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• Trump distances self from Cohen as raided docs are analyzed

  15-06-2018 23:55 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is distancing himself from Michael Cohen amid an FBI investigation into his longtime personal lawyer's business dealings.
  
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• Former Theranos biotech star indicted on fraud charges

  15-06-2018 23:48 via yahoo.com
  Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of blood-testing startup Theranos and a onetime Silicon Valley star, has been hit with criminal charges accusing her of defrauding investors and others, prosecutors announced Friday.The Justice Department said a federal grand jury in California indicted Holmes, 34, and Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, 53, who had been president and chief operating officer.The indictment claims that Holmes and Balwani falsely claimed that they had developed revolutionary technology that could
  
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• Harvard, Asian-Americans group spar over data in bias case

  15-06-2018 23:44 via yahoo.com
  BOSTON (AP) — Even though they bring stronger academic records than any other racial group, Asian-Americans who apply to Harvard University face the lowest acceptance rates, according to a study of admissions records filed Friday by a group that's suing the school over alleged discrimination.
  
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• The United States’ Long History Of Separating Families Of Color

  15-06-2018 23:29 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration's policy of separating children from their families
  
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• Sheriff: 1 deputy killed, another wounded in Kansas

  15-06-2018 23:18 via yahoo.com
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — An inmate overpowered two sheriff's deputies while being transported to a Kansas City courthouse on Friday, resulting in a shooting that killed one deputy and critically wounded the other, authorities said.
  
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• 'Infinity War' Writers Have A Simple Idea To Fix The DC Universe Movies

  15-06-2018 23:06 via yahoo.com
  The superheroes of the DC Extended Universe has done well at the movie
  
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• NOT REAL NEWS: Walmart not housing immigrants for DHS

  15-06-2018 23:05 via yahoo.com
  Walmart is not working with the Department of Homeland Security to create detention centers for migrants despite reports online claiming the two have been working together in recent years.
  
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• AT&T CEO says ready to invest, WarnerMedia rebranding unveiled

  15-06-2018 23:05 via yahoo.com
  "We're not going to be penny-wise and pound-foolish here," Stephenson said in an interview on the financial news channel.The No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier closed its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner on Thursday and now faces the task of integrating a media company into its operations as it seeks to rival Netflix Inc , Amazon.com Incand other technology companies providing entertainment directly to customers.Time Warner will be renamed WarnerMedia, according to a memo sent to employees by Joh
  
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• What Kind of Breast Cancer Screening Should You Get?

  15-06-2018 23:03 via yahoo.com
  The next time you go for a routine breast cancer screening, you may find that your clinic offers you a range of options, including the standard mammogram, a 3D mammogram, an ultrasound, or even a...
  
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• Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) Stock Dividend Hike Is A Disappointment

  15-06-2018 23:02 via yahoo.com
  Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) raised its dividend by 10 percent this week, which is typically good news for investors.On Wednesday, Caterpillar's board voted to increase its quarterly dividend by 10.2 percent from 78 cents per share to 86 cents per share.Bank of America analyst Ross Gilardi was anticipating a much more aggressive capital return announcement from Caterpillar.
  
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• Spain's king gets key to New Orleans for 300th anniversary

  15-06-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The king of Spain and New Orleans' mayor saluted the city's centuries-old Spanish heritage during its tricentennial celebration Friday.
  
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• Fact-checking Trump's answers to questions from reporters

  15-06-2018 22:46 via yahoo.com
  Friday morning, President Trump took reporters’ questions on numerous topics. These are some of his answers, checked for accuracy.
  
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• Up-hill legal battle for Manafort gets steeper from jail

  15-06-2018 22:43 via yahoo.com
  Devlin Barret, national security reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about the current criminal case against Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
  
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• Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Indicted On Wire Fraud Charges

  15-06-2018 22:42 via yahoo.com
  Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes and company president Ramesh "Sunny"
  
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• Attorney General Sessions hits out at Philadelphia over 'sanctuary' status

  15-06-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in a speech at a local college on Friday, criticized Philadelphia and its mayor over the city's 'sanctuary' status, one that limits its cooperation with U.S. immigration authorities.Sessions accused the city of coddling dangerous criminals and refusing to turn them over to U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials when requested."Philadelphia is not giving sanctuary to Americans but to foreign criminals," he said.
  
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• 13 Of Our Favorite Small-Space Storage Solutions From Ikea

  15-06-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  Ikea is a mastermind at making those impossible rooms in your home work extra
  
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• US drone kills Taliban chief wanted in Malala attack: Ghani

  15-06-2018 22:25 via yahoo.com
  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani confirmed Friday that Pakistani Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah had been killed in a US drone strike.Fazlullah is believed to have ordered the failed 2012 assassination of Malala Yousafzai, who became a global symbol of the fight for girls' rights to schooling, and who later won the Nobel Peace Prize.US forces targeted Fazlullah in a counterterrorism strike on Thursday in eastern Kunar province, close to the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, US officials said
  
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• A Law to Ban Upskirting in the U.K. Was Blocked

  15-06-2018 22:23 via yahoo.com
  An attempt to make upskirting a criminal offense in the United Kingdom, punishable by up to two years in prison, has been blocked by a lawmaker in the ruling Conservative Party.
  
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• When, not if: US poised to quit UN's human rights council

  15-06-2018 22:22 via yahoo.com
  GENEVA (AP) — The United States is about to quit the United Nation's main human rights body, primarily over Washington's claim that the Human Rights Council is biased against Israel, a Western and a U.S. diplomat say.
  
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• WWE Money In The Bank 2018 Matches And Card: Ronda Rousey, The Miz, Shinsuke Nakamura, And More

  15-06-2018 22:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Rosemont, IL's Allstate Arena will host WWE's Money in the Bank PPV on Sunday, June 17. It's been a while since the last major WWE PPV, as events will no longer be just for Raw or Smackdown superstars. Going forward, each show will be dual-branded, much like Backlash was last month. Money in the Bank will be available on PPV and through the WWE Network as well.The sports entertainment giant is pushing this PPV to be a bigger event, and Money in the Bank will have an earlier start time compared t
  
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• WWE Money In The Bank 2018: Match Predictions, Nakamura Takes The Title

  15-06-2018 22:17 via gamespot.com
  
  The phrase "money in the bank," to some people, means you have literal, physical money in a literal, physical bank. Whether it's your bank account or someone else's all depends on context. However, WWE uses the phrase as an idiom, a term from popular culture that's not really used anymore. To WWE, "money in the bank" is a briefcase with a title contract hanging above the ring which six to eight superstars all try to reach by climbing ladders. Confused? Good. We can now continue. Sorry for the E
  
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• The Latest: WWII pilot missing since 1944 crash buried

  15-06-2018 22:12 via yahoo.com
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the burial of a WWII pilot (all times local):
  
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• In Merkel migrant row, Germans back tough policies: poll

  15-06-2018 22:10 via yahoo.com
  As Chancellor Angela Merkel fights to save her government in a heated battle over immigration, an opinion poll Friday showed most Germans support the tougher line of her rebel interior minister.The survey found that 62 percent of respondents were in favour of turning back undocumented migrants at the border, in line with the stance of Interior Minister Horst Seehofer who is openly challenging Merkel.The survey turns up the pressure on Merkel, who has faced a backlash for allowing into Germany mo
  
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• Nearly 2,000 children separated from adults at border: US

  15-06-2018 21:57 via yahoo.com
  Nearly 2,000 minors were separated from their parents or adult guardians who illegally crossed into the United States over a recent six-week period, officials said Friday in the most comprehensive 2018 figures provided on family separations.Between April 19 and May 31, the 1,995 children were separated from 1,940 adults who were being held by US border patrol in preparation for prosecution for crossing the border illegally, a Department of Homeland Security spokesman said on a call with reporter
  
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• The Latest: Police say man tells them he shot kids, others

  15-06-2018 21:54 via yahoo.com
  WESTMINSTER, Colo. (AP) — The Latest on a suburban Denver shooting that killed a boy and wounded three others, including his mother and brother (all times local):
  
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• Riders plunge 34 feet, 6 injured in roller coaster derail

  15-06-2018 21:49 via yahoo.com
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A roller coaster that derailed in Florida had been put out of service by state inspectors twice in the past year and a half because of problems with the ride.
  
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• Harvard rated Asian American applicants lower on personality scores than other students, study finds

  15-06-2018 21:49 via yahoo.com
  Harvard admissions officers consistently rated Asian American students lower on “personal qualities” than students of other races, according to admissions data analysed as part of a racial discrimination lawsuit against the prestigious university.A study of 20 years’ worth of admissions data shows Asian American applicants to Harvard scored much better than all other racial groups on measures of academic merit, but worse on subjective analyses of their personal qualities comple
  
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• 'Viva Le Resistance': FBI Anti-Trump Messages Give President More 'Deep State' Fodder

  15-06-2018 21:49 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Friday seized upon aspects of a Justice
  
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• Apple poaches senior self-driving engineer from Waymo

  15-06-2018 21:43 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Apple Inchas hired a senior self-driving car engineer from Alphabet Inc'sWaymo unit, Apple said on Friday, a sign that the iPhone maker maintains autonomous vehicle ambitions.
  
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• France, Italy push for migrant processing centres in Africa

  15-06-2018 21:42 via yahoo.com
  France and Italy on Friday called on the European Union to set up asylum processing centres in Africa to prevent "voyages of death" by migrants across the Mediterranean, in a crisis that has divided Europe.At a meeting in Paris President Emmanuel Macron and Italy's new premier Giuseppe Conte also demanded "profound" changes to the EU's asylum rules, which put the migrant burden on their port of entry to Europe -- mainly Italy and Greece.
  
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• Turkish opposition leader vows to defeat Erdogan and 'unite' country

  15-06-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  For a man attempting to sweep away Turkey's long serving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, opposition leader Muharrem Ince seems remarkably relaxed just over a week ahead of crucial elections, vowing to be a leader "who unites".The MP, a former physics teacher, relaxes under the shade of an apple tree in the garden of his family home in the north-western province of Yalova and promises Turkey can change."For 16 years, Erdogan has pulled society apart.
  
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• WWE's Ember Moon Wowed By Smash Bros At E3, And Ready For Money In The Bank, Despite Fear Of Heights

  15-06-2018 21:35 via gamespot.com
  
  Money in the Bank has quickly become one of WWE's bigger events of the year. The titular matches involve a contract with a title shot contained within a briefcase, hanging above the ring. Whoever climbs a ladder and grabs the case first is the winner, which sounds like an easy task, as long as you're up for the challenge. One of the superstars involved in said match is Raw newcomer Ember Moon. She's had quite the busy week, spending some time at E3 in Los Angeles.Moon spent the past week at E3 a
  
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• 'Very unfair!': Trump tweets cap another tumultuous week

  15-06-2018 21:33 via yahoo.com
  The president's tweets on Friday echo a familiar frustration that he's not getting enough credit.
  
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• Trump claims FBI 'plotting' though report found no bias

  15-06-2018 21:30 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump disputed findings by the Justice Department on Friday that former FBI Director James Comey's handling of the Hillary Clinton email probe was not politically motivated, declaring that there was "total bias" at the FBI and that the "top people" at the agency were "plotting against my election."
  
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• Trump's personal lawyer Cohen loses bid for quick Avenatti gag order

  15-06-2018 21:29 via yahoo.com
  By Brendan O'Brien and Jonathan Stempel(Reuters) - Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, on Friday lost his bid for an emergency gag order to stop Michael Avenatti, a lawyer for adult film actress Stormy Daniels, from maligning him in frequent media appearances.In a brief order, U.S. District Judge James Otero in Los Angeles said Cohen had not shown he would face "immediate, irreparable injury" without an immediate restraining order.
  
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• Man Sues Ex-Girlfriend For Sabotaging Music Career So He Wouldn't Move Away

  15-06-2018 21:12 via yahoo.com
  People in love do strange things, but sabotaging their partner's career is not
  
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• 2,000 Kids Separated From Parents Under Trump Border Crackdown

  15-06-2018 20:59 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration separated nearly 2,000 immigrant children from
  
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• Will Incredibles 3 Take Another 14 Years?

  15-06-2018 20:52 via gamespot.com
  
  It took 14 long years to get a second Incredibles film from Disney/Pixar. However, it seems as though the latest installment in the superhero franchise didn't miss a step. As GameSpot's Incredibles 2 review points out, the new film is a worthy sequel--and just might be even better than the original.It's also well on its way to earning Disney/Pixar's best opening weekend at the box office, with $18.5 million in Thursday night domestic preview screenings. That news comes via Deadline.With seemingl
  
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• 'Balloon to Heaven' Recipient Raises More Than $11,000 to Help Family After Father's Death

  15-06-2018 20:52 via yahoo.com
  Sisters Story and Gypsy sent up the balloon, hoping it would reach their father in heaven, and it led to a blessing for the family.
  
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• The Dangers Posed by the Bird Scooter Craze Catching On Across America

  15-06-2018 20:46 via yahoo.com
  Riders of the scooters have often been seen without helmets, a violation of the law.
  
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• Angela Merkel facing battle to save her coalition as immigration row splits Europe 

  15-06-2018 20:45 via yahoo.com
  Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, is to hold last-ditch talks to save her coalition government this weekend amid a major European rift over migrant policy. The German chancellor is facing open rebellion from her interior minister, Horst Seehofer, over his plans to turn away migrants at the German border. Mrs Merkel has blocked the measure but Mr Seehofer is threatening to impose it unilaterally if he doesn’t win agreement by Monday - essentially daring the chancellor to sack him. As le
  
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• France's Macron seeks common ground with Italy on immigration

  15-06-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  By Michel Rose and Richard LoughPARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron on Friday urged Italy's new prime minister to work with France, Germany and Spain on resolving migration issues rather than siding with an anti-immigration "axis" emerging within the European Union.Smiling and calling each other "my friend", Macron and Italian premier Giuseppe Conte sought to bury the hatchet in Paris after a diplomatic squabble erupted this week over Rome's refusal to accept a migrant rescue ship at its
  
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• Legendary Sushi Chef Fights Tears Remembering Anthony Bourdain

  15-06-2018 20:34 via yahoo.com
  The death of restaurateur and author Anthony Bourdain devastated many in the
  
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• What It Means to Be a 'Good' Father in America Has Changed. Here's How

  15-06-2018 20:30 via yahoo.com
  "I think the key change for the invention of the modern father is in the 1920s," says historian Robert L. Griswold
  
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• Popular Kellogg's Cereal Recalled Due to Salmonella Contamination

  15-06-2018 20:17 via yahoo.com
  The tainted cereal has caused 60 illnesses in 30 states.
  
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• Toy guns banished as Iraqis celebrate peaceful Eid in Mosul

  15-06-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  It has long been a tradition in Iraq's second city Mosul for young boys to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday by running riot with firecrackers or toy guys -- scaring their sisters and grandparents."Weapons have destroyed our city and wounded our children," she told AFP."It's not a good idea (to buy toy guns) and anyway I haven't found one in my neighbourhood this year", he said.
  
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• Experts say Trump's Russia policy is at odds with itself

  15-06-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  At a meeting of the Helsinki Commission, experts said President Trump obfuscates his administration’s policy toward the Kremlin by making pronouncements that contradict the positions of the U.S. intelligence community and diplomatic corps.
  
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• Star Trek: Discovery Changes Showrunners Again

  15-06-2018 19:38 via gamespot.com
  
  Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery is currently in production, ahead of a 2019 premiere. The series was being overseen by showrunners Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts, who replaced Bryan Fullerearly into the production of Season 1. It has now been reported that Berg and Harberts have themselves left the show, with producer Alex Kurtzman taking over as showrunner.Kurtzman's new role was confirmed in a statement from CBS Television Studios, which produces Discovery. It reads, "We've made some produc
  
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• BMW M850i xDrive Finally Breaks Cover: Here’s What We Know

  15-06-2018 19:30 via yahoo.com
  BMW's latest coupe, the 8-series, which replaces the 6-series, brings back memories-not all of them fond-of a similar switch that took place in the late 1980s.Back then, BMW replaced the E24 6-series with the 850i.Now BMW is finally letting us see the undisguised production model and is openly discussing details about what’s coming, just as the racing variant takes to the track at Le Mans.
  
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• Someone brought an IRL World Cup meme to a soccer match

  15-06-2018 19:25 via yahoo.com
  The U.S., along with Canada and Mexico, will co-host the World Cup in 2026. This means it has a good chance of getting an automatic bid for the tournament, even if the team doesn't actually qualify. Fun loophole, right? And considering the U.S. men's team didn't qualify this year, it's a pretty exciting idea for American soccer fans. So exciting, in fact, that the idea has taken on a miniature meme life of its own, courtesy of Roll Safe. SEE ALSO: World Cup opening game proved a little tricky fo
  
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