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• Rudy Giuliani says he is '100% certain' Trump did not tell Cohen to lie to Congress

  20-01-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The president's attorney also said the Trump may have discussed a Trump Tower Moscow project with Cohen up until the 2016 election.
  
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• Fantastic Beasts 3 Production Delayed, But Not Very Long

  20-01-2019 23:49 via gamespot.com
  
  The third of five planned Fantastic Beasts movies has hit a bit of a speedbump. Production on the film was expected to begin this July, but now cameras are set to start rolling in the Fall, according to a new report from Deadline. Why the production delay?According to the site, Warner Bros. simply wants more time in pre-production, which sounds like a good thing. The move is supposedly part of management's belief that giving the creative teams more time will lead to a better end result, and agai
  
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• Boat with migrants rescued off Libya looks for port to dock

  20-01-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  ROME (AP) — A private rescue boat carrying dozens of migrants said Sunday that for a second day several nations had not given permission for it to enter a safe port, while another vessel filled with panicky migrants and described as taking on water in the southern Mediterranean was helped by a cargo ship.
  
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• Trump and Pelosi again butt heads but others see possible paths

  20-01-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump bitterly attacked top Democrat Nancy Pelosi on Sunday and she again insisted that he end the government shutdown before border security talks can begin, but there were hints of possible movement.Trump lashed out on Twitter a day after Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, dismissed as a "non-starter" his offer to extend temporary protection to about a million immigrants in return for $5.7 billion for the wall he wants on the Mexican border to fulfill a signat
  
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• Photos: Deadly winter storm blankets Midwest, Northeast, knocks out power, grounds flights

  20-01-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  A dangerous winter storm moved across the Midwest and Northeast this past weekend, blanketing areas of the region with snow and bringing some of the lowest temperatures of the season.
  
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• M. Night Shyamalan Financed Glass Himself To The Tune Of $20 Million

  20-01-2019 23:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Director M. Night Shyamalan has a history of self-financing his movies, and that continued with his latest effort, Glass. According to Forbes, Shyamalan made Glass with $20 million of his own money. That money was a combination of the earnings from his two most recent movies, Split and The Visit, as well as collateral from his 125-acre estate in Pennsylvania.According to the report, Shyamalan took out a $5 million loan on his home years ago pay for The Visit. The movie was a huge success, going
  
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• Toddler mimics dad and puts hands up during shoplifting arrest

  20-01-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Police are reviewing body cam info after a toddler walked towards armed officers with her hands up.
  
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• Covington Catholic could expel students who taunted Native American man in viral video

  20-01-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Covington Catholic said it would take appropriate action against its students seen in a video taunting a Native American man.
  
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• After the storm: Dangerous stretch of subzero AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperatures to grip northeastern US

  20-01-2019 22:54 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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• Conservative Commentator Tomi Lahren Insulted Cardi B's Intelligence and Sparked an All-Out Twitter Feud

  20-01-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  "Why do people think they can mess with Bronx women without getting roasted?"
  
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• Erdogan: Turkey is ready to take over Syria's Manbij

  20-01-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkey is ready to take over security in Syria's Manbij, President Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. President Donald Trump in a telephone call on Sunday, the Turkish presidency said in a statement.Erdogan said an attack that left four Americans dead last week in Manbij was an act of provocation aimed at affecting Trump's decision last month to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.The attack occurred nearly a month after Trump confounded his own national security team with the surprise decision on Dec. 19 to
  
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• Death toll from Mexico fuel explosion rises to 79: official

  20-01-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The death toll from a fiery explosion in central Mexico rose to 79 on Sunday as authorities vowed to hold accountable those responsible for a fuel-line leak that drew hundreds of people looking to gather gasoline.The search for remains at the site of the explosion in the state of Hidalgo ended late Saturday but officials indicated that the death toll could still rise.Health Minister Jorge Alcocer said 66 people were hospitalized in Hidalgo, and others in worse conditions had been moved to Mexico
  
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• Tornados inflict damage in Alabama town, Florida Panhandle

  20-01-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  WETUMPKA, Ala. (AP) — Homes, businesses, government offices and churches were among the buildings badly damaged or demolished when tornadoes struck central Alabama over the weekend.
  
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• Two feet of snow, -40 degrees possible as storm roars East

  20-01-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  A blast of winter that dropped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest grew more angry as it roared east on Sunday.
  
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• Get Prepped for the Camping Days Ahead With REI's Clearance Sale

  20-01-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Hiking gear, backpacks, and campsite upgrades are all part of REI's clearance sale.
  
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• Kentucky Teens Wearing 'MAGA' Hats Taunt Indigenous Peoples March Participants in Viral Video

  20-01-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  A video of Kentucky Catholic high school students wearing ‘MAGA’ hats and yelling over Native American marchers has gone viral after people called the teenagers’ behavior disrespectful.
  
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• Trump's Shutdown Showdown Is a Threat to National Security

  20-01-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Border security is imperative, but so is ensuring that U.S. federal law enforcement, the intelligence community, and other security professionals are able to support their families and fulfill their mission.
  
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• Prince Philip 'could be sent on driving awareness course' as police investigate crash

  20-01-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The Duke of Edinburgh could be sent on a drivers’ awareness course, it has emerged, as police continue to investigate a crash which left two women hospitalised. The Duke, 97, is understood to have no intention of giving up driving, having been photographed on public roads driving a new car less than 48 hours after the accident. He is understood to be complying with a Norfolk Police investigation, which will see him interviewed about what happened. Two women, aged 45 and 28, will also be as
  
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• Bitter cold cancels some U.S. lunar eclipse festivities

  20-01-2019 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Many lunar eclipse festivities were canceled due to a flash freeze across the central and northeastern U.S. states on Sunday, with icy roadways rather than cloudy skies blamed by astronomers for spoiling the party.Star gazers from Los Angeles to New York had planned to gather at parks and observatories to keep their eyes on the sky for the total eclipse, known as a super blood wolf moon, expected to appear at 11:41 p.m. EST (0441 GMT).Days earlier, it seemed the
  
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• Arab states call for return of Syria refugees

  20-01-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Arab states at an economic summit in Lebanon on Sunday urged world powers to step up efforts to enable refugees, particularly Syrians, to return home and to ease the burden on host countries.The fourth annual Arab Economic and Social Development Summit, held in the Lebanese capital Beirut, was marred by the glaring absence of most Arab heads of state.The refugee issue had been high on the summit's agenda at the request of Lebanon, which has been inundated with refugees since the start of the Syr
  
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• Kentucky Catholic School Considers Expelling Boys Who Taunted Native Americans

  20-01-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  A statement condemned the actions and apologized
  
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• Germany's Maas skeptical on UK-Ireland talks solving Brexit deadlock

  20-01-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Sunday it was unclear how any talks between Britain and Ireland on resolving the question of the Irish backstop could help the European Union's deal with London on Brexit.British Prime Minister Theresa May is to set out her plans for Brexit on Monday after UK lawmakers rejected her deal with the EU last week, throwing the process into disarray.Asked by ZDF television about media reports on possible plans by May to negotiate a bilateral deal with the Iri
  
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• Giuliani says Trump pursued Moscow tower throughout '16, raising questions

  20-01-2019 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump pursued a business deal to erect a tower bearing his name in Moscow throughout 2016, his attorney said on Sunday, raising new questions for congressional investigators looking into possible ties between the president and Russia.Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said he may have continued to pursue the project and had discussions about it with his former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, until as late as October or November 2016, when Trump was closing in on his election vict
  
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• Clashes in Athens as tens of thousands protest Macedonian name deal

  20-01-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Clashes broke out between police and a group of masked protestersin Athens on Sunday as tens of thousands demonstrated against a name change deal with neighbouring Macedonia that the Greek parliament is due to ratify in days.The violence flared as Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attempts to face down a political storm over his championing of a landmark agreement with Macedonia aimed at ending a 27-year dispute with Athens over the country's name.Police estimates put the number of demonstrato
  
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• UN agency says not aware of plan to close east Jerusalem schools

  20-01-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Sunday it was not aware of a reported plan by Israel to close its schools in east Jerusalem.Israel's Hadashot television news reported on Saturday night that the country's national security council had taken a decision to close the schools starting next academic year.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office did not confirm the report to AFP.
  
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• How to get a free dozen from Krispy Kreme this week

  20-01-2019 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Until Jan. 27, Krispy Kreme is offering a free dozen of original glazed donuts with any dozen purchase.
  
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• Trump may have spoken to Michael Cohen about testimony to congress, says Rudy Giuliani: 'So what?'

  20-01-2019 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump may indeed have spoken to his then lawyer Michael Cohen about false testimony he delivered to Congress, and which is now at the centre of a seething political controversy, Rudy Giuliani has said.Last week, BuzzFeed reported that Mr Trump’s personal lawyer delivered the false information to politicians about the then candidate’s business interests in Moscow on the orders of the man who is now president.Democrats and opponents of Mr Trump leapt on the story, saying it show
  
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• Rudy Giuliani: Talks of Trump Tower Moscow continued throughout 2016 election

  20-01-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Rudy Giuliani said President Trump recalls discussing the Trump Tower Moscow project with Michael Cohen until late 2016.
  
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• ProSieben sees pressure easing as Netflix raises prices

  20-01-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  ProSiebenSat.1 Media believes that price increases by U.S. streaming giant Netflix could ease competitive pressures on the German group's core TV business and is bullish on growth at its e-commerce arm, CEO Max Conze said.Conze took the helm at the Munich-based broadcaster last June but has had a rough welcome from investors who have sent its shares to seven-year lows on doubts that he can revive its ailing free-to-air TV business.The former CEO of UK appliances company Dyson told Reuters that p
  
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• A Top House Democrat Offers a Path to a Deal Ending Shutdown Fight

  20-01-2019 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  “Let’s go back and forth on this and see where we can find common ground,” House Democratic Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina said on “Fox News Sunday.” He spoke a day after Trump made his offer, which was rejected even before he presented it by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats.
  
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• Bomb blasts rock Syria's Damascus and Afrin

  20-01-2019 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  A bomb blast hit Damascus on Sunday, in a rare attack in the Syrian capital that has been largely insulated from violence during nearly eight years of war.The explosion came as another bomb in the northern city of Afrin killed three people and wounded nine others, according to a war monitor, on the first anniversary of a Turkish offensive on the Kurdish-majority region.Also on Sunday Israel said it intercepted a rocket fired from Syria after Damascus accused the Jewish state of carrying out air
  
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• Native American veteran: 'Mob mentality' in students seen in viral video was 'scary'

  20-01-2019 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  In an interview with the Detroit Free Press, Native American leader Nathan Phillips of Ypsilanti describes incident with students caught on video.
  
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• 'We Are All Stakeholders of Our Global Future': Klaus Schwab, Founder of the World Economic Forum, Talks Change and Progress

  20-01-2019 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  "Big issues in the world cannot be solved by governments alone"
  
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• 4 Arizona Women Convicted for Leaving Water for Migrants

  20-01-2019 18:46 via news.yahoo.com
  "If giving water to someone dying of thirst is illegal, what humanity is left in the law of this country?”
  
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• Government shutdown: US federal workers turn to pawn shops for cash as stalemate goes on

  20-01-2019 18:43 via news.yahoo.com
  US federal workers who are not getting paid during the longest government shutdown in the country's history are increasingly turning to pawnbrokers for short-term loans, according to shop owners.The turnout is small – a few people per day – pawnbrokers said, but many expect the numbers to increase amid the stalemate.About 800,000 federal workers have missed a paycheck during the nearly month-long shutdown.
  
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• 'SNL' pokes at Trump with shutdown-themed 'Deal or No Deal'

  20-01-2019 18:40 via news.yahoo.com
  This week's opening sketch on 'Saturday Night Live' gave President Trump 'Deal or No Deal' options to end the partial government shutdown.
  
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• Police fire tear gas as Greeks protest against Macedonia name deal

  20-01-2019 18:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Central Athens turned into a sea of people holding blue and white Greek flags as thousands came from all over the country to rally against the accord to name the ex-Yugoslav state North Macedonia.Many Greeks believe the name Macedonia implies a territorial claim over their country's own northern region of that name.The issue evokes strong emotions among Greeks who consider Macedonia, the ancient kingdom ruled by Alexander the Great, to be an integral part of their homeland and heritage.
  
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• Lebanon uses Arab summit to call for Syrian refugees' return

  20-01-2019 18:08 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon used an Arab economic summit on Sunday to call for the return of Syrian refugees to safe areas of their war-torn country, where the nearly eight-year civil war is still underway despite a recent series of government victories.
  
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• Trump had conversations on Moscow tower up to the 2016 US elections: lawyer

  20-01-2019 18:07 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump had conversations about a proposed project to build a Trump Tower in Moscow throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, far later than previously acknowledged, his lawyer said Sunday.Trump's conversations with his then personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, who was spearheading the negotiations in Moscow, continued throughout the year until October or November 2016, Rudy Giuliani said.
  
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• Graham says he'll ask Trump to meet Pakistan, Afghan leaders

  20-01-2019 18:03 via news.yahoo.com
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday that he will urge President Donald Trump to meet with the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan so that they can devise a plan to end Afghanistan's 17-year war, the U.S.'s longest military engagement.
  
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• 'Not a 2,000-mile concrete structure from sea to sea': Is Trump scaling back border wall plan?

  20-01-2019 18:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Those across the nation who tuned in to watch President Donald Trump's proposal on Saturday to end the 28-day shutdown took issue with one particular line of the 13-minute address.
  
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• Trump Discussed Russia Tower Deal Into Late 2016, Giuliani Says

  20-01-2019 17:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Guiliani said it’s his understanding that conversations between Trump and Michael Cohen continued as late as October or November of that year.Cohen admitted in a guilty plea in late 2018 that he spoke with Trump and Russian officials about the potential deal as late as June 2016, after Cohen earlier told Congress it had ended much earlier.“It’s our understanding that it, that they went on throughout 2016,” Giuliani said of the discussions on NBC’s “Meet the Pr
  
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• Bomb blast in a bus kills 3 civilians in Syria's Afrin: monitor

  20-01-2019 17:55 via news.yahoo.com
  A bomb blast in a bus killed three civilians Sunday in the northern Syrian city of Afrin on the first anniversary of a Turkish attack on the Kurdish-majority region, a war monitor said.Nine other people, including fighters, were wounded in the explosion, the head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, told AFP.Turkish troops and allied rebel groups seized the Afrin region from Kurdish forces in March last year after a two-month air and ground offensive.
  
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• Trump suggests he could deport 11m migrants if he doesn't get border wall funding in veiled shutdown threat: 'Be careful Nancy'

  20-01-2019 17:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has implied he could launch a “big push” to deport millions of illegal immigrants if he does not get $5.6bn funding for his border wall, in a veiled threat to Democrats over the US government shutdown.The president warned House speaker Nancy Pelosi to “be careful” after she and Democratic Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer rejected “compromises” offered by the president in a bid to end the month-long deadlock.In a live televised address on Satud
  
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• Trump suggests he could deport 11 million migrants if he doesn’t get border wall funding in veiled shutdown threat: ‘Be careful Nancy’

  20-01-2019 17:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has implied he could launch a “big push” to deport millions of illegal immigrants if he does not get $5.6bn funding for his border wall, in a veiled threat to Democrats over the US government shutdown.As the partial shutdown – triggered by the president’s failure to agree with Democrats a government funding bill if it does not contain money for a wall – entered its 30th day, he warned speaker Nancy Pelosi to “be careful” after she and Democr
  
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• Senator Graham urges Trump to meet Pakistan PM Khan

  20-01-2019 17:42 via news.yahoo.com
  The comments, which add to growing signs of improved relations between Islamabad and Washington, come amid efforts to press on with talks between the Taliban and the United States aimed at an agreement to end 17 years of war in Afghanistan."I've seen things change here and all in a positive direction," Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee who has generally been a staunch supporter of Trump, told a news conference in Islamabad.U.S. relations with Pakistan have long been dogged
  
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• Maga hat boy's mother blames 'black Muslims' for her son harassing Native American man

  20-01-2019 17:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The mother of a boy filmed harassing a Native American man along with his friends at a rally in Washington DC has blamed “black Muslims” for the confrontation, without providing any evidence for the claim.The teenager was among a group of students wearing Make America Great Again (Maga) hats who were criticised for taunting the musician Nathan Phillips, surrounding him and jeering and chanting “build the wall, build the wall”.In an email to the news website heavy.com the
  
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• 'Black Muslims' to blame for high school students' confrontation with Native American man, mother claims

  20-01-2019 17:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The mother of a high school student among the group filmed in confrontation with a Native American man after a rally in Washington DC has blamed “black Muslims” for the encounter.The woman’s son was reportedly alongside several wearing Make America Great Again (Maga) hats who were criticised for apparently taunting Nathan Phillips, surrounding him and chanting “build the wall, build the wall”.Did you witness the black Muslims yelling profanities and video taping to
  
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• Trump says no amnesty for 'Dreamers,' signals support in broader deal

  20-01-2019 17:28 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump said Sunday his proposed immigration deal to end a 30-day partial government shutdown would not lead to amnesty for "Dreamers."
  
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• Democrat who opposed Pelosi for speaker is blocked from a seat on the judiciary committee

  20-01-2019 17:26 via news.yahoo.com
  New Jersey Democrat Rep. Jeff Van Drew says he did not vote Nancy Pelosi for speaker because his constituents wanted someone with new ideas.
  
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