claimed.Cruise missiles were fired at three sites in response to what Theresa May called to the “despicable and barbaric” attack in Douma last week that is believed to have killed up to 75 people, including children.The strikes were also designed to ”send a message to others” about the use of chemical weapons, she added, in a refe
  
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• Erdogan welcomes Syria strikes against Assad regime

  14-04-2018 22:07 via yahoo.com
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday welcomed Western strikes against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's regime as "appropriate" in retaliation for Damascus' "inhumane" attacks."We consider this operation as appropriate," Erdogan told a meeting of his ruling party in Istanbul.The United States, Britain and France carried out a wave of pre-dawn strikes against the Assad regime Saturday in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians on April 7.
  
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• Father of Parkland Shooting Victim Said He Doesn't Want Cruz's Inheritance Money

  14-04-2018 22:05 via yahoo.com
  He said he wants ten minutes alone in a room with him instead.
  
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• With Bravado, the Syrian Government Responds to U.S.-Led Attacks

  14-04-2018 21:51 via yahoo.com
  “Morning of steadfastness”
  
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• Syria strikes: US says both chlorine and sarin used in Douma chemical attack

  14-04-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  The US has claimed that both sarin and chlorine were used by Syria in an attack that killed dozens of civilians in Douma, an attack America, France and Britain said led them to carry out retaliatory air strikes, but which which the Syrian government denies having a role in.On Friday night, barely an hour after the multi-nation attacks on three Syrian targets allegedly linked to the production, use and storage of chemical weapons were completed, US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said the US was cer
  
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• Kentucky teachers march on state capitol

  14-04-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of teachers rallied inside and outside Kentucky's capitol on Friday. The rally took on a festival-like atmosphere as some teachers sat in lawn chairs or sprawled out on blankets.
  
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• Students Were Sexually Assaulted and Used Drugs Because Teachers Protested, Kentucky Governor Says

  14-04-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  'Children were harmed'
  
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• Tens Of Thousands In Hungary Protest Far-Right Leader Viktor Orbán

  14-04-2018 20:40 via yahoo.com
  Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through Hungary's capital of
  
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• Russia's Lavrov says Skripals may have been poisoned by substance Russia never made

  14-04-2018 20:31 via yahoo.com
  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday the nerve agent used to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Britain could have been the BZ substance - which was never produced in the Soviet Union or Russia.Lavrov said experts from a laboratory based in the Swiss town of Spiez had analyzed a sample of the substance used in the poisoning.Citing a report from the lab dated March 27, Lavrov said the evidence suggested the nerve agent used could be in the arsenal of the United States
  
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• Germany backs 'necessary and appropriate' strikes in Syria: Merkel

  14-04-2018 20:11 via yahoo.com
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday the air strikes against the Syrian regime were "necessary and appropriate" after the suspected chemical weapons attacks that killed dozens in Douma."Everything leads us to believe that (Assad) bears responsibility" for the Douma attack, Merkel said.The chancellor on Thursday had ruled out Germany joining any military action against Syria.
  
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• It's Time For You To Play A Yakuza Game

  14-04-2018 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  With Yakuza 6: The Song of Life for PS4 upon us, Michael, Ben, and Jean-Luc talk about what makes Yakuza so great and why you need to play this underrated series.
  
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• Philadelphia police investigate arrest of two black men in Starbucks

  14-04-2018 19:54 via yahoo.com
  Cellphone footage that onlookers filmed of Thursday's incident shows the two men sitting quietly at a table and talking for several minutes to police officers who have apparently been called to the store.Other customers, including a middle-aged white man, try to intervene.Other customers can be heard agreeing with him.
  
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• Removing Richard Spencer from Facebook is a gesture, not a fix

  14-04-2018 19:33 via yahoo.com
  After a long month and an even longer week for Facebook, the social network is taking publicity-friendly steps to scrub hateful views from its platform. Two pages associated with the prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer were removed on Friday. Both the National Policy Institute, an organization that favors a white ethnostate, and Altright.com, Spencer's online magazine, no longer have a home on Facebook. SEE ALSO: Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook testimony turned into a lesson on how the intern
  
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• Ten of thousands of Hungarians in anti-Orban protest

  14-04-2018 19:12 via yahoo.com
  Many tens of thousands of Hungarians protested in Budapest on Saturday against newly re-elected Prime Minister Viktor Orban, accusing him of rigging last weekend's vote, AFP reporters said."We want to live in a state of law, where checks and balances are present.. We want to live in a real democracy," said protest organiser Viktor Gyetvai, 20, a student.Orban's resounding win handing him a third consecutive term has been disputed by civil society groups and opposition parties, who say Orban does
  
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• Miles from home, disillusioned Syrians say air strikes 'not enough'

  14-04-2018 18:46 via yahoo.com
  Al-Bab (Syria) (AFP) - Hundreds of miles from their homes in Syria's wrecked Eastern Ghouta, displaced Syrians say Western air strikes Saturday in response to an alleged chemical attack there were too little, too late.The United States, Britain and France targeted military and research sites in Syria after the purported toxic attack on Eastern Ghouta's last rebel holdout of Douma a week earlier.Medics and rescuers said the alleged chemical attack killed more than 40 people in Douma, weeks into a
  
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• Superman celebrated in honor of 80th anniversary

  14-04-2018 18:21 via yahoo.com
  The iconic superhero made his debut in Action Comics #1 in 1938, evolving into cartoons, a TV series and the big screen.
  
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• Mother Who Drove Family of 8 Off Cliff Was Drunk: Report

  14-04-2018 18:04 via yahoo.com
  Two of the children also had Benadryl in their system.
  
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• 13 PlayStation One Remasters We Want To See

  14-04-2018 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  13 PS1 Remasters We Want To See
  Nostalgia is rife in 2018. People go crazy about Nintendo's Virtual Console games and about "new" games being added to Xbox One's compatibility program. Recently, Sony has been focusing in on taking its most iconic PS1 properties and finding ways to remake or remaster them.Whether it's the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, or MediEvil, or the recently announced Spyro Reignited Trilogy, old games are being given proverbial new licks of paint at every turn. And this
  
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• Elon Musk Admits His Robot Problem Caused 'Production Hell'

  14-04-2018 17:53 via yahoo.com
  Humans were the answer all along.
  
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• U.S. strikes cripple Syria's chemical weapons ability: Pentagon

  14-04-2018 17:42 via yahoo.com
  By Phil Stewart and Idrees AliWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Saturday it overwhelmed and evaded Syrian air defenses overnight to strike every target at the heart of Syria's chemical weapons program, in a multi-pronged attack from the air and sea alongside British and French allies.Although the operation was secretly unfolding for hours before the first impact, it only took minutes from the first to the last detonation from 105 precision-guided missile strikes on three Syrian ch
  
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• Syria fired 40 missiles 'at nothing' after allied air strikes destroyed three Assad chemical sites

  14-04-2018 17:33 via yahoo.com
  The Assad Regime fired 40 defensive missiles at thin air in a failed attempt to save the three Syrian chemical weapons sites destroyed by allied air strikes, the Pentagon said.  A total of 105 missiles rained down on a research centre in Damascus as well as a storage site and a bunker 15 miles west of Homs at 4am Syrian time.  Britain launched eight Storm Shadow cruise missiles from the sky as the US and France provided support from the sea and jets. France fired 12 cruise missile
  
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• With God Of War 4's Release Nearing, A Look Back At The Franchise's History

  14-04-2018 17:32 via gamespot.com
  
  The release date of the new God of War for PS4 is almost here, so Jean-Luc looks back at every game in the 13-year-long franchise.
  
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• Shenmue 1 & 2 Announced For PS4, Xbox One, And PC, But Aren't Remasters

  14-04-2018 17:28 via gamespot.com
  
  Sega's beloved Dreamcast classic Shenmue is coming to modern platforms. During the Sega Fes event in Japan, the publisher announced it is bringing both the first Shenmue and its sequel, Shenmue II, together in one package to PS4, Xbox One, and PC later this year. And while they will boast some improvements, these are not full on HD remakes or remasters.The Shenmue I & II collection is billed as the "best Shenmue experience to date." The compilation comes with a host of modern features, inclu
  
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• UN Security Council holds emergency meeting on Syria

  14-04-2018 17:21 via yahoo.com
  Russia expected to introduce a draft resolution condemning the U.S., U.K, and France joint attack on Syria; Laura Ingle reports.
  
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• Iran's supreme leader says Western attack on Syria a crime

  14-04-2018 17:20 via yahoo.com
  By Parisa HafeziANKARA (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said coordinated air strikes on Syria by the United States, France and Britain on Saturday were a crime that would bring no benefit."Today's dawn attack on Syria is a crime."They will not benefit (from the attack) as they went to Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan in the past years and committed such crimes and did not gain any benefits," Khamenei added.
  
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• The Rock Gets Excited About Rampage Reviews, Upsets Doom's Twitter Account

  14-04-2018 17:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's latest movie, Rampage, has arrived in theaters. It's a loose adaptation of the classic game of the same name, and while that may sound like a recipe for another bad movie, it's actually quite entertaining, as our Rampage review states. The Rock seems pleased to have possibly cracked the video game movie curse, though he's upset the people behind Doom's Twitter account in the process of sharing that excitement.Score aggregator Rotten Tomatoes tweeted to point out that
  
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• PS4 Flash Sale On PSN Games In The US

  14-04-2018 17:17 via gamespot.com
  
  As Sony likes to do every month or so, it has just unveiled a new Flash Sale on the PlayStation Store. Between now and April 16, you can get a good number of games at heavily discounted rates. It's Friday the 13th weekend, so it's no surprise the theme is horror. Read on to see what standout games are on sale this weekend. Just make sure to lock in your purchases before the sale ends on April 16.The game that resembles a horror movie most closely is Until Dawn, a cinematic adventure game about a
  
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• Two Memphis Police Officers Busted in Undercover Drug Sting

  14-04-2018 17:12 via yahoo.com
  Two police officers in Memphis are behind bars after they allegedly tried to protect heroin coming into the city.
  
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• The Week's Best Game Deals On Switch, PS4, Xbox One, And PC

  14-04-2018 17:10 via gamespot.com
  
  No matter what kind of games you like to play, or what platforms you play them on, this week we found some killer deals for you to peruse. We've been posting about them continually, but now it's time to round up all the week's best deals in one convenient place.Free Play WeekendThe best deals are the ones that don't cost you anything. A handful of games are free to play this weekend on PS4, Xbox One, and/or PC, including Ghost Recon Wildlands and Injustice 2. If you enjoy the trials choose to bu
  
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• As God Of War PS4 Release Date Date Nears, Xbox Boss Sends Congrats - GameSpot Daily

  14-04-2018 17:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Head of Xbox Phil Spencer congratulates Sony on the God of War reception, while a bunch of Xbox One, PS4, and PC games go free for the weekend.
  
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• Monster Hunter World: How To Get Mega Man Palico Armor And Weapon

  14-04-2018 17:07 via gamespot.com
  
  The next crossover event in Monster Hunter World is now available. With the Spring Blossom Fest event ongoing, a new quest is now available on PS4 and Xbox One that allows you to get your hands on the crafting materials necessary to dress your Palico up like Mega Man.The event quest itself is called A Rush of Blood, and it's an Arena where you have to hunt two Odagarons. One of these is an adorable, miniaturized version of the monster. That wrinkle aside, it's an otherwise standard 7-star missio
  
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• Where Is Far Cry 5's Endgame?

  14-04-2018 17:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Far Cry 5 has an incredible story-driven campaign, but what do you do after you've beaten it on PS4, Xbox One, and PC?
  
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• U.S., British and French forces launch airstrikes on Syria

  14-04-2018 17:02 via yahoo.com
  U.S., British and French forces struck Syria with more than 100 missiles on Saturday in the first coordinated Western strikes against the Damascus government, targeting what they said were chemical weapons sites in retaliation for a suspected poison gas attack.
  
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• Avengers Infinity War: Where Is Adam Warlock?

  14-04-2018 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Adam Warlock is a major character in Marvel comics but will most likely not show up in Avengers: Infinity War or its sequel. Greg dives into MCU history of Adam Warlock in the MCU, why he's so important to the Infinity War saga, and what the future could hold for the ever-evolving perfect being.
  
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• 19 Games You Need To Keep On Your Radar From PAX East 2018

  14-04-2018 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The Games of PAX East 2018
  As a place where fans and developers can come together to play the hottest and most exciting games, PAX has traditionally been a fun event for those who want to see what sort of games the year has to offer. It's also a great opportunity for newcomers and die-hard fans alike to check out what's new and hang out with other like-minded folks who want to celebrate their favorite hobby. During PAX East 2018 in Boston, U.S., GameSpot got to check out some of the most interes
  
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• 14-Year-Old Nearly Shot After Trying to Ask Neighbor For Directions

  14-04-2018 16:39 via yahoo.com
  It's not clear why the man allegedly chose to fire a shot gun at the boy.
  
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• Legal fight lingers for man freed in 1980 murder case

  14-04-2018 16:23 via yahoo.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — John Floyd spent 36 years locked up for a New Orleans murder he insisted he didn't commit. A federal judge sees things the same way and ordered his release from jail last year and a new trial. Her decision was backed by a federal appeals court.
  
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• Four Palestinian militants dead in Gaza blast

  14-04-2018 16:20 via yahoo.com
  The Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group said four of its members were killed in an apparent accidental blast in the Gaza Strip on Saturday.It usually employs those terms to refer to casualties caused by the accidental detonation of weapons or explosives used in attacks against Israel.The Gaza Health Ministry confirmed four fatalities in the incident.
  
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