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• Dead End Job: 10 Minutes Of Gameplay

  20-03-2019 23:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Dead End Job is a roguelike twin stick shooter where you hunt down ghosts and capture them with your vacuum.
  
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• Boeing delays by months test flights for U.S. human space program: sources

  20-03-2019 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Reuters reported last month that NASA has warned Boeing and rival contractor SpaceX of design and safety concerns the companies need to address before flying humans to space.Boeing's first test flight was slated for April but it has been pushed to August, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.The new schedule means that Boeing's crewed mission, initially scheduled for August, will be delayed until November.
  
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• The Latest: Trump attends re-election fundraiser in Ohio

  20-03-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  LIMA, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to Ohio (all times local):
  
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• McCain's widow, daughter punch back at Trump's Twitter tirade

  20-03-2019 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Speaking on Wednesday to an employee at an Ohio factory that makes military tanks, Trump again hammered McCain.“So I have to be honest, I’ve never liked him much,” Trump said.On Wednesday she said the president had reached "a new, bizarre low - attacking someone who is not here is a new low."She also said, "If I had told my dad ... he would think it is so hilarious that our president was so jealous of him that he was dominating the news cycle in death."Barely six months after M
  
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• Stadia Pricing Model Already Decided, But Google Isn't Sharing It Just Yet

  20-03-2019 23:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Google's announcement of Stadia is a big step towards the future of cloud gaming. The service allows players to stream video games via the cloud across a variety of different devices. Google is still keeping a lot of details about Stadia close to the chest, but during GDC 2019, the company's VP Phil Harrison sat down with GameSpot to further delve into the service.During the interview, we asked Harrison about Stadia's pricing model. We didn't get too many details, but Harrison did reveal that a
  
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• 11 Issues I Still Have With Game Of Thrones' Worst Episode Ever

  20-03-2019 23:31 via gamespot.com
  
  "Beyond the Wall" still doesn't work.HBO's Game of Thrones has had its ups and downs, but as the show's eighth and final season approaches, one particular down stands out among the rest: Season 7, Episode 6, "Beyond the Wall."This was the episode where Game of Thrones truly stopped making sense. The rules of space, distance, and time went hurtling out the window faster than King Tommen at the end of Season 6. The plot was sloppily conceived and poorly written, the timeline made no sense, and the
  
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• Afterparty: 18 Minutes Of Oxenfree Dev's New Game

  20-03-2019 23:29 via gamespot.com
  
  Night School Studio, the developer behind Oxenfree, is creating a new game about two rambunctious young adults trying to escape hell.
  
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• Cross Code GDC 2019 Preview Demo Gameplay

  20-03-2019 23:27 via gamespot.com
  
  Cross Code which previously was only available for PC is now coming to console as well. Here's what Xbox One X gameplay looks like for this indie exploration game that takes its inspirations from classic RPG's like Legend of Zelda.
  
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• Political spending by Abrams' nonprofit could pose problems

  20-03-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a matter of months, Stacey Abrams has gone from losing the Georgia governor's race to being a heavily recruited Democratic star, urged to run for Senate and mentioned as a possible presidential contender.
  
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• 'New bizarre low': Trump faces backlash after reviving McCain attacks

  20-03-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Republicans such as Lindsey Graham and Mitt Romney defended the late senator after the president said he ‘never liked’ himDonald Trump renewed attacks on the late senator John McCain, stating he “never liked” the Arizona Republican and “probably never will”.The president faced widespread backlash for reviving his criticism of McCain, who died of brain cancer last year.While Trump shared a notoriously contentious relationship with McCain, Republicans balked at
  
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• Google's Stadia Won't Allow Offline Downloads

  20-03-2019 22:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Google is taking its first significant step into gaming with Stadia, its ambitious new cloud platform. Like Microsoft's xCloud, Stadia will offer players the ability to stream video games across a variety of devices, along with a host of other innovations such as state sharing. And while there are still many questions lingering around the platform, one thing we now know is that it won't offer offline downloads.GameSpot got a chance to speak with Google VP Phil Harrison at the Game Developers Con
  
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• New Zelda Game, Cuphead, And More Headed To Nintendo Switch - GS News Update

  20-03-2019 22:52 via gamespot.com
  
  Cuphead is officially coming to Nintendo Switch on April 18. Get ready for a swell battle!
  
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• Fight against robocalls continues as AT&T, Comcast complete test of verified call

  20-03-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The fight against robocalls can even bring telecom rivals together.
  
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• Jury finding upends Bayer's Roundup defense strategy: experts

  20-03-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Bayer shares tumbled more than 12 percent on Wednesday after a unanimous jury in San Francisco federal court found Roundup to be a "substantial factor" in causing California resident Edwin Hardeman's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.The jury decision was a blow to Bayer after the judge in the Hardeman case, at the company's request, had split the trial, severely limiting evidence plaintiffs could present in the first phase.Tuesday's defeat on terms considered advantageous to Bayer sets up the second phase
  
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• Dumbo Stars Are Excited For Their Batman Returns Role Reversal

  20-03-2019 22:21 via gamespot.com
  
  The main focus of the upcoming live-action remake of the Disney animated classic Dumbo is a CGI elephant and the kids who teach it to fly in the circus. However, the element of the film that's almost as compelling is the cast that director Tim Burton put together for it.In addition to casting Colin Farrell and Eva Green in major roles, Burton also staged a Batman Returns reunion for the ages. Both Michael Keaton and Danny DeVito appear in major roles for the movie, marking the first time in 27 y
  
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• Trump Backs Public Release of Mueller Report

  20-03-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump on Wednesday said he supports making Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report public, predicting that it will not contain damning revelations about his 2016 campaign's connections to Russia."Let it come out. Let people see it,” the president told reporters at the White House. “Let's see whether or not it’s legit.”Mueller is required to provide Attorney General William Barr with “a confidential report explaining the prosecution or declinatio
  
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• Poll: Americans say even the legal breaks for college admission rig the system

  20-03-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  A USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll finds wide suspicion of college admissions and opposition to legal preferences for alums, athletes and minorities.
  
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• Lithuanian man pleads guilty in $100M internet fraud case

  20-03-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Lithuanian man who duped Google and Facebook into transferring over $100 million into accounts he controlled pleaded guilty to wire fraud Wednesday.
  
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• Jacinda Ardern leads New Zealand in aftermath of killings police say could have been worse

  20-03-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Suspect in last week's terror attack on mosques in New Zealand that killed 50 people was likely on his way to carry out a third shooting, police said.
  
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• Pokemon Go March Community Day: Start Time, Featured Pokemon, And Everything You Need To Know

  20-03-2019 21:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Pokemon Go's spring equinox celebration isn't the only event happening in the popular mobile game this week; the next Community Day is just around the corner as well. The monthly event returns this coming Saturday, March 23, giving players around the world another opportunity to catch rare Pokemon and take advantage of some generous rewards.As usual, March's Community Day will run for three hours, during which you'll be able to find increased spawns of a certain Pokemon. This time around, howeve
  
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• UK's May urges lawmakers to back her Brexit deal now

  20-03-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday she deeply regretted her decision to seek a Brexit extension from the European Union and she urged lawmakers, who have twice previously rejected her plan, to back her now."I passionately hope that (lawmakers) will find a way to back the deal I have negotiated with the EU, a deal that delivers on the referendum and is the very best deal negotiable, and I will continue to work night and day to secure the support" for the deal.Earlier on Wednesday, May a
  
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• 737 Max maker Boeing spent more than $753,000 on candidates, political organizations last month: FEC report

  20-03-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Chicago-based Boeing spent more than $753,000 on candidates and political organizations on both sides of the aisle last month, an FEC report shows.
  
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• FAA says reviewing 737 Max software fix is 'an agency priority'

  20-03-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing has been working on a software update that is expected to correct issues with the 737 Max maneuvering characteristics augmentation system.
  
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• Trump visits tank factory and renews attack on war hero McCain

  20-03-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  The president complains that he was never thanked for giving McCain the "kind of funeral he wanted."
  
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• Former UNC chancellor Carol Folt to become next president of USC

  20-03-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt is now the new president at the University of Southern California.
  
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• Trump Lauds Ohio Military Plant And Blasts GM for Closed Factory

  20-03-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The Lima factory, which is set to grow from 400 employees before Trump’s presidency to 1,000 by year’s end, builds Abrams tanks and Stryker combat vehicles.It stands in stark contrast to another nearby symbol of American manufacturing: General Motors Co.’s Lordstown plant, which has been idled due to slow sales of the car that’s built there.
  
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• Amazon Prime Video April 2019 - Best Movies & TV Shows To Watch

  20-03-2019 21:16 via gamespot.com
  
  From Amazon Prime original series like The Tick Season 2 to films like Mid90s and A Quiet Place, here are our top picks for the best new Amazon Prime Video movies and TV shows to watch in April!
  
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• Who is running for president? Here's a list of the candidates so far

  20-03-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The 2020 field has become crowded in recent weeks. Here's a look at who has announced their candidacy or opened an exploratory committee in the hunt for the presidency.
  
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• Apex Legends Octane Character Guide: Getting Kills As The Adrenaline Junky

  20-03-2019 21:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Winning in Apex Legends often comes down to finding the right balance between caution and aggression. You want to avoid putting yourself in bad situations where other teams might get the best of you--but you also need to be sure to push the attack and best vulnerable enemies while you have the chance, or risk letting them take you down again later.Apex's newest character, Octane, leans much more toward the aggressive side. He's great for running down a team and blasting away at them, especially
  
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• Correction: Mob Shooting story

  20-03-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — In a story March 16 about an arrest in the killing of a reputed Gambino crime boss, The Associated Press erroneously reported where the victim was born. Francesco Cali was born in New York City, not in Sicily.
  
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• Catholic Church in US state failed to disclose 200 accused clergy: law firm

  20-03-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  The Catholic Church has failed to disclose more than 200 names of clergy accused of abuse in the US state of Illinois, a law firm claimed Wednesday.The firm Jeff Anderson & Associates has previously released names of accused clergy in other parts of the country based on information it compiled from public sources such as lawsuits.Its latest report outlined 395 Catholic clergy and laypersons in Illinois who have been accused of sexually assaulting children.
  
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• WWE Wrestlemania 35 Hall Of Fame 2019: Start Time, Everyone Being Inducted

  20-03-2019 20:44 via gamespot.com
  
  Wrestlemania week is a more than just the main WWE PPV. It's a whole week of WWE programming, including NXT: Takeover, Axxess, and of course, the Hall of Fame. Each year, the sports entertainment company honors its premiere athletes from the past by immortalizing their contribution to the world of wrestling in its hall of fame.This year, the WWE Hall of Fame--which you can watch on the WWE Network--will take place at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, April 6. The show will st
  
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• Exclusive: Lion Air pilots scoured handbook in minutes before crash - sources

  20-03-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The investigation into the crash last October has taken on new relevance as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other regulators grounded the model last week after a second deadly accident in Ethiopia.Following the second fatal accident, U.S. authorities are reviewing whether enough was done to ensure the plane was safe to fly, while attention has also focused on the training of the Lion Air crew and whether aeroplane manuals are clear enough.It is the first time the voice recorde
  
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• Biden building 2020 White House campaign ahead of expected bid: sources

  20-03-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Biden has told supporters and former staff that he will run, according to one source who has knowledge of discussions.Biden and his aides also have reached out to donors and potential bundlers - people who volunteer to raise money on behalf of the candidate - to assess support, according to another source.A third source with direct knowledge of Biden's plans offered a caveat, saying the former vice president was very close to running, but "it’s not 100 percent."“We’re leaning i
  
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• 'Our Darkest of Days.' New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Reflects on How The Country Can Move Forward

  20-03-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has garnered international praise for her empathetic but defiant response in the wake of the terror attacks on two…
  
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• Lion Air Pilots Were Checking the 737 Max 8's Handbook Right Before the Plane Crashed

  20-03-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  The pilots of Lion Air Flight 610 looked to a handbook for guidance as the plane plummeted.
  
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• US' Pompeo boosts Israel prime minister ahead of election

  20-03-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday lauded the White House's warm ties with Israel during a visit to the country and promised to step up pressure on Iran, giving a public boost to Israel's prime minister at the height of a tight re-election campaign.
  
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• Split-Screen Multiplayer Fans Should Be Excited For Stadia And Cloud Gaming

  20-03-2019 20:07 via gamespot.com
  
  Google took its first steps into being a major competitor in video games with the announcement of Stadia, its cloud-based game streaming platform. The presentation showed off lots of ways the company is leveraging the game tech against its other products like YouTube and Google Assistant, but one particular point showed how games on Stadia could be a major boon for split-screen gaming.The moment came when lead research and development designer Erin Hoffman-John walked through various features, i
  
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• Kentucky Governor Signs Law Prohibiting Abortions Based on Unborn’s Sex, Race, or Disabilities

  20-03-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Kentucky governor Matt Bevin on Tuesday signed a bill that bans abortions chosen on the basis of an unborn child's sex, race, or disability.A court filing in the U.S. District Court in Louisville indicated that the governor has signed the bill, which included an "emergency clause" stipulating that it would go into effect immediately.Physicians must now certify in writing that the patient did not request the abortion for a reason related to the baby's sex, race, or disabilities. Flouting the new
  
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• Amazon just unveiled an all-new Kindle

  20-03-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Amazon on Wednesday rolled out an updated version of its Kindle e-reader, giving the entry-level version of the tablet a small price bump and adding a front light to it -- making this the first Kindle with a front light you can get your hands on for less than $100.At that price, it no doubt sounds like quite a steal, though there are a few key points to be aware of. This $89.99 version of the device includes the screen saver ads you'll have to accept, unless you want to pay more for a version of
  
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• Ford Will Build the Mustang Hybrid in Michigan and the Mustang-Inspired Electric Crossover in Mexico

  20-03-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Both of these new models will be on sale in about two years.
  
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• Apex Legends Battle Pass Lets You Unlock Crafting Metal Instead Of Loot Boxes

  20-03-2019 20:04 via gamespot.com
  
  If you're not a fan of loot boxes in Apex Legends, changing your Origin account region to Belgium removes them from the game. Instead, leveling up will unlock crafting metals bundles, which allows you to make the cosmetic items you want.In Belgium, there are laws against loot boxes in video games. As Reddit user UnicornPL pointed out, this results in Belgium Apex Legends players earning crafting metals instead of Apex Packs when they level up. Rock Paper Shotgun went one step further to discover
  
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• Battle for last Islamic State enclave edges toward its end

  20-03-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The operation to take Islamic State's last enclave in eastern Syria looked close to an end on Wednesday, with no sign of clashes as U.S.-backed fighters said they were combing the area for hidden jihadists.Reuters reporters overlooking Baghouz from a hill on the bank of the Euphrates at the Iraqi border said the area was calm, and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia searched for tunnels and landmines, an SDF official said.The SDF on Tuesday captured an encampment where the jihadists had b
  
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• Justice Thomas speaks as U.S. top court confronts racial bias in jury selection

  20-03-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared poised to side with a black Mississippi death row inmate put on trial six times for a 1996 quadruple murder who accused a prosecutor of repeatedly blocking black potential jurors, though the court's only black member sounded skeptical.Justice Clarence Thomas, who had not posed a question during an oral argument in three years, asked several in the case involving Curtis Flowers, 48, who has argued that his constitutional right to a fair trial was violated.Thom
  
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• Top US court troubled by case of black man tried six times

  20-03-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Flowers, 48, was convicted in 2010 and sentenced to death for the July 1996 murders of four people in a furniture store in Winona, Mississippi, where he had briefly worked until being fired.Flowers was tried five separate times for the crime before his 2010 conviction and has spent nearly half his life behind bars.The Supreme Court is not examining the guilt or innocence of Flowers but whether the district attorney deliberately sought to keep black people off the jury in his most recent trial.
  
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• Fed Says It Won’t Hike Rates in 2019, Citing Economic Slowdown

  20-03-2019 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday and predicted that it will not raise them again for the entirety of the coming year due to a recent slowdown in economic growth.In a widely anticipated move, the central bank’s policy-making Federal Open Market Committee abandoned its previous prediction, made just three-months ago, of continued strong economic growth that would necessitate two rate hikes this year.After predicting in December that the economy would continue
  
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• Nintendo Switch's Spring Nindies Showcase: Watch All The Trailers Here

  20-03-2019 19:40 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo showed off a ton of games during its annual Nindies Spring Showcase on Wednesday. The nearly 30-minute-long broadcast was packed with reveals and announcements, giving us our first look at more than a dozen indie titles coming to Switch this year--including a few that are available now.Nintendo bookended the showcase with two big announcements. First, the company revealed that Microsoft's acclaimed platformer Cuphead will arrive on Switch on April 18, and it'll add Xbox Live integration
  
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• Nintendo Switch Spring Nindies Showcase: Watch All The Trailers

  20-03-2019 19:40 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo showed off a ton of games during its annual Nindies Spring Showcase on Wednesday. The nearly 30-minute-long broadcast was packed with reveals and announcements, giving us our first look at more than a dozen indie titles coming to Switch this year--including a few that are available now.Nintendo bookended the showcase with two big announcements. First, the company revealed that Microsoft's acclaimed platformer Cuphead will arrive on Switch on April 18, and it'll add Xbox Live integration
  
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• 2020 election: Kamala Harris and Beto O’Rourke jump in new poll, but Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders tie as frontrunners

  20-03-2019 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  A new poll has revealed early gains for Kamala Harris and Beto O’Rourke in the growing field of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates — but they’re still far from being the frontrunners at this stage in the game.Joe Biden, the former vice president who has yet to formally announce his candidacy, has been leading the pack in a slate of polls putting him ahead of his lesser known potential opponents.Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is now tied with Mr Biden at 26 per cent of tota
  
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• The Pentagon's Watchdog Is Investigating Whether the Acting Defense Secretary Boosted Boeing

  20-03-2019 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General has launched an investigation into Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan.
  
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