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• Steve King: Republicans promise action against congressman after 'white supremacist' remark

  13-01-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The top Republican in the House of Representatives has promised to take action against congressman Steve King following his much-condemned comments about white nationalism and white supremacy.House minority leader Kevin McCarthy said that he would be meeting with Mr King on Monday to discuss the remarks and Mr King’s future in the Republican Party.“That language has no place in America,” Mr McCarthy said on CBS’s Face the Nation.
  
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• The Latest: Shooting near Utah mall possibly gang related

  13-01-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  MURRAY, Utah (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a Utah mall (all times local):
  
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• UK's May says parliament blocking Brexit is more likely than 'no deal'

  13-01-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Theresa May will say on Monday that lawmakers blocking Brexit is now a more likely outcome than Britain leaving the European Union without a deal.Parliament is deadlocked over how to proceed with Brexit, Britain's biggest shift in foreign and trade policy in more than 40 years, and is expected to vote against May's deal on Tuesday, plunging the departure from the EU into deeper uncertainty.May's minority government, which is propped up by a small Northern Irish party, was last wee
  
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• This Year's Super Bowl Music Act Is A Safe, Expected Choice

  13-01-2019 23:34 via gamespot.com
  
  As rumoured, Maroon 5 will perform at the halftime show of Super Bowl LIII, the band confirmed today. It was also announced that Travis Scott and Big Boi will be the supporting acts for the big game taking place in Atlanta, Georgia early next month.This confirmation comes after reports that Jay-Z, Cardi B, and Rihanna said no to performing at the Super Bowl as a show of solidarity with former NFL player Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick made headlines when he kneeled during the National Anthem in pr
  
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• Aquaman Crosses $1 Billion At The Box Office, But It's Not The Biggest DC Movie In The US

  13-01-2019 23:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Aquaman is doing big business. The superhero movie has now passed $1 billion at the global box office, making it one of the most successful movies in the history of cinema. After yet another weekend atop the box office charts, it's now made $1.02 billion worldwide.Only 36 other movies have made $1 billion at the box office, according to Forbes.Aquaman is now the second-biggest DC Comics movie ever, surpassing The Dark Knight ($1.004 billion). It's still behind The Dark Knight Rises ($1.08 billio
  
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• The Latest: Churchgoers: Prayers answered by teen's return

  13-01-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  BARRON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a Wisconsin teenager found alive three months after she disappeared following her parents' deaths (all times local):
  
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• U.S. Recession Warning Signs, China's 2019 To-Do List: Eco Day

  13-01-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Here’s the latest news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to help get your day started:Many financial markets are already signaling that the U.S. is more likely than not hurtling toward recession.
  
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• House Leaders Demand President Trump Respect Their 'Investigative Efforts' After Michael Cohen Comments

  13-01-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Cohen is scheduled to testify before the House Oversight Committee in February
  
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• Snowstorm blankets mid-Atlantic, at least 7 dead in Midwest

  13-01-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  A massive winter storm rolled eastward to the mid-Atlantic after dropping more than a foot of snow on parts of the Midwest and killing at least 7 people .
  
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• Urging Gulf states to heal rift, U.S.'s Pompeo lands in Riyadh

  13-01-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and non-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member Egypt cut diplomatic, transport and trade ties with Qatar in June 2017, accusing it of supporting terrorism and their regional foe Shi'ite Muslim Iran - something Doha denies.The United States, an ally of the six-nation Sunni Muslim GCC, sees the rift as a threat to efforts to contain Iran and has pushed for a united Gulf front."When we have a common challenge, disputes between countries with shared obj
  
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• Trump under fresh scrutiny over relationship with Putin

  13-01-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump faced uncomfortable new questions Sunday about his relationship with Vladimir Putin despite his angry dismissal of a report that he has kept top aides in the dark about his private conversations with the Russian leader.Republican lawmakers generally defended the president, saying he had been tougher on Russia than his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama, but some had questions.The Post reported that Trump has gone to unusual lengths to keep his private talks with Putin
  
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• Ted Cruz: Americans outside D.C. don't care about Russia investigation

  13-01-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Ted Cruz said Americans do not care much about special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe outside of Washington, D.C.
  
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• Saudis Say OPEC+ Oil Cuts on ‘Right Track’ to Balance the Market

  13-01-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  “The action we have taken, quickly in December and that we’re seeing implemented as we speak, is a lifeline to U.S. shale producers,” Khalid Al-Falih said at a conference in Abu Dhabi.The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, led by Saudi Arabia, agreed to cut oil output this year to support prices.Crude producers in the U.S. are pumping a record 11.7 million barrels a day, according to the Energy Information Administration.
  
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• If China Tech Thought 2018 Was Bad, Wait Till This Year Unfolds

  13-01-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Many of China’s proudest technology champions were only too glad to put 2018 behind them.China’s deceleration will create ripple effects across the corporate landscape.There’s still macro uncertainty, regulatory headwinds, competition in China internet where everyone needs to invest more to counter slower user growth,” said Jerry Liu, an analyst with UBS.
  
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• Kosovo's leaders hail ex-fighters headed to war crimes court

  13-01-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo's prime minister met Sunday with two fellow former fighters in a bloody war for independence from Serbia two decades ago who are preparing to be questioned by prosecutors for a special war crimes court.
  
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• Eastern, central US to face more winter storms, polar plunge after calmer first half of this week

  13-01-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  More winter storms and Arctic air are in the offing for the eastern and central United States after a brief spell of calmer weather through the middle of this week.
  
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• Americans blame shutdown on Trump over Democrats by wide margin, poll finds

  13-01-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  When asked, "Who do you think is mainly responsible for this situation?," 53 percent of Americans blamed Trump and congressional Republicans.
  
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• William Barr: Democrats to question attorney general nominee about criticism of Robert Mueller inquiry

  13-01-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate Democrats plan to interrogate William Barr, President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, about his critical memo on Robert Mueller.
  
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• Israel claims Syria air strike, says hunt for Hezbollah tunnels over

  13-01-2019 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Long wary of publicity around its operations against Iran-linked targets on its northern front, Israel has lifted the veil in recent days -- a sign of confidence in a campaign waged amid occasional tensions with Syria's big-power backer, Russia."We have been taking action with impressive success to arrest Iran's military entrenchment in Syria," Netanyahu told his cabinet in televised remarks.Last week, an observer in Netanyahu's security cabinet, Tzachi Hanegbi, told a local TV station there had
  
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• Iran foreign minister in Baghdad for talks

  13-01-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with his Iraqi counterpart in Baghdad on Sunday for wide-ranging talks, including on US sanctions against Tehran.The visit came just days after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a surprise stop on his regional tour to urge Iraq to stop relying on Iran for gas and electricity imports.Washington has granted Baghdad a waiver until late March to keep buying Iranian gas and power, despite reimposing tough sanctions on Tehran in November.
  
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• The Latest: 3 Democrats warn Trump on Cohen testimony

  13-01-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the Russia investigation (all times local):
  
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• Magnitude 5.0 quake strikes near Anchorage, Alaska

  13-01-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Anchorage, Alaska, on Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with tremors felt as far as 120 miles (193 km) southwest of the state's capital city.
  
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• Jet slides off taxiway near Cincinnati, nation's capital under siege as winter storm roars east

  13-01-2019 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  A jet slid off a taxiway in Cincinnati and power outages climbed in North Carolina as a deadly winter storm roared east.
  
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• Daughter's plea draws 50,000 birthday cards for US veteran

  13-01-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — When Sue Morse requested on Facebook that friends send her father well-wishes for his Dec. 30 birthday, she expected maybe 160 cards.
  
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• Massive winter storm claims at least 7 lives

  13-01-2019 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  A massive winter storm rolled eastward to the mid-Atlantic United States on Sunday after dropping more than a foot of snow on parts of the Midwest and killing at least 7 people in highway accidents. Linda So reports.
  
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• Woman riding cart while drinking wine from Pringles can barred from Texas Walmart, police say

  13-01-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Wichita Falls police received a rather unique call Friday morning involving a woman drinking wine in a Walmart parking lot.
  
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• Border plan sparks fear in Kosovo's Serb enclaves

  13-01-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  A possible land swap between Serbia and Kosovo, suggested by their leaders to end one of Europe's most volatile territorial disputes, has sparked concerns that the border could be redrawn along ethnic lines and reignite festering communal ethnic animosities.With few details yet made public, media reports say that the Serb majority northern border region around the city of Mitrovica would be incorporated into Serbia under the plan, which would also see Belgrade hand over a mainly ethnic Albanian
  
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• Florida Key lime pie: So popular it has its own festival

  13-01-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The eighth annual Florida Key Lime Pie Festival will be Jan. 19 at Veterans Memorial Park on Merritt Island.
  
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• Iran summons Polish envoy in protest against upcoming summit

  13-01-2019 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Angered by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's announcement that Poland will host an international conference on Iran in mid-February, Iranian authorities on Sunday summoned Warsaw's top diplomat in the country and called off a Polish film festival.
  
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• McCarthy Vows ‘Action’ on Steve King After Latest Race Remarks

  13-01-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  In an interview published Thursday in the New York Times, King, who has represented a district in northwest Iowa since 2003, said he wondered how white supremacy had “become offensive.” The top three Republicans in the House and other lawmakers from the party condemned the remarks.
  
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• White House asked for options to strike Iran: WSJ

  13-01-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The White House's national security team last fall asked the Pentagon to provide it with options for striking Iran after a group of militants aligned with Tehran fired mortars into an area in Baghdad that is home to the U.S. Embassy, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.The request by the National Security Council, which is led by John Bolton, sparked deep concern among Pentagon and State Department officials, the newspaper reported, citing current and former U.S. officials.
  
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• Police praise Jayme Closs' bravery as first pictures revealed of place kidnapped teen was held captive

  13-01-2019 19:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Police have praised the bravery of Jayme Closs, a 13-year-old girl who was held captive for 88 days, saying it was her "will" that broke the case. It came as photographs emerged of the rural house in Wisconsin where she was held prisoner. Her alleged kidnapper, Jake Patterson, 21, was expected to be charged today [MON]. He is alleged to have broken into her home in Barron, Wisconsin, before murdering her parents and abducting her. After escaping last week Jayme was found, skinny and disheveled,
  
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• Urging Gulf states to heal rift, U.S.'s Pompeo arrives in Riyadh

  13-01-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and non-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member Egypt cut diplomatic, transport and trade ties with Qatar in June 2017, accusing it of supporting terrorism and their regional foe Shi'ite Muslim Iran -- something Doha denies.The United States, an ally of the six-nation Sunni Muslim GCC, sees the rift as a threat to efforts to contain Iran and has pushed for a united Gulf front."When we have a common challenge, disputes between countries with shared ob
  
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• Government Should Open Before Emergency Ripcord Pulled, Graham Says

  13-01-2019 19:09 via news.yahoo.com
  “I would urge him to open up the government for a short period of time, like three weeks, before he pulls the plug.See if we can get a deal,” Graham, a Republican of South Carolina who has called on Trump to invoke emergency action, said on “Fox News Sunday.” “If we can’t at the end of three weeks, all bets are off.Trump sees the declaration of an emergency as a last resort and still hopes to make a deal with Democrats to reopen the federal government, Graham
  
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• Palestinian wounded by Israeli fire dies: Gaza ministry

  13-01-2019 18:29 via news.yahoo.com
  A Palestinian wounded by Israeli fire during Gaza border protests and clashes three weeks ago has died from his wounds, the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave said Sunday.Anwar Quday, 33, was wounded in the neck east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, said ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra.At least 242 Palestinians have been killed since protests and clashes with Israeli forces erupted along the Gaza border on March 30.
  
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• Arab nations inch toward rehabilitating Syria's Assad

  13-01-2019 18:06 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — He has survived eight years of war and billions of dollars in money and weapons aimed at toppling him. Now Syrian President Bashar Assad is poised to be readmitted to the fold of Arab nations, a feat once deemed unthinkable as he forcefully crushed the uprising against his family's rule.
  
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• Mark Warner: 'It is a very real question' whether Trump acted as a Russian agent

  13-01-2019 17:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said it’s worth asking whether President Trump acted as an agent for the Russian government during his presidential campaign — wittingly or unwittingly.
  
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• Alabama police officer killed, another wounded in shooting

  13-01-2019 17:56 via news.yahoo.com
  One Birmingham police sergeant was killed and another officer critically wounded early Sunday morning in a shooting as they questioned two people suspected of trying to break into cars in Alabama's largest city.
  
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• Trump dodges question on whether he has worked for Russia

  13-01-2019 17:44 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump avoided directly answering when asked whether he currently is or has ever worked for Russia after a published report said law enforcement officials, concerned about his behavior after he fired FBI Director James Comey in 2017, had begun investigating that possibility.
  
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• Trump equates illegal immigrants with paedophiles in attempt to justify need for border wall

  13-01-2019 17:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has claimed that thousands of illegal immigrants who have sexually abused children are currently in prisons in Texas, upping his rhetoric as he seeks to justify funding for his border wall.Mr Trump was quoting John Jones of the Texas Department for Public Safety (DPS).Late last week, Mr Jones appeared at an immigration roundtable at the White House and said that more than 4,000 have been incarcerated for sexual assault in the last seven years.
  
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• Nuclear chief says Iran exploring new uranium enrichment

  13-01-2019 17:32 via news.yahoo.com
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The head of Iran's nuclear program said Sunday that the Islamic Republic has begun "preliminary activities for designing" a modern process for 20-percent uranium enrichment for its 50-year-old research reactor in Tehran, signaling new danger for the nuclear deal.
  
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• Report: Rep. Tlaib's Profanity Received 5 Times More Coverage Than Rep. King's White Supremacy Remarks

  13-01-2019 17:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The networks spent 5 times longer on Tlaib's profanity
  
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• U.S.-backed Syrian force: Islamic State in 'its final moments'

  13-01-2019 17:19 via news.yahoo.com
  A defeat of the jihadists in the enclave would wipe out Islamic State's territorial foothold on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River.A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition said the SDF were making "great progress ... but the fight continues".The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a coalition of militias led by the Kurdish YPG, have driven Islamic State from a swathe of northern and eastern Syria with the help of the U.S.-led coalition over the last four years.
  
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• Pompeo hopes for imminent end to US govt shutdown

  13-01-2019 17:14 via news.yahoo.com
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hopes for an imminent end to the longest government shutdown in American history, he said Sunday during a whistle-stop Middle East tour."I hope it ends tomorrow," Pompeo said to applause as he addressed US diplomats in Doha, the latest stop on his eight-day regional tour.The partial US government shutdown entered its 23rd day on Sunday and has seen 800,000 federal employees go without wages being paid -- including embassy staff.
  
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• Poland could limit use of Huawei products after worker arrested

  13-01-2019 17:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Poland could consider banning the use of Huawei products by public bodies, a senior government official said on Sunday, following the arrest of a Chinese Huawei official in the east European country last week.The Polish government could also look to tighten legislation to allow the authorities to limit the availability of products made by any company deemed to pose a threat to security.Poland arrested a Chinese employee of Huawei and a former Polish security official on spying allegations, offic
  
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• German antitrust watchdog to act against Facebook: report

  13-01-2019 16:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Germany's antitrust watchdog plans to order Facebook to stop gathering some user data, a newspaper reported on Sunday.The Federal Cartel Office, which has been investigating Facebook since 2015, has already found that the social media giant abused its market dominance to gather data on people without their knowledge or consent.The investigation is being closely watched amid mounting concerns over leaks of data on tens of millions of Facebook users, as well as the use of social media by foreign p
  
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• Chase ends in crash, fatal officer-involved shooting on 101 Freeway in Calabasas

  13-01-2019 16:18 via news.yahoo.com
  A man was killed in an officer-involved shooting on the 101 Freeway in Calabasas after a chase ended in a crash and armed standoff, authorities said.
  
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• Secretary of State Pompeo urges Gulf states to heal rift

  13-01-2019 15:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and non-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member Egypt cut diplomatic, transport and trade ties with Qatar in June 2017, accusing it of supporting terrorism and their regional foe Shi'ite Muslim Iran -- something Doha denies.The United States, an ally of the six-nation Sunni Muslim GCC, sees the rift as a threat to efforts to contain Iran and has pushed for a united Gulf front."When we have a common challenge, disputes between countries with shared ob
  
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• Caught on camera: 2-year old boy gives police officer hug and fist bump in heartwarming moment

  13-01-2019 15:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Officer Ryan Elledge, McKenna Landers and son Bowen join ‘Fox & Friends’ to talk about the touching moment.
  
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• The International Space Station will release its SpaceX cargo ship this weekend

  13-01-2019 15:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Both SpaceX and NASA are eager to get the Dragon cargo spacecraft back to Earth now that it has fulfilled its duties in bringing much-needed supplies to the crew aboard the International Space Station. The ship was originally expected to be released from the ISS earlier this week but plans have since changed, and NASA now expects the space station to bid farewell to the Dragon on Sunday afternoon instead.Prior to this latest change, the most recent schedule would have seen the ISS release the Dr
  
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