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• Michigan family of 5 killed in fiery crash caused by wrong-way driver

  06-01-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Five members of a Michigan family were killed early Sunday morning in a fiery crash on I-75 near Lexington, KY
  
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• Former Venezuela Supreme Court judge flees to U.S., denounces Maduro

  06-01-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The latest defection from the crisis-stricken OPEC nation's government comes amid growing international pressure on Maduro over his new term, which resulted from a broadly boycotted 2018 vote dismissed by countries around the world as a sham."I've decided to leave Venezuela to disavow the government of Nicolas Maduro," Zerpa said in an interview with EVTV, which is broadcast over cable and the internet."I believe (Maduro) does not deserve a second chance because the election he supposedly won wa
  
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• How Democrats could blow it in 2020

  06-01-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Don't nominate someone so far to the left that he or she could lose much of the swing vote and be cast as a liberal version of Donald Trump: Our view
  
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• MoveOn: 2020 Democratic nominee must be unapologetically progressive

  06-01-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Voters are going to back candidates who’ve got their backs, writes Karine Jean-Pierre, the chief public affairs officer for MoveOn.
  
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• Trump holds firm on border wall, offers steel option as compromise

  06-01-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump's comments came at the start of the third week of a partial government shutdown resulting from the dispute that has left hundreds of thousands of federal workers idled or without paychecks.Trump threatened again, without providing specifics on where the funding would originate, to declare a national emergency as an alternative way to build the wall, depending on the outcome of talks in the coming days.Democrats have declined to approve the $5.6 billion Trump wants to fulfill a 2016 campaig
  
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• Danny DeVito Joins The Jumanji Sequel

  06-01-2019 23:39 via gamespot.com
  
  Veteran actor Danny DeVito is joining the sequel to Jumanj: Welcome to the Jungle. Variety reported and actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson confirmed that DeVito will have a role in the film that's due out at the end of the year. The news about DeVito joining the sequel comes just days after it was reported that Awkwafina will also appear in the movie.Plot details are being kept under wraps for the Jumanji sequel, and this includes details on who DeVito will play. But it appears DeVito will be among
  
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• 'The goal is not to open up the government': Sen. Graham says no shutdown end without wall

  06-01-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  "As long as the radical left is in charge we're never going to get anywhere. The president will compromise but he will not capitulate," Graham said.
  
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• How to Deal With Possible TSA Travel Delays Caused by the Government Shutdown

  06-01-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The TSA has admitted that sick calls have increased
  
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• The government shutdown is tied for third longest on record – with no end in sight

  06-01-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The partial government shutdown reached a milestone Sunday, tying for the third longest recorded with no end in sight.
  
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• Half-Life, Portal Writer Erik Wolpaw Still Working With Valve

  06-01-2019 23:14 via gamespot.com
  
  Writer Erik Wolpaw, who worked on a number of popular Valve games like Half-Life 2: Episode One and Episode Two, as well as Portal and the two Left 4 Dead games, is back working with the studio again. He confirmed to Polygon that he's returned to Valve as a contractor, not full time. His name was spotted in the credits for Valve's new Dota card game, Artifact, and Gabe Newell himself reportedly confirmed Wolpaw had returned.Wolpaw was at Valve since 2004 before initially leaving in 2017. After l
  
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• Saudi Arabia to notify women of divorce via text

  06-01-2019 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabian courts will notify women by text message when their husbands have been granted divorces under a law that took effect Sunday.
  
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• Suspects sought in California bowling alley triple homicide

  06-01-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — Police searched for suspects Sunday in a shooting that killed three men and injured four during a brawl at a popular Los Angeles-area bowling alley and karaoke bar.
  
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• Fed to Weigh on Dollar, U.S.-China Talks, Jobs Report: Eco Day

  06-01-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Welcome to Monday, Asia. Here’s the latest news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to help get your day started:U.S. and Chinese officials are set to begin trade negotiations today in the hope of reaching a deal during a 90-day truce between President Donald Trump and his counterpart Xi Jinping. Here are seven issues that will be key to making headwayThe dollar may be poised to decline after comments from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday boosted the chances that the c
  
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• Bayern fines Ribery for comments after gold-leaf steak furor

  06-01-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich has fined winger Franck Ribery for posting expletives and insults on social media after receiving criticism online for posting a video of being served a gold-leaf steak.
  
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• December jobs report: 312,000 added, easing recession fears amid stock turmoil

  06-01-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The labor market bounced back in December as employers added 312,000 jobs amid stock turmoil and increasing worker shortages, easing recession fears.
  
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• National Park Service plans to use entrance fees to keep major parks open during shutdown

  06-01-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  National Park Service takes unprecedented step to use entrance fees to keep major parks open. The fees will be used for trash clean up and more. But is it legal?
  
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• The Latest: Sheriff: Man in truck was witness, not suspect

  06-01-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into the shooting death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes (all times local):
  
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• Park Service to tap into entrance fees to keep operating

  06-01-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service says it is taking the extraordinary step of dipping into entrance fees to pay for staffing at its highly visited parks in the wake of the partial government shutdown.
  
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• Palestinian Authority pulls staff from Rafah border crossing

  06-01-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The Palestinian Authority said Sunday it was withdrawing staff from the Rafah border post with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip to protest against "brutal practices" by rival faction Hamas."This decision comes in the light of recent developments and brutal practices of the de facto gangs" in the Gaza Strip, said the PA's civil affairs authority in a statement, quoted by official Palestinian news agency WAFA.It accused Hamas of "summoning, arresting and abusing our employees", leading it to concl
  
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• California mudslides shut down Pacific Coast Highway, ensnare motorists including rapper Soulja Boy

  06-01-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  A potent winter storm that hammered the West Coast over the weekend triggered mudslides in Southern California in areas scorched by wildfires.
  
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• Palestinian Authority pulls employees from Egypt-Gaza crossing

  06-01-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The dispute over the border stems from a rift between the PA, based in the occupied West Bank and headed by Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and the Islamist militant group Hamas, which took control of Gaza more than a decade ago in a civil war.Re-opening the Rafeh crossing, which according to human rights groups is the sole exit point from Gaza for an estimated 95 percent of its 2 million population, will require Egypt to agree on a new operator.It is unclear whether it will
  
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• Jazmine Barnes case: Suspects fired into wrong vehicle due to mistaken identity, authorities say

  06-01-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  During court, it was revealed the suspects learned they had fired into the wrong vehicle after watching the news.
  
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• Donald Trump to meet with Democrats over government shutdown

  06-01-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump remained resolute in his demand for funding for a border wall on Sunday as negotiations between Democrats and Republicans, to strike a deal and reopen the US government, stalled. Apparently content to let the shutdown continue indefinitely, he left for meetings at Camp David as determined as ever to secure the $5.6 billion requested to finance his key campaign pledge. In Washington Mike Pence, the vice president, restarted talks with key Democrat representatives in an attempt t
  
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• Venezuela's Maduro defends rule as legitimate

  06-01-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro defended his government's legitimacy Sunday as his bid for a second six-year term has come under growing fire internationally and by the country's opposition-controlled National Assembly.In another sign of turmoil around Maduro, who is to be sworn in Thursday, the Venezuelan Supreme Court confirmed that a justice who sat on a panel that deals with electoral issues has fled the county.News of the defection of Christian Zerpa came a day after the opposition-con
  
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• Phoenix police investigate after woman in coma for decade gives birth

  06-01-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Phoenix police are investigating reports of a sexual assault after a woman who has been hospitalized in a vegetative state for the past decade gave birth.
  
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• Should South Korea Participate in China's Belt and Road?

  06-01-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The costs involve more than money.
  
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• Trump digs in on wall, as shutdown enters week three

  06-01-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump stood firm Sunday on his demand for billions of dollars to fund a border wall with Mexico, claiming "tremendous" support inside his camp on the contentious issue which has forced a government shutdown now entering its third week."We have to build the wall," Trump told reporters as he left the White House for the Camp David presidential retreat.One prominent House Democrat, Adam Schiff, immediately rejected the talk of a national emergency.
  
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• Trump aide sets conditions for US Syria withdrawal

  06-01-2019 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump's national security adviser on Sunday set out conditions for the withdrawal of American troops from Syria, saying the defence of allies must first be assured.The comments by John Bolton during a visit to Israel signalled a far more gradual US withdrawal than initially set out by Trump, whose December 19 announcement concerned allies and led to the resignation of defence secretary Jim Mattis.Trump himself has more recently spoken of "slowly" sending troops home "over a p
  
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• Bolton says Turkey must not attack Kurdish fighters once U.S. leaves Syria

  06-01-2019 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's abrupt decision to announce a U.S. pullout from Syria left many questions open, chiefly whether Kurdish fighters who had been operating in northern Syria alongside U.S. forces would now be attacked by their long-time enemy, Turkey.Bolton, on a trip to Israel and Turkey, said he would stress in talks with Turkish officials, including President Tayyip Erdogan, that Kurdish forces must be protected.
  
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• With US leaving, rival powers seek to move into Syria's east

  06-01-2019 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The planned U.S. troop withdrawal opens up a void in the north and east of Syria, and the conflicts and rivalries among all the powers in the Middle East are converging to fill it.
  
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• SAS soldiers injured and ally killed by Isil missile in Syria

  06-01-2019 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Two British Special Forces soldiers have been seriously hurt after a missile attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) in Syria. The attack was believed to have happened on Saturday morning near Deir Ezzor in the east of the country.   A Kurdish soldier fighting alongside the British forces was killed in the missile strike and five other British troops were injured. The most serious casualty, understood by the Telegraph to be from Britain’s elite 22 SAS Regiment, based
  
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• Florida man shoves pizza in dad’s face after learning he helped deliver him at birth

  06-01-2019 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Robert Houston was arrested after attacking his father with a pizza after finding out his father delivered him at birth.
  
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• France's Macron reeling as tough stance against 'yellow vests' backfires

  06-01-2019 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The anti-government protesters on Saturday used a forklift truck to force their way into a government ministry compound, torched cars near the Champs Elysees and in one violent skirmish on a bridge over the Seine punched and kicked riot police officers to the ground.On Sunday evening, Macron wrote on Twitter: "Once again, the Republic was attacked with extreme violence - its guardians, its representatives, its symbols."His administration had hardened its stance against the yellow vests after the
  
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• Trump ‘may declare national emergency’ to build wall

  06-01-2019 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump on Sunday said he may declare a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
  
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• Orthodox patriarch hands over decree on independent Ukraine church

  06-01-2019 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Priests and politicians on Sunday celebrated the creation of an independent Ukrainian church, in a move that while popular in Kiev has been angrily condemned by the church in Russia.The Istanbul-based Orthodox patriarch handed over a formal decree confirming the creation of an independent Ukrainian church to its leader, Metropolitan Yepifaniy.The decree was signed at a landmark ceremony on Saturday, putting the formal stamp on a break with the Russian Orthodox church which has infuriated Moscow.
  
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• Photos: Wind, mudslides slam West Coast triggering power outages, rescues

  06-01-2019 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  A strong winter storm caused more than 300,000 power outages in Washington and triggered mudslides in Southern California this past weekend.
  
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• Collins 'getting ready' for 2020 run, splits shutdown blame

  06-01-2019 18:12 via news.yahoo.com
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sen. Susan Collins is "getting ready to run" for re-election, she said during a television appearance Sunday, but she reiterated that she won't make a decision until the end of the year.
  
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• Russia 'not ruling out prisoner exhange' for Briton held on spying charges

  06-01-2019 17:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Russia’s foreign ministry has not ruled out a prisoner exchange for the British citizen held on apparent charges of espionage. Paul Whelan, a former US marine, was arrested in Moscow on December 28th. Russian media reported claims that the 48-year-old was apprehended in possession of a USB drive containing the names of Russian security agents. Since his arrest Mr Whelan, who also holds US, Canadian and Irish passports, has been kept in the notoriously brutal Lefortovo prison in the Russian
  
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• Reports: 2 British soldiers wounded in IS attack in Syria

  06-01-2019 17:54 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — A missile attack by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria killed at least one Kurdish fighter and wounded two British soldiers embedded with them, according to reports Sunday, amid fierce fighting in the strategic area near the Iraqi border.
  
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• Trump says acting Cabinet members give him 'more flexibility'

  06-01-2019 17:51 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was in no hurry to find permanent replacements for one-quarter of his Cabinet currently serving in an acting capacity because it gives him "more flexibility."
  
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• Trump confirms key plotter in USS Cole attack has been killed

  06-01-2019 17:50 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that the US military has killed one of the architects of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole that left 17 American servicemen dead.The military said Friday that Al-Qaeda operative Jamal al-Badawi was believed to have been killed in a precision strike in Yemen."Our GREAT MILITARY has delivered justice for the heroes lost and wounded in the cowardly attack on the USS Cole," Trump tweeted.
  
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• White House signals some compromise in ending U.S. government shutdown

  06-01-2019 17:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The possible concession came even as a top official warned that the shutdown, now in its third week, could "drag on a lot longer."
  
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• Syria opposition urges Arab states not to mend ties with Assad

  06-01-2019 17:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Syria's opposition chief on Sunday urged Arab leaders not to rebuild relations with President Bashar al-Assad's government, voicing frustration amid apparent efforts to bring the Damascus regime back into the Arab fold.After years of frosty ties, the United Arab Emirates last month reopened its embassy in the Syrian capital, and fellow Gulf state Bahrain has followed suit."We hope that our brothers, the leaders of Arab nations, will not abandon the Syrian people," he added, urging them to recons
  
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• Furor over cursing congresswoman

  06-01-2019 17:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrat Tlaib vows Trump impeachment.
  
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• Israel says strikes two Hamas posts after arson balloons

  06-01-2019 17:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel's army said it struck two Hamas posts in the Gaza Strip on Sunday after balloons carried an explosive device over the border fence, but no injuries were reported.The Gaza border has been relatively calm in recent weeks after a deal in which Israel allowed Qatar to provide millions of dollars in aid for fuel and salaries in the blockaded enclave."Earlier today, an explosive device attached to multiple balloons was launched on a model airplane from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory," an
  
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• John Bolton: US troops will not leave Syria until safety of Kurds is assured

  06-01-2019 17:12 via news.yahoo.com
  John Bolton, the US National Security adviser, said on Sunday that American soldiers would not leave Syria until there was an assurance from Turkey that Kurds in the north of the country would be safe. In what appeared to indicate a slowdown of the withdrawal, announced hastily by Donald Trump last month, Mr Bolton said the US leader is seeking a commitment from Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish president, that the American allies would be protected. Speaking to journalists travelling with him i
  
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• GOP’s Steve Scalise shuts down Twitter debate with Ocasio-Cortez

  06-01-2019 17:04 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise shut down a Twitter debate on taxes with U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after Twitter users referenced a Virginia shooting where Scalise and three other people were shot by left-wing activist.
  
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• Trump aide sets out 'conditions' for Syria pullout: NBC

  06-01-2019 16:53 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump's national security adviser said Sunday that conditions such as guarantees on the safety of Kurdish allies must be met before American troops are withdrawn from Syria, NBC News said.John Bolton told journalists travelling with him on a trip to Israel that the United States wanted a guarantee from Turkey that Kurds in Syria would be protected, the US news outlet said.Trump's announcement on December 19 that the US would immediately withdraw its troops from Syria led to c
  
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• Bayern fines Ribery for offense after gold-leaf steak furor

  06-01-2019 16:40 via news.yahoo.com
  BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich has fined winger Franck Ribery for posting expletives and insults on social media after receiving criticism online for posting a video of being served a gold-leaf steak.
  
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• May Says Vote on Deal to Go Ahead Week of Jan. 14: Brexit Update

  06-01-2019 15:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Just to emphasize the challenge May faces in getting her Brexit deal through Parliament, Democratic Unionist Party Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds issued a statement Sunday saying "the fundamental problems which make this a bad deal appear not to have changed" over the Christmas break."The backstop remains the poison which makes any vote for the Withdrawal Agreement so toxic," Dodds said.
  
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