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• Thousands of North Carolina public school teachers march in Raleigh

  16-05-2018 23:50 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of North Carolina teachers swarmed the state legislature on Wednesday to call for pay raises and more spending on schools, making the state the country’s sixth to be roiled by educators demanding better funding.Hundreds of teachers in red T-shirts filled a spectators gallery and chanted “remember, remember, we vote in November” as the Republican-controlled General Assembly started its session.The protest prompted at least 38 districts, representing more than half the
  
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• Is There A C-3PO Cameo In Solo: A Star Wars Story? Here's Your Answer

  16-05-2018 23:47 via gamespot.com
  
  So far, Anthony Daniels' character C-3PO has been in every Star Wars movie, including 2016's Rogue One and all the main, numbered releases. Solo: A Star Wars Story is set before A New Hope, and after Revenge of the Sith, meaning it's long after Anakin built the protocol droid. Threepio's exact activities in between Episodes 3 and 4 aren't necessarily known, so for all we know, he could have fit somewhere in the events of Solo. And Mark Hamill added credence to that theory earlier this month when
  
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• Trump calls some illegal immigrants 'animals'

  16-05-2018 23:35 via yahoo.com
  While hosting the California Sanctuary State roundtable, President Trump called certain illegal immigrants 'animals.'
  
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• The Latest: Daughter says mother kept her, sisters hostage

  16-05-2018 23:28 via yahoo.com
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on an Oklahoma woman accused of stabbing one child and fleeing another (all times local):
  
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• Police: Tulsa mom stabbed eldest daughter up to 70 times

  16-05-2018 23:22 via yahoo.com
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa mother stabbed her eldest daughter 50 to 70 times, struck her head with a pickaxe then set their home on fire, before fleeing the scene with the youngest of her three daughters, according to police.
  
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• Scott Pruitt, EPA chief, bobs and weaves, but Democrats still land blows in Senate hearing

  16-05-2018 23:21 via yahoo.com
  In his first appearance before a Senate subcommittee, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt faced withering questions from Democrats about his ethical lapses, even as Republicans sought to shield him.
  
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• Vegas Strip shooting witnesses described chaos, compassion

  16-05-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Witness accounts of gunfire, chaos, bloody bodies and desperate bids to survive last year's mass shooting in Las Vegas emerged Wednesday in police reports made public seven months after the deadliest event of its kind in modern U.S. history.
  
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• Rex Tillerson Warns Grads Of Living In ‘Alternative Realities’

  16-05-2018 23:03 via yahoo.com
  Rex Tillerson came precipitously close to criticizing his former boss
  
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• The Best PS4 Game Deals Now In The US PlayStation Store

  16-05-2018 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony has updated its weekly set of video game sales on the PlayStation Store. This week finds deals on everything from massive blockbusters to under-the-radar indies that might be worth your time. For a few of the deals, you'll get a bonus discount for being a PlayStation Plus member (prices in parentheses below).If you've made it this long without picking up Grand Theft Auto V, you can finally see what 90 million people before you have experienced for $30. (Hint: it's an excellent game whose ro
  
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• Rainbow Six Siege Free To Play This Weekend

  16-05-2018 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Here's some good news for everyone who hasn't purchased Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: the game is free to play this weekend on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. From May 17 - 20, you can access the entire game, complete with all the maps, modes, and operators released so far. You can find the specific times the free weekend will be available below.To play on PS4, head to the PlayStation Store, find the Rainbow Six Siege product page, and download it there. It's available to download now, but you'll have
  
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• Save Big On Super Mario Odyssey, PUBG, More In The US

  16-05-2018 22:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Newegg has launched a 25%-off sale on lots of the biggest games on the market right now. Whether you play games on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, or Nintendo Switch, you'll want to look at these deals. The only hitch is that you have to enter promo code EMCPUEU83 at checkout to receive the discount. Take a look at our picks for the best games in the sale below, or check out the full list here.You can get the popular shooters Call of Duty: WWIIand Far Cry 5 for the appealing price of $45. The surprisin
  
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• Xbox One: Great Game Deals Going On Now

  16-05-2018 22:57 via gamespot.com
  
  A new weekly sale is live on the Xbox Store and it has some killer deals on some fantastic games. Whether you like playing on Xbox One, Xbox 360, or backwards-compatible 360 games on your Xbox One, you'll find plenty of deals that can save you lots of money. Most of the discounts are available to anyone, but a handful require an Xbox Live Gold subscription (marked below). You can find the full list of deals here, but let's dig into the highlights.Fans of the Caped Crusader can practically get th
  
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• God Of War PS4 On Sale For $47 In The US

  16-05-2018 22:57 via gamespot.com
  
  When a big new game comes out, it often takes months before we see a significant price drop. The PS4 exclusive God of War launched less than a month ago, but you can already get it for $47--that's more than 20% off. It's a good deal on a game that's received incredibly high marks from both critics and players. All you have to do is click here to get it from Newegg via Ebay. The discount appears when you add the game to your cart.The most common way to get 20% off new games is to pre-order them w
  
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• Witcher Series Gets Huge Price Drop In The US

  16-05-2018 22:56 via gamespot.com
  
  It seems like a new sale goes live every few days on the Humble Store. That's not a bad thing at all, but it can be tough for any one particular sale to stand out when there's always something new being offered for a low price. One new sale stands out, though, because the games are as good as the sale prices. Right now you can buy the entire Witcher series on sale for $24 at the Humble Store.Or, if you already own one or more of the games, you can hand-pick whichever games and expansions you nee
  
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• A Decent Nintendo Switch Eshop Sale For A Change

  16-05-2018 22:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Like clockwork, games go on sale on the digital stores of Xbox One and PS4 each week. These sales almost always offer discounts on an array of games you've heard of and might even consider buying. When it comes to the Nintendo Switch's Eshop, though, it's often a different story. Switch games are always on sale, but the games are not always noteworthy. Thankfully, this week's Eshop sale is better than most.For starters, you can get the devilishly challenging game Darkest Dungeon on sale for $21
  
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• Xbox One Deal And More At Best Buy's Game Sale In The US

  16-05-2018 22:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Best Buy has refreshed its weekly deals with a whole new slate of discounts and promotions for your perusal. It includes sales on a number of PS4 and Nintendo Switch games, as well as some discounts on Xbox One hardware and software.As always, you can save even more money with a Gamers Club Unlocked membership. GCU members get 20% off all video game pre-orders and new (non-used) games. A two-year subscription costs $30, but considering you'll save $12 on each game that's regularly priced at $60,
  
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• Killer Deal: Xbox One X For $400 In The US

  16-05-2018 22:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Anyone who's been kicking around the idea of buying an Xbox One X lately will want to take a look at this deal from Rakuten. Microsoft's most powerful console normally retails for $500, but you can get one now for $400 if you use promo code ALT85 at checkout. That's one of the best deals we've ever seen on an Xbox One X.What you get for the money is a machine that can run a growing list of Xbox One X-enhanced games in 4K, including older games like Red Dead Redemption. Some games come with the o
  
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• Get This Under-Appreciated Game For $15

  16-05-2018 22:52 via gamespot.com
  
  Arcane Studios' Prey is a remarkable game. It didn't quite get the love it deserved, perhaps in part because of the off-putting advertisements that placed a gross bloodshot eye front and center. But don't let a disgusting piece of marketing keep you from playing a fine game--especially when you can get it for less than $15.Right now Amazon is selling the PS4 version of Prey for $14.53. That's a fantastically good deal for a game that got a 79/100 on our sister site Metacritic. Prey is also curre
  
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• New Humble Bundle To Play With Friends--Or Enemies

  16-05-2018 22:49 via gamespot.com
  
  Humble is at it once again, with a money-saving proposition on a bundle of PC games for Steam. As always with Humble Bundles, you can spend any amount you choose, starting with $1 to get the initial tier of games. Scoring games in the higher tiers costs more money, but it's always much less than if you bought them separately. This time the focus is on multiplayer games. So choose a tier, gather up your friends, and start playing. This Humble Bundle deal ends May 28.Paying just $1 gets you the st
  
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• Democratic Lawmaker Gives Scott Pruitt Brutal Reality Check During Senate Hearing

  16-05-2018 22:39 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) offered a harsh dose of reality to embattled EPA
  
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• Why Westworld Season 2 Isn't Really Working

  16-05-2018 22:36 via gamespot.com
  
  It's not just you. The sci-fi western that ignited fandoms back in 2016 is back--Westworld Season 2 is airing on HBO, and it's already almost halfway over. But it just doesn't feel the same. Westworld Season 2 isn't the cultural event--the only thing anyone can talk about Monday mornings, the source of as much speculation and theorizing as every new Game of Thrones episode--that Season 1 was.It's a bit of a mystery why exactly that might be, but I have some theories.Westworld Season 1 ended on a
  
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• The Latest: DA says kids shot with crossbows, waterboarded

  16-05-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on charges filed against California father accused of torturing children (all times local):
  
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• Did Microsoft Live Up To Its E3 2017 Promises?

  16-05-2018 22:30 via gamespot.com
  
  E3 2018 is right around the corner. We're expecting tons of big announcements during the big briefings from Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and others. But before that, we're taking a look back at last year to go over what was announced and determining if each company lived up to their promises. We're starting today with Microsoft, but you can check back soon to see our recaps for Sony and Nintendo.Project Scorpio Becomes Xbox One XThe biggest news from Microsoft's E3 2017 briefing came at the top of
  
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• Fortnite: Free Battle Pass Tier Available, Here's How With Week 3 Blockbuster Challenge

  16-05-2018 22:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Week 3 of Season 4 is well underway in Fortnite: Battle Royale, which means a new set of challenges are now available for Battle Pass holders. As usual, the challenges present a mixture of objectives to complete that allow you to level up your Battle Pass and unlock new rewards, but there's another bonus waiting for players who manage to clear them all.As has been the case the past two weeks, players who clear all of the challenges in a given week will complete one of the game's new Blockbuster
  
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• Kim Kardashian And The Toxic Trend Of Bad Celebrity Health Advice

  16-05-2018 22:18 via yahoo.com
  We're living in a time when wellness is a booming industry fueled in part by
  
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• Star Wars Battlefront 2 Han Solo Season Begins

  16-05-2018 22:08 via gamespot.com
  
  Everyone's favorite rogue is getting his own season in Star Wars Battlefront 2 starting today. The season adds new locales and skins, game modes, and various tweaks and bug fixes--because if there's one thing Solo knows, it's making a lot of special modifications.For starters, the update adds the Jabba's Palace map as an iconic location that Han never actually saw, because he was frozen in carbonite and then mostly blind. But his friends were there in the opening act of Return of the Jedi, which
  
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• Glover's wife blames attack on mother-in-law in 911 call

  16-05-2018 22:08 via yahoo.com
  The wife of former U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover made the first call to 911 and claimed she was attacked by her mother-in-law, according to a tape of the call released Wednesday that provided another bizarre twist in the wife's arrest on a domestic violence charge.
  
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• Hamas says most slain Gaza protesters were its members

  16-05-2018 21:58 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Most of the protesters killed this week by Israeli fire along the border with the Gaza Strip were members of Hamas, the militant group said Wednesday, an assertion that deepens the starkly different narratives on both sides over the deaths.
  
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• Erdogan slams world's 'silence' on 'Israel's tyranny'

  16-05-2018 21:43 via yahoo.com
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday lashed out at the international "silence" over the killing by Israeli fire of dozens of Palestinians on the Gaza border."If the silence on Israel's tyranny continues, the world will rapidly be dragged into a chaos where banditry prevails," Erdogan said at a dinner in Ankara.The fresh violence in Gaza on Monday, when Israel's army killed 60 Palestinians during protests, came as the United States formally moved its embassy to Jerusalem from Tel A
  
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• Armed Malaysian police enter former PM Najib's home

  16-05-2018 21:38 via yahoo.com
  By Fathin Ungku and Joseph SipalanKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - At least a dozen armed policemen entered the home of ousted Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak late on Wednesday after he returned from prayers at a mosque, Reuters witnesses said.Several dozen policemen were also seen at a luxury condominium in another district of the capital, Kuala Lumpur, where Najib has an apartment.More than 100 journalists and onlookers were outside Najib's family home past midnight.
  
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• Cut Deadpool 2 Post-Credits Scene Might Have Crossed The Line

  16-05-2018 21:35 via gamespot.com
  
  As is standard with modern comic book movies, Deadpool 2 includes a bonus scene during the credits as a special treat for fans. According to the writers of the film, though, it's not the scene originally shot for the end of the movie. However, the initial plan just didn't sit well with audiences when tested.According to Rhett Reese, one of the movie's writers, the Merc with a Mouth was going to use Cable's time travel abilities in one very interesting way. "Deadpool goes back and kills baby Hitl
  
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• New Overwatch Anniversary Skin Revealed

  16-05-2018 21:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Overwatch is preparing to celebrate its second anniversary, and among other things that means a whole new set of anniversary skins. Blizzard is slowly revealing the new fashionable duds one-by-one, and we've just gotten a look at the first. Venom Soldier 76 is an Epic skin that replaces everyone's favorite shooter-dad with an imposing villainous look.This is one of 50 new cosmetic items coming for this anniversary celebration, including eight Legendary skins and three Epics. Other anniversary ha
  
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• Scientists uncover likely cheating on ozone treaty

  16-05-2018 21:10 via yahoo.com
  The decline in the atmosphere of an ozone-depleting chemical banned by the Montreal Protocol has recently slowed by half, suggesting a serious violation of the 196-nation treaty, researchers revealed Wednesday.Measurements at remote sites -- including the government-run Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii -- of the chemical, known as CFC-11, point to East Asia as the source or renewed production."We show that the rate of decline of atmospheric CFC-11 was constant from 2002 to 2012, and then slowed b
  
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• The Latest: Man accused of helping kill 4 rejects plea deal

  16-05-2018 21:02 via yahoo.com
  DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on a court hearing for two cousins accused of killing and burying four men outside suburban Philadelphia (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: UN envoy fears international escalation in Syria

  16-05-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local):
  
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• Fortnite Update 4.2 Adds New Apple Item; Here Are The Patch Notes

  16-05-2018 20:42 via gamespot.com
  
  Following a slight delay, Epic has deployed the latest patch for Fortnite. Update 4.2 is now available across PS4, Xbox One, PC, and mobile, and it brings a handful of new items and some gameplay adjustments to both Battle Royale and Save the World.On the Battle Royale side, Epic Games has introduced Epic and Legendary variants of the Burst Assault Rifle, which can be found as floor loot or in treasure chests, supply drops, or vending machines. Like other Burst Assault Rifles, the Epic and Legen
  
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• Rage 2 Pre-Order Bonuses Revealed

  16-05-2018 20:38 via gamespot.com
  
  With an assist from Walmart, the news is out: Rage 2 is official. We don't know a ton about the game yet, but we do know it's coming to PS4, PC, and Xbox One sometime in 2019. It's being co-developed by Id Software and Avalanche Studios, and published by Bethesda.As for what kind of game it is, Rage 2 is an open-world shooter set in a Mad Max-like post-apocalypse. A comet has crashed into Earth, killing off 80% of the population. For the few who are left, anarchy reigns, bullets fly, and explosi
  
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• Samantha Markle says she hopes to give her 'sentimental wedding present' to Meghan and Harry in person

  16-05-2018 20:34 via yahoo.com
  She has orchestrated a string of critical interviews, refused a palace plea for her discretion, and claimed responsibility for the photoshoot that brought the royal wedding into headlines for all the wrong reasons. But Meghan Markle’s estranged half sister has not given up hope of seeing her in person for her wedding to Prince Harry. Samantha Grant, whose father is yet to confirm whether or not he will be attending Ms Markle’s wedding to Prince Harry, has said she would still like to
  
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• The Crew 2 Beta Dates Announced For PS4, Xbox One, And PC

  16-05-2018 20:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft's open-world racing game The Crew 2 is set to arrive on PS4, Xbox One, and PC in June, but some players will have the opportunity to try the game out ahead of its release. Ubisoft has announced more details about its upcoming Crew 2 closed beta, which kicks off on all platforms later this month.The closed beta begins May 31 and runs until June 4. As is the case with most other closed betas, space is limited, so only some players who have registered for the test on the game's official web
  
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• Trump Paid More Than $100,000 To Cohen, Financial Disclosure Confirms

  16-05-2018 20:24 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump reported having paid his personal attorney Michael
  
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• Thomas Markle admits staging photos with paparazzi

  16-05-2018 20:20 via yahoo.com
  Kensington Palace prepares for the royal wedding this Saturday amid Markle family drama.
  
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• Trump Jr. Left Open Possibility That Dad Knew Of Trump Tower Meeting At The Time

  16-05-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  Newly released transcripts of Donald Trump Jr.'s interview with the Senate
  
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• Zachary Cruz Recalls Time His Brother Nikolas Pointed Gun at Him: 'It Was Loaded and Everything'

  16-05-2018 20:03 via yahoo.com
  "I thought I was going to die," Zachary Cruz said.
  
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• Nikolas Cruz's Brother Says Parkland Gunman 'Wasn't Aware of How Many People He Killed' in Massacre

  16-05-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  Zachary Cruz says his brother told him "his demons got to him" following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
  
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• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Free On Games With Gold For May

  16-05-2018 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Join us as we check out the first hour and a half of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain as it is available for free via Xbox Games with Gold in May 2018.
  
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• Key U.S. senators: 'no doubt' Russia sought to interfere in U.S. election

  16-05-2018 19:57 via yahoo.com
  By Patricia ZengerleWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee said on Wednesday they agreed with intelligence agencies' assessment that Moscow sought to interfere with the 2016 U.S. election to boost Donald Trump's prospects of becoming president."There is no doubt that Russia undertook an unprecedented effort to interfere with our 2016 elections," the committee's Republican chairman, Senator Richard Burr, said in a joint statement with the committee's top Demo
  
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