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• White House Refuses to Budge During Shutdown Talks With Democratic Leaders

  05-01-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Vice President Mike Pence led the nearly three-hour meeting
  
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• 'Why did you undergo the DNA test?': Elizabeth Warren asked about ancestry in first question at Iowa event

  05-01-2019 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Elizabeth Warren is making her first campaign tour around Iowa but was quickly forced to address an issue that's likely to hurt her in the race for the White House.
  
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• Two British soldiers seriously injured in Isil missile attack in Syria

  05-01-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Two British special forces soldiers have been seriously injured in a missile attack by Isil fighters in Syria. The two soldiers were injured in a missile attack by ISIS fighters near Deir Ezzor, in the east of the country, British special forces have been operating in the area alongside US special forces to combat the militant group.  The Telegraph understands the incident occurred on Friday morning, and that the soldiers were airlifted from the scene by US forces for medical treatment
  
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• Man died in Yosemite on Christmas Day, park service says amid government shutdown

  05-01-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A visitor at Yosemite National Park died on Christmas Day after sufferring a head injury, the National Park Service said amid the government shutdown.
  
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• Poland: Fire kills 5 girls locked in home-based escape room

  05-01-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A faulty heating system appeared to have caused a fire at a house in northern Poland where five teenage girls died while locked inside a recreational escape room that was installed in the rented dwelling, investigators said Saturday.
  
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• US sends troops for possible 'violent' Congo vote protests

  05-01-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — On the eve of the first expected results of Congo's long-delayed presidential election, President Donald Trump said military personnel had deployed to Central Africa to protect U.S. assets from possible "violent demonstrations," while the country's powerful Catholic church warned of a popular "uprising" if untrue results are announced.
  
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• France's 'yellow vest' protesters return to streets

  05-01-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  France's "yellow vest" protesters were back on the streets again Saturday as a government spokesman denounced those still protesting as hard-liners who wanted only to bring down the government.Around a thousand protesters gathered on the Champs-Elysees in central Paris, where around 15 police wagons were also deployed, an AFP journalist said.Some paused outside the headquarters of Agence France-Presse (AFP) in central Paris to hurl anti-media insults.
  
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• Venezuela's congress names new leader, vows to battle Maduro

  05-01-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's opposition-controlled congress opened its first session of the year Saturday, installing a fresh-faced leader who struck a defiant tone and vowed to take up the battle against socialist President Nicolas Maduro.
  
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• Congo election results delayed past Sunday deadline

  05-01-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The commission, known as CENI, had received only 47 percent of vote tally sheets as of Saturday, said its president, Corneille Nangaa, and it was not yet clear when the results would be ready.The delay is the latest setback in a disorganized poll to pick a successor to President Joseph Kabila, who has ruled the country of 80 million people since his father was assassinated in 2001.The Dec. 30 vote could mark Congo's first democratic transition of power since independence from Belgium in 1960.
  
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• Blind woman sues Beyoncé for discriminating against disabled fans

  05-01-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  A New York woman named Mary Conner who has "no vision whatsoever," is suing Beyoncé for being in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
  
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• Southwest's Herb Kelleher: Five innovations that shaped U.S. aviation

  05-01-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The larger-than-life bourbon-drinking Kelleher helped launch Southwest in 1971. He'll forever be remembered for key innovations in the airline industry.
  
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• Venezuela's parliament rejects legitimacy of Maduro second term

  05-01-2019 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  "We reaffirm the illegitimacy of Nicolas Maduro," the assembly's new president Juan Guaido said as he was sworn in at the start of a new legislative session.Maduro is set to be sworn in on Thursday for a second six-year term after holding controversial early elections May 20.On Friday, foreign ministers from 12 Latin American countries and Canada announced in Lima that their governments would not recognize Maduro as president if he attempts to remain in office and urged him to turn over power to
  
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• Torrance police sergeant on California shooting

  05-01-2019 19:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Police say they're working to identify the suspect involved in a shooting early Saturday morning at a bowling alley in Torrance, California that killed three men and injured four others. (Jan. 5)
  
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• More TSA agents call out sick amid shutdown

  05-01-2019 19:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Hundreds of TSA agents working without pay during the government shutdown are calling out sick at major airports across the U.S. raising concerns about security. Linda So reports.
  
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• Trump aide trying to allay Israeli concerns on Syria pullout

  05-01-2019 18:45 via news.yahoo.com
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The White House has sent national security adviser John Bolton on a mission to allay Israel's concerns about President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.
  
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• Vice President Mike Pence says he won't accept pay raise during government shutdown

  05-01-2019 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Mike Pence was set to get a $12,800 pay raise this weekend, but the vice president said he wouldn't accept it amid the government shutdown.
  
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• Emma Watson 'optimistic for a fairer future' as Golden Globes set to kick off most diverse awards season yet

  05-01-2019 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  A year ago they wore all black, taking to the red carpet under a cloud of sexual harassment claims enveloping Hollywood. But now film and television stars are gearing up for the Golden Globes on Sunday night amid renewed optimism as leading ladies dominate the field in what marks the start of the industry's most most diverse awards season yet. Emma Watson set the tone in a message to fans saying how "optimistic" she was for a "fairer future" in cinema one year on from backing the Time'
  
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• PHOTOS: Several people fatally shot at a Los Angeles-area bowling alley

  05-01-2019 18:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Three men were fatally shot late Friday night and four injured when a brawl at a popular Los Angeles-area bowling alley and karaoke bar erupted into gunfire that had terrified patrons, some children, running for their lives.Police in the coastal city of Torrance responded shortly after midnight to calls of shots fired at the Gable House Bowl, which offers bowling, laser tag and an arcade.Wes Hamad, a 29-year-old Torrance resident, was at the bowling alley with his 13-year-old niece and cousin wh
  
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• Did you catch these sometimes hidden messages from lawmakers as Congress returned to work?

  05-01-2019 18:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Congress' newly sworn in lawmakers have taken bold stances in seemingly subtle ways to show off what makes the 116th Congress so diverse.
  
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• 'This is how it starts': Elizabeth Warren makes first Iowa appearance ahead of likely 2020 run

  05-01-2019 18:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Warren's Iowa trip caps a week in which she took significant steps to formalize her 2020 efforts. It serves as a first glimpse of what she may look like as a 2020 candidate.
  
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• Hamas arrests 5 over Palestinian government media raid

  05-01-2019 18:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip arrested five men Saturday over a raid at the Palestinian Authority's media headquarters, in which valuable equipment was destroyed.Five armed men attacked the offices of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation in Gaza City on Friday, trashing equipment worth thousands of dollars.The media centre is funded by the West Bank-based Palestinian government and houses Palestine TV and the Voice of Palestine radio station.
  
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• Moscow says FBI arrested Russian a day after it detained ex-U.S. Marine

  05-01-2019 17:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Whelan was taken into custody by Russia's Federal Security Service on Dec. 28.The ministry said the United States detained Russian citizen Dmitry Makarenko on Dec. 29 on the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth in the Pacific Ocean, and had transferred him to Florida."... Makarenko, born in 1979, has arrived on Saipan Island with his wife, underage children and elderly parents.
  
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• Trump: 'I don't care' that most federal workers not getting paid are Democrats

  05-01-2019 17:53 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump is warning that parts of the government could stay shuttered for months or years.
  
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• Homeland Security Calls Report of TSA 'Sick Out' Over Government Shutdown 'Fake News'

  05-01-2019 17:47 via news.yahoo.com
  CNN said the mass call outs could lead to less secure air travel
  
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• Kremlin says US arrested Russian businessman day after capture of alleged American spy

  05-01-2019 17:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Russian foreign ministry says Russian national detained one day after an American picked up in Moscow on spying charges.
  
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• Don Lemon breaks down why Kevin Hart's 'apology' just doesn't cut it

  05-01-2019 17:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Kevin Hart probably expected his interview with Ellen DeGeneres, one of the most beloved lesbians in America, to clear him of any wrongdoing.Twitter and CNN host Don Lemon was not.On his show Friday, Lemon carefully broke down why Hart's "apology" wasn't good enough for him.
  
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• EU illegal migrants hit five-year low as Spain becomes main gateway Europe

  05-01-2019 17:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The European Union has recorded the lowest number of migrant arrivals in five years, following moves to curb crossings to Italy and Greece, new figures have shown. But figures published by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) showed that while overall illegal migration to the EU has fallen to 150,000 a record number were now arriving in Spain. “The number of irregular migrants using the Western Mediterranean route to reach Europe doubled for the second year in a row to 57,0
  
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• PHOTOS: The Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival

  05-01-2019 16:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The Ice and Snow World Park will host the 35th Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival from Jan. 5 until the end of February.
  
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• California PG&E's stock tumbles 20 percent amid reports of bankruptcy musings

  05-01-2019 16:32 via news.yahoo.com
  California-based utility PG&E's shares plunged 20 percent Friday after media reports claimed the company may file for bankruptcy amid mounting lawsuits
  
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• Moscow demands answers after FBI arrests Russian

  05-01-2019 16:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Russia demanded an explanation from the United States on Saturday over the arrest of one of its nationals, amid tensions between the two countries after Moscow held a US citizen for alleged espionage.FBI agents arrested Dmitry Makarenko on December 29 on Saipan, the largest of the Northern Mariana Islands, a US commonwealth in the Western Pacific.A federal arrest warrant indicates he has since been taken to Florida.
  
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• US deploys troops to Congo as fears of violence mount over election count delays

  05-01-2019 16:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States has deployed troops to Central Africa amid rising fears of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the country prepares to declare the result of last week’s presidential election. Donald Trump confirmed he was forward-deploying "appropriate combat equipment" and some 80 soldiers to neighbouring Gabon to be on standby to protect US citizens and diplomatic missions. The DR Congo voted on November 30 in a long-delayed election to replace President Joseph Kabila who h
  
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• Man purchases $3.1 million tuna, has some ... regrets

  05-01-2019 16:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Kimura purchased the fish at an auction at Tokyo's newest fish market.In 2015, Kimura purchased a fish approximately half its weight and at half the price."The tuna looks so tasty and very fresh, but I think I did too much,” Kimura later told reporters.
  
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• Tuna sells for record $3 million in auction at Tokyo's new fish market

  05-01-2019 15:52 via news.yahoo.com
  The 613 pound fish caught off the coast of northern Japan's Aomori prefecture was bought by the owner of a Japanese sushi restaurant chain.
  
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• Police: 3 dead in California bowling alley shooting

  05-01-2019 15:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The Torrance Police Department says in a tweet there were "reports of shots fired with multiple victims down" at Gable House Bowl.
  
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• Teen who stayed up late watching Netflix saved his family from a fire

  05-01-2019 15:29 via news.yahoo.com
  A 13-year old in Delaware who decided to stay up late and watch Netflix -- and not go to bed per his mom's orders -- ended up saving his family from a serious house fire. So while we've long known that Netflix can be incredibly addicting, it apparently can also help save lives.As relayed by Delaware Online, 13-year old Damir Borden this past Tuesday was busy watching Netflix early into the morning hours when he started to smell smoke. Acting quickly, he immediately woke up his sleeping family me
  
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• Three killed, four wounded in California bowling alley shooting

  05-01-2019 14:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Three men were killed and four wounded in a shooting at aLos Angeles suburban bowling alley early on Saturday.
  
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• Here's the 2020 Ford Police Interceptor Utility That'll Soon Be Pulling You Over

  05-01-2019 14:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Meet the car you'll be seeing in your rearview mirror for the next few years.
  
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• Taiwan president calls for international support to defend democracy

  05-01-2019 13:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on Saturday for international support to defend the self-ruled island's democracy and way of life in the face of renewed threats from China.Tsai's comments came days after Chinese President Xi Jinping said nobody could change the fact that Taiwan was part of China, and that people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait should seek "reunification"."We hope that the international community takes it seriously and can voice support and help us," Tsai told reporters i
  
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• The 10 Worst U.S. Civil War Generals and Commanders

  05-01-2019 12:00 via news.yahoo.com
  During the American Civil War, there were nearly 900 officers in non-militia service who were appointed to become generals. Here, William Welsh shares his list of the worst Civil War generals and commanders.
  
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• Now is the time to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump

  05-01-2019 12:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Impeachment proceedings against President Trump must not wait for Mueller's report, write Congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib and author John Bonifaz.
  
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• Carige Administrators Have Three-Month Mandate, Sole Reports

  05-01-2019 10:28 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Banca Carige SpA administrators “have all instruments necessary to face this delicate moment” and proceed with the bank’s recovery quickly, European Central Bank supervisory board member Ignazio Angeloni told Il Sole 24 Ore.
  
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• Democratic allies should rally to protect Taiwan from China: Tsai

  05-01-2019 10:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Taiwan's president called on allies to help defend its sovereignty Saturday, accusing China of waging a "deliberate campaign" to undermine the island's democracy by refusing to talk to her government.Relations between Taiwan and China have been at a low since Tsai came to power in 2016, refusing to acknowledge that the self-ruled island is part of "one China".Beijing unilaterally cut off communication with her administration and stepped up military drills around the island as well as poaching se
  
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• Record $3.1 million paid in New Year's tuna auction at Japan's new market

  05-01-2019 08:17 via news.yahoo.com
  A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.1 million for a giant tuna Saturday as Tokyo's new fish market, which replaced the world-famous Tsukiji late last year, held its first pre-dawn New Year's auction.Bidding stopped at a whopping 333.6 million yen for the enormous 278-kilogramme (612-pound) fish -- an endangered species -- that was caught off Japan's northern coast.Self-styled "Tuna King" Kiyoshi Kimura paid the top price, which doubled the previous record of 155 million yen also paid
  
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• How the United States Would Attack North Korea

  05-01-2019 08:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Welcome to World War III.
  
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• Nissan's executive Munoz takes leave of absence in wake of Ghosn arrest

  05-01-2019 06:53 via news.yahoo.com
  A senior executive of Nissan Motor Co Ltd, Jose Munoz, has taken a leave of absence in a sudden management shake-up as the Japanese automaker deals with the aftermath of the arrest of former chairman Carlos Ghosn.Munoz's absence comes as Ghosn has been held in a detention centre since his Nov. 19 arrest on allegations of financial misconduct, which was followed by re-arrests over further allegations.
  
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• Federal agencies directed to hold off on shutdown raises

  05-01-2019 06:05 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agencies have been directed to hold off enacting pay raises for top administration officials during a government shutdown that has left hundreds of thousands of federal workers without pay.
  
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• The Latest: Federal agencies told to hold off pay raises

  05-01-2019 05:58 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on White House efforts to prevent a pay raise for top administration officials during the government shutdown (all times local):
  
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• Does Ultima Thule have moons? Scientists want to know

  05-01-2019 05:07 via news.yahoo.com
  NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sped past the peculiar asteroid binary known as Ultima Thule on New Year's Day, and it collected an incredible amount of data. In its first transmission to Earth after passing its target New Horizons told its handlers that it had filled its on-board data storage to the brim.Now, as NASA prepares to have the spacecraft send back every bit of information it gathered during its encounter, scientists are eager to answer one question in particular: Does Ultima Thule hav
  
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• U.S. says no timeline for Syria withdrawal as fighting continues

  05-01-2019 04:40 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S.-backed forces are still retaking territory from Islamic State in Syria, Pentagon officials said on Friday, two weeks after Washington said it would withdraw its roughly 2,000 troops there.At the time, President Donald Trump said the troops had succeeded in their mission and were no longer needed there.The administration's abrupt announcement last month, which took officials in Washington and allies by surprise, contributed to Jim Mattis' decision to resign as U.S. defense secretary and prom
  
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• Working without pay during shutdown, more TSA agents are calling in sick

  05-01-2019 04:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The Transportation Security Administration has reported an increase in employees calling off since a partial government shutdown beginning Dec. 22 left TSA personnel working without pay.
  
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