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• Trump says North Korea agreed to denuclearize. It hasn't.

  22-04-2018 23:58 via yahoo.com
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed North Korea has agreed to "denuclearization" before his potential meeting with Kim Jong Un. But that's not the case.
  
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• Waffle House Customer Hailed A Hero After Wrestling Rifle Away From Shooter

  22-04-2018 23:42 via yahoo.com
  A 29-year-old man is being hailed as a hero after he single-handedly disarmed
  
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• G7 foreign ministers' summit to hold tough line on Russia: sources

  22-04-2018 23:02 via yahoo.com
  By David Ljunggren and Lesley WroughtonTORONTO (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations are expected to maintain a tough line on Russia over its involvement in conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, while leaving the door open to cooperation, two sources briefed on the matter said on Sunday.The ministers, meeting in Toronto for two days, spent part of the first day discussing tensions with Russia, which are straining an already bruised relationship with the W
  
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• Police Went to a Funeral Home to Unlock a Dead Man's Phone With His Finger

  22-04-2018 22:16 via yahoo.com
  Linus Phillip, 30, had been killed by police
  
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• Netflix Sought To Purchase A Chain Of Movie Theaters

  22-04-2018 22:04 via yahoo.com
  Streaming service Netflix has been looking to buy its own series of movie
  
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• World's Oldest Person Dies at the Age of 117

  22-04-2018 21:40 via yahoo.com
  Another Japanese woman now holds the title.
  
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• Merkel denounces new anti-Semitism from Arab refugees

  22-04-2018 21:32 via yahoo.com
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel denounced the emergence of "another form of anti-Semitism" from refugees of Arab origin in Germany, in an interview with Israeli television broadcast on Sunday."We have a new phenomenon, as we have many refugees among whom there are, for example, people of Arab origin who bring another form of anti-Semitism into the country," Merkel told the private Channel 10 network.In the interview, Merkel said the German government had appointed a commissioner to fight against
  
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• Southwest Cancels 40 Flights as It Works to Inspect Plane Engines After Deadly Explosion

  22-04-2018 21:17 via yahoo.com
  The same engine that exploded last week powers nearly all of Southwest's fleet
  
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• Man Hailed a Hero After Wrestling Gun Away From Waffle House Shooter

  22-04-2018 21:17 via yahoo.com
  He said he knew there would not be another chance.
  
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• World's first ocean plastic-cleaning machine set to tackle Great Pacific Garbage Patch

  22-04-2018 20:39 via yahoo.com
  The system, originally dreamed up by a teenager, will be shipped out this summer to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, between Hawaii and California, and which contains an estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic.The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) spans 617,763 sq miles - more than twice the size of France, and contains at least 79,000 tons of plastic, research found last month.
  
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• Barbara Bush Laid to Rest at Presidential Library

  22-04-2018 20:30 via yahoo.com
  "It would have been exactly what Barbara Bush wanted"
  
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• New God Of War PS4 Update Focuses On Text Size

  22-04-2018 20:12 via gamespot.com
  
  If you've been diving deep into the Nordic realms within God of War this weekend, you might have noticed that the game's text is a little hard to read. The team at Sony Santa Monica has been working to fix those issues, and today's update should improve the legibility.While it doesn't include the forthcoming Photo Mode, today's patch adds in an equally important text size slider. On Twitter, the team replied to a complaint about the title's small text, stating the update "focuses on text for map
  
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• Canadian accused of killing Peruvian medicine woman lynched in Amazon

  22-04-2018 19:57 via yahoo.com
  A Canadian man was lynched in the Peruvian Amazon after residents of a remote village accused him of killing an 81-year-old medicine woman a day earlier, a spokesman for the attorney general's office said on Sunday.Olivia Arevalo, a traditional healer of the Shipibo-Conibo tribe, was shot twice and died on Thursday near her home in the Amazonian region of Ucayali, said Ricardo Palma Jimenez, the head of a group of prosecutors in Ucayali.Some villagers had blamed Arevalo's murder on Sebastian Pau
  
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• Trump’s picks for sec. of state & CIA dir. face confirmation tests

  22-04-2018 19:53 via yahoo.com
  Mike Pompeo and Gina Haspel face a rising tide of opposition in the U.S. Senate. MSNBC Anchor Ayman Mohyeldin discusses with the panel the concerns senators may have with the president’s selections.
  
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• Failed talks with North Korea may lead to war

  22-04-2018 19:48 via yahoo.com
  Jung Pak, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, says there is little to fall back on if talks between President Trump and Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un fail.
  
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• Merkel to Israel TV: Imperfect Iran deal better than no deal

  22-04-2018 19:37 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended the Iran nuclear deal in an interview with an Israeli TV channel, saying an imperfect deal is better than no deal and that her country will "watch very closely" to ensure it is being fulfilled.
  
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• Israel dismisses claims that Mossad killed Palestinian activist in Malaysia

  22-04-2018 19:36 via yahoo.com
  Israel’s defence minister has dismissed claims that Israel assassinated a Palestinian Hamas member and scholar who was shot dead in Malaysia. Avigdor Lieberman said it was more likely Fadi al-Batsh, 35, was killed on Saturday as part of “an internal Palestinian dispute.” He also added that al-Batsh who was a scientist, was a "rocket expert and no saint”. The academic’s family had blamed the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency, for orchestrating the assassinat
  
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• Trump Celebrates Earth Day By Praising Rollback Of Environmental Protections

  22-04-2018 19:27 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump commemorated Earth Day on Sunday by applauding his
  
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• G7 ministers meet on Russia, Iran and North Korea threats

  22-04-2018 19:22 via yahoo.com
  The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven industrialized nations met in Toronto on Sunday seeking a common front against what they see as aggression from Vladimir Putin's Russia.The envoys were also keen to glean clues from their US colleague about whether President Donald Trump will tear up the Iran nuclear deal and how he will handle a planned summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.The ministers from the world's most powerful democracies are meeting to plan for June's G7 summit of rich-world
  
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• Free apple on Delta flight ends up costing woman $500

  22-04-2018 19:11 via yahoo.com
  A free airline snack wound up costing one woman $500.
  
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• God Of War PS4 To Get Photo Mode In Free Update

  22-04-2018 18:58 via gamespot.com
  
  With an increase of beautiful games come more and more beautiful screenshots. Sony Santa Monica has confirmed God of War will have its own photo mode to catch every god-slaying moment in action.God of War's photo mode hasn't exactly been a secret. The title's director Corey Barlog told Daily Starback in March that is was something the team was looking at doing. A tweet on Thursday gave us a sneak peek of the mode with Kratos cheesing next to a seagull. Sony Santa Monica confirmed the mode soon a
  
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• Sen. Bob Corker Not That Excited About The Leading Republican To Replace Him

  22-04-2018 18:53 via yahoo.com
  Retiring Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) could muster up only lukewarm praise for
  
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• Saudis down new missile from Yemen rebels: state media

  22-04-2018 18:43 via yahoo.com
  Saudi air defences on Sunday intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemeni rebels at the kingdom's southern border city of Najran, which set a farm ablaze, state media said."Saudi forces were able to intercept (the missile)," the Saudi Press Agency said, citing the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Huthi rebels.The missile was launched from Saada, the Huthi stronghold in northern Yemen, the coalition was cited as saying.
  
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• President Trump faces legal land mines

  22-04-2018 18:41 via yahoo.com
  George Stephanopoulos reports the latest in politics on "This Week."
  
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• GOP strategist says Cohen investigation 'could be the end of (Trump's) presidency'

  22-04-2018 18:35 via yahoo.com
  The "This Week" Powerhouse Roundtable debate the week in politics, including the legal issues facing President Trump.
  
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• Cevallos: Cohen is under ‘all the pressure that could possibly be’

  22-04-2018 18:18 via yahoo.com
  The case against President Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen, is one of many legal battles the White House is facing. The panel talks with MSNBC Anchor Ayman Mohyeldin about the strategies being utilized for Cohen’s problems.
  
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• Chinese, Indian leaders to meet this week

  22-04-2018 18:16 via yahoo.com
  Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet in central China this week, Beijing announced Sunday, as the Asian powers work to improve strained ties.The two leaders will hold an "informal summit" in the city of Wuhan on Friday and Saturday, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said after talks with his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj.Xi and Modi "will set a general direction, identify new goals and create a new dynamic for the growth of China-India relations.
  
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• Free Legendaries For Pokemon Ultra Sun And Moon Now Available

  22-04-2018 18:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon players now have a chance to add another free pair of Legendaries to their teams. Beginning this weekend, The Pokemon Company is giving away Entei and Raikou as part of its ongoing Year of Legendary Pokemon celebration, but they'll only be available for a very limited time.To claim the Legendaries, fans in the US will need to travel to a specific retailer and pick up a download code for the Pokemon. This time, the free code will be available at the electronics se
  
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• Controversy over police response to teen trapped by van seat

  22-04-2018 17:53 via yahoo.com
  Newly released body camera footage shows police officers looking for 16-year-old Kyle Plush, who called 911 twice before his death, but does not show them getting out of their patrol car.
  
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• As chemical weapons inspectors reach Douma, Syria claims suspected attack was fake

  22-04-2018 17:48 via yahoo.com
  The chemical weapons inspectors reached the city of Douma, now under Russian and Syrian control, two weeks after the suspected attack took place.
  
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• Police search for shooter after four killed at Tennessee Waffle House

  22-04-2018 17:47 via yahoo.com
  Authorities are searching for the suspected gunman, who had previously been arrested by the Secret Service near the White House. He was disarmed inside the restaurant by 29-year-old James Shaw.
  
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• Iran's Top Diplomat Says 'All Options Are On The Table' If U.S. Pulls Out Of Nuclear Deal

  22-04-2018 17:45 via yahoo.com
  Iran's top diplomat warned President Donald Trump to not pull out of the 2015
  
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• France's president says he has no 'plan B' for Iran nuclear deal

  22-04-2018 17:24 via yahoo.com
  By Yasmeen AbutalebWASHINGTON (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said he has no "plan B" for the Iran nuclear deal and that the United States should stay in the agreement as long as there is no better option.In a Fox News interview on Sunday, the day before he arrives in Washington for a three-day state visit, Macron also said the United States, France and other allies will have a "very important" role to play in rebuilding Syria after they defeat Islamic State militants.President Dona
  
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• Police Took Suspect's Guns, Dad Gave Them Back: The Latest on the Nashville Waffle House Mass Shooting

  22-04-2018 17:08 via yahoo.com
  The shooter is still at large
  
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• Manhunt Continues After 29-Year-Old Shooter Kills 4 at Nashville Waffle House

  22-04-2018 17:08 via yahoo.com
  The shooter is still at large
  
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• Mitt Romney Fails To Secure Utah Senate GOP Nomination, Will Face Primary

  22-04-2018 16:47 via yahoo.com
  Mitt Romney failed to secure the Utah Senate Republican nomination outright at
  
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• G7 meeting to discuss Iran, North Korea and Syria: U.S. official

  22-04-2018 16:43 via yahoo.com
  Iran's "malign" regional activities, the Syrian conflict and North Korea will be discussed at a meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized nations in Toronto, a U.S. official said on Sunday."A lot of the priority topics for us today include the way forward in Syria, Iran's malign activities in the region," the U.S. official said.
  
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• Earth Day volunteers potentially find a body during cleanup

  22-04-2018 16:41 via yahoo.com
  Indiana police investigate after volunteers believe they found a body while cleaning up their neighborhood for Earth Day.
  
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• Trump: U.S.-North Korea summit 'should have been done a long time ago'

  22-04-2018 16:39 via yahoo.com
  President Trump pushed back against criticisms that North Korea has had to meet few preconditions before a planned summit between the president and Kim Jong Un. Trump said he may or may not be successful but that he’s taking an important step that previous presidents should have taken long ago.
  
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• Xbox One Free Games With Gold Announced For May

  22-04-2018 16:17 via gamespot.com
  
  May is coming, and Microsoft has let slip the Games with Gold offerings for the month a bit early this time. As always, next month will bring four new games free for Xbox Live Gold members--two on Xbox One and two on Xbox 360. The first will be coming on Tuesday, May 1.First on Xbox One, you can ring in America's past-time with Super Mega Baseball 2. That will be free throughout the entire month. Then, starting on May 16, Xbox One will also receive Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, the last
  
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• 4 dead, several injured in Waffle House shooting

  22-04-2018 16:16 via yahoo.com
  One person at the restaurant wrestled the rifle away from the gunman, police said.
  
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• The GOP Has One Big Idea For Health Care Reform: Crappier Insurance

  22-04-2018 15:00 via yahoo.com
  The American health care system is an expensive, sprawling mess. The
  
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• Road to N. Korea's denuclearization is littered with failure

  22-04-2018 14:51 via yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Bill Clinton offered oil and reactors. George W. Bush mixed threats and aid. Barack Obama stopped trying after a rocket launch.
  
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• China's ZTE seeks resolution of U.S. export ban

  22-04-2018 14:34 via yahoo.com
  China's ZTE is seeking a resolution to a U.S. ban on selling it parts and software that it has said threatens its survival.ZTE "has learnt from its past experiences on export control compliance and attaches significant importance to the work on export control compliance," the mobile phone and telecoms company said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange.ZTE "is making active communications with relevant parties and seeking a solution to the U.S. export denial order," it added in the state
  
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• Israel dismisses claims Mossad behind Malaysia assassination

  22-04-2018 13:18 via yahoo.com
  Israel's defence minister on Sunday dismissed claims the country's spy agency was behind the assassination of a Palestinian scientist in Malaysia, suggesting instead that his killing was a "settling of accounts".Speaking to Israeli radio, Avigdor Lieberman described the dead Palestinian, a member of Islamist militant group Hamas, as "no saint" and said he had been involved in rocket production.Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh, 35, was killed in a Kuala Lumpur drive-by shooting on Saturday, according to Ma
  
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• Arizona Republicans seek law change in case John McCain seat in play

  22-04-2018 13:00 via yahoo.com
  John McCain, a six-term Arizona senator, was diagnosed last summer with an aggressive form of brain cancer.Arizona lawmakers are debating legislation that would keep John McCain’s Senate successor off the ballot in November’s midterm elections, should the seat become open before the end of next month.The bill, which could come up for a vote this week, would change the state’s process for replacing members of Congress who resign or die in office.
  
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• Armenia protests: the PM and his opposition nemesis

  22-04-2018 12:39 via yahoo.com
  Anti-government protests have gripped Armenia for more than a week in protest at a constitutional change that has allowed the country's former president to retain power as prime minister.Serzh Sarkisian took up the new position after stepping down from the presidency after serving two five-year terms.Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan, who has been leading the protests, has insisted that Sarkisian should resign as PM.
  
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• Korean Air boss apologises as hot-tempered daughters resign

  22-04-2018 12:35 via yahoo.com
  Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho on Sunday apologised for the "immature" behaviour of his two daughters and said they would both immediately resign from their company posts following separate controversies.Cho Hyun-min, the younger daughter who is marketing executive at the South Korean flag carrier, is under police investigation for assault after she was accused of throwing water into a man's face at a business meeting.Four years ago her older sister Cho Hyun-ah made global headlines for angrily
  
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• 'No paramilitaries' among Bosnian Serbs, leader says

  22-04-2018 12:27 via yahoo.com
  The photographs showed more than a dozen tough-looking men posing in military fatigues, staring sternly at a camera, reportedly part of a pro-Russian paramilitary unit.Taken on the streets of Banja Luka, the capital of the Serb half of Bosnia, the pictures emerged in January, prompting Bosnian intelligence authorities to begin an investigation amid claims of Russian efforts to destabilise the Balkans.Three months on, the Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik sits back in his ornate office chair and
  
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• Romney fails to win GOP nomination for senate, heads to primary in November

  22-04-2018 12:24 via yahoo.com
  Mitt Romney's restart of his political career hit a roadblock Saturday.The 2012 Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor failed to win the Utah Republican Party's nomination, which means he must face 11 challengers in a June primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch.Romney needed at least 60 percent of the votes from delegates at the Utah GOP convention Saturday to head to the November election unopposed, but he earned only 49.12
  
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