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• Santa Fe shooting: Texas town reels as names of 10 victims released

  19-05-2018 23:52 via yahoo.com
  A group of people huddle and say a prayer after a vigil at Texas First Bank in Santa Fe.Officials have released the names of the victims of the Santa Fe high school shooting, confirming that eight students and two teachers died when a student hid a shotgun and a revolver under a trench coat and then opened fire on an art class.
  
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• Immigration a fraught issue for GOP as midterms approach

  19-05-2018 23:38 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The chaos among House Republicans this past week on immigration shows just how problematic and risky the issue is for a party that badly needs unity heading into the elections in November that will decide control of Congress.
  
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• Swiss stun Canada, Sweden crushes US in ice hockey semis

  19-05-2018 23:27 via yahoo.com
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Switzerland stunned title favorite Canada 3-2 to reach only its third final of the world ice hockey championship on Saturday.
  
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• Macedonia must revise constitution before name deal: Greece

  19-05-2018 23:02 via yahoo.com
  A 27-year name row between Greece and Macedonia cannot be resolved without consitutional revision in the neighbouring country, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Saturday amid hopes for a June deal."As regards the debate surrounding (Macedonia's) name, the government will not enter more specific talks if the above requirements are not fulfilled first," Tsipras' office said in a statement.In a speech to his party later Saturday, Tsipras said the countries were "closer than ever before" to a
  
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• Dimitrios Pagourtzis: What we know about the Santa Fe shooting suspect

  19-05-2018 23:01 via yahoo.com
  Authorities say the suspected shooter at Santa Fe High School is in custody and a person of interest has been detained.
  
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• US, China reach trade 'consensus' but offer few details: statement

  19-05-2018 22:55 via yahoo.com
  The United States and China said Saturday they had reached consensus on measures to "substantially" reduce the US trade deficit with Beijing by "significantly" increasing its purchases of US goods, but offered few details.President Donald Trump has described the trade deficit as a danger to US national security and has threatened to impose billions in tariffs on Chinese imports.The statement followed high-level talks in Washington between delegations led by US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin a
  
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• Cuba in mourning after deadliest air crash in nearly 30 years

  19-05-2018 22:39 via yahoo.com
  Cuba observed a weekend of national mourning for victims of its worst crash in nearly three decades that killed 110 passengers and crew.An investigation has been launched into Friday's crash of the nearly 40-year-old Boeing 737-200 leased to the national carrier Cubana de Aviacion by a Mexican company.The Boeing crashed shortly after taking off from Havana, coming down in a field near the airport and sending a thick column of acrid smoke into the air.
  
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• Santa Fe Shooting: Teacher Killed Left One Last Note For Her Family

  19-05-2018 21:45 via yahoo.com
  They have since framed the heartbreaking note.
  
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• Parents Arrested After Five-Year-Old`s Body Found In Sacramento Storage Unit

  19-05-2018 21:20 via yahoo.com
  Police say five-year-old Cali Anderson died in the last two weeks, and her father and step-mother rented a car to take the child`s body from Reno to a Sacramento storage unit.
  
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• Grand Theft Auto 4's Open World Is Still Fantastic 10 Years Later

  19-05-2018 21:14 via gamespot.com
  
  In 2008, Grand Theft Auto IV came at a time when open-world games were a dime a dozen. With the open-world framework set by GTA III, where player agency inside a large and expansive setting is given all the focus, Rockstar Games' big return to the criminal underworld of Liberty City had to overcome some high expectations and other competitors that advanced the genre even further. Though GTA IV found remarkable critical and commercial success, many fans found the game's more grounded and subdued
  
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• Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 Revamps Its Multiplayer For A More Tactical Experience

  19-05-2018 21:11 via gamespot.com
  
  Treyarch has big plans for the next entry in the Black Ops series. Along with revamped multiplayer, an expanded Zombies mode, and a series of solo missions centered around the Specialist characters, the developer plans to bring the battle royale craze to Call of Duty. During yesterday's Black Ops 4 reveal event, we got to play over an hour of multiplayer. We also spoke with studio design director David Vonderhaar about Treyarch's influence on the Call of Duty series and how the team is looking t
  
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• Iran wary as EU presents plans to save nuclear deal

  19-05-2018 21:05 via yahoo.com
  Iran said Saturday it would wait to see whether Europe produces tangible results in overcoming US sanctions before it decides whether to stay in the nuclear deal, as a top EU official visited Tehran to present plans for maintaining trade ties."The ball is in the court of the EU.
  
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• 'The Power of Love': address by U.S. bishop at Harry and Meghan's wedding

  19-05-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  Following is the address by U.S. Episcopalian bishop, Michael Bruce Curry, at the wedding of Britain's Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle, as delivered.The late Dr Martin Luther King once said, and I quote: “We must discover the power of love, the redemptive power of love.
  
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• Meghan Markle Wears Stella McCartney for Her Wedding Reception Dress. Here's What We Know

  19-05-2018 20:28 via yahoo.com
  Because two dresses are better than one
  
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• The Latest: Lava flow from fissure destroys 4 homes

  19-05-2018 19:57 via yahoo.com
  VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) — The Latest on the eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano (all times local):
  
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• 'Absolutely nothing': Venezuelan exiles expect no change after election

  19-05-2018 19:44 via yahoo.com
  From Madrid to Miami and from Montevideo to Santiago, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans live in exile, having fled their country as it descended into economic ruin over the past few years.From very diverse backgrounds, many say they have no expectation that Sunday's controversial election, in which socialist Nicolas Maduro is seeking another six-year term, will change anything for the better.
  
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• PS4 Weekly Recap: Deus Ex Isn't Dead, Kingdom Hearts is Real, And Several Delays

  19-05-2018 19:34 via gamespot.com
  
  This week is PS4 news is a wild one, loaded with plenty of updates on your favorite forthcoming titles, deals, and more. There are also plenty of E3 updates and deals for you.Deus Ex isn't dead, but it's not coming back any time soon. We saw new reveals from of Kingdom Hearts 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Rage 2, and more. On the other end, Shenmue 3, Skull and Bones, and Metro Exodus have been delayed. A new PS4 system update is available now and GTA 5 Online's update added a battle royale mode
  
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• Xbox Weekly Recap: Black Ops 4 Reveal, Halo Is Coming To An Arcade Near You, And Killer Deals

  19-05-2018 19:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Xbox One's news this week is all about forthcoming titles, though not many of those are exclusives. This week is also seeing plenty of events, deals, and more.Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is foregoing a traditional single-player campaign, Kingdom Hearts 3 actually does exist, and Halois coming to arcades. We also saw the gameplay reveal of Rage 2, and a brand new controller for Xbox One and PC that will be more accessible for players with limited mobility. Dragon Ball FighterZ has its first limited
  
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• Switch Weekly Recap: Monster Hunter, Cross-Platform Achievements, And More Coming

  19-05-2018 19:33 via gamespot.com
  
  From cult-favorite RPGs to chill exploration narratives, this week's Switch news is definitely more about what games are coming than what's already released. There are also a few deals you won't want to miss, and some E3 sneak peeks.Headlining this week's biggest news on Switch is Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, which will be available worldwide this fall. Mineko's Night Market has also received a fall release date, and might be the closest thing we'll get to Animal Crossing on the system
  
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• Three Palestinians wounded in Monday protests die: Gaza ministry

  19-05-2018 19:12 via yahoo.com
  Three Palestinians have died from their wounds days after being shot by Israeli troops during protests in the Gaza Strip, the territory's health ministry said Saturday.The three men were 20-year-old Mohammed Mazen Alyan, 58-year-old Moein Abdel-Hamid Al-Saai, and 21-year-old Ahmed Samara, the Hamas-run ministry said in a statement Saturday.
  
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• Houston Texans' J.J. Watt To Pay For Funerals Of School Shooting Victims

  19-05-2018 19:07 via yahoo.com
  Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt said he plans to pay for the funerals
  
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• Deadpool 2 Completely Ruins X-Men's Already Ludicrous Movie Timeline

  19-05-2018 19:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Is there anything more difficult to make sense of in movies than the X-Men film franchise? Whether it's the initial trilogy, the three prequels that followed and completely changed the established timeline, or the three Wolverine spin-offs that are set all over the place, the X-Men movies are... a lot to deal with.And that's before you throw Deadpool into the mix. While the Merc with a Mouth makes a mockery of just about everything--and plenty of meta jokes at the expense of his own movie univer
  
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• Houston Police Chief Says He's Sick Of Inaction On Gun Control

  19-05-2018 18:25 via yahoo.com
  Following another school shooting, this one leaving 10 dead and 13 injured in
  
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• In London, some Brits shrug off royal wedding: 'Irrelevant'

  19-05-2018 18:13 via yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — Watching the cheering, flag-waving Brits lining the sun-soaked royal procession route on television, it's easy to get the impression of a wedding-crazy country still deeply in love with its royal family.
  
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• Texas school shooting: NFL player JJ Watt to pay for funerals of all 10 victims killed by Santa Fe gunman

  19-05-2018 18:10 via yahoo.com
  An NFL player has promised to pay for the funerals of all 10 victims who died when a teenage gunman burst into an art class and opened fire at his Texas school.Students said Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a 17-year-old student at Santa Fe High School, unleashed a barrage of bullets on Friday after running into a classroom armed with a shotgun and pistol.The mass shooting became the latest in a long line of fatal attacks on campuses in the US.
  
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• Some survivors of Santa Fe school shooting are hesitant to return

  19-05-2018 17:47 via yahoo.com
  Two survivors of the mass shooting in Texas, Autumn Harrison and Alyssa Voll, describe the fear they continue to experience. They said the trauma may prevent them from going back to Santa Fe High School.
  
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• Foreigners tried to influence the 2016 election – Not just Russia

  19-05-2018 17:44 via yahoo.com
  The New York Times reports Donald Trump Jr. allegedly met with an Israeli social media specialist and an emissary for the crown princes of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
  
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• Celebrity guests show their royal wedding fashion best at Windsor

  19-05-2018 17:32 via yahoo.com
  WINDSOR, England (Reuters) - Windsor Castle became an eclectic catwalk of colorful frocks and shapely hats on Saturday as celebrity guests offered up an array of royal wedding outfit styles, eagerly watched by fashionistas around the world.
  
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• Rainbow Six Siege Pro League 3 Finals And Operation Para Bellum Reveal

  19-05-2018 17:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Tune in to watch the best Rainbow Six Siege teams duke it out in the Pro League 3 Finals and also find out more details on the new map and new operators in Operation Para Bellum.
  
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• Sri Lanka warns of Tamil separatist resurgence

  19-05-2018 17:28 via yahoo.com
  Sri Lanka's president Saturday warned that Tamil extremists were regrouping abroad to revive their demand to divide the island nation nine years after the end of its decades-long ethnic war.Maithripala Sirisena said government forces had failed to quash the Tamil rebels' separatism, although they were militarily conquered by May 2009 following a no-holds-barred offensive."We have defeated terrorism of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam), but we have not been able to defeat their ideology
  
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• Bishop Michael Curry brought passion and fire to the Royal Wedding

  19-05-2018 17:19 via yahoo.com
  Sure, people attended and tuned into the Royal Wedding to see Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, but while they were there theyreally fell in love with Bishop Michael Curry. The Chicago bishop, whom Markle reportedly invited to speak at the ceremony, dropped serious knowledge about the power of love, ignited sparks of passion with a very long talk about fire, and even quoted Dr. Martin Luther King. He became the first black presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in 2015, asBBC notes, and boy did
  
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• Elton John Gave An All-Star Performance At The Royal Wedding Luncheon

  19-05-2018 17:08 via yahoo.com
  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding entertainment will be hard to top:
  
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• ‘I am not obstructing justice, I am seeking it’: Oakland mayor fires back at Trump after warning immigrants about raids

  19-05-2018 17:04 via yahoo.com
  The mayor of Oakland is pushing back on President Donald Trump’s claims that she obstructed justice by warning undocumented immigrants of an impending federal raid.Mayor Libby Schaaf, a Democrat, wrote in a weekend op-ed that it was her “duty” to warn immigrants about the raid, which was set to target around 1,000 people living in the Bay Area earlier this year.Immigration and Customs Enforcement has indicated that a tweet from the mayor prevented the arrest of as many as 800 p
  
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• Helicopters rescue residents from fresh Hawaii volcano lava flow

  19-05-2018 17:03 via yahoo.com
  Helicopters were rushed in to rescue four trapped residents after lava flowing from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano isolated a cluster of homes, as the US Geological Survey said Saturday an explosion from its crater sent ash pouring into the sky.Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim wrote on Twitter Friday that "fast moving lava from Fissure 20 has crossed Pohoiki Rd near Malama Ki Place," near the Puna forest reserve.The lava is "isolating appx 40 homes in area," he wrote, adding that four people were "safely
  
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• Deadpool 2: All The X-Men And Other Easter Eggs And References

  19-05-2018 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  From '80s movies to obscure comics to meta jokes about the actors themselves, Deadpool 2 is full of the gags, references, and winks you've no doubt come to expect from the Merc With a Mouth. In that spirit, we've gathered up a list of the best and most clever Easter Eggs and callbacks from the movie that you may or may not have missed.Of course, maybe you haven't seen the movie yet and don't want to find out the best jokes Deadpool 2 has to offer before you can see it on the big screen. You kno
  
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• All the Ways Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Paid Tribute to Princess Diana at Their Royal Wedding

  19-05-2018 16:54 via yahoo.com
  Their royal wedding made sure to nod at Diana's legacy
  
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• Royally Cute! Princess Charlotte Has Clearly Perfected Her Royal Wave

  19-05-2018 16:43 via yahoo.com
  She served as a bridesmaid in the royal wedding.
  
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• Who Is Cello Bae? Sheku Kanneh-Mason, 19, Wows With Royal Wedding Solo

  19-05-2018 16:35 via yahoo.com
  Sheku Kanneh-Mason said he was "bowled over" to be invited to play.
  
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• Suits' Rick Hoffman's Facial Expression Was a Royal Wedding Highlight

  19-05-2018 16:33 via yahoo.com
  Meghan Duchess of Sussex's Suits character Louis Litt, real name Rick Hoffman, lit up the internet with a hilarious photo of his face.
  
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• The Queen arrives at the Royal wedding

  19-05-2018 16:20 via yahoo.com
  The Queen's arrival at St George's Chapel for her grandson's wedding marked a key moment in the day's proceedings: that the entire guestlist were now present at the venue. Tradition dictates that Her Majesty is the last to arrive at Royal engagements, visits and events – and the protocol even extends to her family's weddings.  She will watch Meghan Markle walk down the aisle to royalty and an awaiting Prince Harry. And guests will have to be on their guard for
  
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• 19-year-old cellist steals hearts at the Royal Wedding

  19-05-2018 16:20 via yahoo.com
  It seemed like the entire world tuned in on Saturday to watch Prince Harry and Meghan Markle get married at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. While all eyes were on the happy couple, ears were dazzled when 19-year-old cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason took the stage to perform for the wedding's guests.  SEE ALSO: We defy you not to sob uncontrollably at these photos of Harry and Meghan getting marriedThose watching the grand celebration from home jumped to social media to express their newfou
  
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• Convicted killer in Malaysia scandal offers to tell all: report

  19-05-2018 16:18 via yahoo.com
  A Malaysian former police officer convicted of killing a young woman in a scandal linked to the country's disgraced ex-leader offered Saturday to reveal who ordered the grisly slaying in exchange for a full pardon, a media report said.Sirul Azhar Umar, now in Australian custody after fleeing Malaysia in 2015, has maintained that he was ordered by "important people" to murder the Mongolian woman, Altantuya Shaariibuu, in 2006.Altantuya was killed and her body blown up with military-grade explosiv
  
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• Pokemon Go: May 2018 Community Day Takes Place Today, Here Are The Details

  19-05-2018 16:12 via gamespot.com
  
  May's Pokemon Go Community Day is here. This month's event takes place around the world today, May 19, and those who participate will have a chance to get a special Charizard that knows a rare Fire-type attack.As usual, the Community Day isn't centralized at a particular location, but rather during a specific window of time, meaning players can head anywhere to take part in the event. The Community Day runs for only three hours and begins at different times depending on which region you live in.
  
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• Princess Diana Reportedly Refused To Wear Chanel For A Heartbreaking Reason

  19-05-2018 16:08 via yahoo.com
  The late Princess Diana reportedly couldn't bear to wear Chanel after her
  
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• Kashmir shuts down to protest Indian leader Modi's visit

  19-05-2018 15:52 via yahoo.com
  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Separatist leaders called for a shutdown in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a daylong visit to review development work and inaugurate road projects.
  
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• A royal reception feast for 600: langoustines, quail eggs and rhubarb tartlets

  19-05-2018 15:45 via yahoo.com
  Guests of Prince Harry and his new wife Meghan were set to tuck into dishes including Scottish langoustines, grilled asparagus and rhubarb crumble tartlets at a lunchtime reception for the newlyweds.Canapes being served include poached free-range chicken in a lightly spiced yoghurt with roasted apricot, croquettes of confit Windsor lamb and garden-pea panna cotta with quail eggs and lemon verbena.There were also bowl foods such as pea and mint risotto with pea shoots, truffle oil and parmesan cr
  
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• Royal Wedding Has People Remembering Emotional Princess Diana Quote About Love

  19-05-2018 15:37 via yahoo.com
  Shots of a beaming Prince Harry at the altar on Saturday as he wed Meghan
  
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• CIA's Haspel can tap undercover work in Russian operations

  19-05-2018 15:36 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Scrutiny of the 33-year spy career of new CIA director Gina Haspel has focused on her undercover role in the harsh interrogation of suspected terrorists, but she cut her teeth in intelligence operations against Russia.
  
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• 3 survivors after airliner with 110 aboard crashes in Cuba

  19-05-2018 15:36 via yahoo.com
  HAVANA (AP) — The only three survivors of a plane crash in Cuba remained in grave condition Saturday as investigators tried to determine why an aging Boeing 737 carrying 110 people went down and erupted in flames shortly after takeoff in Havana.
  
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• The Internet Is Raving Over Bishop Michael Curry's Royal Wedding Sermon

  19-05-2018 15:35 via yahoo.com
  Curry is the first black presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church
  
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