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• Findings from Mueller investigation expected to be released this weekend

  23-03-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Special counsel Robert Mueller's much-anticipated report -- the product of nearly two years of investigation -- has now been handed to the Justice Department for Attorney General Bill Barr's review.
  
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• Brexit mayday? PM May's ministers move to oust her, Sunday Times says

  23-03-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  If May is toppled, Brexit would be thrust into doubt.It is unclear how, when and even if the United Kingdom will leave the EU.May, who voted to stay in the EU and won the top job in the chaos following the 2016 referendum, had vowed to deliver Brexit but she undermined her premiership with a botched snap election in 2017 which cost her party its parliamentary majority.
  
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• Helicopters rescue Norway cruise ship passengers

  23-03-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Helicopters rescue Norway cruise ship passengers
  
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• A Retired Brigadier General's Lessons from the War in Afghanistan

  23-03-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  America's top brass can no longer operate under the assumption that every problem is the responsibility of the U.S. military.
  
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• Passengers airlifted from crippled cruise ship in storm off Norway

  23-03-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  The maritime rescue service said the Viking Sky, with 1,373 passengers and crew on board, had sent out a mayday signal as it had been drifting toward land in the Norwegian Sea.The ship was carrying 915 passengers, of which "a large number" were from the United States and Britain, the rescue service said, although it declined to be more specific.Some 155 people had been evacuated by 2140 GMT, rescue service spokesman Per Fjeld said.
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder over Canada priest attack

  23-03-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  A man who allegedly stabbed a priest in front of his congregation live on television during mass at Canada's biggest church was charged Saturday with attempted murder and assault with a weapon.Vlad Cristian Eremia, 26, appeared briefly by video link in a Montreal court on Saturday afternoon, sporting a beard and wearing a checked shirt.The suspect is accused of attacking Claude Grou, the 77-year-old priest of St Joseph's Oratory in Montreal during morning mass on Friday.
  
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• Congress awaits Mueller conclusions as Democrats push for report's release

  23-03-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney general William Barr to release ‘principal conclusions’Trump, playing golf near Mar-a-Lago, said to be in ‘good’ moodSupport the Guardian’s journalism. Make a contribution Robert Mueller. Under DoJ rules, the full report does not have to be made public. Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty ImagesWashington and America waited with bated breath on Saturday for the next stage in the Trump-Russia drama: the communication to Congress of the “principal conclusions&r
  
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• Shazam Review: The Best DC Movie Yet

  23-03-2019 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Shazam isn't the first DCEU movie that's enjoyable, but it's arguably the first one that's truly good. I recognize in retrospect that my positive take on 2017's Justice League put me in the minority, but even if you don't count that big team-up, the DC film universe has been steadily rising in quality, from the decent Wonder Woman to the goofy, fun Aquaman. Director David Sandberg's Shazam is the first movie in this shared cinematic universe with which I honestly have no major gripes--it's just
  
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• Shazam Review: The Best DC Movie To Date

  23-03-2019 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Shazam isn't the first DCEU movie that's enjoyable, but it's arguably the first one that's truly good. I recognize in retrospect that my positive take on 2017's Justice League put me in the minority, but even if you don't count that big team-up, the DC film universe has been steadily rising in quality, from the decent Wonder Woman to the goofy, fun Aquaman. Director David Sandberg's Shazam is the first movie in this shared cinematic universe with which I honestly have no major gripes--it's just
  
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• Resident Evil Remake Part 10 - Resident Kinevil

  23-03-2019 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Mary Kish enters the dreaded laboratory to face off with cafeteria staff and vicious Groot-like people.
  
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• Maduro accuses US of financing mercenary 'plot' against him

  23-03-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday accused the United States of using frozen Venezuelan funds to bankroll mercenaries to assassinate him in a "plot" he said was directed by opposition leader Juan Guaido."We have dismantled a plan organized personally by the diabolical puppet to kill me," Maduro told thousands of supporters in Caracas, referring to Guaido, who is recognized as interim president by more than 50 countries.
  
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• Wild videos show cruise ship chaos as rough seas prompt an evacuation

  23-03-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Incredible videos shared on Twitter are showing the wild rough seas that have led to the evacuation of 1,300 people from a cruise ship off the coast of Norway. The ship, Viking Cruise's "Viking Sky," sent a distress signal Saturday afternoon local time, reporting "engine problems in bad weather," according to CNN. And videos from both inside the cruise ship and from the shore show how bad the seas are. The BBC reports that at least one of the ship's engines was successfully restarted,
  
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• UPDATE 2-Flooding impairs drinking water treatment for Kansas City, Missouri

  23-03-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Record flooding along the Missouri River has impaired treatment of drinking supplies in Kansas City, raising health risks for infants, the elderly and others with compromised immune systems, the municipal water service warned on Saturday.The public health advisory came as utility crews struggled to replace broken pumps at a wastewater treatment plant submerged by floodwater about 30 miles upstream in Leavenworth, Kansas, an historic town of 35,000 on the river's west bank.
  
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• Texas flight attendant detained by ICE for weeks after airline's 'administrative error'

  23-03-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Selene Saavedra Roman, a "Dreamer," was released by immigration authorities after being detained for more than a month following a flight to Mexico.
  
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• 7 of our favorite March Madness-inspired recipes

  23-03-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Here we pulled some of our most savory and cheesy recipes to get you througheach major game
  
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• 14 Fascinating Games That Shouldn't Be Overlooked

  23-03-2019 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  If you think Google Stadia was the only important thing at GDC 2019, have we got some surprises for you.
  There's never a shortage of interesting games at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, but with the big announcement of Google's game streaming service, Stadia, it was all too easy to get drawn into conversations about the future of gaming at this year's show. As in year's past, we've gathered up a selection of our favorite games from GDC and compiled them into a handy guide so tha
  
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• Druze protest Trump's backing of Israeli sovereignty on Golan

  23-03-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Dozens of Druze Arabs, some carrying Syrian flags and pictures of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, gathered on the Golan Heights on Saturday to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s support for Israeli sovereignty over the territory.The mountainous plateau was part of Syria until Israel captured it in the 1967 Middle East war, annexing it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally.Israel regards the Golan as a strategic asset because its peaks overlook northern Israeli towns and sou
  
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• Congress awaits Mueller conclusions as Democrats push for report's release

  23-03-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  * Attorney general William Barr to release ‘principal conclusions’* Trump, playing golf near Mar-a-Lago, said to be in ‘good’ mood* Support the Guardian’s journalism. Make a contributionRobert Mueller. Under DoJ rules, the full report does not have to be made public. Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty ImagesWashington and America waited with bated breath on Saturday for the next stage in the Trump-Russia drama: the communication to Congress of the “principal conclusi
  
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• John McCain and Arizona are likely to remain a Donald Trump obsession. Here's why

  23-03-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  "I'm sure there is a wry smile on John's face today knowing he's as relevant now as he was when he was still with us," McCain friend Rick Davis said.
  
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• iPhone 11 may finally deliver a long overdue feature

  23-03-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  In any given year, it's not uncommon to see a number of conflicting reports concerning upcoming iPhone features. This, of course, isn't terribly surprising given that Apple early on in the development cycle will often test various prototype designs with different features. Indeed, this is the reason why, in the build-up to the iPhone X unveiling in 2017, we saw some reports claiming Apple was going to release a device with Touch ID built into the display itself.With that said, one of the more in
  
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• Findings of Russia probe expected Sunday

  23-03-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney General William Barr is reviewing Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe report, a summary of which may be delivered to Congress this weekend. Vanessa Johnston reports.
  
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• Eichmann's captor, Israeli ex-spy Rafi Eitan dead at 92: media

  23-03-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Mossad spy Rafi Eitan, who commanded the audacious 1960 capture of top Nazi Adolf Eichmann, died on Saturday aged 92, Israeli public radio announced.Eitan, the handler for Jonathan Pollard, a US Navy analyst who passed Israel thousands of top secret documents, was himself wanted by American authorities for a time.Israeli leaders paid tribute to him with rare public words of praise from Mossad.
  
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• A look at some unanswered questions of the Mueller probe

  23-03-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller has wrapped up his investigation, but whether the public will get answers to consequential questions about President Donald Trump and Russia remains to be seen.
  
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• Robert Kraft Apologizes Amid Prostitution Scandal: 'I Have Extraordinary Respect for Women'

  23-03-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The Patriots owner said he was 'truly sorry'
  
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• Syria force takes IS bastion, 'caliphate' wiped out

  23-03-2019 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Kurdish-led forces pronounced the death of the Islamic State group's nearly five-year-old "caliphate" Saturday after flushing out diehard jihadists from their very last bastion in eastern Syria.Fighters of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces raised their yellow flag in Baghouz, the remote riverside village where jihadists from many countries made a desperate last stand.The SDF's victory capped a deadly six-month operation against the final remnants of the "caliphate" which once stretched acro
  
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• Want to see the poppy super bloom in California? Brace yourself for large crowds, long lines

  23-03-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Everyone wishing to see the super bloom in Lake Elsinore, California must pay $10 and ride a shuttle to the poppy fields.
  
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• Mueller report: Why so many of President Donald Trump's aides lied to protect him in Russia investigations

  23-03-2019 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Robert Mueller's investigation revealed Trump's aides worked to benefit from a Russian intelligence campaign, then lied to pretend they hadn't.
  
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• Legendary Israeli Mossad agent Rafi Eitan dies at 92

  23-03-2019 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Rafi Eitan, a legendary Israeli Mossad spy who led the capture of Holocaust mastermind Adolf Eichmann, died Saturday. He was 92.
  
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• UPDATE 2-U.S. airlines visit Boeing as FAA awaits 737 MAX upgrades

  23-03-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  CHICAGO/WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - Teams from the three U.S. airlines that own 737 MAX jets headed to Boeing Co's factory in Renton, Washington, to review a software upgrade on Saturday, as U.S. regulators prepared to receive and review the fixes in coming weeks.The factory visits indicated Boeing may be near completing a software patch for its newest 737 following a Lion Air crash that killed 189 people in Indonesia last October.This month, a second deadly crash involving an Ethiopian Air
  
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• Save up to 30% off bed and bath must-haves during The Home Depot’s Spring Savings

  23-03-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  It's been a loong winter with way too much time spent binge-watching in bed. All the more reason to strip those stale sheets, replace your threadbare towels, and hit up The Home Depot's online-only Spring Savings.  Think high-quality basics: super-soft sheets, bath mats, and towels that aren't adorned with weird bleach stains. In other words: bedding and bath essentials that make you feel like a grown-up. Below, find a look to match your style and then shop The Home Depot's Spring Savings.I
  
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• Antwon Rose trial: White police officer acquitted of murder in fatal shooting of teenager

  23-03-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The mother of an unarmed black teenager fatally shot by a white police officer as he fled a traffic stop has expressed her anger and devastation over a jury’s decision to acquit the officer.Former East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld was charged with homicide for shooting Antwon Rose II last June in one of the many high-profile killings of black people by white police officers.The deadly confrontation, captured on video, led to weeks of unrest and angry protests in the Pittsburgh
  
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• Islamic State 'caliphate' defeated, yet threat persists

  23-03-2019 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Originally an offshoot of al Qaeda, IS took large swathes of Iraq and Syria from 2014, imposing a reign of terror with public beheadings and attacks by supporters abroad - but it was eventually beaten back to the village of Baghouz."We announce today the destruction of the so-called Islamic State organization and the end of its ground control in its last pocket in Baghouz," Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) general commander Mazloum Abdi told a victory ceremony.SDF fighters, who besieged Baghouz fo
  
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• 'Hope that man never sleeps': Mom of black teen Antwon Rose slams white police officer's acquittal in son's killing

  23-03-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The mother of an unarmed black teen who was fatally shot by a white police officer vowed to keep fighting for justice after the officer's acquittal.
  
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• Israeli ex-spy who helped capture Nazi mastermind Eichmann dies at 92

  23-03-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Rafi Eitan, a former Israeli minister and veteran spy who led the operation to capture fugitive Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann, died on Saturday at the age of 92."We have lost a brave fighter whose contribution to Israel's security will be taught for generations to come," President Reuven Rivlin said.Eitan died after being hospitalized in Tel Aviv, YNET news website and other Israeli media reported.
  
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• Patriots owner Kraft: 'I am truly sorry'

  23-03-2019 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft issued a statement Saturday that expressed his remorse following charges of solicitation of prostitution.The statement represented the first comments made by Kraft since he was charged last month for allegedly receiving sex acts at a day spa in Jupiter, Fla. He has pleaded not guilty, and on Friday, his attorney said they intended to vehemently fight the charges as well as the release of two tapes that purportedly show Kraft receiving services at the spa."
  
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• Thousands of Brexit protesters flood the streets of London calling for new referendum

  23-03-2019 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  As the tire fire that is Theresa May's handling of Brexit continues to burn, a crowd pegged at around a million people flooded the streets of London on Saturday, protesting the disastrous policy and calling on a new referendum. SEE ALSO: John Oliver shares his thoughts on Brexit and we honestly don't know whether to laugh or cryWhile the option of a second referendum on Brexit was once seen as highly unlikely, there's now a semblance of hope for those backing the vote. Prime Minister May ha
  
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• Suspect arrested after elderly woman kicked in face on train

  23-03-2019 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Police say no one attempted to help the 78-year-old woman, but several recorded the attack on their smartphones.
  
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• Experts warn Midwest flood risk may persist for months

  23-03-2019 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Even as floodwaters receded in hard-hit places in in the Midwest, experts warned Saturday that with plenty of snow still left to melt in northern states, the relief may only be temporary.
  
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• Robert Mueller report will be a gold mine of improprieties. Trump shouldn't celebrate yet.

  23-03-2019 19:09 via news.yahoo.com
  We don't know if Mueller's report holds an absolution halo or an impeachment crosshair. But signs are it will be a trove of Trump's swamp-like conduct.
  
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• 115 reported dead after attack on central Malian village

  23-03-2019 19:05 via news.yahoo.com
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Militia fighters descended on a village in central Mali before dawn Saturday, killing at least 115 people in the latest deadly attack blamed on an ethnic militia, local authorities said.
  
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• U.S. airlines prepare for 737 MAX tests, Southwest parks jets near desert

  23-03-2019 18:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Teams from the three U.S. airlines that own 737 MAX jets were heading to Boeing Co's factory in Renton, Washington, to review a software upgrade on Saturday, even as Southwest Airlines Co began parking its 34 MAXs near the California desert.The factory visits indicate Boeing may be nearing completion of a planned software patch for its newest 737 following a fatal Lion Air crash in Indonesia last October, but the timing for a resumption of passenger flights on the jets remains uncertain.Boeing a
  
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• Will Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and Viacom go dark for AT&T's DirecTV subscribers?

  23-03-2019 18:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Viacom warned AT&T's DirecTV subscribers that they may lose access to 23 channels if a dispute over fees isn't resolved before the contract expires.
  
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• Pope accepts abuse resignation of Chile cardinal Ezzati: Vatican

  23-03-2019 18:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Chilean Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati, who had agreed to step down along with his country's bishops over sexual abuse cases and their cover-up, the Vatican said Saturday.Ezzati, archbishop of Santiago, is the seventh senior Chilean church official to resign over a scandal which the pope insists must be remedied.To date, Ezzati, the Catholic Church's highest official in Chile, has maintained his right to silence although he has promised to cooperate with the
  
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• Catholic priest stabbed while celebrating mass in Canada

  23-03-2019 18:35 via news.yahoo.com
  A Catholic priest in Canada is recovering from stab wounds he suffered when he was attacked while celebrating mass.
  
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• Robert Mueller report: Democrats say they are prepared to battle for access to full contents of Trump-Russia probe

  23-03-2019 18:32 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats, concerned president Donald Trump‘s attorney general may withhold evidence of wrongdoing uncovered by special counsel Robert Mueller, are preparing for potential battle over access to the full contents of Mr Mueller’s newly completed report, vowing to pursue it and any underlying investigative materials in court if necessary.“We will fight” for the full report, said representative Jerrold Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, emphasising that
  
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• The fight is not over, but Daesh no longer has land to call their own

  23-03-2019 18:16 via news.yahoo.com
  On Saturday we marked a turning point in our fight against the Daesh fanatics with the liberation of the last vestiges of land held under their brutal rule. At one point these barbaric extremists controlled territory roughly the size of the United Kingdom and had advanced to within a few miles of the gates of Baghdad. But in the last few days they have been rooted out of their last enclave along the Euphrates and their so-called caliphate destroyed. I pay tribute to all our Armed Forces and alli
  
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• Death toll from southern Africa cyclone, floods exceeds 700

  23-03-2019 18:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Cyclone Idai lashed the Mozambican port city of Beira with winds of up to 170 km per hour (105 miles per hour) last week, then moved inland to Zimbabwe and Malawi, swamping populations and devastating homes.Mozambique's death toll rose to 417 from 242, Land and Environment Minister Celso Correia said."The situation is getting better, still critical, but it's getting better," he told reporters at the airport in Beira that has become a center for aid operations.
  
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• Hundreds of thousands march in London to demand new Brexit referendum

  23-03-2019 17:33 via news.yahoo.com
  After three years of tortuous debate, it is still uncertain how, when or even if Brexit will happen as May tries to plot a way out of the gravest political crisis in at least a generation.Marchers set off in central London with banners proclaiming "the best deal is no Brexit" and "we demand a People's Vote" in what organizers said was more than one million people strong and the biggest anti-Brexit protest yet."The country will be divided whatever happens and it is worse to be divided on a lie."W
  
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• Africa cyclone death toll surges past 600, 'worst yet to come'

  23-03-2019 17:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The death toll from a powerful cyclone that pummelled swathes of southern African countries, flooding thousands of square kilometres, on Saturday surged past 600 as diseases stalked tens of thousands of survivors.At least 417 people have died in Mozambique, according to government, bringing to 676 the total deaths when combined with those from neighbouring Zimbabwe.Cyclone Idai smashed into the coast of central Mozambique on Friday last week, unleashing hurricane-force winds and rains that flood
  
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• Russian collusion is a dead end. But the Mueller report doesn't end the danger for Trump.

  23-03-2019 17:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The greatest threat to Trump and his family is from investigators in New York. They have easier cases than Mueller. I predict more indictments soon.
  
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