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• Raul Castro retires as Cuban president, outlines future

  19-04-2018 23:56 via yahoo.com
  HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro handed over Cuba's presidency Thursday to a hand-picked 57-year-old successor he said would hold power until 2031, a plan that would place the state the Castro brothers founded and ruled for six decades in the hands of a Communist Party official who remains little known to most people on the island.
  
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• Cuban Exiles React To New Cuba President

  19-04-2018 23:55 via yahoo.com
  At the epicenter of Cuba politics on the streets of Miami in little Havana outside Café Versailles, Cuban exiles shout from loudspeakers and rip up signs in protest of the communist country from which they hail. (April 19)
  
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• All The X-Men Easter Eggs And References In Legion Season 2 So Far

  19-04-2018 23:51 via gamespot.com
  
  From the pages to the screen.
  Legion isn't exactly your typical superhero show, but it still uses the time honored tradition of Easter eggs and superhero references to add to its (admittedly super weird) world.Because Legion plays fast and loose with the stories it's based on, the references here might not always be the most clear, the most expected, or the most easy to understand--but hey, isn't that part of the fun?We'll be keeping a running tab of this season's callbacks, nods, and winks to M
  
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• Justice Department Releases Comey Memos To Congress

  19-04-2018 23:36 via yahoo.com
  The Department of Justice has shared copies of the so-called Comey memos with
  
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• Gym employees accuse black member of not paying, call cops

  19-04-2018 23:31 via yahoo.com
  Employees of an LA Fitness in New Jersey wrongly accused a black member and his guest of not paying to work out and called police, prompting an apology from the company.
  
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• Comey: I don't believe that Loretta Lynch did anything improper

  19-04-2018 23:22 via yahoo.com
  Former FBI Director James Comey talks with Rachel Maddow about worries he cited in his book, "A Higher Loyalty," about former Attorney General Loretta Lynch with regard to the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation.
  
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• Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani Is Joining Trump's Legal Team

  19-04-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's legal team has a new member: Rudy Giuliani.
  
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• Chuck Schumer to Unveil Bill Decriminalizing Marijuana at the Federal Level

  19-04-2018 23:14 via yahoo.com
  "Ultimately, it's the right thing to do"
  
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• The Latest: Student: Confederate flag theft sparked protests

  19-04-2018 23:11 via yahoo.com
  AUBURN, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on Confederate flag demonstrations outside of a Michigan high school (all times local):
  
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• Russia, Syria trying to 'sanitize' chemical attack site: U.S. State Department

  19-04-2018 23:02 via yahoo.com
  By Lesley WroughtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has credible information that Russia and Syria are trying to "sanitize" the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria while denying access to the area by international inspectors, the State Department said on Thursday.Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the team of inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) had not been given access to the site of the alleged attack in the town of D
  
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• Deadpool 2 Director Is Adapting A Video Game--This Should Go Well

  19-04-2018 23:01 via gamespot.com
  
  If there's anything that never goes wrong even a little bit, it's video games being adapted into movies. Thankfully, it's a trend that doesn't seem to be slowing down as Deadpool 2 director David Leitch has signed on to add his own adaptation to the stack.According to Variety, Leitch will direct The Division, based on the 2016 Tom Clancy video game. Already, Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain are signed on to star in the movie about a future in which New York City has been decimated by a virus
  
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• Caravan migrants hop freight train in Mexico heading north

  19-04-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The remnants of a caravan of Central American migrants that drew angry tweets from President Donald Trump hopped on the roofs of a freight train Thursday heading for northern Mexico.
  
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• Fortnite: Battle Royale Brings Back 50v50 With New Weapon - GameSpot Daily

  19-04-2018 22:45 via gamespot.com
  
  We run through everything in the latest Fortnite patch. Meanwhile, PUBG is getting map selection and updates too.
  
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• Syrian rebels give up Damascus area town to government

  19-04-2018 22:43 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government took control of a town northeast of Damascus on Thursday after rebels evacuated to north Syria — the latest in a string of handovers by rebels to the government.
  
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• Justice Department watchdog ‘refers Andrew McCabe findings to prosecutors’

  19-04-2018 22:43 via yahoo.com
  The Department of Justice’s internal watchdog has reportedly sent prosecutors the findings of a probe into former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe, who was fired after being found to have misled investigators.Referring the information to the US attorney’s office would pave the way to potentially opening a criminal investigation.The Department of Justice declined to comment.
  
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• Grab This Free Game On Humble Before The Price Goes Back Up

  19-04-2018 22:42 via gamespot.com
  
  If you enjoy the occasional video game and you're looking for something new to play, you might as well pick up Satellite Reign from the Humble Store. It's currently free to download for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and will remain free until April 21, or "while supplies last." Which means you should probably get it while the getting's good.Satellite Reign is a Syndicate-style game made by a team of former Bullfrog and Lionhead developers. It's a real-time strategy game that puts you in charge of a g
  
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• US police chief apologizes after Starbucks arrests uproar

  19-04-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  Philadelphia's police chief publicly apologized Thursday after the arrest of two black men in a Starbucks store triggered uproar in the United States, admitting he "failed miserably" with his initial response.After the coffee chain moved to repair the damage to its image in the wake of a series of protests at Starbucks outlets, the city's police commissioner Richard Ross told reporters his force also needed to do better.
  
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• Disgaea 1 Remake Coming To Nintendo Switch And PS4 This Year

  19-04-2018 22:25 via gamespot.com
  
  The cult favorite tactical RPG Disgaea: Hour of Darkness is receiving an HD makeover on PS4 and Nintendo Switch. To commemorate the game's 15th anniversary, NIS America is releasing Disgaea 1 Complete, a remake of the classic PS2 title slated to arrive in the West this fall.Disgaea 1 Complete features the same story and gameplay as the original PS2 version, albeit with the improved visuals from the series' most recent installment, Disgaea 5. The remake also boasts an Etna Mode, which NIS says fe
  
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• Columbine Students Won't be Participating in the National 4/20 Walkout. They’re Doing This Instead

  19-04-2018 22:13 via yahoo.com
  The walkout is meant to pay tribute to the shooting at their school
  
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• Fortnite Friday Tournaments Begin Tomorrow At Microsoft Stores In US, Canada, and Australia

  19-04-2018 22:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft is getting Fortnite: Battle Royale players together for tournaments every Friday over the next several months, starting April 20. Players in the US (including Puerto Rico), Canada, and Australia can head to their local Microsoft Store's ASUS ROG Arena and play the game on PC with the others in attendance. Of course, there are prizes at stake for those who land that Victory Royale.The tournaments go from 5:30 PM - 9 PM local time. From April 20 - May 11, the tournaments will be for Solo
  
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• Trump Blasts California Over Troops Who Won't Focus On Immigration Enforcement

  19-04-2018 22:09 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump attacked California on Thursday for doing
  
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• Toddler shoots pregnant mother while playing with dad's gun

  19-04-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  Raw video: Police say 3-year-old accidentally shot her pregnant mom in parking lot in Indiana.
  
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• Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen drops lawsuits against BuzzFeed and Fusion GPS

  19-04-2018 21:59 via yahoo.com
  Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, has dropped his libel lawsuits against BuzzFeed and research firm Fusion GPS but still continues to face other legal troubles.Mr Cohen had sued the two separately over the January 2017 release of the now infamous dossier written by former MI6 spy Christopher Steele, prepared for the political research firm and published by the news outlet.Mr Cohen’s attorney David Schwartz said in a statement to Politico: "The decision to vol
  
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• Destiny's Child Singer Michelle Williams Got Secretly Engaged Before Coachella Reunion

  19-04-2018 21:48 via yahoo.com
  Can you keep up, baby boy? Apparently so. Days after the history-making
  
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• Why Kris Kobach Was Found In Contempt For Not Clarifying To People That They Could Vote

  19-04-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) was found in contempt of court on
  
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• Here's What A $1,000 Nioh Statue Looks Like

  19-04-2018 21:39 via gamespot.com
  
  If you enjoyed the PS4-exclusive game Nioh, you may be interested in pre-ordering a new statue from Prime 1 Studio. That is, you may want to buy it if you really, really enjoyed the game, and you happen to have $1,000 to spare--because that's how much this statue will set you back. Just what kind of Nioh statue do you get for $1,000? Let's take a look.The statue features Nioh protagonist William Adams and his guardian spirit Saorise, who was, as the description reads, "born from human prayers."
  
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• Rick and Morty Rewind: Season 1 Episode 9 - Something Ricked This Way Comes Breakdown!

  19-04-2018 21:30 via gamespot.com
  
  “Something Ricked This Way Comes” showcases what would happen if Rick took on the devil. Dave breaks down Season 1, Episode 9 of Rick and Morty!
  
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• Ted Cruz shrugs off past feud and lauds Trump in Time essay

  19-04-2018 21:29 via yahoo.com
  Ted Cruz wrote an essay for Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People of 2018” issue, praising President Trump, who the Texas senator once described as a "bully," "narcissist" and "serial philanderer."
  
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• The Deadly Southwest Engine Explosion Is a Dangerous Warning Sign for Thousands of Planes

  19-04-2018 21:26 via yahoo.com
  This has happened once before
  
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• Major Avengers: Infinity War Cameos Spoiled By Sebastian Stan

  19-04-2018 21:23 via gamespot.com
  
  What are you doing, Bucky? With a week to go before Avengers: Infinity War hits theaters, Sebastian Stan seems to be spilling Marvel Cinematic Universe secrets--so much for those fake scripts.Based on every image, trailer, and poster, it's very clear that this is the biggest MCU movie yet--bringing together a universe of superheroes that have been introduced in the decade since the first Iron Man movie premiered. However, it looks like there will be even more faces in it than fans realized. Appe
  
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• New Fortnite Freebies Available Now On PS4, Xbox One, PC, And Mobile

  19-04-2018 21:22 via gamespot.com
  
  The rollout of last week's 3.5 update for Fortnite wasn't particularly smooth. Shortly after the patch was released, the game was rendered unplayable for many due to a variety of technical issues. Epic offered some free items to make up for the outage, and now the studio is giving away a second batch of freebies to all players.As another gift to players for the technical issues that plagued Fortnite last week, Epic is offering another set of free items in both Battle Royale and Save the World mo
  
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• The Walking Dead's Season 8 Finale Ratings Are Kind Of Bad

  19-04-2018 21:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Are The Walking Dead's glory days over? The ratings for the Season 8 finale are in and they're not great--at least as far as The Walking Dead is concerned. Nearly 8 million viewers tuned in to see the end of Rick's (Andrew Lincoln) war with Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), which made it the biggest show on cable that night.However, the ratings paint a bleak picture. As reported by Variety, this was a 30 percent drop from the audience that tuned in to watch the Season 7 finale one year before. In fac
  
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• Exclusive: EPA chief's aides, security agents made $45,000 trip to Australia

  19-04-2018 21:20 via yahoo.com
  By Jeff MasonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, under fire from lawmakers for travel and security expenses, spent about $45,000 in government money to fly five people to Australia to prepare for a planned trip that was later canceled.Two of his aides and three security agents flew to Australia last August on business-class tickets costing roughly $9,000 each to set up meetings for the EPA administrator.The purchase of business-class tickets was not a
  
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• Southwest Pilot Tammie Jo Shults Recounts Harrowing Landing: 'We Were Simply Doing Our Jobs'

  19-04-2018 21:19 via yahoo.com
  Shults also expressed sympathy for Jennifer Riordan, the mom of two who lost her life as she was nearly sucked out of the plane.
  
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• Assad steps up efforts to crush last besieged enclaves

  19-04-2018 21:18 via yahoo.com
  By Angus McDowalland Suleiman Al-KhalidiBEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian government stepped up its efforts on Thursday to retake the opposition's last besieged enclaves, as rebels prepared to withdraw from one and a newspaper reported an ultimatum against another.President Bashar al-Assad scored a major victory this month by retaking eastern Ghouta, the biggest rebel stronghold near Damascus, putting his forces in by far their strongest position since the early months of the seven-year-old ci
  
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• Fortnite 50v50 Is Back With A New Weapon - GameSpot Daily

  19-04-2018 21:15 via gamespot.com
  
  We run through everything in the latest Fortnite patch. Meanwhile, PUBG is getting map selection and updates too.
  
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• Netanyahu says at least six states considering moving embassies to Jerusalem

  19-04-2018 20:59 via yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that "at least half a dozen" countries were considering moving their embassies to Jerusalem following the U.S. decision to do so.U.S. President Donald Trump announced in December that the United States recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, infuriating even Washington’s Arab allies and dismaying Palestinians who want the eastern part of the city as their capital.The U.S. Embassy is due to relocate to Jerusalem from Tel Avi
  
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• 911 operator sentenced for hanging up on emergency calls

  19-04-2018 20:56 via yahoo.com
  A former 911 operator has been sentenced to community service and 18 months probation for hanging up on emergency calls.
  
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• US awards $1bn contract for hypersonic missile as it falls behind Russia and China in new arms race

  19-04-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  The US Air Force is awarding almost $1 billion (£700m) to Lockheed Martin to develop a hypersonic missile as it tries to keep up with recent strides made by Russia and China in building ever faster weapons. Moscow last month claimed the lead in the race to develop missiles that can travel at many times the speed of sound. Its defence ministry revealed video footage of its plane-launched Kinzhal missile, which is reportedly capable of accelerating to ten times the speed of sound. American o
  
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• Despite California's liberal image, half favor travel ban and more deportations

  19-04-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  Half of Californians support the travel ban on Muslim-majority countries and 59% are in favor of increased deportations, according to a new survey that suggests there are widespread conservative and xenophobic views in one of the most progressive US states.The poll, conducted by the University of California, Berkeley, found that while a majority of Californians say they broadly support immigrants’ rights and refugees, many also back signature features of Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant
  
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• U.S. says ex-official at PDVSA unit pleads guilty to money laundering

  19-04-2018 20:49 via yahoo.com
  A former official of a subsidiary of Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA [PDVSA.UL] pleaded guilty on Thursday to a U.S. charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering, the U.S. Justice Department said.Cesar Rincon, a Venezuelan citizen who was extradited to the United States from Spain after his arrest there last year, pleaded guilty in federal court in Houston to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, the department said.
  
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• Senate Confirms Climate Change Denier To Lead NASA

  19-04-2018 20:42 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Thursday narrowly confirmed Rep. Jim Bridenstine
  
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• PUBG Is Free To Play On Xbox One This Weekend

  19-04-2018 20:41 via gamespot.com
  
  PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has been a phenomenon this past year. Not only has it seen explosive growth, but it's also helped inspire a wave of other battle royale games coming this year. If you have an Xbox One and haven't hopped on the PUBG drop plane yet, now's your chance. PUBG is currently free to play for Xbox One owners through Sunday, April 22. The only catch is that you have to be an Xbox Live Gold subscriber to take advantage of the free play weekend.To download the full-game trial,
  
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• The scientists behind the most innovative cancer research

  19-04-2018 20:37 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of top scientists and researchers from around the world gathered at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in Chicago to discuss innovative cancer science that will hopefully lead to new therapies and maybe even a cure. Meet two of the top investigators aiming to make cancer a manageable disease so patients can live long and live well.
  
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• Comey memos immediately leaked after FBI delivers to Congress

  19-04-2018 20:28 via yahoo.com
  Former FBI Director James Comey talks with Rachel Maddow about the notes he took after meeting with Donald Trump, which have now leaked to the public after they were delivered by the FBI to Congress.
  
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• GW Pharma gets FDA panel nod, first cannabis-based drug nearing approval

  19-04-2018 20:26 via yahoo.com
  An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday unanimously voted in favor of approving the first cannabis-derived medicine in the country, a childhood epilepsy treatment developed by GW Pharma.The drug, Epidiolex, is derived from cannabidiol (CBD), one of the hundreds of molecules found in the marijuana plant, and an FDA decision is expected by June 27.The FDA panel found that the drug's benefits outweighed the risks to treat patients aged 2 years and older with Dravet Sy
  
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• Alex Rodriguez’s nephew kidnapped, held for ransom

  19-04-2018 20:23 via yahoo.com
  Former MLB star Alex Rodriguez’s nephew was kidnapped and held for ransom in a Lamborghini deal gone wrong.
  
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• Victim of Berlin anti-Semitic attack was an Israeli Arab who 'wanted to see what it was like' to be Jewish

  19-04-2018 20:19 via yahoo.com
  One of the victims of an anti-Semitic attack in central Berlin that shocked Germany this week is not Jewish, it has emerged. Adam Armoush told German television he was wearing a Jewish kippah skullcap in an attempt to prove it was safe to wear one on the streets of Berlin. But the experiment went wrong when he and a companion were set upon in the affluent neighbourhood of Prenzlauer Berg and whipped with a belt by three men who shouted “Yahudi”, the Arabic word for Jew.  The mai
  
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• 11 Reasons Why Legion Finally Feels Like An X-Men Show

  19-04-2018 20:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Legion keeps getting better and better.In Season 1, Legion borrowed the X-Men's general backdrop--there are mutants, they have special abilities, and people generally don't like 'em--to tell a very personal story about mental illness.In Season 2, things are different. These days, Legion is going all in on its comic book heritage. By weaving together the themes, tropes, and some other, more direct connections to the comics, Legion is finally starting to feel like a real X-Men adventure. Here's wh
  
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• North Korea seeks 'complete denuclearization,' Moon says; U.S. vows pressure

  19-04-2018 20:10 via yahoo.com
  By Joyce Lee and John WalcottSEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has expressed its commitment to "complete denuclearization" of the Korean peninsula and has not attached conditions, South Korea's president said on Thursday, but Washington remains wary and has vowed to maintain "maximum pressure" on Pyongyang.South Korean President Moon Jae-in said agreements about denuclearization, establishing a peace regime and normalization of relations between the Koreas and the United States should not
  
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