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• Pompeo to meet Netanyahu in Brazil after Syria decision

  27-12-2018 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet next week in Brazil with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Washington prepares to withdraw troops from Syria, the State Department said Thursday.Pompeo and Netanyahu will meet in Brasilia where both will be attending the New Year's Day inauguration of president-elect Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing firebrand who has vowed to move Brazil closer to Israel and US President Donald Trump.
  
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• Fortnite Season 7 Week 4 Secret Banner Location Guide

  27-12-2018 23:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Once you complete all the weekly challenges for week 4 in season 7 of Fortnite, a secret banner will appear in Happy Hamlet. Here's where to go.
  
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• Shutdown Likely to Go Into 2019 as Trump Fumes, Congress Is Idle

  27-12-2018 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  There was no sign of any progress toward a plan to fund nine government departments that closed after funding ran out Dec. 21.Senators have been told they’ll vote only once there’s a deal backed by Democrats and by Trump, who is demanding $5 billion for a wall at the southern border, his central campaign promise.White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued a statement outlining Trump’s demands that didn’t include the word “wall.” She said later th
  
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• Pompeo to visit Colombia amid tensions with Venezuela

  27-12-2018 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet Colombian President Ivan Duque in the resort city of Cartagena next week, as tensions flare with neighboring Venezuela.Duque and Pompeo will seek to "continue strengthening the bilateral relationship and discuss the crisis provoked by the dictatorship in Venezuela" of President Nicolas Maduro, a statement from the Colombian president's office said Thursday.
  
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• UIC student reported missing comes forward, tells police she was 'never missing'

  27-12-2018 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  A University of Illinois-Chicago student who was previously reported missing walked into a police station and told them she was never missing, police said.
  
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• Lawmakers override veto of North Carolina elections bill

  27-12-2018 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — With Republicans' veto-proof majority ending in days, the North Carolina legislature on Thursday overrode the Democratic governor's veto of legislation that would keep campaign finance investigations confidential and allow the GOP to possibly dump their nominee in a still-undecided U.S. House race marred with ballot fraud allegations.
  
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• For liberal media, Trump's visit to US troops in Iraq can't go uncriticized: Today's talker

  27-12-2018 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  As the news media bashed Trump for not visiting troops this Christmas, he was on his way to Iraq. Instead of fessing up, critics doubled down.
  
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• US government shutdown will last into 2019 as Congress struggles for deal

  27-12-2018 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The House will not vote on the spending bill this week, and the Senate is expected to follow suit.A partial government shutdown caused by an impasse over Donald Trump’s proposed wall on the Mexican border will continue into 2019 after both chambers of Congress adjourned on Thursday without acting to end the closure.
  
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• Congress meets briefly, takes no steps to end shutdown

  27-12-2018 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Both chambers of the U.S. Congress convened for only a few minutes late on Thursday, but took no steps to end a partial federal government shutdown before adjourning until next week.Showing little sense of urgency over the shutdown, now in its sixth day, the Senate and the House of Representatives did nothing to restore funding for the roughly 20 percent of the government affected.The shutdown was on track to continue into next week and possibly drag on well into January.
  
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• On foreign policy, a confident Trump removes his training wheels

  27-12-2018 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  In the days preceding last July’s NATO summit in Brussels that President Trump was set to attend, administration officials including Defense Secretary James Mattis worked around the clock with European allies to seal a summit declaration before the alliance leaders’ meeting even began.The rush by Mr. Mattis and others to complete a deal they knew might not sit well with their boss – who had consistently aired his doubts about the benefits of international defense alliances like
  
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• Bereaved Guatemalan mother hoped son would help family's U.S. entry

  27-12-2018 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Detained on the U.S. border, Felipe Gomez Alonzo died late on Christmas Eve in a New Mexico hospital a few weeks after setting off with his father, becoming the second Guatemalan child to die this month while in U.S. custody.The two deaths have led to renewed criticism of the Trump administration's hardline stance on illegal immigration, as well as fresh scrutiny of why some migrants from Central America travel with children on the long, dangerous road north.Speaking at her home in a mountainous
  
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• Why are Trump and Congress still getting paid amid a partial government shutdown?

  27-12-2018 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Many Americans might not want to see Congress get paid amid a shutdown, but any change would require getting over a big hurdle: the U.S. Constitution.
  
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• UAE reopens Syria embassy in boost for Assad

  27-12-2018 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  DAMASCUS/DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday, marking a diplomatic boost for President Bashar al-Assad from a U.S.-allied Arab state that once backed rebels fighting him.The UAE said the move aimed to normalize ties and to curb risks of regional interference in "Arab, Syrian affairs" - an apparent reference to non-Arab Iran, whose support for Assad has been critical to his war effort."The UAE decision ... came after a conviction that the next s
  
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• Good Samaritans Rewarded With $100 After Trying to Help Homeless Man

  27-12-2018 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  YouTuber Brian Breach gave anyone who offered to help him $100.
  
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• Morocco rescues over 360 migrants at sea: military source

  27-12-2018 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Morocco's navy on Thursday rescued 367 mostly sub-Saharan migrants in the Mediterranean sea after they attempted to reach Spain, a military source told AFP.Morocco stopped 68,000 attempted illegal migrants and dismantled 122 "active criminal networks" in the first nine months of 2018, according to a recent official count.Alongside migrants arriving from sub-Saharan Africa, an increasing number of young Moroccan citizens have attempted to leave the country on board inflatable dinghies in recent m
  
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• Trump video from Iraq reveals Navy SEAL team deployment

  27-12-2018 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump published video on Twitter of a meeting Wednesday with several members of the team, dressed in camouflage gear with night vision goggles.
  
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• GameStop's Winter Sale Drops Prices On PS4, Xbox One, And Nintendo Switch Games

  27-12-2018 21:03 via gamespot.com
  
  The gift-giving holidays are over, but retailers still need to pay the rent. To help urge you to open your wallet as one year ends and another begins, GameStop is running its Winter Sale, which sees prices dropping on all kinds of PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch games. Read on to see what's on sale between now and January 1.For starters, if you buy two pre-owned games, you'll get one free. The PlayStation Classic just released on December 3 for $100, but the plug-and-play console is already d
  
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• GameStop Winter Sale Drops Prices On PS4, Xbox One, And Nintendo Switch Games

  27-12-2018 21:03 via gamespot.com
  
  The gift-giving holidays are over, but retailers still need to pay the rent. To help urge you to open your wallet as one year ends and another begins, GameStop is running its Winter Sale, which sees prices dropping on all kinds of PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch games. Read on to see what's on sale between now and January 1.For starters, if you buy two pre-owned games, you'll get one free. The PlayStation Classic just released on December 3 for $100, but the plug-and-play console is already d
  
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• U.S. Midwest braces for blizzard-like conditions

  27-12-2018 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Midwest is bracing for blizzard-like conditions that meteorologists on Thursday warned could bring up to 10 inches and cause headaches for holiday travelers. Gavino Garay reports.
  
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• 2nd man nears end of historic solo trek across Antarctica

  27-12-2018 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  A British adventurer was close to becoming the second person to traverse Antarctica completely unassisted just a few days after an American became the first to conquer the feat, which was previously said to be impossible.
  
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• Two children have died in US border custody this month. Before that, none in a decade. Why now?

  27-12-2018 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen said six people have died while in Border Patrol custody during Fiscal Year 2018, which ended in September, but that none were children.
  
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• Father who worked as Santa at Walmart arrested after bodies of 2 children found buried in yard

  27-12-2018 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  A Georgia father and three other adults were arrested after the bodies of two
  
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• F1 champ Button's old Honda NSX has racked up crazy mileage

  27-12-2018 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  This Honda NSX previously owned by F1 champion Jenson Button is still running like a champ, despite possibly being one of the highest mileage examples out there
  
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• Beyond Pluto: Spacecraft to fly by distant space rock 'Ultima Thule' on New Year's Day

  27-12-2018 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  NASA's unmanned New Horizon spacecraft, now zooming into outer space beyond Pluto, will fly by a small space rock known as Ultima Thule on New Year's.
  
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• Ex-president Rajoelina wins Madagascar vote

  27-12-2018 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina has beaten his rival and predecessor Marc Ravalomanana in an election beset by allegations of fraud, the electoral commission said Thursday.Rajoelina has returned to power after he won 55.66 percent against 44.34 percent for Ravalomanana in the run-off vote held last week, it said.The defeated candidate filed papers with the Constitutional Court just hours after the electoral commission announced the election's complete results.
  
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• Manhunt for California officer's killer reaches second day

  27-12-2018 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A manhunt across California for the suspect accused of shooting a police officer to death during a traffic stop has stretched into a second day Thursday.
  
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• Father charged in deaths of own children whose bodies were found buried behind home

  27-12-2018 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities say the teens' father, who recently played Santa at Walmart, is one of four people charged in his own kids' deaths.
  
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• Amazon, Under Armour, Lululemon among 93% of retailers that kept Christmas shipping promises

  27-12-2018 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Retailers did even better last year, however, when 100 percent delivered their packages before the holidays, according to Accenture Strategy.
  
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• Instagram 'back to normal' after bug triggers temporary change to feed

  27-12-2018 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The momentary change sparked a widespread outrage among users on Twitter, with several comparing it to Snapchat'sunpopular redesign."The Instagram update is so trash it's worse than the Snapchat update," @samfloresxo tweeted."We quickly fixed the issue and feed is back to normal," Instagram said in an emailed statement.
  
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• Silent Service Assassins: Introducing the 5 Best Submarines Ever

  27-12-2018 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Let the debate begin...
  
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• Trump finally hews to ritual of meeting troops in harm's way

  27-12-2018 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland (AP) — President Donald Trump once opined that it wasn't "overly necessary" for him to visit troops in danger zones abroad. But with the lights of Air Force One out and window shutters drawn, the president did just that, slipping into Iraq at night to greet U.S. service members and show that his norm-busting presidency would hew at least to this tradition.
  
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• Toyota Corolla Hatchback Recalled Over Transmission Issue

  27-12-2018 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Toyota is recalling about 3,400 of its 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchbacks because of a faulty component in the transmission. If the part fails while the car is in motion, it could cause the vehicle t...
  
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• Spike in illegal Channel crossings 'concerning': UK minister

  27-12-2018 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain's Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes said Thursday that a spike in migrants crossing the Channel by boat was "deeply concerning", after dozens of people were rescued overnight.British border officials found 23 Iranians in three locations in Kent on England's southeast coast early Thursday, hours after French maritime authorities intercepted 11 migrants in a small boat near Sangatte.Nine Iranians, including three children, were the first to be found early Thursday on a beach near the Ken
  
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• Duchess Meghan tells well-wisher royal baby is 'nearly' here

  27-12-2018 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Duchess Meghan of Sussex told a well-wisher her royal baby with Prince Harry could be born very soon, according to a video posted on Twitter.
  
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• Michelle Obama displaces Hillary Clinton as 'most admired' woman

  27-12-2018 19:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Former first lady Michelle Obama was named the most admired woman in the United States in an annual poll conducted by Gallup.
  
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• Nissan's Carlos Ghosn, Still in Jail on Financial Irregularity Charges, Faces New Claim Involving Payments to a Saudi Businessman

  27-12-2018 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  New charges in Japan mean the former Nissan, Renault, and Mitsubishi chief has now been arrested three times.
  
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• US stocks lose momentum a day after Dow's record gain

  27-12-2018 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Stocks are down sharply, unable to build on the prior day's strong performance, as Wall Street stumbles toward what could be its steepest annual loss since the financial crisis.
  
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• The Best Switch Games of 2018 By Score

  27-12-2018 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Best Switch Games of 2018 By Score
  Nintendo achieved great success with the Switch during its first year, with the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (GameSpot's 2017 Game of the Year) and Super Mario Odyssey reminding longtime fans why they love Nintendo games, and showing newcomers that Nintendo isn't afraid to steer its most popular franchises into unexpected directions.2018, however, was a very different year for Nintendo Switch owners. Prior to the end-of-the-year combo of a n
  
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• Tesla's Musk says cave rescuer's defamation case should be dismissed

  27-12-2018 18:47 via news.yahoo.com
  In a filing on Wednesday with the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Musk's lawyers said their client's comments about Vernon Unsworth were free speech protected by the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment even if they lacked any factual basis.Musk on July 15 called Unsworth a "pedo guy" in a tweet to more than 22 million Twitter followers, a comment for which he later apologized.
  
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• Fiat 1100C Spider: Pietro Frua's first original design on sale

  27-12-2018 18:47 via news.yahoo.com
  This one-off classic Fiat 1100 Spider was legendary designer Pietro Frua's first ever design for his eponymous carrozzeria
  
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• Israeli ex-general, polling closest to Netanyahu, joins 2019 election race

  27-12-2018 18:45 via news.yahoo.com
  A former Israeli armed forces chief who opinion polls show poses the toughest challenge to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bid for reelection next year formally established a political party on Thursday.Details about Benny Gantz's Israel Resilience Party, leaked to local media after it was registered, gave little indication of its ideological tilt.Along with preserving Israel as "a Jewish and democratic country", the party pledged unspecified changes to priorities in national security and th
  
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• American adventurer completes solo trek across Antarctica

  27-12-2018 18:44 via news.yahoo.com
  An American adventurer has become the first person to complete a solo trek across Antarctica without assistance of any kind.Colin O'Brady, 33, took 54 days to complete the nearly 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometer) crossing of the frozen continent from coast to coast.In an Instagram post, he explained his journey ended upon crossing the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf: the point where Antarctica's land mass ends.
  
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• Nations count cost of 2018 climate disasters

  27-12-2018 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Climate change-induced disasters cost nations at least $100 billion in 2018, a watchdog said Thursday, warning the spate of deadly wildfires, floods and superstorms was "a shadow" of things to come if greenhouse gas emissions aren't slashed.This year is set to be the fourth hottest on record and as planet-warming carbon and methane levels in the atmosphere continue to rise, extreme weather events such as the devastating blazes that destroyed swathes of California are likely to become far more co
  
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• 14-Year-Old California Girl Dies After Fall From Arizona's Horseshoe Bend Overlook

  27-12-2018 18:21 via news.yahoo.com
  After falling from an overlook in Arizona, a teenage girl from California is dead.
  
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• Best Post-Christmas and New Year's Sales for 2018

  27-12-2018 18:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Luckily, the span between Christmas and New Year's Day (and even into January) is a great time to shop.The biggest perk of the Big Lots end-of-year sale is that it's not item-specific.Plus, during the sale, you'll find clearance toys and Christmas items up to 50 percent off.
  
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• The new wave of Netflix phishing attacks is so bad that the FTC issued a warning

  27-12-2018 18:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The year may be drawing to a close but that doesn't mean scammers are taking any time off for the holidays. A new bulletin issued by the Federal Trade Commission highlights a fresh wave of Netflix phishing scams that have been landing in email inboxes around the globe.The scam itself is old. It's a classic "update your payment information" request that includes a link to a fake Netflix login screen where gullible folks might enter their details, and it's the kind of thing that we see pretty regu
  
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• Best And Worst Movie And TV Reboots, Adaptations, And Remakes Of 2018

  27-12-2018 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  For better or worse, Hollywood is not very interested in entirely original movies. For decades, the big studios have played it safe by using existing, popular properties on which to base their movies and TV shows, whether it's sequels, remakes, reboots, or adaptations. And while it's a shame that more original product isn’t made--after all, even Star Wars and Ghostbusters were new once--you can understand Hollywood's reluctance. With theater attendances falling over the past two decades a
  
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• Let down by U.S., Syrian Kurdish leaders look to Russia and Assad

  27-12-2018 17:59 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. forces are still deployed and Trump says the pullout will be slow - Kurdish officials are scrambling for a strategy to protect their region from Turkey before the United States leaves.Talks with Damascus and Moscow appear to be the focus for the Kurdish leadership.
  
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• 3 charged in shooting at gender reveal party for woman who wasn't pregnant

  27-12-2018 17:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Three men were charged in the 2017 deadly gender reveal party shooting for a woman who was not pregnant to begin with.
  
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• Trump tweets video of secretive SEAL team in Iraq

  27-12-2018 17:14 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump may have inadvertently unmasked a Navy SEAL team during his short visit to a US base in Iraq this week. Ordinarily, the whereabouts of special operations forces are a closely held secret. In one scene, he is giving a thumbs-up alongside a group of what appear to be special operations forces.
  
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