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• First Trailer For Tolkien Movie Shows The Lord Of The Rings Author At War

  12-02-2019 23:40 via gamespot.com
  
  The first trailer for the J.R.R. Tolkien biopic starring Nicholas Hoult as the Lord of the Rings author has arrived. The short video gives us a first look at the film that will explore Tolkien's formative years and the journey and experiences that inspired him to write The Lord of the Rings.Tolkien was an orphan, and a significant part of his life was finding friends at school. He fought in World War I, and many of his friends died in battle. Tolkien survived, and it is said that Tolkien's time
  
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• Venezuela's Guaido vows to bring in aid next week

  12-02-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido told tens of thousands of supporters on Tuesday that desperately-needed humanitarian aid would be brought into the country on February 23, despite opposition from President Nicolas Maduro."It's sure that the humanitarian aid will enter Venezuela because the usurper will have no choice but to leave Venezuela," said self-proclaimed acting president Guaido.US aid has been piling up in Colombia at the border with crisis-hit Venezuela but until now the bridge
  
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• President Trump and Beto O'Rourke hold dueling rallies in El Paso

  12-02-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump pushes for a border barrier, while O'Rourke says walls won't work; reaction and analysis on 'The Five.'
  
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• Substitute teacher resigns after she allegedly told student his athletic wear is 'prison attire'

  12-02-2019 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  A substitute music teacher at Rand Road Elementary has resigned after she allegedly told a student his athletic clothes looked like "prison attire," Lisa Luten with Wake County schools said Tuesday.
  
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• 12 Worst Movie Love Stories Of All Time, Ranked

  12-02-2019 23:28 via gamespot.com
  
  Valentine's Day is nearly upon us, and for romantic movie fans, that means a chance to spend quality time with some great on-screen love stories. From Casablanca and Brief Encounter to When Harry Met Sally and Before Sunrise, the decades have delivered some incredible romantic movies that have made generations of viewers laugh, cry, and swoon.But for every great movie love story, there are countless bad ones. It takes a very special combination of great acting, writing, and on-screen chemistry
  
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• Google's New Tool Tells You if Your Password Has Been Hacked

  12-02-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Here's how it works and how to use it
  
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• Ex-Boyfriend Arrested in Connection to Murder of Woman Found in Suitcase

  12-02-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  The ex-boyfriend of a New York woman found dead in a suitcase in Connecticut has been arrested in connection to her death, police said Tuesday.
  
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• Far Cry: New Dawn Features This Big Splinter Cell Easter Egg

  12-02-2019 23:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Far Cry: New Dawn sees Ubisoft's open-world FPS series head into the post-apocalypse, where society has fallen after the events of Far Cry 5. One of the game's new features are Expeditions, a series of self-contained missions that take place outside of the main setting of Hope County, and around various US-based locations.Expeditions are snatch-and-grab affairs; your goal is to sneak into an enemy-occupied region, steal a package with valuable crafting materials, and get to an extraction point a
  
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• Far Cry: New Dawn Features A Big Splinter Cell Easter Egg

  12-02-2019 23:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Far Cry: New Dawn sees Ubisoft's open-world FPS series head into the post-apocalypse, where society has fallen after the events of Far Cry 5. One of the game's new features are Expeditions, a series of self-contained missions that take place outside of the main setting of Hope County, and around various US-based locations.Expeditions are snatch-and-grab affairs; your goal is to sneak into an enemy-occupied region, steal a package with valuable crafting materials, and get to an extraction point a
  
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• BBC wants security review after cameraman attacked at Trump rally

  12-02-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The BBC asked the White House to review security arrangements Tuesday after a BBC cameraman was assaulted at a rally in Texas with President Donald Trump.British Broadcasting Corporation cameraman Ron Skeans was attacked by a Trump supporter yelling anti-media slogans during the US president's rally in El Paso late Monday.As he does at most rallies, Trump had repeatedly encouraged the crowd to boo at the journalists covering the event, accusing them of "fake" coverage.
  
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• Sub teacher tells students Martin Luther King killed himself

  12-02-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina substitute teacher has submitted her resignation after a student told his father that the teacher told his class that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was not assassinated but instead killed himself.
  
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• Governor urges 'data dividend' to share tech wealth

  12-02-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The new governor of the state that is home to Silicon Valley said Tuesday his team is working on a plan for a "data dividend" that internet firms would pay users.Governor Gavin Newsom announced the proposal during a "State of the State" address, reasoning that people should share in money that technology firms make off of what they know about users."Consumers have a right to know and control how their data is being used," Newsom said, referring to state privacy legislation passed last year.
  
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• The Society of Tattletales

  12-02-2019 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Esquire magazine launched a series of reported essays this morning with an article titled “The Life of an American Boy at 17.” It featured a tall, handsome, but not particularly dynamic white kid from Wisconsin who thinks he’s likely to end up working at a “water plant.” Thousands of people who don’t subscribe to Esquire, or normally read Esquire, or fit in with Esquire’s target demographic are furious about the choice of subject. Or at least they are pr
  
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• Call Of Duty 2019 Confirmed, Will Have A Campaign

  12-02-2019 22:53 via gamespot.com
  
  As part of Activision Blizzard's earnings report, the company announced that a new Call of Duty game is coming out in 2019.Activision Publishing boss Coddy Johnson offered some very high-level insight on the game, saying it will appeal to veterans and newcomers alike. He added that the game is a "great step forward" for the franchise, going on to say that it's rooted in Call of Duty's history, which suggests it will be a sequel to an existing sub-brand.Also during the call, Activision management
  
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• Johnson & Johnson's nasal spray for depression wins FDA panel backing

  12-02-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The panel voted 14-2 in favor of the drug esketamine, developed to treat major depression in patients who have not benefited from at least two different therapies, saying its benefits outweighed the risks.One panel member abstained from voting.Esketamine is a chemical mirror image of anesthetic ketamine, which is also abused as a recreational party drug and goes by the street nickname "Special K".
  
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• Republican leader says Senate will vote on Green New Deal

  12-02-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  "I've noted with great interest the Green New Deal, and we're going to be voting on that in the Senate, give everybody an opportunity to go on record and see how they feel about the Green New Deal," McConnell said.The goal is to transition the U.S. economy away from burning fossil fuels and emitting greenhouse gasses blamed for climate change, rising sea levels and severe storms.The initiative was unveiled by Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a rising political star, and Senato
  
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• Contrasting realities on immigration as Trump, O'Rourke host dueling rallies in El Paso

  12-02-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Standing within earshot distance of one another, President Trump and Beto O’Rourke held opposing rallies in El Paso, Texas, that clashed over immigration.Trump and his contingent of an estimated 6,500 chanted “Build the wall” and “U-S-A” over and over, while O’Rourke and an estimated 10,000 supporters called for a path to citizenship for those wanting to cross the border.While Trump spoke from inside a packed El Paso County Coliseum arena with a large U.S. fla
  
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• Activision Blizzard Lays Off Hundreds, Despite Record Results

  12-02-2019 22:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Activision Blizzard, publisher of Call of Duty, Overwatch, and Candy Crush, has announced significant layoffs. Employees were notified of the cuts today, with people at Activision, Blizzard, and mobile game company King affected.Activision has also detailed its financial performance for the forth quarter of 2018 and, as part of this, noted that it "will increase development investment in its biggest franchises, enabling teams to accelerate the pace and quality of content for their communities an
  
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• Activision Blizzard Confirms Significant Layoffs, Despite Record Results

  12-02-2019 22:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Activision Blizzard, publisher of Call of Duty, Overwatch, and Candy Crush, has announced significant layoffs. Employees were notified of the cuts today, with people at Activision, Blizzard, and mobile game company King affected.Activision has also detailed its financial performance for the forth quarter of 2018 and, as part of this, noted that it "will increase development investment in its biggest franchises, enabling teams to accelerate the pace and quality of content for their communities an
  
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• Green New Deal: McConnell wants Democrats to go 'on record' about AOC's climate change plan

  12-02-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn't like the Green New Deal, but he wants a vote on the controversial so Democrats can be put on the record.
  
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• Esquire sparks debate with profile of white teen from Middle America

  12-02-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Esquire's cover story about a 17-year-old white teenager has caused a heated debate on social media. Editor in Chief Jay Fielden said Esquire staffers huddled to discuss what it's like to be a kid these days the idea for a series on 'growing up now' was born. Critics are angry because they feel that documenting the experiences of a 17-year-old boy is unnecessary, while others took to social media to share their outrage over the outrage.
  
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• Workers Missed Bills, Burned Savings During Government Shutdown

  12-02-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  More than a quarter of federal employees missed a mortgage or rent payment during the shutdown, while 49 percent fell behind on bills in general, according to the Prudential survey of 352 federal workers, contractors and spouses.“Boy, this is really tough -- it is really a wake-up call for them, and for everybody else, that emergency savings matter,” Jamie Kalamarides, president of Prudential Group Insurance, said in a phone interview.The survey by Prudential, the second-largest U.S.
  
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• U.S. government shutdown caused 'real harm' to taxpayers: IRS watchdog

  12-02-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  "Make no mistake about it, these numbers translate into real harm to real taxpayers," the National Taxpayer Advocate said in a report to Congress.
  
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• Federal jury finds drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán guilty of all counts

  12-02-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal jury in Brooklyn slammed the door on a final escape bid by Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.
  
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• 21 Savage granted bond after more than a week in ICE custody

  12-02-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Rapper 21 Savage was granted bond on Tuesday after spending more than a week in ICE custody, his legal team says.
  
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• Wreck It Ralph 2's Alan Tudyk On Finding His Disney Voice And Going Full-Blown Villain In Doom Patrol

  12-02-2019 22:12 via gamespot.com
  
  For any voice actor, joining the Walt Disney Animation Studios roster of talent seems like it should be a dream come true. After all, you've become part of a fabric of movies that includes iconic titles like Cinderella, Pinocchio, and Robin Hood. For Alan Tudyk, who has now appeared in six Disney animated films--along with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story--it was another movie that drew him to the studio growing up.Speaking to GameSpot to promote the Blu-ray and digital release of his latest Disney
  
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• Metro Exodus: Release Date, Gameplay, Impressions, And What We Know

  12-02-2019 22:05 via gamespot.com
  
  The long-awaited Metro Exodus is releasing this week for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Announced at E3 2017, it's hard to believe the game is finally coming out. After all, the last Metro game we got was 2013's Metro: Last Light. To help you prepare for Metro Exodus, we've compiled all of our essential news stories, features, and gameplay videos highlighting all the details you need to know about the game.Are you excited for Metro Exodus? Let us know in the comments below. Otherwise, be on the lookout
  
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• McConnell, Schumer Urge Trump to Sign Spending Deal

  12-02-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and minority leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday urged President Trump to sign the tentative spending deal Congress reached Monday night."I have recommended that if it becomes what we think it is, I do recommend [Trump] sign it," McConnell told reporters. "I think he's got a pretty good deal here. . . . I hope he’ll find this agreement acceptable and he’ll sign the bill."Schumer, meanwhile, said Trump would be to blame if another government shutdown
  
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• Battlefield 5 Free Combined Arms Co-Op Mode Launching This Week

  12-02-2019 21:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Battlefield 5 is kicking off its new free co-op mode Combined Arms this week. Launching as part of the Lightning Strikes update, this mode lets players team up with up to three friends for eight PvE missions. The four key objectives span across four maps.DICE says Combined Arms is meant to be a good way for players to practice together before throwing down in the much more competitive multiplayer, and it has variable difficulty settings and loadouts so you can get your time in with the gear of y
  
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• Battlefield 5 Free Co-Op Mode Combined Arms Launching This Week

  12-02-2019 21:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Battlefield 5 is kicking off its new free co-op mode Combined Arms this week. Launching as part of the Lightning Strikes update, this mode lets players team up with up to three friends for eight PvE missions. The four key objectives span across four maps.DICE says Combined Arms is meant to be a good way for players to practice together before throwing down in the much more competitive multiplayer, and it has variable difficulty settings and loadouts so you can get your time in with the gear of y
  
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• A modern take on the classic white shirt at Carolina Herrera

  12-02-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — When the last model walked down the Carolina Herrera runway in a floor-length, billowing gown that looked like a huge white shirt, it was a playful nod in two ways.
  
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• California Gov. Gavin Newsom Accuses Trump of 'Fear-Mongering' in Major Speech

  12-02-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom used his first "state of the state" speech to criticize President Donald Trump's vision of America.
  
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• Brexit: extending Article 50 would serve no purpose - FT quotes PM May

  12-02-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - British Prime Minster Theresa May told business leaders on Tuesday that extending the Article 50 process under which the UK is meant to leave the European Union on March 29 would serve no purpose, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. May said delaying Britain's departure from the EU would bring no end to Brexit uncertainty or push parliament any closer to approving a withdrawal agreement, the FT report said, citing people who took part in a phone call with the prime minister. ...
  
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• Best High-End Dishwashers From Consumer Reports' Tests

  12-02-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Best High-End Dishwashers From CR's Tests You'd think that spending $1,500 or more would get you, well, the best dishwasher money could buy. But in fact, our tests show that dishwashers in the $...
  
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• In eastern Syria, foreign families flee last Islamic State enclave

  12-02-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  A field commander with the Kurdish-led forces, which are pushing further into the besieged pocket, said mostly foreign militants were making their last stand.The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which holds about a quarter of the country, has mounted an attack to seize the enclave with the help of U.S. air strikes.Many hundreds of civilians streamed out in the past two days alone.
  
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• Far Cry: New Dawn's Release Date, Gameplay, And What We Know (So Far)

  12-02-2019 21:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Far Cry: New Dawn is set to launch this week for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. With so much excitement stirring around the impending launch of this latest entry in Ubisoft's long running, first-person shooter series, we've compiled a series of news stories, features, and gameplay videos highlighting all the details you need to know about the game.What do you think about Far Cry: New Dawn? Are you going to pick it up? Let us know in the comments below. Otherwise, check back often as we update this featu
  
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• Meet Trump, the Australian Shepherd Who Just Won Big at the Westminster Dog Show

  12-02-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  'The dog doesn't know that his name is a controversial topic,' his owner says
  
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• 7 of the Best Semiconductor Stocks to Buy for 2019

  12-02-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The best semiconductor stocks this year.
  
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• Donald Trump ‘not happy’ with Congress border deal but plays down chance of another shutdown

  12-02-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has said he is “not happy” with a Congress deal addressing his border wall demands but insisted he did not want another government shutdown, raising hopes he will not veto the agreement.   The US president said he was still working through details of the compromise, which was struck by Republican and Democrat congressmen late on Monday to keep the government funded beyond the Friday midnight deadline.  The agreement includes $1.37 billion (£1.06 billion)&
  
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• Democratic senators urge administration to reject Sprint, T-Mobile merger

  12-02-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The signatories included potential or confirmed presidential candidates Sanders, Amy Klobuchar, Sherrod Brown, Kirsten Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker.Also signing the letters were Senators Richard Blumenthal and Tom Udall.The senators noted the four largest wireless carriers including AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications Inc control 98 percent of the market.
  
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• Trump flaunts his concern for minorities. Native Americans need not apply.

  12-02-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  He did not offer to resign himself over a mocking reference to Native American genocide, or call out his son, Donald Jr., for applauding that remark.
  
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• Brazil to set up aid center on Venezuelan border: opposition envoy

  12-02-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The Brazilian government will set up a collection center for humanitarian aid for Venezuela in the northern border city of Boa Vista within the next few days, the Venezuelan opposition's envoy to Brasilia said on Tuesday.Maria Teresa Belandria, who has been recognized as Venezuela's ambassador by the Brazilian government, said she will meet with Brazil's defense minister on Wednesday to talk logistics for getting aid from the United States, Brazil and possibly Canada to Boa Vista.
  
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• Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' found guilty by NY jury

  12-02-2019 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexican mobster Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was found guilty Tuesday by a New York jury of crimes spanning a quarter of a century as head of one of the world's most powerful drugs gangs.The 61-year-old former head of the Sinaloa cartel -- famed for his brazen escapes from Mexican prisons -- faces a possible life sentence after being convicted of smuggling tons of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into the United States.In his closing arguments late last month, Guzman's lawyer Jeffrey
  
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• AOC reveals her Post-it wall of thank you notes in Congress

  12-02-2019 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Yes, you get lots of people who think you’re a youthful, straight-talking breath of fresh air.How delightful then, to see in in real physical form, the gratitude of some of the people who appreciate what you are doing to help them.On Tuesday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez revealed some some of the colourful messages of thanks that had been sent in by people to her office, and carefully added to the wall beside her door.
  
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• New Xbox One Game Deals Now Available On Xbox Live

  12-02-2019 20:45 via gamespot.com
  
  A new game sale is now underway in the Microsoft Store. This week, publisher Take-Two is offering discounts on a variety of titles across Xbox One and Xbox 360, while Xbox Live Gold subscribers will find exclusive deals on Diablo III: Eternal Collection and other acclaimed games for both platforms.On the Xbox One side, players can pick up BioShock: The Collection and Borderlands: The Handsome Collection for $15 apiece as part of this week's publisher sale. The critically acclaimed strategy game
  
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• Republican-Controlled Senate to Vote on Democrats’ Green New Deal

  12-02-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate GOP leaders who joined McConnell at a news conference in Washington on Tuesday criticized the measure, saying it would increase energy costs.“To me, this is just so extreme,” said John Barrasso of Wyoming.The legislation is a sweeping package of climate-change measures unveiled by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has drawn a tepid response from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who didn’t explicitly throw her support behind the ideas.
  
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• Blackface scandal prompts others to confront their memories

  12-02-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Mark Acosta remembers so many of the details. He was in fourth grade in a predominantly Hispanic mining town in Arizona and his teachers painted his face black for a play where he portrayed comedian Flip Wilson and his character Geraldine.
  
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• McConnell: Senate to Vote on Green New Deal So Lawmakers Can ‘Go on Record’

  12-02-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday that the Senate will vote on the Green New Deal resolution introduced last week by a coalition of progressive lawmakers vowing to eliminate all greenhouse-gas emissions within ten years, while simultaneously creating millions of jobs in a government-subsidized green-energy sector.“I've noted with great interest the Green New Deal. And we're going to be voting on that in the Senate. Give everybody an opportunity to go on record and see how t
  
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• The Post-it wall outside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's office got so big she had to move it

  12-02-2019 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  We all know Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is working hard to make some serious changes in Congress, but in her down time she's making a few adjustments to her personal office decor.On Tuesday, the 29-year-old announced on Twitter that she was told to remove the encouraging Post-it notes supporters had been leaving on the wall outside her office. But before you get too upset, know that she simply moved the sweet notes inside, which means now she can stare at them while she works."RIP our Post-it wall
  
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• El Chapo trial: Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán found guilty and faces life in prison

  12-02-2019 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of grisly killings, political payoffs, cocaine hidden in jalapeno cans, jewel-encrusted guns and a naked escape with his mistress through a tunnel.Guzman faced a drumbeat of drug-trafficking and conspiracy convictions that could put the 61-year-old escape artist behind bars for decades
  
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