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• U.S. Midwest braces for record-breaking cold blast

  27-01-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  In the Chicago area, snow will begin on Sunday night.Then the "coldest air mass in years" will hit the region on Tuesday with extreme cold lasting through Friday, the weather service said."I cannot stress how dangerously cold it will be," said Mike Doll, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather.
  
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• U.S. lifts sanctions on Rusal, other firms linked to Russia's Deripaska

  27-01-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Earlier this month, 11 of Trump's fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate joined Democrats in a failed effort to keep the sanctions on Rusal, its parent, En+ Group Plc, and power firm JSC EuroSibEnergo.Advocates for keeping the sanctions had argued that Deripaska, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, retained too much control over the companies to lift sanctions imposed in April to punish Russia for actions including its annexation of Ukraine's Crimea, efforts to interfere in U.S. election
  
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• May to seek binding changes to Irish backstop: Boris Johsnon in The Telegraph

  27-01-2019 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  British Prime Minister Theresa May will seek legally binding changes to the Irish backstop from the European Union in an attempt to break the deadlock over Brexit, lawmaker Boris Johnson wrote in The Telegraph on Sunday, citing senior government sources.The PM is looking to change the text of the agreement to insert either a sunset clause or a mechanism for the UK to escape without reference to the EU, Boris Johnson said in The Telegraph.The contentious backstop arrangement is designed to preven
  
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• Louisiana man suspected of killing spree is arrested in Virginia

  27-01-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Sheriff's deputies in Virginia on Sunday arrested a 21-year-old man wanted on suspicion of shooting five people to death in Louisiana including his parents, his girlfriend and members of her family.Following a multistate manhunt, Dakota Theriot was arrested in Richmond County, Virginia, after pointing a firearm out the window of a home, officials said.Theriot will be taken back to Louisiana to face charges including first-degree homicide, home invasion and illegal use of weapons, the Ascension P
  
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• WWE Royal Rumble: Live Updates, Results, And Rumble Entrants From The 2019 PPV

  27-01-2019 23:02 via gamespot.com
  
  It is my favorite day of the year. Today, we celebrate our Royal Rumble day! One of WWE's longest-running PPVs delivers its 31st installment, and it should be a blast. Like last year's edition, there will be both a men's and women's royal rumble match, and there will be plenty of surprises during the evening.This year's event comes to PPV and the WWE Network starting at 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET / 12 AM GMT (January 28); however, there is a Kickoff Show starting two hours prior. As of this writing, ther
  
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• WWE Royal Rumble 2019: Live Updates, Results, Kickoff Show And Rumble Entrants

  27-01-2019 23:02 via gamespot.com
  
  The Kickoff Show is all over, and it's time for the main card of the first major WWE PPV of the year, the Royal Rumble. There were three matches during the Kickoff Show, all of them were for various WWE titles. You can find the full results below and keep refreshing the page for more Royal Rumble results as they happen.It is my favorite day of the year. Today, we celebrate our Royal Rumble day! One of WWE's longest-running PPVs delivers its 31st installment, and it should be a blast. Like last y
  
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• WWE Royal Rumble 2019: Final PPV Results, Recap, And Rumble Winners

  27-01-2019 23:02 via gamespot.com
  
  The road to Wrestlemania has already had its first stop at the Royal Rumble, and over the course of the evening, there were plenty of title matches and two huge Rumble matches, which determined the challengers for two Wrestlemania title bouts. There were plenty of surprises over the course of the evening, and you can check out the full results for the show below.It is my favorite day of the year. Today, we celebrate our Royal Rumble day! One of WWE's longest-running PPVs delivers its 31st instal
  
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• WWE Royal Rumble 2019: Final PPV Results, Match Recaps, And Rumble Winners

  27-01-2019 23:02 via gamespot.com
  
  The road to Wrestlemania has already had its first stop at the Royal Rumble, and over the course of the evening, there were plenty of title matches and two huge Rumble matches, which determined the challengers for two Wrestlemania title bouts. There were plenty of surprises over the course of the evening, and you can check out the full results for the show below.It is my favorite day of the year. Today, we celebrate our Royal Rumble day! One of WWE's longest-running PPVs delivers its 31st instal
  
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• Hopes dim in search for survivors after Brazil dam collapse

  27-01-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Search efforts were paralyzed for much of the day on fearsanother dam could give way in the Vale SA iron ore mining complex in the state of Minas Gerais.The collapsed dam at Vale's Corrego do Feijao mine buried mining facilities and nearby homes in the town of Brumadinho and killed at least three dozen people.Firefighters spent Sunday morning evacuating thousands from their homes before resuming search-and-rescue efforts in the afternoon once civil defense authorities ruled out the risk of anoth
  
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• Trump Lifts Rusal Sanctions as Putin Ally Deripaska Cuts Stake

  27-01-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Deripaska, an ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, will remain under U.S. sanctions, and his property will remain blocked."The companies have also agreed to unprecedented transparency for Treasury into their operations by undertaking extensive, ongoing auditing, certification, and reporting requirements.All sanctions on Deripaska continue in force,” the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said in a release.
  
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• Reinvigorated by Trump battle, Pelosi's star shines at 78

  27-01-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  It was Nancy Pelosi's first big showdown as House speaker, but in the tense staring match over border wall funding with President Donald Trump, the self proclaimed master dealmaker blinked first -- and was left licking his wounds as his adversary won plaudits for a resounding victory.Just a few short weeks after facing a challenge to her presumed leadership of the House Democrats, the 78-year-old San Francisco congresswoman has emerged as a shrewd tactician and a talismanic "Iron Lady" for newly
  
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• Dakota Theriot, suspect in 5 killings in Louisiana, arrested at gunpoint in Virginia

  27-01-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities said the killings in two areas around Baton Rouge appeared to involve a domestic dispute.
  
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• Roger Stone open to talking with Mueller in Russia probe

  27-01-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Arrested at his waterfront home in Florida on Friday in a dawn raid by FBI agents, Stone told reporters he would not "bear false witness against the president."Stone was charged with lying to Congress about the Trump campaign's efforts to use stolen emails to undercut Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.Asked on ABC's "This Week" if he would cooperate with Mueller, he said: "You know, that's a question I would have to – I have to determine after my attorneys have some discussion.""I'd also te
  
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• We can expect a coal-free Germany by 2038

  27-01-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  It took hours, but Germany finally agreed on a plan to close its coal power plants and rely heavily on renewable energy sources.The country will shut down 84 coal-based power plants -- that's all of them -- by 2038 a government group decided on Saturday. The commission convened in Berlin to map out how to move away from coal. Fossil fuels still account for about 40 percent of Germany's power, according to The Guardian, despite recent gains in renewable energy sources. The country also plans
  
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• Roger Stone decries FBI's 'Gestapo tactics' but doesn't rule out cooperating with Mueller

  27-01-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The political operative says Paul Manafort associate Rick Gates is the unnamed "senior Trump campaign official" in the indictment against him.
  
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• Lost North Carolina Boy, Age 3, Who Went Missing Says He 'Hung Out With A Bear For 2 Days'

  27-01-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  A 3-year-old boy who was found after missing for two days in the North Carolina woods, says he “hung out with a bear.”
  
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• Hotel Wall Collapses, Killing at Least 15 During Wedding in Peru

  27-01-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  A hotel wall collapsed during a wedding celebration in Peru, killing at least 15 people on Sunday, authorities said.
  
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• Mueller investigation: Trump confidant Roger Stone says he could cooperate with special counsel

  27-01-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Roger Stone, the longtime ally of President Donald Trump, said on Sunday he will not rule out potentially cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller over the ongoing investigation regarding possible links between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives.Mr Stone told ABC’s This Week he would have to consult with his lawyers before possibly cooperating with the special counsel team.Mr Trump’s longtime confidant insisted he will not testify against the president, a promise he rep
  
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• Let one hero's quest to pet 100 dogs at a dog show inspire you

  27-01-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  A dog show is already a magical land where dreams come true, but one innovative attendee made a good thing even better.Sally Kuchar arrived at the Golden Gate Kennel Club Dog Show on Saturday with one goal: Pet 100 dogs. It was an optimal place for such an undertaking. The Golden Gate show is a bench show, which means that the dogs hang on on assigned benches (and are available for meet and greets) while they're not being shown."Folks are encouraged to walk around and familiarize themselves with
  
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• Brazil dam collapse: Search for survivors resumes as death toll reaches 58

  27-01-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Firefighters in Brazil have resumed their search for hundreds of people missing in the wake of a massive dam collapse.The dam burst at Vale’s Corrego do Feijao mine in southeastern Brazil unleashed a torrent of mud on Friday, burying the mining facilities and nearby homes in the town of Brumadinho.Nearly 300 people are still missing, with the list of those unaccounted for being constantly updated, Flavio Godinho, a spokesman for the Minas Gerais civil defense agency, said.
  
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• Xi Sells 'One China' Dreams to the Wrong Country

  27-01-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The Taiwanese people have acclimated to their own culture and way of life. Uncoerced unification between Taipei and Beijing is a Chinese pipe dream.
  
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• Hezbollah's Finances are Its Achilles' Heel

  27-01-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Fighting Hezbollah is not only a military competition, but a financial one.
  
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• NATO chief says Trump's funding gripes having 'real results'

  27-01-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Sunday that US President Donald Trump's regular complaints about the alliance had not undermined it -- adding that his criticism on defense spending was having a positive impact.Trump has frequently blasted members of the 29-nation western security partnership for not paying more into their national defense budgets.Before taking office, he called NATO "obsolete" and recent media reports said he spoke to senior officials last year about pulling out.
  
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• Trump will build border wall 'one way or another', says chief of staff Mick Mulvaney

  27-01-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump will build his border wall "one way or another", the White House said on Sunday, as Democrats and Republicans prepared to begin three weeks of negotiations to strike a deal and avoid another government shutdown. As federal employees return to work on Monday after a bruising 35 day absence, Democrat and Republican leaders are to form a bipartisan 'conference committee" to start the difficult process of finding common ground before the February 15 deadline. For his
  
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• High-schoolers get face time with extremists in class

  27-01-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  WORTHINGTON, Ohio (AP) — Last week's videotaped encounter at the Lincoln Memorial left many wondering about the state of reasoned political discourse in the country, or if it exists at all in a hyperpartisan era of red "Make America Great Again" hats versus pink women's march caps.
  
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• Hawaiian Airlines plane diverted to San Francisco after flight attendant dies

  27-01-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Hawaiian Airlines says a flight attendant died on a flight to New York that was diverted to San Francisco International Airport.
  
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• Nicolas Maduro rejects 'insolent' election demand from European leaders

  27-01-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro on Sunday rejected an ultimatum from the UK and four other European countries giving him eight days to call new elections, describing the move as "complete insolence". On Saturday, the UK, France, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands said that if Mr Maduro did not call a vote within that time-frame, they would join others in formally recognising the head of Venezuela's parliament as the legitimate president. In his first interview since the intense leadership
  
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• What will Russia risk in order to protect ousted Venezuelan President Maduro?

  27-01-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Concordia CEO Matthew Swift says that Russia and China have both made many investments in Venezuela.
  
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• Shutdown lesson? We can survive without the federal government: Readers sound off

  27-01-2019 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  From shutdown lessons to the Covington Catholic boys incident to reproductive rights, our readers sound off on recent headlines.
  
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• Stone indictment: Serious Russia investigation charges hint Mueller has more coming

  27-01-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Mueller clues show possibility of new Russia-related charges on campaign law violations, lies to Congress and conspiracy to interfere with an election.
  
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• Russian painting stolen from Moscow gallery during exhibition

  27-01-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  A 20th century landscape painting by a Russian artist was stolen from a Moscow art gallery in a brazen act of theft during an exhibition, police said on Sunday.Crimea", was painted in 1908 by Arkhip Kuindzhi, a Russian artist of Greek origin, and depicts a mountain in the Crimea peninsula.Russian news agencies said the painting was stolen from the Tretyakov gallery, one of Russia's leading art galleries, which has been targeted by criminals several times in recent years.
  
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• Nato members increase defence spending by $100 billion after Donald Trump called them 'delinquents'

  27-01-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Nato states will increase their defence spending by 100 billion dollars in response to Donald Trump's demands that European allies shoulder a greater financial burden, the alliance's secretary general has said.   Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that the alliance had heard Mr Trump's call for non-US members to shoulder a greater financial burden "loud and clear" and that allies are "stepping up." In conciliatory comments apparently designed to smooth over repeated public criticism
  
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• Prince Philip sends personal apology to victims of Sandringham car crash

  27-01-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The Duke of Edinburgh has personally written to the two women injured in the car crash he was involved in on the Sandringham estate to say he is “deeply sorry.” The 97-year-old wrote to Ellie Townsend, the driver of the Kia Carens that collided with his Land Rover as he pulled out of a sideroad, and her passenger, Emma Fairweather. It follows mounting criticism of the way both Buckingham Palace and the police handled the fallout from the crash. The Duke was pictured back at the wheel
  
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• Rep. Brown: We need to look at evidence-based approaches to securing the border

  27-01-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Maryland Democrat Rep. Anthony Brown says we need to get away from the idea of a border wall.
  
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• As nations turn against Maduro, Venezuela leader parades with military

  27-01-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Maduro, 56, is confronting an unprecedented challenge to his authority after opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president citing a fraudulent election.Guaido has won wide international support and offers amnesty to soldiers who join him.Early on Sunday, flanked by Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino, Maduro watched a platoon of soldiers release volleys of rocket-propelled grenades, machine gun anti-aircraft fire and tank rounds at hillside targets, the Russian ordnance kicking
  
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• Norwegian Air drops Newark-Paris route; no other US cuts

  27-01-2019 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Newark change comes amid broader cuts, mostly intra-Europe routes dropped at Norwegian’s operation in Rome. No other U.S.-Europe routes are being cut.
  
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• The C-List Caper

  27-01-2019 19:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of Roger Stone, rumored for months to be imminent, is more telling for what it omits than what it alleges.Stone is charged with lying during congressional investigations of what happed in 2016 rather than for anything directly related to his laughably inept efforts to gather information on what WikiLeaks was about to dump on Hillary Clinton during the campaign.Allegedly, Stone testified falsely about his communications with two associates in 2016
  
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• Palestinians attend funeral of man shot in settlement clashes

  27-01-2019 18:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Around 3,000 people attended the funeral Sunday of a Palestinian killed the day before in clashes with Israeli civilians near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank.Hamdi Nassan, 38, died after being shot in the back with live ammunition, according to the Palestinian health ministry.The Israeli army said clashes had erupted after a "physical confrontation" between residents of Mughayir village near Ramallah and a settler from nearby Adei Ad settlement.
  
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• The Latest: Muslim leader condemns Philippines bombings

  27-01-2019 18:23 via news.yahoo.com
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Latest on a bomb attack targeting a church in the southern Philippines (all times local):
  
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• Trump accuses Hillary Clinton of being behind Russia dossier in Twitter rant after Roger Stone arrest

  27-01-2019 18:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump attacked the media and Hillary Clinton following the arrest of his former adviser Roger Stone, accusing the 2016 Democratic candidate of paying for the infamous dossier alleging ties between Russia and the Trump campaign.The president sent out a series of angry tweets attempting to distance himself from his campaign ally and divert attention towards Ms Clinton late on Saturday.The FBI arrested Mr Stone on seven charges in connection with Robert Mueller’s investigation into Rus
  
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• Ex-Trump advisor accuses Russia probe of 'Gestapo tactics'

  27-01-2019 17:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Veteran Republican consultant Roger Stone said Sunday his predawn arrest by US federal agents as part of the Russia collusion probe amounted to "Gestapo tactics" intended to prejudice a potential jury in his prosecution.Stone was raided at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Friday, becoming the sixth campaign associate of President Donald Trump indicted in the investigation headed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into possible collusion with Moscow in the 2016 election.
  
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• US and Canadian jet fighters scrambled to escort Russian bombers off American coast

  27-01-2019 17:53 via news.yahoo.com
  US and Canadian fighter jets were scrambled to intercept two Russian strategic bombers heading for the North American coastline.
  
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• Maduro Abandons Demand That U.S. Diplomats Leave Venezuela

  27-01-2019 17:51 via news.yahoo.com
  The Saturday evening announcement that the missions would remain open was a retreat after days of bellicose rhetoric prompted by the U.S. decision to recognize National Assembly leader Juan Guaido as the nation’s rightful head of state.President Nicolas Maduro’s election to a six-year term last year has been widely criticized as a fraud designed to keep him and his military allies in power despite the country’s years-long spiral into misery and hunger.This weekend, Guaido&rsquo
  
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• Meghan McCain: 'I completely underestimated how powerful and how strong' Pelosi is

  27-01-2019 17:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The "This Week" Powerhouse Roundtable debates the week in politics.
  
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• You could win a $1.7 million mansion by writing a standout letter

  27-01-2019 17:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Broke English majors, take your places. A homeowner in Alberta, Canada is selling her $1.7 million (CAD) home via essay contest.Alla Wagner is searching for a new owner for her 5,000 square foot home, which, according to a report from CNN, has "three bedrooms, three full baths and two half baths, in addition to a wine cellar, panoramic views of the surrounding mountains and a pond." Not bad.Here's how it works: Entrants must write a short letter (maximum 350 words) explaining why they should get
  
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• Syria air defenses target suspected drones over Russia base

  27-01-2019 17:41 via news.yahoo.com
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria state media said Sunday the country's air defense systems intercepted and destroyed three "hostile" targets over a Russian air base in the country's coastal region.
  
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• U.S. college official who told Chinese students to speak English quits

  27-01-2019 17:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Megan Neely left her position as director of graduate studies for the biostatistics master's program "effective immediately," the dean of the school told students in a letter on Sunday, according to the university's newspaper, The Chronicle.The dean, Mary Klotman, said Duke's Office of Institutional Equity would conduct a thorough review of the program.The email by Neely, who remains an assistant professor of biostatistics and bioinformatics at Duke, said she was approached by two faculty member
  
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• Democrats and Republicans try to outlaw future government shutdowns after Trump backs down over wall funding

  27-01-2019 17:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Was this the shutdown to end all shutdowns?The toll exacted on government operations and federal employees by the record 35-day stalemate — not to mention the political costs to those in the White House and on Capitol Hill — was so punishing that it is giving momentum to a long-standing call to prohibit the government disruptions that have become a regular facet of Washington hardball.“Shutting down the government should be as off-limits in budget negotiations as chemical warfa
  
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• Former San Francisco mayor claims extramarital affair with Kamala Harris

  27-01-2019 17:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown is claiming he had an extramarital affair with Kamala Harris 20 years ago.
  
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• Taxes 2019: When to file and what big changes to expect

  27-01-2019 17:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Tax filers need to realize, though, that it won’t be business as usual when it comes to filing their 2018 tax returns.
  
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