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• Rachel Campos-Duffy experiences the polar vortex from her home

  31-01-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Historic deep freeze grips the Midwest; Fox News contributor Rachel Campos-Duffy shares her experience of the polar vortex from her home in Wisconsin.
  
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• Change of Venezuelan government favors creditors China, Russia: Guaido

  31-01-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Guaido said he had sent communications to both allies of President Nicolas Maduro, who accuses Guaido of staging a coup against his socialist administration.The United States and a number of other countries now recognize Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate head of state."What most suits Russia and China is the country's stability and a change of government," he said.
  
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• Courts turn away hundreds of immigrants, blame shutdown

  31-01-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  MIAMI (AP) — The already backlogged immigration courts faced more hurdles Thursday when hundreds of immigrants arrived with government-issued notices to appear in court for hearings that were never scheduled.
  
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• Facebook and Twitter Take Down a Wave of Political Manipulation

  31-01-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Facebook said it removed 783 pages, groups and accounts linked to Iran that were attempting to manipulate political discussions about current events, like the Israel-Palestine conflict and the wars in Syria and Yemen.The industry collaboration has been central to the success of these operations, Facebook said.In September, Twitter disclosed it had suspended 770 accounts potentially based in Iran for violating its policies.
  
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• After indictment, Roger Stone offers tips on how to dress for your day in court

  31-01-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  If you're in danger of being indicted, don't fear. Roger Stone is here with all the fashion advice one might need for a day in court.
  
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• Texas lawmaker: If you want to stop drugs, people coming across the border you need to focus on ports of entry

  31-01-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Texas Rep. Henry Cueller weighs in on bipartisan negotiations for border wall funding.
  
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• Conservatives head to Texas to try to build their own wall

  31-01-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — What started as an online fundraiser to provide President Donald Trump with donations for his southern border wall has morphed into a foundation whose members vow to build a wall themselves.
  
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• One Of 2016's Best Anime Movies Is Finally Getting A Home Release (US)

  31-01-2019 23:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Eleven Arts has announced that A Silent Voice is finally getting a physical disc set release in North America. The anime movie is releasing in a deluxe package that includes the Blu-ray, DVD, and digital versions.First premiering in Japanese theaters in 2016, the home release of A Silent Voice will be available for purchase in North America on April 2, according to Crunchyroll. The disc set includes both the original Japanese version of the film and the English dubbed version.A Silent Voice rapi
  
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• Howard Schultz Could Flip the 2020 Election. Just Not Necessarily to Trump's Favor

  31-01-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats are nervous, but his impact could go either way
  
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• China's U.S. Treasury Holdings Continue to Tumble Amid Trade War

  31-01-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  China’s pile of notes, bills and bonds dropped to $1.12 trillion in November, from $1.14 trillion in October, according to data from the Treasury Department released Thursday.China remains the U.S.’s biggest foreign creditor.The data come as U.S. and Chinese delegations wrap up two days of trade discussions in Washington, with just four weeks until a deadline for the U.S. to escalate tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods.
  
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• Kamala Harris, Running Scared

  31-01-2019 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Announcing a run for the presidency should have been enough for Kamala Harris.In a bid for a party that sees itself as the vanguard of a more racially diverse and progressive future, she comes from the vanguard state leading America there – California.It may seem silly in retrospect, but in 2007 and 2008, liberals and conservatives both questioned whether Barack Obama’s white mother and his upbringing in Hawaii so removed him from the experience of most African-American voters that t
  
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• Polar Vortex 2019: I live in Antarctica - Here's how to stay warm in the severe cold

  31-01-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  How do you stay warm in brutal cold? Jonathan Foster, a fuel operator at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, where wind chills can reach 40 degrees below zero, shared some of his top tips with USA TODAY for staying safe.
  
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• 5 of the Best Stocks to Buy for February

  31-01-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Also one of U.S. News' 10 best stocks to buy for 2019, SFIX shares sold off in December, despite reporting a quarter of 24 percent revenue growth, 250 percent earnings per share growth, and active client growth of 22 percent.In hindsight, it looks like AAPL stock may have achieved its 2019 lows within the first week of the year.
  
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• Defense lawyer: Government case against El Chapo 'a fantasy'

  31-01-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A defense attorney for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman assailed the federal case against the Mexican drug lord as "a fantasy," telling a U.S. jury Thursday that the prosecution relied on a parade of cooperating witnesses who "lie, steal, cheat, deal drugs and kill people" for a living.
  
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• Super Bowl 2019: What Movie Trailers Are We Expecting?

  31-01-2019 22:56 via gamespot.com
  
  While there are plenty of people excited to see the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams go head-to-head in the final NFL game of the 2018 season, there are also lots of folks who can't wait to see what's going to happen during the commercial breaks of the Super Bowl.The big game is now known for trailer reveals just as much as its known for American football. When you have the eyes of the nation glued to the TV for over three hours in one sitting, it's easy to see why movie studios wo
  
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• "Empire" actor's family says Chicago attack was 'hate crime'

  31-01-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — The family of "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett issued a statement through a spokesman Thursday in response to what Smollett told police was a racist and homophobic attack by two masked men in downtown Chicago earlier this week. Here is their statement:
  
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• Hearthstone Balance Changes Nerf Classic Mainstays

  31-01-2019 22:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Blizzard has announced the next set of balance changes coming to Hearthstone, and they'll have a big impact on the mainstays of multiple classes. This update is aimed almost entirely at the Basic and Classic sets--that is, the cards that never go out of Standard play rotation--and the company says it's because they've just proven too persistent over multiple expansions."We're changing these particular cards because each one has been highly prevalent, regardless of what strategies have been popul
  
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• US banks shifting some London staff ahead of Brexit deadline

  31-01-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  With two months until Brexit takes effect, US banks have begun transferring some London staff to Continental Europe and drawing up contingency plans in case of a "hard" Brexit.Around 400 Bank of America employees are set to transfer to Paris and Frankfurt starting in February, according to a person familiar with the matter.About half of this group -- or 200 people -- will be in place before the March 29 Brexit deadline, with the remainder following soon after.
  
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• Brazilian anger unabated by Vale vows after dam disaster

  31-01-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  "Too Late" read newspaper Estado de Minas in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, after Vale, the world's largest iron ore miner, said it would take up to 10 percent of its production offline and spend 5 billion reais ($1.36 billion) to decommission 10 dams like the one that collapsed at its Corrego do Feijao mine last Friday.With 110 people confirmed dead and another 238 missing, according to firefighters' count on Thursday evening, the tailings dam collapse in the town of Brumadinho may be Bra
  
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• Polar vortex: 12 dead as US weather system brings record low temperatures approaching -50F

  31-01-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The polar vortex in the US continued inflicting severe conditions across the country on Thursday, with temperatures reaching minus 40F - and a town in Michigan called Hell quite literally freezing over.Chicago was on track to break the city’s record of -32C (-26F), set more than 30 years ago as the cold snap intensifies.Some nearby isolated areas could see temperatures as low as -40C (-40F), that would break the Illinois record of minus 38C (-36.4F) set in 1999.
  
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• Twitter Removed Accounts From Iran, Russia Related to Midterms

  31-01-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  The company said it continues to see activity on the service related to the Russian Internet Research Agency, the troll farm that spread divisive information during the U.S. Presidential Election.It found 418 additional accounts that appeared to originate in Russia and posted 73,398 tweets related to the midterm elections with hashtags like #MAGA and #ReleasetheMemo.
  
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• Venezuela opposition leader says family threatened by Maduro agents

  31-01-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido said Thursday elite security forces had entered his home to threaten his family, blaming the government of Nicolas Maduro as international support grew for his bid to oust the embattled president.The move heightened fears for the security of the 35-year-old National Assembly leader, who declared himself acting president last week in a direct challenge to Maduro's authority.The police's special action force, FAES, had visited his home to interview his wif
  
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• Americans Eat More Than a Billion Chicken Wings on Super Bowl Weekend. There's a Surprising Past Behind That Number

  31-01-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Flash back to any point in American history prior to the 1970s and you would have had to have paid many Americans to put this part of the chicken in their mouths
  
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• Donald Trump jeopardizes national security by ignoring intelligence community: Today's talker

  31-01-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump doesn't have the best record on telling the truth, but dismissing the intelligence community altogether might put us at risk.
  
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• US Midwest gripped by bitterly cold temperatures but relief ahead

  31-01-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Brutally cold temperatures gripped the US Midwest on Thursday, freezing water mains, causing power outages, canceling flights and straining natural gas supplies.Ten deaths have been attributed to the sub-zero weather and a weekend snowstorm that deluged the same region.Natural gas supplies were under threat in Michigan and Minnesota.
  
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• Guaido to police: Don't cross red line with my family

  31-01-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Venezuelan opposition leader challenging Nicolas Maduro's claim to the presidency warned officers from a feared state security unit Thursday to stay away from his family after he accused them of showing up at his apartment in a tense brush with the very force he is trying to persuade to switch allegiance and back him.
  
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• Democratic proposal for border security doesn't include wall funding

  31-01-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Nancy Pelosi stands firm on not providing funding for the border wall, President Trump says that that a proposal without a wall "doesn't work."
  
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• Ex-Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn Says He's Wrongly Accused of Financial Misconduct

  31-01-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Ghosn proclaims to French reporters that he believes he has done nothing wrong as he remains in jail in Japan.
  
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• Missouri school bans substitute after report of racist, threatening comments to black students

  31-01-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  A Springfield school official called the alleged comment "disturbing, unacceptable" and "completely at odds with who we are as a district."
  
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• JetBlue flight makes emergency landing after being struck by lightning

  31-01-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  A JetBlue flight headed to New York needed to make an emergency landing Thursday morning after the flight crew reported a lightning strike.
  
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• Elizabeth Warren Says Sears Workers Suffered While Leadership Self-Dealed

  31-01-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator Elizabeth Warren, a possible Democratic presidential candidate, slammed Lampert in a letter dated Wednesday, citing the “inherent conflicts of interest’’ in the hedge fund manager’s takeover of bankrupt Sears Holdings Corp.What’s unusual is that Lampert made saving thousands of jobs a centerpiece of his winning bid for parts of the 126-year-old retail icon.
  
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• US weather forecast: Northern states to be colder than Antarctica as temperatures drop to -40C

  31-01-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Parts of America are enduring temperatures colder than Antarctica this week as a blast of Arctic air from the polar vortex has caused the mercury to plunge as low as -40C (-40F).US officials are urging residents from northern states to stay inside as the deep freeze sets in across the country, bringing with it life-threatening conditions that have forced rail workers in Chicago to start track fires to keep them warm enough to function, and led to warnings not to breathe too deeply when outside.B
  
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• Southwest Airlines is selling tickets for as low as $66 today

  31-01-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  After what felt like potentially the longest collective month of all of our
  
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• Persona Q2 Is Coming West, Special Edition Confirmed

  31-01-2019 21:15 via gamespot.com
  
  Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth has been confirmed for a western release, heading to the US and Europe on June 4, 2019. The 3DS exclusive will cost $40 at launch, and like its predecessor, it crosses over the casts of various Persona games.Persona Q2 is a spin-off featuring the Phantom Thieves of Persona 5. The heroes have to battle their way out of dungeons, each themed after a movie genre with its own set of tropes. They'll join up with both original characters and notable names from the Pers
  
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• Minor Crash Turns 'Tragic' as Improperly Restrained 4-Year-Old Killed

  31-01-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  A young boy died Wednesday after an airbag deployed during a crash and struck the boy, who was not restrained in a child seat.
  
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• Vehicles Engulfed in Flames at Newark Airport Parking Garage

  31-01-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Crews are working to put out a fire at a parking garage at Newark Liberty Airport Thursday morning.
  
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• 2 Suspects Plead Guilty in Murder of Woman Whose Body Was Dismembered, Scattered

  31-01-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Two of the four people facing charges in the grisly murder of Megan Metzger in Virginia have pleaded guilty.
  
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• Final Fantasy VII Coming To Switch "Soon"

  31-01-2019 21:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo has indicated that we may not have long to wait before beloved RPG Final Fantasy VII is available on the Switch. In a new, rather short commercial, the game is shown on the handheld hybrid console, with the video's description reading: "Final Fantasy VII coming soon!"Final Fantasy developer and publisher Square Enix originally revealed its intention to bring the game to the Switch in September 2018, when it was announced for the platform alongside Final Fantasy IX, the X and X-2 remaste
  
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• US weather: Hell freezes over as polar vortex triggers coldest freeze in a generation

  31-01-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  At least 12 people have died in record-low temperatures trigged by the polar vortex, which has stretched parts of the nation's infrastructure to breaking point.Thousands of flights have been cancelled, and the US postal service is partially suspended.In Chicago, which has been as cold as the Arctic at times, heavily dressed repair crews hustled to keep public utilities from failing, while officials lit train tracks on fire in order to prevent them from malfunctioning in the historic cold.
  
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• Anthem Open Demo: Dates, Start Time, And What's Included

  31-01-2019 21:05 via gamespot.com
  
  This weekend, Anthem has its second and final demo before the game officially launches. Below, we've outlined every bit of information you need to know about the open demo, including how you can participate and what you'll be able to do.Anthem is an upcoming multiplayer-focused, third-person shooter RPG developed by BioWare. You take control of a Freelancer, one of the disgraced heroes who protect the inhabitants of Fort Tarsis, who ventures out into the world to fulfill contracts, explore uncha
  
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• Latest group of Central American migrants proceed with northern trek

  31-01-2019 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Around 2,400 migrants left a city shelter to begin the journey from the Mexican capital early Thursday morning, the latest caravan to embark upon the risky path to the U.S.-Mexican border despite U.S. President Donald Trump's determination to prevent them from entering.Since last October, thousands of mostly Central American migrants have sought to cross into the United States, many traveling in caravans in order to minimize the risks of kidnapping and attacks by members of criminal gangs while
  
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• Who pays if the cold weather from the polar vortex damages your home or car?

  31-01-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Most cold weather damage to your home and car from the polar vortex is covered by insurance, as long as you have the right type.
  
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• Xbox One Adds 2 More Backwards Compatible Games

  31-01-2019 20:40 via gamespot.com
  
  Two more Xbox 360 games are joining Xbox One's growing backwards compatible library. Major Nelson has announced that Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes and Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants will both be playable on Microsoft's current-generation console beginning today, January 31.Both of this week's BC games originally released in 2012. Lego Batman 2 is a humorous open-world adventure that sees the Caped Crusader team up with other DC heroes like Superman and Wonder Woman to save Gotham from t
  
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• US urges Europeans to recognize Venezuela's Guaido

  31-01-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States on Thursday called on European countries to move quickly to recognize Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president ahead of a deadline by major EU states.Kimberly Breier, the US assistant secretary of state in charge of Latin America, welcomed a vote Thursday to recognize Guaido by the European Parliament, although the move does not change EU policy."We certainly encourage all the governments in Europe to support the people of Venezuela and the transitional go
  
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• Sexual assaults rise at US military academies: report

  31-01-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The number of sexual assaults at America's military academies rose by almost 50 percent over the past two years, despite extensive efforts to combat the problem, a Pentagon report said Thursday.About 12,900 cadets attend the Army, Navy and Air Force academies that train future officers to lead America's vast military.Every other year, they are given the chance to fill in an anonymous survey about unwanted sexual contact or sexual assaults.
  
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• How Trump Is Changing the State of the Union Address

  31-01-2019 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  How President Trump is changing the State of the Union address.
  
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• Southern California storm: Zuma Beach, Pacific Coast Highway closed in Malibu

  31-01-2019 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  As the first in a series of storms moved into the Southland on Thursday, lighting, mudslides and flooding led to road and beach closures.
  
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• Schumer Enters Fray as Trump’s Clash with Intel Chiefs Heats Up

  31-01-2019 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer released an open letter to top U.S. intelligence officials on Wednesday evening urging them to hold an intervention for President Trump amid a growing fight between the White House and the Intelligence community over the latter’s assessment of foreign threats.“I believe it is incumbent on you, [FBI] Director [Christopher] Wray and [CIA] Director [Gina] Haspel to insist on an immediate meeting with the President to educate him about the facts
  
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• Cardi B arrives at court over assault charges dressed in fur

  31-01-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Cardi B arrives at court over assault charges
  
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• Play Multiplayer Games On Xbox One For Free This Weekend

  31-01-2019 19:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft has announced that this coming weekend will be a Free Play Days For All event on Xbox One. So whether or not you have an Xbox Live Gold membership, you'll be able to play with your friends online in whichever game you want.The Free Play Days For All event begins on January 31 and continues until February 3. Microsoft's advertising for the event leans heavily on Fortnite, but you'll be able to play any game you own. Whether that means you jump into another battle royale game, such as Pl
  
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