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• US spy satellite launched into orbit from California

  19-01-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A powerful Delta 4 Heavy rocket carrying a U.S. spy satellite lifted off Saturday from California.
  
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• Damage from EF2 tornado reported in Wetumpka, Alabama

  19-01-2019 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Severe thunderstorms rumbled across the Deep South on Saturday afternoon, with one storm producing a tornado that caused extensive damage in the town of Wetumpka, Alabama.
  
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• Trump offers DACA protections in exchange for border wall; Democrats opposed

  19-01-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  As the shutdown neared a month, President Donald Trump used a White House speech Saturday to outline what he called “a common sense compromise."
  
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• US airstrike in Somalia kills 52 al-Shabab extremists

  19-01-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The U.S. military on Saturday said it had carried out its deadliest airstrike in Somalia in months, killing 52 al-Shabab extremists after a "large group" mounted an attack on Somali forces.
  
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• Trump shutdown announcement: President offers Daca extensions for undocumented migrants in exchange for border wall funding

  19-01-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has proposed a compromise to reopen the federal government which would provide extensions to protections for certain undocumented immigrants in exchange for $5.7bn (£4.4bn) to fund a wall along the US-Mexico border.Under the president’s plan, migrants who arrived to the country at a young age and qualified for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme (Daca), as well as other immigrants under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), would receive extensions to their
  
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• 'Represent us!': Women's March returns amid controversy over anti-Semitism

  19-01-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The Women's March remains a potent, if diminished, force.
  
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• First picture: Prince Philip car crash victim 'not getting enough support from Palace'

  19-01-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  A mother of two whose wrist was broken when the car she was in collided with Prince Philip’s Land Rover has told friends she is “unhappy” with the way Buckingham Palace has handled the accident. The Telegraph can reveal that Emma Fairweather, 45, was the passenger in the Kia car last Thursday when it struck the Duke of Edinburgh’s Land Rover near the Queen’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk. Ms Fairweather has since complained of feeling “overwhelmed”
  
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• Fortnite Ice Storm Event Beings After Mysterious Orb Has Opened

  19-01-2019 21:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Shortly after the release of Fortnite's 7.20 update earlier this week, players noticed that a mysterious icy sphere had appeared in the game above Polar Peak, leading to speculation that it would somehow tie into the impending Season 8. As it would turn out, the sphere actually housed the Ice King, who has now emerged and blanketed the entire island with an ice storm, kicking off a new event.During an in-game sequence that unfolded on Saturday, the mysterious sphere burst open, revealing the Ice
  
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• Fortnite Ice Storm Event Begins After Mysterious Orb Has Opened

  19-01-2019 21:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Shortly after the release of Fortnite's 7.20 update earlier this week, players noticed that a mysterious icy sphere had appeared in the game above Polar Peak, leading to speculation that it would somehow tie into the impending Season 8. As it would turn out, the sphere actually housed the Ice King, who has now emerged and blanketed the entire island with an ice storm, kicking off a new event.During an in-game sequence that unfolded on Saturday, the mysterious sphere burst open, revealing the Ice
  
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• Trump expected to propose deal linking wall funding and DACA to end partial shutdown

  19-01-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump is expected to offer temporary legal status to DACA recipients in exchange for funding for the wall and other border security projects; Garrett Tenney reports.
  
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• Trump attends repatriation of four Americans killed in Syria

  19-01-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump flew to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, where they walked slowly up the cargo ramp of the grey C-17 cargo plane that had brought home the remains.Trump and the rest of his delegation, which included senior army and navy officers, emerged from the plane after several minutes to stand at attention, saluting.
  
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• Kansas City Chiefs superfan shares tips on how to stay warm during frigid NFL games

  19-01-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Superfan Chris Stone has plenty of advice for how to prepare for a freezing cold game.
  
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• The Latest: Chile and Argentina send condolences to Mexico

  19-01-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  TLAHUELILPAN, Mexico (AP) — The Latest on a pipeline fire in Mexico (all times local):
  
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• US weather: Major snowstorm expected to bring 'blizzard-like' conditions across nation and two feet of snow to New England

  19-01-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings across the Dakotas, Great Lakes states and New England for the weekend as a storm is forecast to dump up to 2ft of snow.The National Weather Service in Albany, New York, said snow could fall at a rate of one to three inches (2.5-7.5 centimetres) an hour, creating “difficult to impossible travel conditions” in some areas.In New York City, the worst of the storm is expected from Saturday afternoon through Sunday afternoon, with
  
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• Fortnite Ice Storm Challenges (Day 1): Destroy Ice Fiends, Damage Ice Legion

  19-01-2019 21:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Epic Games has kicked off a new Fortnite world event that, along with changing the island where all the action takes places, introduces a new batch of challenges to complete. If you've been keeping a close eye on what's been happening in Fortnite you'll know that a mysterious orb appeared recently above Polar Peak. That orb has now opened, and from within it the Ice King has emerged.His arrival has also buffeted the island with an Ice Storm, which has frozen it over. An icy mist has reduced visi
  
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• Fortnite Ice Storm Challenge Guide (Day 1): Destroy Ice Fiends, Damage Ice Legion

  19-01-2019 21:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Epic Games has kicked off a new Fortnite world event that, along with changing the island where all the action takes places, introduces a new batch of challenges to complete. If you've been keeping a close eye on what's been happening in Fortnite you'll know that a mysterious orb appeared recently above Polar Peak. That orb has now opened, and from within it the Ice King has emerged.His arrival has also buffeted the island with an Ice Storm, which has frozen it over. An icy mist has reduced visi
  
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• Government shutdown: A look back at the major events, decisions and bills that got us here

  19-01-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  As President Trump readies a "major announcement" on the shutdown, here's a look back at the major events and efforts to reopen the government.
  
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• How long would a wall along the southern border take to build?

  19-01-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff Chad Sweet says that after a deal is made there are still more challenges that will have to be faced before construction can begin on a wall.
  
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• A Fireball Erupted From an Illegal Pipeline Killing at Least 66 People in Mexico

  19-01-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Forensic experts attempted to separate and count charred heaps of corpses in central Mexico on Saturday after a massive fireball erupted at an illegal pipeline tap, killing at least 66 people.
  
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• 4 boys, ages 12 to 14, arrested for rape in Delaware

  19-01-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Police in Newark, Delaware are investigating a disturbing crime involving the rape of a girl by four boys all under the age of 15.
  
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• Robert Mueller's office denies report Trump ordered Cohen to lie

  19-01-2019 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump's battle with the media reached new heights on Saturday after the special counsel investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election took the extraordinary step of disputing an explosive report. Robert Mueller’s office issued a rare public statement disputing a BuzzFeed News story that his investigators had evidence the US president directed his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about a property deal in Moscow.  Mr Trump and his Republican allies have
  
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• Women protest in hundreds of U.S. cities for third straight year

  19-01-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Women's March, a national nonprofit organization that evolved from the initial Washington march, again hosted its main event in Washington, with hundreds of "sister" marches in other cities."There is definitely huge, huge focus on the 2020 elections," said March On's Natalie Sanchez, an organizer of the 2017 Boston Women's March who is also with March Forward Massachusetts, which organized Saturday's march there.U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who launched her bid for the 2020 Democratic presid
  
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• Airlines already canceling flights into Monday from Winter Storm Harper

  19-01-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Flight headaches were on the rise Saturday as a winter storm moved toward the Northeast. Cancellations spiked into the thousands, with more likely.
  
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• Russian court extends detention of Belarussian model

  19-01-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  A Belarusian model who claimed she had proof of Russian collusion with the Trump election campaign, had her detention in Moscow extended by three days by a Russian court on Saturday.Anastasia Vashukevich, also known as Nastya Rybka, has been held for questioning since Thursday after she was deported from Thailand as part of a group convicted of participating in a "sex training course"."The court has decided to extend her detention by 72 hours," judge Natalya Borissenkova was cited as stating by
  
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• E-cigarettes could be banned in US, FDA says

  19-01-2019 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  E-cigarettes and vaping products face an "existential threat" in the US if their use among young people continues to rise, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned.Scott Gottlieb spoke on Friday at a public hearing in Maryland focused on eliminating the use of "electronic cigarette and other tobacco product use" among American youth, at a time when the agency has threatened stores selling e-cigarettes to minors and seized thousands of documents from Juul Labs, the ma
  
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• Model in Russian court apologizes for US election claim

  19-01-2019 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — A Belarusian model and self-styled sex instructor who last year claimed to have evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election said Saturday that she apologizes to a Russian tycoon for the claim and won't say more about the matter.
  
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• The Latest: Trump at ceremony for Americans killed in Syria

  19-01-2019 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's trip to Dover Air Force Base (all times local):
  
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• Brutal cold to endanger those left stranded, without power in wake of immobilizing northeastern US winter storm

  19-01-2019 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  A polar plunge of brutal cold is following this weekend’s blockbuster winter storm, which can threaten lives and complicate travel and cleanup efforts.
  
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• After the storm: Dangerous stretch of subzero AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperatures to grip midwestern, northeastern US

  19-01-2019 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  A polar plunge of brutal cold is following this weekend’s blockbuster winter storm, which can threaten lives and complicate travel and cleanup efforts.
  
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• San Quentin prison inmate Adnan Khan's murder sentence commuted after passage of California's new 'accomplice' law

  19-01-2019 18:50 via news.yahoo.com
  After serving 15 years on a murder conviction, an San Quentin Prison inmate from the East Bay is getting his first taste of freedom.
  
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• At least 8 Somali soldiers killed in attack on army base

  19-01-2019 18:22 via news.yahoo.com
  At least eight Somali soldiers were killed when the Al-Shabaab jihadist group overran their military camp on the outskirts of the town of Kismayo early Saturday, military officials and local elders said.According to the sources, heavily-armed Shabaab militants launched a dawn raid on the military camp, followed by a heavy exchange of gunfire which lasted hours."The terrorists attacked Bulogagdud military base using heavy weaponry and explosives.
  
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• George W. Bush Calls for an End to Government Shutdown With a Secret Service Pizza Delivery

  19-01-2019 18:08 via news.yahoo.com
  “It’s time for leaders on both sides to put politics aside, come together, and end this shutdown"
  
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• Intel insists leadership team 'united' even as executive departures rack up

  19-01-2019 18:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Intel has insisted its leadership team is more united than ever in the wake of chief executive Brian Krzanich's resignation last year, even as it continues its hunt for a replacement. Gregory Bryant, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Client Computing Group, said: “Obviously you don't lose a CEO and you don't notice anything has changed, that would be silly.  “But I would say the leadership team at Intel, we've really pulled together as a whole group to ex
  
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• Trump travels to Delaware base to honor four Americans killed in Syria

  19-01-2019 17:28 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Saturday to receive the remains of four Americans killed in a suicide bombing in northern Syria.The Dover base is a traditional hub for returning the remains of American troops abroad.
  
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• Trump Says He Appreciates Mueller Knocking Down BuzzFeed Story

  19-01-2019 17:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Mueller’s team late Friday rejected a story by BuzzFeed News published a day earlier that said Trump had instructed his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress.“It was a totally phony story, and I appreciate the special counsel coming out with a statement last night,” Trump told reporters on Saturday as he prepared to board Marine One at the White House.
  
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• Shutdown leads to delays in lawsuits against government

  19-01-2019 17:12 via news.yahoo.com
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — During the longest-ever government shutdown, the federal judiciary has remained open, allowing the wheels of justice to keep turning in most criminal cases. But many civil cases have come to a halt because the U.S. Department of Justice doesn't have enough attorneys working to handle them.
  
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• Resident Evil 2 Remake: All The Story You Need To Know Before Playing

  19-01-2019 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  A Long History Of Evil
  Resident Evil's story seems simple enough at first blush: Evil corporation develops virus that turns people into monsters; virus escapes. But years of reworks, prequels, and retcons have changed the details pretty significantly. Yes, much of Resident Evil is still about an evil corporation and its zombie virus, but it's also littered with twisted characters, horrifying creatures, and complex conspiracies.With the release of the Resident Evil 2 remake imminent, there's a lo
  
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• Mortal Kombat 11's Reveal Has Us Hungry For More

  19-01-2019 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  We played Mortal Kombat 11 during its reveal event and talk about how NetherRealm is getting more and more wild with their blood-soaked fighting game franchise.
  
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• Debunking BuzzFeed  and the Wages of Investigative Secrecy

  19-01-2019 16:55 via news.yahoo.com
  As a rule, Mueller does not comment on press reports about his probe.BuzzFeed’s description of specific statements to the special counsel’s office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony are not accurate.
  
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• The Latest: Mexico to investigate pipeline explosion

  19-01-2019 16:19 via news.yahoo.com
  TLAHUELILPAN, Mexico (AP) — The Latest on a pipeline fire in Mexico (all times local):
  
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• Donald Trump to speak with families of four Americans killed in Syria

  19-01-2019 16:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump announces trip to a Dover, Delaware, military base to meet with families of Americans killed in a Wednesday attack by a suicide bomber in Syria.
  
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• U.S. Senator Graham: A rash U.S. pullout from Syria will create 'Iraq on steroids'

  19-01-2019 16:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator Lindsey Graham said on Saturday he hoped President Trump would slow the U.S. withdrawal from Syria until Islamic State is destroyed.
  
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• We Spend 10 Days With Nintendo Switch's First Dedicated Fitness Game

  19-01-2019 16:00 via gamespot.com
  
  While the Switch doesn't have its own version of Wii Fit (yet), Fitness Boxing on the Switch might be just the thing you're looking for if you want to work out in your living room.
  
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• Nintendo Switch's First Dedicated Fitness Game Is A Great Gym Alternative

  19-01-2019 16:00 via gamespot.com
  
  While the Switch doesn't have its own version of Wii Fit (yet), Fitness Boxing on the Switch might be just the thing you're looking for if you want to work out in your living room.
  
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• Merkel's Bavarian allies elect new head, ushering in new era

  19-01-2019 15:12 via news.yahoo.com
  BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies elected a new leader Saturday, a change that offers Germany's center-right a chance to move past their persistent bickering over recent years.
  
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• Severe storms to march across southern US on Saturday

  19-01-2019 15:01 via news.yahoo.com
  While a winter storm churns to their north, residents of the southern United States are facing a severe weather danger on Saturday.
  
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• F-22s, Stealth Bombers and Submarines: How America Could Make Israel a Military Superpower

  19-01-2019 15:00 via news.yahoo.com
  These 5 things would do it.
  
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• 2018: The Year That Shook Video Games

  19-01-2019 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Now that the new year has arrived, we look back at 2018 as a whole, covering developer news, studio closures, and new releases across PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch.
  
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• AccuWeather: Winter Storm Warnings Posted for Parts of Our Area

  19-01-2019 14:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Meteorologist Chris Sowers says our weekend storm will bring a mixed bag of snow, ice and rain, followed by high winds and bitter cold.
  
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• Syrian opposition sees window for political solution in Syria

  19-01-2019 14:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Syria now has a good opportunity to reach a political solution to its devastating eight-year war as ceasefires have brought calm to many areas of the country, Syria's chief opposition negotiator said on Saturday."I think now that we have an opportunity, because nearly in Syria we have a ceasefire now, in the northeast of Syria and the north of Syria, and the efforts of fighting terrorism has achieved good results," Nasr Hariri told Reuters in an interview in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, whe
  
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