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• NASA's Opportunity rover braves huge dust storm on Mars as scientists keep watch

  11-06-2018 23:59 via yahoo.com
  The hardest working rover on Mars is fighting for its robotic life on the red planet.  NASA announced on Friday that the Opportunity rover is currently being hit by the worst dust storm it's ever experienced in the 15 years since it landed on Mars.  "A dark, perpetual night has settled over the rover's location in Mars' Perseverance Valley," NASA said in a statement.  SEE ALSO: 10-Year-Old Opportunity Rover Is Still Finding Crazy Stuff on Mars Scientists are worried the rover won'
  
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• 'IHOP' name change: 'IHOb' stands for International House of Burgers

  11-06-2018 23:51 via yahoo.com
  After 60 years as IHOP, the International House of Pancakes has changed its name, including its Twitter handle, to be more burger-centric.
  
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• 'La Barbie': US drug smuggler Edgar Valdez Villarreal sentenced to nearly 50 years in prison

  11-06-2018 23:50 via yahoo.com
  Edgar Valdez-Villarreal was born and raised in Laredo, Texas, where he earned the nickname “La Barbie” because of his light complexion and eyes.Prosecutors say he started dealing marijuana in Laredo as early as 2000, then moved on to selling cocaine to customers in New Orleans and Memphis.
  
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• Michigan man gets 40 years in prison in deaths of 5 cyclists

  11-06-2018 23:46 via yahoo.com
  KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A man buzzed on painkillers and other drugs when his pickup truck plowed into a pack of Michigan bicyclists, killing five, was sentenced Monday to at least 40 years in prison after he tearfully expressed regret over the rural road tragedy.
  
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• E3 2018: Assassin's Creed Odyssey Release Date Revealed

  11-06-2018 23:32 via gamespot.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Odyssey developer Ubisoft has unveiled a release date for the latest installment in the series, just ahead of E3 2018. Odyssey will release October 5, 2018 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.Assassin's Creed Odyssey will continue Layla's present-day storyline from Assassin's Creed Origins, but its past storyline will take players to ancient Greece. Specifically, the game happens around 431 BC, in the middle of the Peloponnesian War, and prominent historical figures like the philosopher So
  
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• What Assassin's Creed Odyssey Learned From Witcher 3

  11-06-2018 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  After getting hands-on time with Assassin's Creed Odyssey, we chat about what sets this open-world game apart from other Ubisoft titles and its influences from RPG's such as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
  
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• The Division 2 End Game Survivalist Gameplay

  11-06-2018 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  The Division 2 releases in March and here is a max level mission on PC fighting factions in the hot swampy streets of Washington DC.
  
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• E3 2018: Assassin's Creed Odyssey's New Trailer Leaps Straight Into The Action

  11-06-2018 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  We expected to see Assassin's Creed Odyssey at Ubisoft's E3 press conference. And we were not disappointed, as Ubisoft delivered an action-packed announcement trailer for the next game in the Assassin's Creed series.The trailer only focused on the male protagonist of AC Odyssey. Kassandra was absent. However, we got to see our hero ruefully monologue as he skillfully slew targets in the same style of the Assassin's who would succeed him. Combat seems to have the same brutal ferocity seen in Assa
  
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• E3 2018: 20 Years Later, Crash Bandicoot: Warped Is Getting A Brand New Level (Sort Of)

  11-06-2018 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is coming to new platforms later this summer, and now we know it will launch with new content. The Crash Bandicoot: Warped section of the game is getting a brand new level named Future Tense.The level is in the style of the futuristic worlds from Warped, but it's not based on any scrapped area, as was the case with the previous add-on level, Stormy Ascent. This time, developer Vicarious Visions created the level itself from scratch.The level is unlocked from the v
  
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• Crash Bandicoot Remake's New DLC Level Gameplay | E3 2018

  11-06-2018 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Future Tense is an all-new stage built from scratch for Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy on PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Switch. Get a preview from E3 2018 right here!
  
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• Assassin's Creed Odyssey Ship Combat Gameplay - E3 2018

  11-06-2018 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Assassin's Creed’s new game set in Greece shows off naval combat at E3.
  
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• Assassin's Creed Odyssey Gameplay: New Conquest Battles - E3 2018

  11-06-2018 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Odyssey for PS4, Xbox One, and PC introduces new Conquest Battles where players fight large groups of enemies for loot. Footage captured on Xbox One X.
  
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• Assassin's Creed Odyssey Gameplay - Here's How Conversations Work - E3 2018

  11-06-2018 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Odyssey has dialogue choices for the first time that impact the outcome of your time in Greece.
  
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• Assassin's Creed Odyssey: 6 Biggest Changes

  11-06-2018 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft is making some big changes for the latest entry in the Assassin's Creed series. It's going full RPG and we got hands-on time with the game. Here's what you need to know.
  
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• E3 2018: Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Ancient Greece Setting Confirmed

  11-06-2018 23:29 via gamespot.com
  
  After Ubisoft's success at transporting players to the mystical lands of ancient Egypt in Assassin's Creed Origins, players have been clamoring for any hint as to the location and time period of the next game in the franchise. A few leaks and a six-second teaser left players convinced that the upcoming game, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, might take place in ancient Greece. Turns out those predictions were right.Odyssey will be taking players back to ancient Greece, specifically to the middle of the
  
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• E3 2018: Assassin's Creed Odyssey Will Let You Play As A Male Or Female Assassin

  11-06-2018 23:24 via gamespot.com
  
  The Assassin's Creed universe has a penchant for male protagonists, but Assassin's Creed Odyssey is looking to break from tradition again. For the second time in one of the series' core titles, players will be able to play as a female character if they so please.Unlike the forced switching of sibling protagonists Evie and Jacob Frye throughout the story of Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Assassin's Creed Oydssey will let you choose between one of its protagonists, Alexios or Kassandra, to play for t
  
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• E3 2018: Skull & Bones Hunting Grounds Mode Revealed, Features PvPvE

  11-06-2018 23:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft revealed some new details about its upcoming pirate game, Skull & Bones. During its E3 2018 press conference, the developer shared an extended gameplay demo showcasing a PvPvE mode called The Hunting Grounds.Like Microsoft's pirate adventure, Sea of Thieves, Skull & Bones is a shared pirate game "where every player encounter matters." In The Hunting Grounds, players can freely sail the Indian Ocean and loot merchant ships, trade routes, or attack other vessels. While voyaging out
  
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• Singapore summit a victory for Kim Jong Un, but better than war

  11-06-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  Nicholas Kristof, columnist for the New York Times, points out that while Kim Jong Un will be able to use his meeting with Donald Trump for propaganda purposes, the attention encourages him toward normalcy and moves both sides farther from all-out war.
  
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• E3 2018: Open Beta For Ubisoft's Racing Game The Crew 2 Coming Soon

  11-06-2018 23:16 via gamespot.com
  
  An open beta for Ubisoft's racing game sequel The Crew 2 will begin on June 21, the publisher announced during its E3 2018 briefing. The beta will be held across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. While you have to wait a little while longer to play the beta, you can pre-load starting today.A new trailer for The Crew 2 was also released during Ubisoft's E3 briefing. It showed off yet another look at the racing game's four main disciplines: street race, rally raid, powerboat, and aerobatics. The op
  
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• This G7 Summit Photo Of Angela Merkel & Donald Trump Is Meme-Worthy AF

  11-06-2018 23:15 via yahoo.com
  You've really got to see this masterpiece to understand why the internet is having a field days with the memes.
  
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• Can ranked-choice voting heal American democracy? Maine may lead the way.

  11-06-2018 23:14 via yahoo.com
  Electoral reform experts believe ranked-choice voting has the potential to shake up the two-party system without destabilizing American politics. It is seen as a way to give voters more choices, reduce polarization, and make room for candidates to run as independents.
  
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• Transference E3 2018 Stage Presentation | Ubisoft Press Conference

  11-06-2018 23:03 via gamespot.com
  
  Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood took to the Ubisoft E3 2018 stage to show off his company's game, Transference.
  
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• Singapore summit a big moment for Trump, huge for Kim Jong Un

  11-06-2018 23:03 via yahoo.com
  An MSNBC panel notes that while Donald Trump has a lot riding on not humiliating himself with North Korea, the stakes, as well as the benefits for Kim Jong Un are infinitely higher both at home and on the international stage.
  
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• E3 2018: Skull & Bones' New Trailer Depicts The Golden Age Of Piracy

  11-06-2018 23:02 via gamespot.com
  
  Skull & Bones isn't Ubisoft's first dip into piracy, as Assassin's Creed IV Blag Flag depicted the end of piracy's golden age. At E3 2018, a new trailer for Skull & Bones suggested Ubisoft's upcoming game would cover both the start and height of the age.The trailer's narrator describes how piracy came to be. In an age where empires ruled, men and women who sought liberty escaped to the freedom that the open sea afforded. The trailer goes on to show how pirate captains adopted the black f
  
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• E3 2018: Ubisoft's Creepy Game Transference From Elijah Wood Gets A Spooky Trailer

  11-06-2018 22:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft released a tense trailer for Transference at E3 2018, an upcoming psychological thriller. A collaboration between Ubisoft Montreal and SpectreVision, Transference forces players into a chilling tale of a boy caught in his father's destructive obsession.The new trailer showcases how Transference merges both movie and video game to create an unsettling effect. As players explore the maze-like puzzles of a deranged mind, they'll also be navigating a multi-branching narrative, played out by
  
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• E3 2018: Beyond Good & Evil 2's Jade Returns In New Trailer

  11-06-2018 22:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft shared a stunning new cinematic trailer for Beyond Good and Evil 2 during its E3 2018 press conference. The video didn't provide much in the way of new details about the game's storyline, but it did feature a couple of familiar faces from the first Beyond Good and Evil, suggesting the game will have a much stronger connection to its predecessor than previously believed.The trailer, which you can watch above, begins aboard a ship navigating the icy ring of a Saturn-like planet. We get a g
  
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• E3 2018: All The Ubisoft Press Conference News

  11-06-2018 22:53 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft is up next in today's lineup of E3 2018 press conferences. As one of the major third publishers, the company should have no shortage of announcements concerning its latest games. Already we've been told that both Assassin's Creed Odyssey and The Division 2 will be appearing at the show. But there are bound to be no surprises in store. After all, it has been a full year since we've see any big announcements from Skull & Bones and Beyond Good & Evil 2.To help you keep up to date wi
  
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• E3 2018: The Division 2 DLC To Be Completely Free, Ubisoft Announces

  11-06-2018 22:52 via gamespot.com
  
  E3 2018 is underway, and Ubisoft's press conference gave us a lot more details on The Division 2, which is coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC on March 15, 2019. One tidbit the company shared during the conference is that all three of the game's major DLC packs released during Year 1 will be totally free.The publisher stopped short of definitively saying all DLC will be free, so there may yet be paid episodes post-Year 1 or perhaps cosmetic options purchasable in that period, but it's good to see th
  
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• Oprah Winfrey Buys an $8 Million Orcas Island Estate

  11-06-2018 22:50 via yahoo.com
  The ultra-private property includes a main house, a guest cottage, a teahouse, and a barnlike structure with a woodworking studio and gym
  
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• 5 New Westworld Season 2 Theories From Episode 8, "Kiksuya"

  11-06-2018 22:49 via gamespot.com
  
  Westworld Season 2 spoilers ahead!
  Westworld has a cold, unsentimental veneer which can feel oppressive--deliberately so. Thus, it was shocking and relieving to watch "Kiksuya," a sincere love story starring Akecheta, leader of the Ghost Nation.For two seasons, the Natives on the edges of Westworld have been a mystery, more known for their intimidating appearance than any specific characterization. "Kiksuya" changes that. We learn that Akecheta and his people have been awake and aware of themsel
  
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• Mario + Rabbids: Donkey Kong Adventure Orchestral Performance | Ubisoft E3 2018

  11-06-2018 22:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Get in the mood for Mario + Rabbids: Donkey Kong Adventure with an orchestra playing a medley of songs from the game.
  
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• The Division 2 End-Game Includes Raids And New Specializations, Ubisoft Confirms At E3 2018

  11-06-2018 22:47 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the big criticisms of The Division 1was that it did not offer enough end-game content for players. It seems Ubisoft is taking that feedback to heart with The Division 2, as the company announced today at E3 2018 that there will be raids in the game, a first for the franchise.The raids support eight players, Ubisoft confirmed. The developer added that it is planning "years" of content for The Division 2, with new updates becoming available on a frequent basis.The raids will offer a true ch
  
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• Kim Jong Un Utterances Among First Ever Heard by World Audience

  11-06-2018 22:44 via yahoo.com
  Sue Mi Terry, former director for Korea, Japan, and Oceanic affairs at the National Security Council, points out that the mere fact of hearing Kim Jong Un speak out loud in public is a rare occurrence.
  
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• E3 2018: Ubisoft's Press Conference Liveblog - The Division 2, Beyond Good & Evil 2, More

  11-06-2018 22:40 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft's E3 2018 press conference takes place today, June 11. It will be held at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles, and we'll bring you a livestream so you can watch the entire event. If you can't watch or prefer to get updates in text form, we are also liveblogging the show right here.The event kicks off on Monday at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET / 9 PM BST / (6 AM AEST June 12), so come back then to this page to see our blow-by-blow coverage of the event. We'll also have a full news roundup once the eve
  
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• Trials Rising E3 Stage Presentation | Ubisoft E3 2018 Press Conference

  11-06-2018 22:31 via gamespot.com
  
  Antti Ilvessuo from RedLynx kicks off a bombastic reveal for Trials Rising at Ubisoft's E3 2018 conference.
  
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• Trump, Kim Jong Un alignment of interests give hope to summit

  11-06-2018 22:27 via yahoo.com
  Wendy Sherman, former undersecretary of state for political affairs, talks with Rachel Maddow about how both Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un have a lot at stake in the Singapore summit, a situation that bodes well for some success.
  
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• E3 2018: Ubisoft Press Conference Reveals New Game Trials Rising

  11-06-2018 22:26 via gamespot.com
  
  Among the news to come out of Ubisoft's E3 2018 press conference was that of a new Trials game. The hybrid racing/platforming game series is getting a new game called Trials Rising, and it looks to bring back the core gameplay Trials is known for. This was all announced with creative director Antti Ilvessuo appearing on stage, crashing through a piece of furniture, and then proclaiming himself the prime minister of Finland. Yeah.Rising is a collaboration between Ubisoft RedLynx and Ubisoft Kiev.
  
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• WWE Money In The Bank 2018 Match Card: AJ Styles, Braun Strowman, Ronda Rousey, And More

  11-06-2018 22:24 via gamespot.com
  
  It's time for another WWE event, and it's been a while. Money in the Bank comes to PPV and the WWE Network on Sunday, June 17. WWE PPVs are now dual-branded as future major events will feature both Raw and Smackdown superstars, much like Backlash did last month. Coming live from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL, Money in the Bank will stream over the WWE Network and available on PPV.WWE is pushing this PPV to be a bigger event, and Money in the Bank will have an earlier start time compared to
  
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• WWE Money In The Bank 2018 Rumors: Who Will Main Event The PPV?

  11-06-2018 22:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Money In The Bank has quickly become one of the bigger PPVs of the year, following in the footsteps of Summerslam, Survivor Series, Royal Rumble, and Wrestlemania. It's going to start earlier and have more matches than a typical WWE event. Because of this, MITB has a lot of hype around it this year, and that means plenty of rumors surrounding the June PPV.MITB will have an earlier start time this year when it airs on Sunday, June 17 at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT, with a Kickoff Show starting one hour ear
  
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• Beyond Good & Evil 2 Gameplay And Stage Presentation | Ubisoft E3 2018

  11-06-2018 22:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft showed off pre-alpha gameplay for Beyond Good & Evil 2 during its E3 2018 press conference.
  
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• Trump Overture Introduces Acceptance of Nuclear North Korea

  11-06-2018 22:17 via yahoo.com
  Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, and an MSNBC panel discuss how Donald Trump's overture to Kim Jong Un in Singapore at least introduces the possibility of a friendly relationship with the newly nuclear North Korea.
  
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• Trump Outreach Brings Kim Jong Un into World Community

  11-06-2018 22:16 via yahoo.com
  Ian Bremmer, founder of the Eurasia Group, talks about how Donald Trump's outreach to Kim Jong Un has drawn the North Korean into the the world of international leadership like no previous world leader.
  
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• Just Dance 2019 Confirmed At E3 2018

  11-06-2018 22:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft's powerhouse dancing franchise, Just Dance, is returning this year with a new installment. Just Dance 2019 is coming this October, Ubisoft announced during its E3 2018 briefing.This was revealed at the top of Ubisoft's show with an elaborate dancing sequence with a marching band playing covers of pop songs like "Havana" and "Sugar." No actual gameplay footage was shown, but what we did see was a panda-like creature during a nice dance number. You can check out the footage in the video em
  
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• E3 2018: Beyond Good & Evil 2 Getting Content From Joseph Gordon Levitt's Company

  11-06-2018 22:14 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft has announced a bizarre Beyond Good & Evil 2 campaign with actor Joseph Gordon Levitt. As revealed during Ubisoft's E3 2018 briefing, Levitt's entertainment company HitRecord is teaming up with Ubisoft to allow anyone to create content for Ubisoft's long-awaited game. Really.Here's how it works at a high level: Anyone can create music or images for Beyond Good & Evil 2 and upload it to HitRecord for the company's community to collaborate on. After a period of time, HitRecord will
  
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• E3 2018 Schedule: Press Conferences For Ubisoft, Square Enix, Sony, Nintendo, Bethesda, And More

  11-06-2018 22:13 via gamespot.com
  
  We're officially in the midst of E3 2018. Gaming's big annual show is already several days in, and we've already had many of the big press conferences. But there are still two of the biggest--Nintendo and Sony--still to come, which means a lot of gaming news, reveals, and trailers. Here's when all of the conferences start and where you can watch livestreams and liveblogs.EA Play was the year's first event on Saturday, bringing news about things like Battlefield V and Respawn's new Star Wars game
  
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• E3 2018: Beyond Good & Evil 2 Trailer Reveals Jade And Other Returning Characters

  11-06-2018 22:11 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft shared a stunning new cinematic trailer for Beyond Good and Evil 2 during its E3 2018 press conference. The video didn't provide much in the way of new details about the game's storyline, but it did feature a couple of familiar faces from the first Beyond Good and Evil, suggesting the game will have a much stronger connection to its predecessor than previously believed.The trailer, which you can watch above, begins aboard a ship navigating the icy ring of a Saturn-like planet. We get a g
  
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• Kidnapper's conviction seen as vindication for UK model

  11-06-2018 21:53 via yahoo.com
  MILAN (AP) — An Italian court convicted a Polish man Monday of kidnapping a 20-year-old British model for ransom, rejecting the defendant's claim that the abduction was staged to boost the victim's career.
  
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• Scott Pruitt Faces Mounting Calls For Investigations Into Chick-fil-A Scandal

  11-06-2018 21:36 via yahoo.com
  Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing yet
  
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• Obama-era net neutrality has ended: What does it mean for you?

  11-06-2018 21:27 via yahoo.com
  Net neutrality was born as regulators, consumer advocates and internet companies voiced concern about what broadband companies could do with their power as the gateway to the internet - blocking or slowing down apps that rival their own services, for example.
  
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• US Border Patrol accused of misleading immigrants while separating families: ‘They’re taking kids for baths and never returning'

  11-06-2018 21:19 via yahoo.com
  Federal public defenders say that immigration enforcement officials in the United States have repeatedly deceived immigrant parents arriving in the US seeking shelter from violent conditions in their home country, telling those individuals that they are taking their children away for baths or other benign reasons only to never return with them.Miguel Nogueres, a federal public defender in McAllen, Texas said that he’s seen a dramatic increase in the number of cases his office sees on any g
  
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