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• Disney, Verizon Fios reach agreement to avoid blackout of ESPN, other channels

  30-12-2018 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Verizon and Disney were in a standoff over ESPN and other Disney channels staying on Fios TV, which has 4.5 million TV subscribers in the eastern U.S.
  
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• Amazon to build more Whole Foods stores to boost reach of Prime Now service

  30-12-2018 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  When Amazon acquired Whole Foods for $13.4 billion back in June of 2017, many people found the move a bit curious. Now, about 18 months later, Amazon's plans with the popular supermarket chain are finally starting to crystallize.A few months ago, for example, Amazon announced that Prime members would able to receive discounts on Whole Foods purchases, with some items available at a generous 50% discount. And now comes word via The Wall Street Journal that Amazon is planning to expand the cumulat
  
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• Iraq hints at bigger role in Syria after U.S. withdrawal

  30-12-2018 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Iraq's prime minister said on Sunday that top security officials from Baghdad had met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, and hinted at a bigger Iraqi role fighting Islamic State militants as U.S. troops withdraw from Syria."This issue has a lot of complications," Adel Abdul Mahdi told reporters, referring to U.S. President Donald Trump's surprise announcement this month that he will withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq's neighbor."If any negative development takes place in Syria it will aff
  
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• Graham more upbeat on Syria troop withdrawal after Trump meeting

  30-12-2018 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator Lindsey Graham had warned that removing all U.S. forces from Syria would hurt national security by allowing Islamic State to rebuild, betraying U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters of the YPG militia battling remnants of the militant group, and enhancing Iran's ability to threaten Israel.During a morning television interview, Graham said he would ask Trump to slow down the troop withdrawal, which was announced earlier this month and drew widespread criticism.An ally of Trump, although he has opp
  
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• California authorities seek motive in triple slaying

  30-12-2018 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  ORCUTT, Calif. (AP) — California authorities are trying to determine why a Central Coast man stabbed and beat his sister, mother and a third person to death in their home.
  
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• Lion Kills 1 Worker After Escaping Its North Carolina Enclosure

  30-12-2018 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The lion was shot and killed to allow Caswell County personnel to retrieve the worker
  
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• Why a Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 was worth waiting 22 years for

  30-12-2018 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The long wait only made getting this 1992 Skyline GT-R that much sweeter for Mark Hutchinson, after he dreamed of owning one for decades
  
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• Why the Range Rover P38a deserves space in your garage

  30-12-2018 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Forever lampooned as a liability by keyboard warriors and marque snobs alike, the second generation Range Rover (P38a) remains criminally underrated. Stylish and incredibly capable as a 4x4 , here's why you should ignore the horror stories and buy one...
  
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• 8th Largest Mega Millions Jackpot in History Up for Grabs on New Year's Day

  30-12-2018 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  The jackpot climbed to $415 million in a drawing set to take place Tuesday
  
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• Washington Parses Trump’s Wall Semantics in Search for Compromise

  30-12-2018 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump’s demand for a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico actually refers to “steel slats” as well as the technology that U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers have said they need to intercept the illegal flow of goods and people, according to Kellyanne Conway, a senior White House adviser.“It is a silly semantic argument because people who just want to say ‘wall, wall, wall’ want that to be a four-letter word,” Conway said on “Fox News Sunday,&rd
  
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• Kellyanne Conway accuses Democrats of using dead migrant children as 'political pawns'

  30-12-2018 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Kellyanne Conway made the comment Sunday when asked about President Donald Trump's tweet blaming Democrats for the deaths of two migrant children.
  
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• The Royal Family reveals their favorite moments of 2018: 'Thank you to everyone'

  30-12-2018 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Kensington Palace shared a touching three-minute video compilation of some of Prince William, Duchess Kate, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan's most memorable moments of 2018.
  
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• PG&E could face murder charges in California wildfires, attorney general says

  30-12-2018 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  California's attorney general said it's possible the power utility could face charges up to murder if investigators find reckless operation of power equipment caused any deadly wildfires.
  
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• 6 people injured in jetway collapse at Baltimore-Washington International Airport

  30-12-2018 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  At least 6 people were injured, according to a Tweet sent out by BWI airport. However, none of the injuries appear to be life-threatening.
  
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• White House chief: Trump not building a 'wall'

  30-12-2018 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Outgoing White House chief John Kelly said in an interview published Sunday that he had "nothing but compassion" for undocumented migrants crossing into the US, and undercut President Donald Trump's claims to be building a "wall" at the Mexico border.Building a solid "wall" along the 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) US-Mexico frontier was a central plank of Trump's 2016 election campaign, and he has tweeted about it almost 100 times this year alone."Either we build (finish) the Wall or we close the
  
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• Missouri man fatally shoots girlfriend, her kids, her mother

  30-12-2018 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  A St. Louis-area man shot to death his girlfriend, her two young children and her mother in the home they all shared, authorities said Saturday. He exchanged gunfire with officers as he fled and was captured several hours later in a convenience store, covered in blood and wounded.
  
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• Trump's border wall 'not really a wall', says outgoing chief of staff John Kelly

  30-12-2018 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump's outgoing chief of staff on Sunday admitted the president's planned wall along the US and Mexico border would be more like a fence, as he gave his final interview before leaving office. General John Kelly, who leaves the administration on Wednesday after a rocky 18-month tenure, broke with the president on key areas during an intriguing exit interview with The Los Angeles Times newspaper. The two men have had a strained relationship in recent months. In September Gen. Kelly de
  
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• No exit: America's not only trapped in Trump's legal reality show, we're paying for it

  30-12-2018 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The whole country has been dragged into a presidential version of “L.A. Law” or “The Good Wife.” It's all lawyers all the time in the Trump era.
  
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• Border patrol chief defends agents in child border deaths

  30-12-2018 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Sunday defended his agents' handling of two sick children who died in their custody.
  
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• Rudy Giuliani says there is no evidence to suggest Trump was involved in any conspiracy to hack the DNC with Russia

  30-12-2018 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bob Driscoll says that Giuliani has no idea what evidence Mueller has against the president.
  
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• Border patrol chief defends agents in child deaths

  30-12-2018 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The deaths have intensified the debate over U.S. immigration policy as President Donald Trump holds onto his demand that lawmakers give him $5 billion to fund a wall along the border with Mexico.The impasse over Trump's border wall resulted in a partial government shutdown that entered its ninth day on Sunday.CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan told ABC's "This Week" it had been a decade since a child had died in the agency's custody and that the loss of two Guatemalan children in three weeks was "
  
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• Suspect in murder of a California police officer was making a run for Mexico when he was apprehended, officials say

  30-12-2018 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Eight people have now been arrested in the death of Newman police officer Col. Ronil Singh; Jeff Paul reports.
  
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• Will General Motors resurrect the GMC Envoy? Trademark filing raises speculation SUV may be brought back.

  30-12-2018 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  General Motors has filed for a trademark on the name Envoy, raising speculation that it will resurrect the once popular GMC SUV.
  
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• Former Afghanistan commander warns of plans to cut troops

  30-12-2018 20:01 via finance.yahoo.com
  The former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Sunday that withdrawing up to half the 14,000 American troops serving there would reduce the incentive for the Taliban to negotiate a peace deal after more than 17 years of war.Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal said the U.S. has "basically traded away the biggest leverage point we have." McChrystal's comments were in response to reports that President Donald Trump had ordered the Pentagon to develop plans to withdraw thousands of American troops by
  
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• Israel protests after Jordan minister pictured stepping on flag

  30-12-2018 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel's foreign ministry protested to Jordan on Sunday after a minister was pictured stepping on an image of the Israeli flag while entering a meeting.The image of the flag has been affixed to the floor just inside the entrance to the complex for several years to protest Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories and Jordan's normalised ties with the Jewish state, union officials say.Israel called Jordan's ambassador in for clarifications on Sunday, the foreign ministry said.
  
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• 29 states have minimum wages above the federal level

  30-12-2018 19:26 via finance.yahoo.com
  The federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour has remained the same since 2009. Since then, 29 states and the District of Columbia have set minimum wages above the federal level. Twenty states have minimum ...
  
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• Tinder date turns into terror in Massachusetts

  30-12-2018 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  TINDER TERROR: A Boston area woman is recovering after police say a man she met on the popular dating app Tinder stabbed her multiple times.
  
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• Hardline cleric Larijani named to head powerful Iran body

  30-12-2018 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani - the chief of Iran's hardline judiciary who has been blacklisted by Washington - was named on Sunday as the new head of the powerful Expediency Council, state television reported.The council is intended to resolve disputes between parliament and a watchdog body, the Guardian Council.Larijani, 57, was appointed by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who also made him a member of the Guardian Council, which vets laws and elections for compliance with Iran&
  
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• The Best Xbox One Games of 2018 By Score

  30-12-2018 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  X marks the box.
  2018 proved to be a very interesting year for Xbox. Though Microsoft didn't have too many exclusives, it did introduce a lot of new opportunities for Xbox One owners. This includes the game subscription service, Xbox Game Pass, which opens up a bounty of new and legacy games for $10 a month. Microsoft is also the leading proponent of backwards compatibility at the moment, and will even occasionally go the extra mile to offer Xbox One X enhanced games from previous generations. M
  
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• Heads up: Israeli woman stumbles upon Roman busts

  30-12-2018 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  An Israeli woman walking near ancient ruins noticed a head sticking out of the ground, leading to the uncovering of two Roman-era busts, archaeologists said Sunday.The life-size sculptures, carved in limestone, were found in the northern city of Beit Shean earlier this month, with the Israel Antiquities Authority dating them to the late Roman period, some 1,700 years ago.The well-preserved busts are of men, one of them bearded, sculpted in the Oriental style that was becoming fashionable at the
  
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• Senior Republican senator says he will ask Trump to rethink Syria pullout

  30-12-2018 18:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator Lindsey Graham warned that removing all U.S. forces would hurt U.S. security by allowing Islamic State to rebuild, betraying U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters battling remnants of the militant group, also known as ISIS, and enhancing Iran's ability to threaten Israel.The South Carolina Republican said he would ask Trump "to sit down with his generals and reconsider how to do this.Don't turn Syria over to the Iranians.""I want to fight the war in the enemy's backyard, not ours," Graham said in
  
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• Perris torture case: Home dubbed 'House of Horrors' up for auction

  30-12-2018 18:35 via news.yahoo.com
  UP FOR AUCTION: The Riverside County home dubbed a house of horrors is on the auction block.
  
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• US flag flies in Syria's Manbij despite pullout notice

  30-12-2018 18:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The Stars and Stripes fluttered above four US armoured vehicles driving through drizzle in the Syrian city of Manbij Sunday, each visibly carrying an armed soldier on lookout duty.The US patrol inside the strategic city near the Turkish border comes despite President Donald Trump's shock announcement this month that he is pulling American troops out of the war-torn country.Almost eight years into Syria's civil war, a Kurdish-led alliance called the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) controls a large
  
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• Bangladesh's Hasina set for landslide win as opposition demands new vote

  30-12-2018 18:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was heading for a landslide win in a general election Sunday that was marred by opposition claims of vote-rigging and violence between rival supporters that killed at least 17 people.Hasina's ruling Awami League party easily crossed the 151 seats required to form a majority government, according to local TV station Channel 24, which is compiling results from around the country.As midnight approached, the Awami League and its allies had won 191 seats -- som
  
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• Brazil embassy move to Jerusalem a question of 'when' not 'if': Netanyahu

  30-12-2018 18:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Brazil will definitely move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, with only the date of the transfer to be decided, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday during a visit to Rio de Janeiro."It's not a question of 'if' but of 'when'," Netanyahu told members of Rio's Jewish community, his office said in a statement.
  
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• Elizabeth Warren struggles to win support from black voters ahead of potential 2020 presidential campaign

  30-12-2018 18:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) worked for years to build relationships with black leaders, an effort that included becoming one of the first white politicians to endorse the Black Lives Matter movement.It is difficult to see a path to nomination without some support from black voters.More than 8 in 10 African Americans identify with or lean towards the Democratic Party, and on average, 25 per cent of the primary voters and caucus-goers in the last presidential contest were black.
  
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• Better medical checks on migrant children? Not all health officials know status of new screenings

  30-12-2018 18:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Public health officials in Arizona say they aren't coordinating medical screenings of migrant children in federal custody.
  
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• Syria's Assad authorizes Iraqi forces to strike IS in Syria

  30-12-2018 18:15 via news.yahoo.com
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad authorized Iraqi forces on Sunday to attack the Islamic State group inside Syria without waiting for permission from authorities in Damascus, the state news agency SANA said, as the two allies coordinate their fight against extremists ahead of a planned U.S. withdrawal from Syria.
  
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• Dow outlook: Why I'm optimistic about the stock market for 2019

  30-12-2018 18:04 via news.yahoo.com
  I was too optimistic in 2018. That makes me even more optimistic for 2019. When most folks expect bad times, stocks usually shine the following year.
  
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• Blaming Fox for shutdown

  30-12-2018 17:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Liberal magazine says network pushed Trump.
  
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• Putin Says Russia, Turkey Will Play a ‘Decisive’ Role in Syria Peace

  30-12-2018 17:35 via news.yahoo.com
  In a New Year’s message to Erdogan published by the Kremlin on Sunday, Putin said that “Moscow and Ankara are making a decisive contribution to the fight against terrorism in Syria, as well as to the promotion of a political settlement in that country.”His comment came a day after the Russian and Turkish foreign and defense ministers, as well as the countries’ intelligence chiefs, held talks in Moscow on Syria as they move to fill the void left by U.S. President Donald Tr
  
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• Persona 5 R Announced, But What It Is Remains A Mystery

  30-12-2018 17:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Atlus has announced Persona 5 R, a new version of its acclaimed RPG. A teaser video has been released and a website for the the game has also gone live. However, neither reveal what this new version of Persona 5 will include.Instead, both the website and the teaser point to more information being revealed in March, 2019. The video begins with a PlayStation logo sting, indicating that, whatever it is, it’ll be on PS4 at the very least. The teaser is also littered with the phrase “New
  
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• John Kelly blames Jeff Sessions for 'zero tolerance,' family separations along border

  30-12-2018 17:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The "zero tolerance" immigration policy that led to separation of children from their parents was the brainchild of Jeff Sessions, John Kelly says.
  
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• Stephen Miller steps into spotlight amid chaos in 'zombie' White House press shop

  30-12-2018 17:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Former officials said Miller's appearances have been a "disaster" and are a sign of a communications operation in disarray.
  
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• Lindsey Graham to CNN host on Iraq withdrawal issue: 'That's a bunch of bulls***'

  30-12-2018 17:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Lindsey Graham said that former President Barack Obama is to blame for “everything we’re dealing with today” because of his decision to withdraw from Iraq in 2011.
  
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• Man opens fire injuring mother, killing 8-year-old girl in northeast Harris County

  30-12-2018 16:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities say an 8-year-old child was killed when a suspect opened fire inside a vehicle.
  
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• AP PHOTOS: Election Day in 600-year-old Bangladesh city

  30-12-2018 16:07 via news.yahoo.com
  PANAM NAGAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Voters in Bangladesh went to the polls Sunday in the densely populated South Asian nation's 11th general election to determine whether to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party a third consecutive term or hand the reins to a loose coalition of opposition parties in the hopes of change.
  
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• Afghan presidential election delayed until July 20

  30-12-2018 16:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Afghanistan's presidential election will be postponed until July 20, an official said Sunday, as US-led efforts to end the 17-year war with the Taliban gather steam.The three-month delay, announced by the Independent Election Commission (IEC), comes after weeks of speculation that the vote would be put off to create more space for peace talks with Afghanistan's largest militant group.The presidential ballot was originally scheduled for April 20, which many observers had considered unrealistic gi
  
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• Afghanistan to delay presidential election to July: election body

  30-12-2018 16:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The announcement follows heavy criticism of October's chaotic parliamentary election, which saw problems ranging from roadside bomb attacks to malfunctioning biometric voter verification equipment, incomplete voter lists and huge delays at polling sites.The timing of the election has also been complicated by talks under way between U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and representatives of the Taliban aimed at launching a full peace process to end the war in Afghanistan.The election was original
  
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• How F-22 and F-35 'DNA' Will Make the 'New' F-16 Viper a Real Killer

  30-12-2018 16:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Here is all we know. 
  
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