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• It Looks Like the Land Rover Discovery SVX Is Dead

  15-02-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  This looks like another miss from Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations.
  
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• Sarah Huckabee Sanders Interviewed by Special Counsel’s Team

  15-02-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders sat for an interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators, she revealed Friday."The president urged me, like he has everyone in the administration, to fully cooperate with the special counsel. I was happy to voluntarily sit down with them," Sanders said.While the details of the interview are not public, one area investigators are interested in is how Trump crafted his public statements on the investigation, a matter Sanders would
  
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• Apex Legends Caustic Guide: How To Gas Your Enemies Into Oblivion

  15-02-2019 23:22 via gamespot.com
  
  Apex Legends is similar to other battle royale games, but it where it differs is its emphasis on teamwork. The game has eight different character to choose from, each with their own unique abilities. Deciding which character to play as and knowing how their abilities can best contribute to your team's survival is essential.For a character like Caustic, defensive tactics is the name of the game. His deadly gas traps can easily overwhelm and hinder mobility of enemy squads, offering your fellow te
  
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• Apex Legends Wraith Guide: Tips On How To Be The Best Interdimensional Skirmisher

  15-02-2019 23:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Apex Legends is a battle royale game centered around the concept of surviving as a team. You can wordlessly ask for weapons and equipment or point out enemy locations with the game's ping system. Downed teammates can be revived, and you can respawn dead allies if you grab their banner in time. Everything in the game revolves around your squad working together, and that starts with knowing how to use your chosen Legend's unique abilities to benefit the team.Wraith is one of the six Legends unlock
  
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• Airlines to give customers 'nonbinary' choice under gender

  15-02-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  DALLAS (AP) — Major U.S. airlines say they will soon change their ticketing process to give passengers the option of identifying themselves as other than male or female.
  
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• Sports Illustrated model Kate Upton shares honest 'pregame' breast-pumping picture

  15-02-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The model and actress posted a photo using a breast pump before her Valentine's Day dinner with husband Justin Verlander.
  
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• Remembering 1999: The Movies And TV Series That Turn 20 This Year

  15-02-2019 22:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Do You Remember?
  In 1999, some of us were worrying about the alleged impending doom of the Y2K bug that was going to destroy all our computers. The rest of us were living our normal lives and enjoying some of the finer offerings from Hollywood to pass the time. Blockbuster movies were taking the crowds by storm, but the ones that got people talking the most challenged our preconceived notions of the world around us. On the television front, this was a turning point, as networks started losing vi
  
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• A national emergency has been declared. Now what?

  15-02-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  On Friday morning, President Trump declared a national emergency in order to secure funding for a border wall, triggering what will likely be a long legal battle before anything is built.
  
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• Leon With Retro Graphics In Resident Evil 2 Remake Is Something Else

  15-02-2019 22:44 via gamespot.com
  
  Resident Evil 2 Remake's DLC - Ghost Survivor is available now. We play extensively in the classic mode which features the original graphics and music from Resident Evil 2. Take a trip through time and feel nostalgic again in this gameplay clip. Captured on PS4 Pro.
  
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• U.S. raises pressure on Maduro via sanctions, aid airlift

  15-02-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Treasury said it sanctioned PDVSA chief Manuel Quevedo, three top intelligence officials and Rafael Bastardo, who U.S. officials say is the head of a national police unit responsible for dozens of extrajudicial killings carried out in nighttime raids on Maduro's behalf.Separately, a U.S. official said U.S. military aircraft are expected to deliver more than 200 tons of humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan border in Colombia, with the shipment likely to take place on Saturday.The steps are
  
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• Star Wars: Episode IX Has Finished Filming, As Director And Actors Say Goodbye

  15-02-2019 22:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Star Wars: Episode IX has wrapped filming, marking the end of what Disney has dubbed the "Skywalker saga." In an emotional pair of tweets, director JJ Abrams and actor John Boyega shared a photo and thanked the cast and crew.The photo in both tweets shows actors Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac having a good hug in costume on what appears to be a desert backdrop. The three play the principal characters of the new trilogy: Rey, Finn, and Poe Dameron, respectively."It feels impossible, b
  
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• Star Wars: Episode IX Has Finished Filming

  15-02-2019 22:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Star Wars: Episode IX has wrapped filming, marking the end of what Disney has dubbed the "Skywalker saga." In an emotional pair of tweets, director JJ Abrams and actor John Boyega shared a photo and thanked the cast and crew.The photo in both tweets shows actors Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac having a good hug in costume on what appears to be a desert backdrop. The three play the principle characters of the new trilogy: Rey, Finn, and Poe Dameron, respectively."It feels impossible, b
  
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• US judge issues gag order in case of Trump advisor Roger Stone

  15-02-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  A US judge issued a gag order on Friday in the case against Roger Stone, the Trump advisor who has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the investigation into whether the president's election campaign colluded with Russia.Stone, 66, is charged with lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction stemming from his contacts with WikiLeaks, whose publication of Russian-hacked communications from Democrat Hillary Clinton's campaign gave a boost to Donald Trump.Stone was told not to speak
  
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• Resident Evil 2 Remake Ghost Survivor DLC - Kendo Gameplay

  15-02-2019 22:25 via gamespot.com
  
  The first episode of Resident Evil 2’s Ghost Survirors sees Robert Kendo fight to stay alive during the Raccoon City outbreak. Captured on PS4 Pro. Resident Evil 2 Remake - Ghost Survivor is available now.
  
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• Family of IS teen appeals to UK to help bring her home

  15-02-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — The family of a pregnant British teenager who ran away to join the Islamic State group urged the government Friday to help bring her home.
  
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• Captain Marvel Eyeing Massive Opening That Could Be On Par With Wonder Woman - GameSpot Universe News Update

  15-02-2019 22:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Captain Marvel is set to have a huge opening.
  
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• Year in space put US astronaut's disease defenses on alert

  15-02-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly a year in space put astronaut Scott Kelly's immune system on high alert and changed the activity of some of his genes compared to his Earth-bound identical twin, researchers said Friday.
  
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• Officials: Suspect caught in Illinois shooting

  15-02-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Police arrested a suspect in a shooting on Friday at a manufacturing plant in Aurora, Illinois, but the area remained under lockdown, officials said.
  
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• FREE Metro Exodus Console and Spartan Edition Giveaway

  15-02-2019 22:07 via gamespot.com
  
  We're giving away one (1) Metro Exodus Xbox One Bundle, and two (2) Metro Exodus Spartan Collector's Edition games to (3) lucky fans. Entering into our Instagram giveaway below is easy -- just like and follow for a chance to win! View this post on Instagram🔥GIVEAWAY! We're giving away one (1) free Metro Exodus Xbox One Bundle, and two (2) Metro Exodus: Spartan Collector’s Edition game codes to three (3) lucky fans. ------ To enter: 1. Follow @GameSpot + @deepsilver 2. Like this pos
  
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• White House Press Secretary says she was interviewed by investigators working for Robert Mueller

  15-02-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The White House press secretary is among a series of people linked to President Donald Trump who have been questioned by special counsel Robert Mueller.
  
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• Airlines to begin adding new gender option for 'non-binary' flyers

  15-02-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Some U.S. airlines are on track to add a new gender option for “non-binary” passengers amid evolving best-practices suggestions for the industry.
  
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• Washington state snow plow rage: 2 plow drivers threatened

  15-02-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Unusually heavy snow in the Spokane area has caused snow plow rage: Two plow drivers clearing streets this week were threatened by people infuriated when their driveways ended up blocked with mounds of snow.
  
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• US military aircraft to deliver more aid to Venezuela border

  15-02-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Trump administration is sending another large shipment of humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan border in Colombia, for the first time using U.S. military aircraft as it increases pressure on Nicolas Maduro to give up power, according to a State Department email sent to Congress.
  
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• US police arrest two 'potential suspects' in TV actor attack probe

  15-02-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Two "potential suspects" were under arrest and being interrogated in the probe of a black, openly gay US television actor's report that he was assaulted in a hate crime, police said Friday.Actor Jussie Smollett, of the television program "Empire," reported the late night incident to police on January 29.The 36-year-old said two men beat him while he was walking on the streets of downtown Chicago at around 2:00 am, and yelled racial and homophobic slurs.
  
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• Toy Fair 2019: Become A Star Wars Jedi Master With Hasbro's Lightsaber Academy

  15-02-2019 20:58 via gamespot.com
  
  The annual toy convention, Toy Fair, is well underway at the Javits Center in New York City. Many of the reveals from the show have been action figures, but there are other interesting products tied into your favorite franchises. Hasbro has announced Star Wars Lightsaber Academy, which allows you to train to become a master of the light sword.Available this fall, the Lightsaber Academy toys allow the user to interact with an app to learn official Star Wars moves and train with Jedi or Sith maste
  
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• Poland summons Israeli ambassador to clarify Netanyahu comments on Poles in Holocaust

  15-02-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Poland summoned Israel's ambassador on Friday and threatened to scupper a summit in Jerusalem after reported comments in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to accuse the Polish nation of complicity in the Nazi Holocaust.Netanyahu's office said in a statement that the prime minister, who was in Warsaw for a U.S.-sponsored Middle East conference, had been misquoted by The Jerusalem Post, which issued a corrected story.
  
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• Supreme Court will rule on Trump administration's effort to add question on citizenship to 2020 Census

  15-02-2019 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  The Trump administration's controversial effort to add a question on citizenship to the 2020 Census will be decided by the Supreme Court.
  
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• More rain, snow expected in storm-battered California, following days of mudslides and floods

  15-02-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Californians were in clean-up mode Friday as the state slowly recovers from an onslaught of rain, wind and snow, which brought widespread flooding and mudslides.
  
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• After Auschwitz visit, Pence accuses Iran of Nazi-like anti-Semitism

  15-02-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  After visiting the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, Pence said the Nazi death camp had made him more determined to confront Tehran, saying it was "breathing out murderous threats, with the same vile anti-Semitic hatred that animated the Nazis in Europe."Iran's ancient Jewish community has slumped to an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 from 85,000 at the time of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, but is believed to be the biggest in the Middle East outside Israel.Pence, who said he was deeply moved by
  
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• Amazon invests in electric vehicle startup Rivian

  15-02-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Electric vehicle startup Rivian on Friday announced a $700 million investment round led by Amazon, which recently pumped money into a young self-drivingcar technology firm.Details of Amazon's stake in US-based Rivian were not disclosed, but the company said it will remain independent.The potential Tesla rival late last year unveiled an electric pickup truck and an electric sport utility vehicle at an auto show in Los Angeles.
  
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• GOP Looks to Turn Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal on Democrats

  15-02-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Republicans are embracing Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s sweeping plan known as the Green New Deal to avert climate change, but not because they like it.Fueling the effort is a fact sheet that Ocasio-Cortez’s office circulated -- then retracted -- that included references that aren’t in the text of the actual resolution.
  
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• Paul Manafort: Trump's ex-campaign manager should serve at least 20 years, special counsel Robert Mueller recommends

  15-02-2019 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort should serve at least 20 years in prison, Robert Mueller has recommended.In requesting what will effectively be a life sentence for the 69-year-old, Mr Mueller also asked a judge that he push ahead with sentencing for the man who served as Mr Trump’s campaign manager for just a few months in the summer of 2016.“Manafort acted for more than a decade as if he were above the law, and deprived the federal government and various f
  
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• Honda Ridgeline Recalled for Carwash Sensitivity

  15-02-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  The mid-size pickup truck's fuel pump could be damaged by carwash soap.
  
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• Far Cry: New Dawn Guide -- Tips On Everything That's Different From Far Cry 5

  15-02-2019 20:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Far Cry: New Dawn is a direct sequel to Far Cry 5, but fans of the first game will notice a lot of things have changed in New Dawn. Far Cry 5 ended with (spoiler alert) a nuclear war on Earth that devastated the planet, and New Dawn picks up 17 years later in a post-apocalyptic version of Hope County. Along with alterations to the story and characters because of those events, Far Cry: New Dawn also has several new systems that are going to be unfamiliar to Far Cry 5 players.For one thing, Far C
  
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• 'He Was Just Covered in Blood': Couple Speaks Out After Helping Man Who Killed Mountain Lion

  15-02-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  After a northern Colorado man killed a mountain lion following an attack, a couple helped him get to a hospital.
  
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• How To Claim Anthem Pre-Order/Special Edition Bonuses

  15-02-2019 20:06 via gamespot.com
  
  Anthem is live for those with early access through one of EA's paid services, which means you may have some of your pre-order or special edition loot there for the taking already. This only goes for those who have full access to the game through Origin Access Premier, though, so other services will have to wait.An EA help page details the steps for claiming various rewards. For the time being, only Legion of Dawn rewards are available, and only to Origin Access Premier members. In a tweet, EA ex
  
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• Yo-kai Watch 3 Review - Tokyo To Texas

  15-02-2019 20:02 via gamespot.com
  
  If you had to explain Yo-kai Watch in a nutshell to someone who's never heard of or played it, you might boil it down to "Pokemon but with Japanese ghosts" or "Baby's first Shin Megami Tensei." Anything grim or distressing about a kid who can talk to ghosts goes by the wayside when the ghosts are comical entities like a missing left sock or a possessed police car. In this third expansive and quirky outing for the Yo-kai Watch series, our hero Nate has to take on a quest far more daunting than an
  
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• US military to ship Venezuela aid to Colombia

  15-02-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  The US military will transport some 200 tons of humanitarian aid to Colombia to help relieve the crisis in neighboring Venezuela, a US defense official said Friday.Speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of a formal announcement, the official said the aid would be sent in the coming days, most likely aboard a C-17 transport plane.Venezuela is plagued by hyperinflation and major shortages of basic goods, with opposition leader Juan Guaido and President Nicolas Maduro vying for control of the cou
  
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• NASA mulls buying new rides to space from Russia amid program delays

  15-02-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. space agency has since had to rely on Russia's Roscosmos program to ferry astronauts to the orbital space station at a cost of roughly $80 million per seat, NASA has said.After 2019 there are no seats available on the spacecraft for U.S. crew, and a NASA advisory panel recommended on Friday that the U.S. space program develop a contingency plan to guarantee access to the station in case technical problems delay Boeing and SpaceX any further.A NASA spokesman on Friday characterized a sol
  
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• Episode 3 Of GameSpot, IGN, Jeuxvideo And Mein-MMO Playing Anthem Together In 4-Player Co-op

  15-02-2019 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  (Presented by Anthem) In this third installment of 4 player co-op we explore the different Javelins in Anthem and play through a stronghold mission.
  
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• Funko Pop Reveals At Toy Fair 2019: Rick And Morty, The Office, Jeopardy, And More

  15-02-2019 19:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Everyone watches TV shows, whether it's on your actual television, through YouTube, or through your dusty VHS collection you refuse to let go of. Now, you can take characters you love and put them on your desk at work, until your boss tells you to take them down--I'm not moving my Funko Pop Chris Jericho, Mike. How is this possible? With a new line of Funko Pop figures that have just been revealed.At New York Toy Fair, currently popping off at the Javits Center through Sunday, Funko has reveale
  
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• Age Of Wonders: Planetfall - Over 10 Minutes Of Strategy Building And Combat

  15-02-2019 19:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Age Of Wonders: Planetfall gives you the chance to create your base and utilize strategy to your advantage in defending against opposing forces while expanding your territory. Here's what it looks like on PC.
  
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• Umbrella Academy Season 2: What Happens Next After Season 1's Cliffhanger?

  15-02-2019 19:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Now that Netflix has released the first season of Umbrella Academy, adapted from comic books by My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way and artist Gabriel Bá, some things have become very clear. First and foremost, executive producer Steve Blackman has taken some very large swings away from the comic's canon to create a show that is very similar, but can also stand on its own. More importantly, though, Season 1 ends on a massive cliffhanger that practically demands Netflix renew the seri
  
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• Stacey Abrams calls voter suppression 'the crisis of our day'

  15-02-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams said Friday that “voter suppression … has to be considered the crisis of our day,” a clear rebuke to Trump's declaration of a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border.
  
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• New Detective Pikachu Trailer Reveals Another Horrifying-Looking Pokemon

  15-02-2019 19:29 via gamespot.com
  
  The Internet was pleasantly surprised at the first trailer for Detective Pikachu, but at the same time the realistic take on the classic creatures was slightly unsettling. The latest spot for the upcoming film has revealed another pokemon done up in its realistic style, and it's equally odd.The 30 second spot is mostly an abridged summary of the first trailer, filling us in on the major details: unlikely friendship, talking Pikachu, etc. It has a few new gags mixed in, but it's the new pokemon a
  
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• BofA Says a ‘Real’ Trade Deal Could Vault S&P 500 to Record High

  15-02-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  The firm’s model on corporate earnings and equity valuations suggests that the market has priced in “a partial deal,” one where only some of the issues get resolved in favor of corporate America, according to strategists led by Savita Subramanian.In a best-case scenario, the S&P 500 could climb 5 percent to 10 percent when a “real deal” is struck.Companies from 3M Co. to Stanley Black & Decker Inc. have slashed their guidance this year, citing either trade t
  
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• Netflix's Dragon Prince Season 2 Review: The Quest For Some Momentum

  15-02-2019 19:20 via gamespot.com
  
  The Dragon Prince is a show that started strong, but left a lot to be desired given the short length of its first season. It introduced an intriguing world and some fun characters, but spent so much time establishing its lore that the plot took a back seat until the last few episodes. Season 2 turns out to be much the same: Once again, after a slow, but promising start, The Dragon Prince seems like it will finally start gaining some momentum--next season, that is.When we last saw Prince Callum,
  
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• Follow the money: How President Trump's national emergency will pay for a border wall

  15-02-2019 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump will use a national emergency and other measures to tap $8 billion from the budget for his controversial border wall.
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to introduce bill blocking Trump’s ‘fake national emergency’

  15-02-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Joaquin Castro have announced new legislation they intend to introduce as part of an effort to block Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration over the US-Mexico border.The Democratic politicians pointed to the National Emergencies Act that provides Congress the ability to “terminate the President’s emergency declaration”, according to Mr Castro.
  
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• Netflix's Umbrella Academy Season 1 Review: Delightfully Bonkers

  15-02-2019 19:13 via gamespot.com
  
  It's not hard to draw up comparisons when you're talking about Netflix's Umbrella Academy. Its ten episode season is going to call to mind all sorts of things--FX's surrealist X-Men show Legion for one, Wes Anderson films for another, some Bryan Fuller-flavored flair with just a dash of Tim Burton--and while those comparisons are all earned in their own ways, none of them do the full picture justice. The bottom line is Umbrella Academy really is just that weird--which probably isn't a huge surp
  
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