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• Crunchyroll Announces Anime Awards Host And Presenters

  07-02-2019 23:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Crunchyroll has announced the host for this year's Anime Awards. The company also revealed the list of presenters that will be revealing the winners for each award during the ceremony.For 2019's Anime Awards, voice actress Cristina Vee is scheduled to be the host. Vee is well known within the anime and gaming community for voicing dozens of popular characters. For anime, Vee is most famous for portraying The Familiar of Zero's Louise, Sailor Moon's Rei Hino, Hunter x Hunter's Killua Zoldyck, Dev
  
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• Trump looks to pin 'socialism' label on Democrats ahead of 2020. Will it stick?

  07-02-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Some Democrats didn't applaud when President Donald Trump denounced socialism Tuesday. Republicans hope that will help Trump get re-elected.
  
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• Green New Deal: Ocasio-Cortez plan has yet to have Pelosi backing as both emphasize climate change

  07-02-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez say they're committed to tackling climate change but they don't yet agree on an answer.
  
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• Fortnite Valentine's Event Announced, Features New Challenges, Rewards, And More

  07-02-2019 23:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Now that Week 10's challenges have arrived on all platforms, Season 7 of Fortnite is finally winding down, although developer Epic Games still has a few more surprises in store for players before Season 8 begins. The studio has announced the Valentine's-themed Share the Love event, which kicks off on February 8 and will encompass new challenges, rewards, and more.Once the event is underway, players who support a Creator or enter a Creator Code will receive the Cuddle Hearts wrap for free. The wr
  
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• Body Found Inside Suitcase in Connecticut Identified as Missing NY Woman: Police

  07-02-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Police identified the body found inside a suitcase at an upscale Connecticut town as a missing woman from New Rochelle, New York.
  
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• Apex Legends Hits Huge New Player Milestones

  07-02-2019 23:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Apex Legends, the free-to-play battle royale game from Titanfall developer Respawn, continues to have a strong opening week. The game has now crossed 10 million players, with a record of more than 1 million concurrent players, Respawn announced in a blog post."This has been a truly incredible journey. We tested and tweaked. We argued and agreed. We got to a point where we felt some magic. We knew it would be risky to take the franchise in this direction, to go free to play, and do a surprise lau
  
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• Apex Legends Hits Another Huge Player Milestone

  07-02-2019 23:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Apex Legends, the free-to-play battle royale game from Titanfall developer Respawn, continues to have a strong opening week. The game has now crossed 10 million players, with a record of more than 1 million concurrent players, Respawn announced in a blog post."This has been a truly incredible journey. We tested and tweaked. We argued and agreed. We got to a point where we felt some magic. We knew it would be risky to take the franchise in this direction, to go free to play, and do a surprise lau
  
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• Hey, how do you think a sentient baguette would move?

  07-02-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  If a baguette was alive and could move around, how would it move?This is the vital question posed by a comedian and animator named Dave (@sheepfilms on Twitter), who gave the internet its latest thing to debate on Thursday. According to Dave, there are four possible ways a baguette could move: worm, gallop, robot rotate, and caterpillar.Please observe: SEE ALSO: Is there something wrong with me if I only hear Yanny and not Laurel?A poll tweeted shortly after the video reveals number 3 (robo
  
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• Blackface scandals highlight U.S.'s troubled racial past - and present

  07-02-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  (Advisory: Note language in paragraph 11)By Andrew Hay(Reuters) - The painful history of blackface in America was highlighted this week as two top Virginia Democrats came under fire after admitting to having blackened their faces to resemble African-Americans while in college in the 1980s.While the practice is less common than it was decades ago, African-American scholars say it persists in some corners as evidence of racism.Apologies by Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark
  
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• US banks BB&T and SunTrust announce $66 billion merger 

  07-02-2019 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  BB&T and SunTrust announced Thursday they will combine in a $66 billion transaction to create a regional banking giant in the industry's largest merger since the 2008 financial crisis.The two midsize banks operating in the fast-growing Southeastern United States described the move as a merger of equals that would enable them to compete against heavyweights like Bank of America and Wells Fargo and save some $1.6 billion in administrative costs.Shares of both companies soared on the announceme
  
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• The 2019 Mazda MX-5 Miata 30th Anniversary Edition Remembers All the Times We Had Together

  07-02-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Mazda finally gives Miata fans what they've been waiting for: a new color.
  
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• Twitter hammered as user losses overshadow improving finances

  07-02-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Twitter shares took a pounding Thursday as an unsettling update on its global user base offset upbeat figures on revenues and profits in the past quarter.Shares skidded 9.8 percent to close at $30.80 following Twitter's fourth quarter update, which showed a consistent profit trend despite a shrinking number of users.Chief executive Jack Dorsey said the results reflect Twitter's efforts at "promoting healthy conversation" by weeding out fraudulent accounts used for abuse, harassment and political
  
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• EU, LatAm ministers call for free elections in Venezuela

  07-02-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The political standoff comes with Venezuela mired in economic crisis, marked by hyperinflation and shortages of food and medicine.The GCI said it would make contact with Venezuelan authorities and regional and international partners to "establish the necessary guarantees for a credible electoral process, as soon as possible," and to allow in humanitarian aid sent by the United States to Colombia's border with Venezuela.
  
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• Apex Legends: How Long Does It Take To Unlock Mirage And Caustic Without Spending Money

  07-02-2019 22:46 via gamespot.com
  
  We've been enjoying our time in Respawn's new free-to-play battle royale game, Apex Legends, exploring the diverse ability sets of the eight different Legends. However, two Legends, the psychotic Caustic and goofball Mirage, are locked from the start. You can either drop some real-world cash to buy both immediately, or earn in-game Legend tokens to unlock them. We've finally discovered how long it would take to do the latter.Phil Hornshaw, who wrote up our early impressions of Apex Legends and i
  
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• Trump Fears Schiff Is Recruiting White House Employees for Probe

  07-02-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Schiff has hired one former career official at the National Security Council, Abigail Grace, who left the White House last year, the people said.A second career employee detailed to the Trump White House is also considering joining Schiff’s staff, according to people familiar with the matter.
  
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• Trump-Russia news: President denounces Democrat investigations as his attorney general pick passes key Senate vote

  07-02-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Just days after Donald Trump criticised congressional Democrats for “ridiculous partisan investigations”, the president is facing a renewed Russia inquiry from Congress that has left him complaining about presidential harassment.The president said as much in response to the announcement that Democrats in the House Intelligence Committee have re-opened their probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, marking yet another official investigation into the issue that has dogged the
  
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• The Latest: UN chief believes aid must not be politicized

  07-02-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on Venezuela's political crisis (all times local):
  
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• Taxes 2019: 10 common filing mistakes to avoid this year

  07-02-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Every year, tax professionals see the same common errors, but this year is extra thorny after the tax law's major changes. Here are mistakes to avoid.
  
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• GOP Rep. Gaetz calls for border wall at gun hearing, asks for Parkland dads to be removed

  07-02-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  "If we really cared about safer streets, we would build a wall and secure the border," said Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., at a hearing on gun violence.
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s wipes away tears at protest to defund US border agency: ‘They don't deserve a dime’

  07-02-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was seen wiping tears from her face after using the death of a seven-year-old migrant child to demand an end to funding for the nation’s border agency.At the event on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, the New York congresswoman said US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) did “not deserve a dime”, until it showed it cared about human rights.“Not only will we not agree to fund [ICE], but we are here to say that an agency like ICE, which repeatedl
  
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• Ubisoft Recommends Restarting The Division 2 Beta Every Few Hours

  07-02-2019 21:54 via gamespot.com
  
  The private beta for The Division 2 has begun, and like any real beta this one appears to be exposing some technical hiccups for Ubisoft to mend. The studio has already outlined some tips to avoid common problems in the beta, and announced upcoming maintenance.On its known issues page, Ubisoft outlines two relatively serious issues that it says will be fixed before the full game launch, but that may present problems for beta players. The first is that extended play sessions could either degrade
  
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• Desperate Venezuelans beg Maduro to accept aid coming across the border

  07-02-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Shelves lie empty in the few pharmacies left open in the Venezuelan border town of Ureña. There are no medicines, just a few packets of cotton wool and boxes of plasters. A few miles away, on the eerily quiet bridge to Colombia, a fuel tanker and shipping containers placed by the military sit across the empty lanes ready to block millions of dollars of US aid.  In a sign of increasing desperation, residents in Ureña say they are ready to turn on the security forces if the aid
  
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• May, Juncker hold 'robust' Brexit meet, agree new talks

  07-02-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain and the EU agreed Thursday to hold more talks to try to avoid a no-deal Brexit after a "robust" meeting between Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker.After his own talks with May, EU President Donald Tusk warned there was "no breakthrough in sight", although the British leader said she had seen willingness from Brussels to find a deal.May has been desperately trying to salvage the withdrawal agreement she spent months negotiating with Brussels, afte
  
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• Fortnite Week 10 Secret Banner Location Guide (Season 7 Snowfall Challenge)

  07-02-2019 21:30 via gamespot.com
  
  We're in the final stretch of Fortnite Season 7, but there's still plenty to see and do in the hit battle royale game before Season 8 kicks off. That includes Week 10's challenges, which are now available across all platforms. You'll find the usual assortment of tasks in this batch, including another search for Expedition Outposts.As usual, completing challenges will reward you with Battle Stars, which in turn will level your Battle Pass up and unlock Season 7 cosmetics. If you finish all of the
  
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• Senators Seek to Punish Saudis Over Khashoggi Murder, Yemen War

  07-02-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The bill would prohibit some arms sales to Saudi Arabia and bar U.S. in-flight refueling of Saudi coalition aircraft involved in the civil war in Yemen.The administration has said it already has halted the refueling.
  
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• Trucks carrying US humanitarian aid arrive at Venezuela border: AFP

  07-02-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Cúcuta (Colombia) (AFP) - Trucks carrying desperately-needed US humanitarian aid arrived at the Venezuelan border on Wednesday, AFP reporters said.President Nicolas Maduro has refused foreign aid shipments, saying they would open the way for US military intervention to depose him.The convoy, which departed the day before from the city of Bucaramanga in northeastern Colombia, was cheered on its arrival by a group of Venezuelan migrants in Tienditas.
  
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• Devil May Cry 5 Sticks To Tradition And I Wouldn't Want It Any Other Way

  07-02-2019 21:22 via gamespot.com
  
  After several hours spent playing Devil May Cry V, my wrist was cramped and the joints in my fingers were aching. These pains should be familiar to Devil May Cry fans; the series always demanded a high level of dexterity to master its combat. But in this sorry state, a joy washed over me: "I'm playing a new Devil May Cry, and that's awesome." But at the same time, another thought prodded my mind: "Will everyone else want this?"DMCV is a return to not only the series' previous canon, but to the p
  
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• Devil May Cry 5 Follows Tradition And I Wouldn't Want It Any Other Way

  07-02-2019 21:22 via gamespot.com
  
  After several hours spent playing Devil May Cry V, my wrist was cramped and the joints in my fingers were aching. These pains should be familiar to Devil May Cry fans; the series always demanded a high level of dexterity to master its combat. But in this sorry state, a joy washed over me: "I'm playing a new Devil May Cry, and that's awesome." But at the same time, another thought prodded my mind: "Will everyone else want this?"DMCV is a return to not only the series' previous canon, but to the p
  
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• U.S. border security talks progressing: negotiators

  07-02-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Speaking to reporters, Tester said it was "entirely possible we could have a deal in a timely manner, which could be tomorrow but certainly by the weekend."Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, who met earlier on Thursday at the White House with Trump, told reporters the 17 Senate and House of Representatives negotiators were on "a positive trajectory".Shelby, a Republican, would not provide any details on a possible deal but said the situation had improved now that there was
  
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• Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 Will Use Fired Director James Gunn's Script - GameSpot Universe News Update

  07-02-2019 21:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Script goes under the Gunn.
  
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• Harris, Gillibrand Call for Probe of Fairfax Accuser’s Allegations

  07-02-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  College professor Vanessa Tyson has alleged that Fairfax forced her to perform oral sex on him during the 2004 Democratic National Convention.Fairfax has forcefully denied the allegation.“I think there should be an investigation to determine what happened,” Harris told reporters on Capitol Hill. “Certainly her letter reads — it’s quite detailed, and suggests that there’s credibility there.
  
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• The Misguided Sliming of High-School Sports

  07-02-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  In the long shadow of this week’s Super Bowl, high-school football drew some unflattering attention, including headlines such as “As the Super Bowl Approaches, Is High School Football Dying a Slow Death?” (the Guardian) and “Rams’ Run to 2019 Super Bowl Reveals Cracks in Football from High School to the NFL” (Forbes).In recent years, high-school sports have had a tough go of it.Football’s concussion problem has spawned headlines such as CBS’s &ldqu
  
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• Justice League Vs. The Fatal Five - Official Trailer

  07-02-2019 20:57 via gamespot.com
  
  The fate of the planet rests on the shoulders of a reluctant Green Lantern and an unstable hero from the future in "Justice League vs. The Fatal Five," the next entry in the popular series of DC Universe Movies.
  
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• No bag fees, no problem: Southwest Airlines takes in $642 million in other fees in 2018

  07-02-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The airline is the only carrier to offer two free checked bags and no ticket change fees, but priority boarding fees and other fees bring in big bucks.
  
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• Amazon invests in self-driving car startup Aurora

  07-02-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  A self-driving car technology startup founded by former Google, Tesla and Uber executives said Thursday it secured $530 million in new funding that included a "significant" investment from Amazon.The funding round for Aurora Innovation led by Silicon Valley venture capital powerhouse Sequoia reportedly valued the startup launched just two years ago at more than $2.5 billion."We are always looking to invest in innovative, customer-obsessed companies, and Aurora is just that," Amazon said in respo
  
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• Woman found dead in suitcase identified as NY resident

  07-02-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A woman found dead and bound in a suitcase in a wooded area of Connecticut was identified Thursday as a 24-year-old New York resident who worked at a bookstore and aspired to be a tattoo artist, according to police and co-workers.
  
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• Michael Cohen Search Warrant Documents to Be Made Partly Public

  07-02-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Over objections from federal prosecutors, U.S. District Judge William Pauley on Thursday granted a request by media organizations for access to documents related to the April 9 FBI search of Cohen’s home, office and hotel room, while agreeing with the government that some materials must remain secret to protect ongoing investigations."The public interest in the underlying subject matter of the materials -- which implicates the integrity of the 2016 presidential election -- is substantial,"
  
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• Pelosi throws shade on Ocasio-Cortez's 'Green New Deal' framework

  07-02-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The House speaker has a word of caution for the freshman superstar.
  
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• The 2020 Nissan Rogue Sport Gets a Little Edgy

  07-02-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Cosmetic and safety upgrades usher the Rogue Sport into the 2020 model year.
  
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• New Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Trailer Introduces The Protagonist's Origin

  07-02-2019 20:25 via gamespot.com
  
  From Software has released a new trailer for its upcoming Souls-like game, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. The trailer delivers our first official look at the game's story, specifically the origin of its protagonist, The Wolf. You can watch it above.The developer behind Dark Souls and Bloodborne is changing quite a few aspects of its tried-and-true formula to deliver a new kind of experience with Sekiro. For one, Sekiro's protagonist actually speaks. The story in Sekiro plays out more as a Japanese d
  
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• 6 New Avengers: Endgame Theories From The Super Bowl 2019 Trailer

  07-02-2019 20:21 via gamespot.com
  
  After watching the new Avengers: Endgame Super Bowl TV spot, Mat has even more theories about what's going on in the upcoming Marvel film!
  
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• Evidence shows Khashoggi murder planned, carried out by Saudi officials: U.N.

  07-02-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Khashoggi's killing by a team of Saudi operatives on Oct. 2 provoked widespread revulsion and tarnished the image of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, previously admired in the West for pushing deep changes including tax reform, infrastructure projects and allowing women to drive.U.S. intelligence agencies believe Crown Prince Mohammed ordered an operation to kill Khashoggi, a critic and Washington Post columnist, and say his body was dismembered and removed to a location still publicly unknown.
  
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• EU-backed group calls for political solution to Venezuela crisis

  07-02-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  International pressure on Maduro to step down has intensified this week as a flood of EU members followed the U.S. move to recognise opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president of the economically shattered South American nation.Russia and China continue to back Maduro and have warned Washington and others not to intervene.Holding its inaugural meeting in Uruguay's capital Montevideo, the European Union-backed International Contact Group on Venezuela called for a more hands-off approach t
  
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• US border crisis: Arizona city denounces Trump administration’s razor wire as ‘inhuman’

  07-02-2019 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  A small border city in Arizona is pushing back against Donald Trump’s decision to install razor wire along its border, with a proclamation that would officially call the measures “irresponsible” and “inhuman”.The city officials in Nogales considered the proclamation on Wednesday, just days after a report indicated the US military installed more concertina wire along the border fence that separates the city from Mexico.The installation of the concertina wire has beco
  
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• New Devil May Cry 5 Demo Now Available On PS4, Xbox One

  07-02-2019 20:01 via gamespot.com
  
  In case you missed out on the last Devil May Cry 5 demo on Xbox One, a new one is now available for both Xbox One and PS4. As noted on the game's official Twitter, this demo introduces a new Devil Breaker called the Punch Line, as well as the ability to power up by calling Nico.The last demo was available on Xbox One in December but was subsequently pulled in January. That one was Xbox One exclusive, and it remained playable for those who had downloaded it previously. This second demo is the fir
  
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• New Devil May Cry 5 Demo Now Available On PS4 And Xbox One

  07-02-2019 20:01 via gamespot.com
  
  In case you missed out on the last Devil May Cry 5 demo on Xbox One, a new one is now available for both Xbox One and PS4. As noted on the game's official Twitter, this demo introduces a new Devil Breaker called the Punch Line, as well as the ability to power up by calling Nico.The last demo was available on Xbox One in December but was subsequently pulled in January. That one was Xbox One exclusive, and it remained playable for those who had downloaded it previously. This second demo is the fir
  
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• Pelosi turns nose up at Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Green dream or whatever’ carbon-neutral economy plan

  07-02-2019 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Nancy Pelosi appeared to poke fun at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ambitious proposal to create a carbon neutral economy within ten years, referring to the plan as “the green dream or whatever they call it”.The New York congresswoman and senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts, unveiled a proposal termed the Green New Deal, they say will tackle climate change, transform the economy, and create large numbers of jobs in renewable energy.“Even the solutions that we have considered b
  
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• Rep. Louie Gohmert accuses House Democrats of breaching their agreement with Attorney General Whitaker

  07-02-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The House Judiciary Committee is efforting a 'partisan railroad job,' warns Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert.
  
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• Ford investing $1 billion, adding 500 jobs in Chicago

  07-02-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it is investing more than $1 billion in its Chicago operations and adding 500 jobs as it prepares to launch three new SUVs this year and end production of the Taurus.Ford said it is building a new body shop and paint shop at its Chicago Assembly plant, and making major modifications to the final assembly area.At Chicago Stamping, Ford is adding stamping lines, the company added.
  
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• Negotiators Say They’re Closer to a Deal to Prevent Another Shutdown

  07-02-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby went to the White House Thursday to discuss border security with President Donald Trump.The Republican senator said he updated the president on the negotiations of a House-Senate committee leading the talks.
  
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