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• Fire Emblem: Three Houses -- Switch Release Date And Special Edition Revealed

  13-02-2019 23:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Fire Emblem: Three Houses marks the long-running strategy RPG series' debut on Nintendo Switch. It's among the biggest franchises Nintendo has planned for this year, and now we know it will be a mid-summer treat. In midst of all the news from the latest Nintendo Direct presentation, the company also announced a release date for Fire Emblem: Three Houses of July 26.For devotees of the series, the Direct also announced a collector's edition. The Seasons of Warfare Edition will include an artbook,
  
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• Astral Chain - Nintendo Switch Announcement Trailer

  13-02-2019 23:42 via gamespot.com
  
  Astral Chain is a new action game from PlatinumGames, the creators of the Bayonetta™ series. As part of a police special forces unit in a multi-cultural futuristic city, players work together with a humanoid special weapon, Legion, in a synergetic action system of battle and exploration.
  
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• Guaido seeks to wrest control of Venezuela's oil company

  13-02-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly appointed a transitional board of directors for the state oil company Wednesday, in a bid by congress chief Juan Guaido to gain control of an industry that is the economic backbone of the country.
  
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• Nintendo Direct February 2019: All Switch News & Games Announced

  13-02-2019 23:38 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo's February 2019 Direct presentation has concluded, and--as promised--it brought plenty of information about new Switch games. In addition, we got welcome updates on existing Switch games, with new free and paid DLC coming to a bunch of our favorite titles.Along with some exciting news for Mario and Zelda --sorry, Animal Crossing fans and those holding out hope for Mother 3--we learned about a slate of games and demos releasing today. Some of these are already available on the Nintendo S
  
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• Zelda: Link's Awakening Remake Revealed For Nintendo Switch

  13-02-2019 23:36 via gamespot.com
  
  If you haven't already, you can catch up on all the biggest news from the latest Nintendo Direct here, but the showstopper was the new Zelda game for Switch. Nintendo closed out its latest Direct presentation by unveiling a remake of the beloved Game Boy game The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, which is being "reborn as a new experience" on the hybrid console later in 2019. A specific release date was not announced.Nintendo didn't share many details about the Link's Awakening remake, but it r
  
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• Zelda: Link's Awakening Remake Announced For Switch

  13-02-2019 23:36 via gamespot.com
  
  If you haven't already, you can catch up on all the biggest news from the latest Nintendo Direct here, but the showstopper was new Zelda game for the Switch. Nintendo closed out its latest Direct presentation by unveiling a remake of the beloved Game Boy game The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, which is being "reborn as a new experience" on the hybrid console later this year.Nintendo didn't share many details about the Link's Awakening remake, but it retains the same top-down perspective as t
  
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• Astral Chain From Platinum Announced For Nintendo Switch

  13-02-2019 23:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Near the end of the latest Nintendo Direct presentation (read all the news from it here), the company debuted the latest action game from Platinum Games. It's called Astral Chain, and it's closer than you might realize. The game is set to debut exclusively on Switch on August 30.Astral Chain takes place in a futuristic city, as players inhabit a special forces unit paired with a living weapon called Legion. The gameplay centers around this partnership, as you'll pull off combat combos and explor
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is 'fine' with a sitting president who smokes weed

  13-02-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to be chill as hell.In an interview with TMZ on Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez shared some of her thoughts on cannabis legalization, proving she's extremely open-minded on the topic.When asked if she'd be OK with a sitting president who smokes, the 29-year-old congresswoman said, "I don't care. Yeah. I don't care, it's fine with me. You're not hurting anybody, you know?""There are plenty of people who drink, they'll go out to happy hour ... how is that different from
  
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• Final Fantasy 9 Out Today On Switch, Final Fantasy 7 Coming Next Month

  13-02-2019 23:31 via gamespot.com
  
  During the latest Nintendo Direct presentation (all the news here), Nintendo revealed the release dates for a trio of classic Final Fantasy games. Final Fantasy VII is launching for Switch on March 26, while the FF spin-off Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy is also set to release next month, on March 20. However, fans won't have to wait that long to play Final Fantasy IX; that game will arrive in the Switch Eshop later today, February 13, for $21.Back in September, Square Enix announced it
  
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• Assassin's Creed 3 Remaster's Nintendo Switch Release Date Confirmed

  13-02-2019 23:31 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed III Remaster will be available on Nintendo Switch on May 21. The confirmation was provided during the Nintendo Direct (check out all the news here), and confirms rumors from earlier in the year. The game has already been confirmed for release on PS4, Xbox One, and PC on March 29.Alongside an updated version of Assassin's Creed III, the package will include a remaster of PlayStation Vita title Assassin's Creed III: Liberation, and the Tyranny of King Washington DLC. For
  
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• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Announced For Nintendo Switch

  13-02-2019 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  During the February 2019 Nintendo Direct (see all the news here), the company announced that Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice will be getting a Switch release. The acclaimed action game, which explores mental illness in a Norse mythology setting, has a release window of Spring 2019.Nintendo didn't provide many details about the port during the presentation. Hellblade was originally a PlayStation 4 console exclusive (that was also available on PC), and it came to Xbox One in April 2018.GameSpot award
  
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• The Latest: Arlington diocese says 16 priests on abuse list

  13-02-2019 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Latest on Catholic dioceses in Virginia releasing lists of priests with credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor against them (all times local):
  
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• Netflix's Umbrella Academy Is An Insane Remix Of The Comics And Here's Why

  13-02-2019 23:16 via gamespot.com
  
  While Netflix's Marvel shows seem to be coming to an end--only two of the six series are left standing--that doesn't mean the streaming service is getting out of the superhero game. In Umbrella Academy, the new original series based on comics by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, the street-level crime fighting has been replaced with time travel, the threat of global destruction, and some very entertaining dance sequences.Umbrella Academy follows a highly-dysfunctional "family" of people with a v
  
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• Farewell to a 'workhorse': Mars rover Opportunity officially dead after 15 years

  13-02-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  After more than eight months without contact, NASA tried one more time to revive the Mars rover Opportunity before bidding it farewell – and failed.
  
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• Smash Bros. Ultimate 3.0 Update And Joker Release Detailed; New Amiibo Revealed

  13-02-2019 23:06 via gamespot.com
  
  During the latest Nintendo Direct event, the publisher provided an update on what the future holds for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, revealing information about its 3.0 update, narrowing down when the next DLC character will be available, and showing off a few new Amiibo coming soon.First up is update 3.0, which Nintendo didn't actually detail. Instead it teased more information in the future. In terms of DLC characters, Nintendo already revealed that the next fighter to join the roster will be Pe
  
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• Super Mario Maker 2 Announced For Nintendo Switch

  13-02-2019 23:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo has announced Super Mario Maker 2 for Nintendo Switch. The sequel made its debut as part of today's Nintendo Direct event, during which a June 2019 release date was also confirmed. One of the big new additions for the second game is the ability to create slopes--something which was noticeably absent from both the original Wii U title and the 3DS version.Angled surfaces for Mario to hop, skip, and jump along might not sound like a big deal, but its something that fans have been very voca
  
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• New Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 Characters Revealed, Including Captain Marvel

  13-02-2019 23:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order was unexpectedly revealed at The Game Awards in December of 2018. Now, during today's Nintendo Direct, we learned some new details about the upcoming brawler for Switch. During the stream it was confirmed that the game will have an all-new story that pits Marvel's iconic heroes and villains against each other for the fate of the world.During the initial reveal trailer characters from the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, and X-Men were shown as playab
  
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• Pokemon Go February 2019 Community Day: Start Time, How To Get Sinnoh Stones, And More

  13-02-2019 22:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Pokemon Go's next Community Day is just around the corner. Niantic is hosting this month's event on Saturday, February 16, and like usual, it'll offer players around the world a chance to capture rare Pokemon and earn some generous in-game bonuses.Each Community Day typically runs for only three hours, but the specifics of these events vary month by month. To help you prepare, we've rounded up all of the most important details about February 2019's Community Day below, from the time it starts in
  
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• The 24 Best Time Travel Movies Ever

  13-02-2019 22:37 via gamespot.com
  
  It's a temporal week in entertainment.Here at GameSpot, we love good sci-fi, especially of the time travel variety. That's what makes this week so exciting: Not only does Happy Death Day 2U, the sequel to the Groundhog Day-like slasher movie, hit theaters this Wednesday, February 13--Netflix's Umbrella Academy, about a quirky team of superheroes that includes a time traveling 15-year-old, releases on Friday, February 15. That's a lot of temporal displacement.Happy Death Day 2U and Umbrella Acade
  
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• The 14 Best Time Travel TV Shows Ever

  13-02-2019 22:37 via gamespot.com
  
  It's a temporal week in entertainment.Here at GameSpot, we love good sci-fi, especially of the time travel variety. That's what makes this week so exciting: Not only does Happy Death Day 2U, the sequel to the Groundhog Day-like slasher movie, hit theaters this Wednesday, February 13--Netflix's Umbrella Academy, about a quirky team of superheroes that includes a time traveling 15-year-old, releases on Friday, February 15. That's a lot of temporal displacement.Happy Death Day 2U and Umbrella Acade
  
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• Wary of shutdown, Trump inches toward support for funding deal

  13-02-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday edged toward backing a deal in Congress on government funding that would not meet his demand for $5.7 billion for a wall on the Mexican border but would avert a partial government shutdown.Trump, widely blamed for a five-week shutdown that ended in January, said he did not want to see federal agencies close again because of fighting over funds for the wall, one of his signature campaign promises in the 2016 election.Trump said he would hold off on a decis
  
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• Texas Mom Arrested After Kids Found Locked in Dog Cage and Covered in Feces

  13-02-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The two eldest children were found in a 3 by 3 foot dog cage and the two other children were discovered nearby, covered in urine and feces.
  
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• Brock Long, who oversaw Trump administration's response to Hurricane Maria, resigns as FEMA chief

  13-02-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Deputy Administrator Pete Gaynor will become acting administrator upon Brock Long’s departure.
  
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• America Wants to Talk About Iran, But Europe Doesn’t

  13-02-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg Opinion) -- When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo first described this week’s big international conference in Warsaw, he left little doubt about its purpose. At the meeting, he said last month, America and its allies would discuss “how it is we together can get Iran to behave like a normal nation.”
  
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• 10 Minutes Of New World Gameplay - Amazon's Take On The Classic MMO

  13-02-2019 22:25 via gamespot.com
  
  Amazon has its own MMO game called New World. With familiar mechanics to those well versed in the genre, here is 10 minutes of gameplay captured on PC.
  
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• Ilhan Omar confronts Elliott Abrams over human rights

  13-02-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Omar suggested Americans would have reason to doubt Abrams’ testimony about the United States role in Venezuela. “If I could respond to that,” said Abrams. “I’m not going to respond to that question, I’m sorry,” said Abrams. Omar continued.
  
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• Exclusive look at how migrant caravan has overwhelmed US agents

  13-02-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox News got an inside look at the workings of one of the busiest crossings on the southern border.
  
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• Sweet airfare deals just in time for Valentine's Day

  13-02-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Love is really in the air as airlines try to woo travelers' Valentine's bookings.
  
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• Ohio man pleads not guilty to deputy slaying charges

  13-02-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A man who could face the death penalty if convicted pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he fatally shot an Ohio sheriff's deputy and tried to kill others during a standoff.
  
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• Democratic lawmakers say U.S. military action in Venezuela 'not an option'

  13-02-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The Democratic chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, Eliot Engel, expressed concern about Trump's hints that military action was an option in Venezuela, where President Nicolas Maduro is under intense international pressure to step aside and the country's economy is in chaos."I do worry about the president's saber rattling, his hints that U.S. military intervention remains an option.The head of Venezuela's National Assembly, Juan Guaido, invoked a constitutional pro
  
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• Apex Legends: Tips And Guides To Help You Stay On Top

  13-02-2019 21:20 via gamespot.com
  
  With Apex Legends becoming one of the fastest growing games in record time, there are many players competing for that top spot to become Champion. As a battle royale game set within the Titanfall universe, you'll need to coordinate with your squad to pick the best landing spot and stay several steps ahead of the enemy team, all the while avoiding the encroaching circle of death. Though it features a familiar formula from games like Fortnite and PUBG, Apex Legends' particular brand of character-f
  
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• Eastern Canada digs out from major snow storm

  13-02-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  A huge snowstorm blanketed eastern Canada on Wednesday, closing schools, grounding hundreds of flights and forcing many workers to stay home as tens of thousands of plows toiled to clear roads.Wind gusts up to 70 kilometers (44 miles) per hour were also expected in the evening, blowing snow and severely reducing visibility from Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal to the Atlantic coast provinces.A winter storm warning was in place for much of the region and travel was not advised.
  
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• Apex Legends Mythbusting: Testing Everything We Can Think Of In Respawn's Shooter

  13-02-2019 21:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Apex Legends is probably the most accessible battle royale game out now, thanks to a fairly in-depth tutorial and a bunch of quality-of-life improvements to the formula. There's still a lot the game doesn't tell you--something we've run down in a guide before. And then there are the questions that arise from the combinations of weapons and abilities in the game, which lead to all sorts of speculation.As we continue to dig into Apex Legends, we've been testing some of these questions of logic at
  
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• Former US Air Force agent charged with defecting to Iran

  13-02-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The US Justice Department charged a former Air Force intelligence official Wednesday with spying for Iran, saying she exposed a fellow US agent and helped the Revolutionary Guard target her former colleagues for cyber attacks.US officials said Monica Witt, 39, who worked a decade in Air Force counterintelligence, had an "ideological" turn against her country and defected in 2013, turning over information on US espionage operations against Tehran."It is a sad day for America when one of its citiz
  
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• US government shutdown: Trump expected to sign border wall deal to avoid closure

  13-02-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Addressing the deal on Wednesday, Mr Trump said he would be taking “a very serious look” at the text when the White House receives it from Congress.Lawmakers on Capitol Hill were still haggling over final details, but they appeared on track to finish soon.White House officials cautioned on Wednesday that they have yet to receive full legislative language.
  
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• Apple ramps up self-driving program as Waymo says its tech improves

  13-02-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple Inc has sharply increased its efforts to test self-driving cars on public roads but lags far behind market leader Waymo on a key safety metric, according to data released on Wednesday by the California Department of Motor Vehicles.Apple, which has kept details of its self-driving program under wraps, put in 79,745 miles (128,337 km) of testing in California in 2018, still far short of 10 million miles of testing on roads around the world by Alphabet Inc's Waymo.The data was part of Califor
  
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• U.S. charges former top Apple lawyer with insider trading

  13-02-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities said Gene Levoff exploited his positions as corporate secretary, head of corporate law and co-chairman of a committee that reviewed draft copies of Apple's financial results to trade illegally between 2011 and 2016.Prosecutors said Levoff, 45, of San Carlos, California,generated $604,000 in illegal gains, including realized profit and avoided losses, before Apple terminated his decade-long employment in September.
  
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• From Mass Weddings to Spilled Wine: How 6 Countries Around the World Celebrate Valentine's Day

  13-02-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Here are some unusual Valentine's Day traditions around the world
  
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• White Supremacist Sentenced to Life in Prison for NYC Sword Killing

  13-02-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  A 30-year-old white supremacist who traveled from Baltimore to Manhattan to kill a black man with a sword was sentenced Wednesday.
  
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• The MCU's 16 Most Romantic Moments, Ranked

  13-02-2019 20:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Somewhere between punching bad guys and saving the universe, the Marvel Cinematic Universe actually found the time to be pretty heartwarming, if in slightly unconventional ways. The movies themselves might not be focused on the romantic goings on of their main characters, but they do include their fair share of super sweet moments. From playful will-they-won't-they couples to soul crushing missed connections, the last 10 years have been pretty good for superheroic love lives.And, of course, sin
  
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• Suicide bomber targeting Iran's Revolutionary Guard kills 27

  13-02-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A suicide car bomber claimed by an al-Qaida-linked group attacked a bus carrying members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard paramilitary force Wednesday, killing at least 27 people and wounding 13 others, state media reported.
  
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• Suicide attack on bus kills 27 Iran Revolutionary Guards

  13-02-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  A suicide car bombing on a Revolutionary Guards bus in southeastern Iran killed 27 troops on Wednesday, in one of the deadliest attacks on the elite forces in years.The assault came as the troops were returning from a border patrol mission, the Guards said in a statement."In this terrorist attack 27 of Islam's brave warriors were killed and 13 were wounded," the statement read, accusing "world domination and Zionist intelligence agencies" of supporting the attackers.
  
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• Toy Fair 2019: Kingdom Hearts 3 Sora And Hercules Figures Revealed

  13-02-2019 20:45 via gamespot.com
  
  We're still a couple days away from Toy Fair kicking off at the Javits Center in New York City, happening February 16-19. Each year, toy companies show off upcoming products, and you can get a very early look at some very cool stuff.Diamond Select Toys has another round of figures based on the characters from Kingdom Hearts 3 coming very soon, and has given GameSpot an early look at them before they debut on the show floor. This second series of figures are two packs, and you can check three of
  
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• Fairfax accuser speaks out on abuse at Stanford #MeToo panel

  13-02-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — A college professor avoided talking directly about her accusation that Virginia's lieutenant governor sexually assaulted her, but she talked in detail about her research and thoughts on the growing number of women reporting abuse.
  
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• Hackers can gain full control over Xiaomi electric scooter, security group finds

  13-02-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  The Xiaomi M365 electric scooter has a defect in which hackers can take complete control over the vehicle, according to Zimperium.
  
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• White supremacist sentenced for killing black man with sword

  13-02-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A white supremacist who killed a black man with a sword wanted to ignite a worldwide race war, a prosecutor told a judge who sentenced the man Wednesday to life in prison without parole.
  
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• Batman And Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Team Up For New Animated Movie - GameSpot Universe News Update

  13-02-2019 20:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Capes and Shells.
  
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• Trump blasts Venezuela over blocked US aid shipments

  13-02-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump warned Venezuela on Wednesday that "all options" are on the table and demanded that far left leader, Nicolas Maduro, unblock US aid shipments to the country.Again stressing that he had not ruled out military options, Trump said he was "sad" about the "turmoil" in the oil-rich Latin American nation."You'll see," he told reporters at a White House meeting with his Colombian counterpart Ivan Duque, when asked if thousands of US troops could deploy.
  
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• Google investing billions in US operations

  13-02-2019 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Google said Wednesday it will invest $13 billion in US data centers and offices this year as the internet giant continues to expand across the country.The spending will build on more than $9 billion in US investments in the past year and should create the potential for tens of thousands of new jobs, according to chief executive Sundar Pichai."This growth will allow us to invest in the communities where we operate, while we improve the products and services that help billions of people and busine
  
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• Virginia State Senator Amanda Chase calls for 'due process' amid Fairfax's sexual assault allegations

  13-02-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Republican Virginia State Sen. Amanda Chase is calling for an investigation into the sexual assault allegations made against Democratic Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax.
  
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