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• Trump claims 'total exoneration' from Mueller summary despite lack of answers on obstruction

  24-03-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump claimed "complete and total exoneration" despite outstanding questions on obstruction.
  
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• Senate Intelligence Russia Probe Will End in ‘Coming Months,’ Burr Says

  24-03-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr said Sunday that his inquiry will be concluding as well.“In the coming weeks and months, the Senate Intelligence Committee will complete its remaining interviews and issue its reports on Russia’s attempts to interfere in our U.S. elections,” Burr said.The North Carolina Republican’s panel has been conducting the only bipartisan probe, and one that’s lasted even longer than Mueller’s. He’s previously said that it
  
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• Trump takes victory lap as Mueller conclusions revealed

  24-03-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Despite the Attorney General's note that the special counsel'sreport does not exonerate the president, Trump and his supporters greeted the report’s conclusions as a complete victory.
  
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• Reaction to AG William Barr's summary of Mueller report

  24-03-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Reaction to Attorney General William Barr's summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the investigation of Donald Trump's campaign and Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
  
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• Rachel Maddow stopped fishing in Tennessee to host show on Mueller report from Knoxville

  24-03-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow of msnbc hosted from UT Knoxville once news broke that Mueller's Trump-Russia investigation report was delivered.
  
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• American-backed Syrian force declares victory over Islamic State

  24-03-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The Islamic State group lost its final sliver of territory in Syria, the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said Saturday.
  
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• Another Parkland Student Has Died by Apparent Suicide

  24-03-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The death follows the recent suicide of Parkland shooting survivor Sydney Aiello
  
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• 'Apparent suicide' of Parkland student days after massacre survivor took her life

  24-03-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  A student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida has died in "an apparent suicide," police said on Sunday, less than a week after a 19-year-old survivor of the 2018 massacre at the school took her own life.“We’re calling it an apparent suicidebecause we don’t have the exact results back from the medical examiner’s office,” Reik said by phone.The Miami Herald reported that the suicide victim was a male sophomore who attend the Parkland, Florida, school wh
  
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• Blind dog gets his own 'seeing eye' dog. Excuse us, we can't see through happy tears

  24-03-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The puppy helps the blind 11-year-old golden retriever find his lost toys. The older dog has even begun to act younger.
  
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• Donald Trump declares 'complete exoneration' as Robert Mueller finds no collusion with Russia

  24-03-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump and his aides did not collude with Russia in the 2016 election campaign, special counsel Robert Mueller concluded in his report, according to a summary from the US attorney general.  Mr Mueller also did not find that Mr Trump obstructed justice in his alleged attempts to thwart the investigation, instead choosing not to reach a conclusion and simply presenting the evidence.  The US attorney general and his deputy - two Trump appointees - then decided there was not enough p
  
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• Republican leader McConnell welcomes more information on Russia probe

  24-03-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday he was disturbed by Russia's ongoing efforts to interfere with U.S. democracy and looked forward to reviewing additional information from the special counsel's report, which was summarized by Attorney General William Barr."I appreciate the Attorney General’s commitment to continue to review the record in this matter over the coming days, in conjunction with Special Counsel (Robert) Mueller, with the goal of producing as much
  
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• How Republicans Are Reacting to Barr’s Mueller Report Summary

  24-03-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- President Trump led a victory parade of Republican lawmakers and White House insiders after a summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation released on Sunday showed no evidence of collusion with Russia.
  
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• The Latest: Slain teen's mother joins supporters at vigil

  24-03-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  RANKIN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the acquittal of an ex-East Pittsburgh police officer's fatal shooting of a teen (all times local):
  
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• How gun laws in a dozen countries compare with New Zealand's new ban on semiautomatic weapons

  24-03-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  The approach to gun laws in each of the 12 countries varies widely depending on whether owning a gun is considered a right or a privilege.
  
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• Read Attorney General William Barr's Letter to Congress on the Mueller Report

  24-03-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Mueller's report does not "exonerate" the President, Barr wrote
  
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• Trump did not obstruct justice over Russia probe, attorney general rules after Mueller declines to determine criminality

  24-03-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump did not obstruct justice over the Russia investigation, the US attorney general William Barr has ruled.Mr Barr took the decision after special counsel Robert Mueller, who led the probe, declined to draw a legal conclusion about the president’s conduct.The special counsel’s team, according to Mr Barr, undertook a “thorough factual investigation” into whether Mr Trump’s actions could constitute obstruction of justice.
  
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• Russian air force planes land in Venezuela carrying troops: reports

  24-03-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  A flight-tracking website showed that two planes left from a Russian military airport bound for Caracas on Friday, and another flight-tracking site showed that one plane left Caracas on Sunday.Reporter Javier Mayorca wrote on Twitter on Saturday that the first plane carried Vasily Tonkoshkurov, chief of staff of the ground forces, adding the second was a cargo plane carrying 35 tonnes of material.
  
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• Turkey Probes JPMorgan After Lira’s Worst Slide Since 2018 Crash

  24-03-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency, known as BDDK, on Saturday said a research note a day earlier by two JPMorgan analysts that recommended selling the lira against the dollar had “misguiding and manipulative” content that resulted in volatility in markets and hurt the reputation of Turkish banks.The Capital Markets Board began its own investigation on similar grounds, according to a statement on its website.
  
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• Norwegian cruise ship reaches port with remaining passengers after mayday, helicopter rescues

  24-03-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  A cruise ship stranded off Norway’s western coast that airlifted more than half its passengers to safety amid a ferocious storm has now reached port.
  
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• Mueller report finds no evidence that Trump campaign colluded with Russia: Justice Department

  24-03-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Barr said he had determined that Trump did not obstruct justice during the investigation.In a major political victory for Trump, Mueller, who spent nearly two years investigating allegations that Russia meddled in the election to help Trump defeat his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, did not find evidence that Trump's campaign "conspired or coordinated with the Russian government," according a summary of Mueller's findings.While Mueller left open the possibility that Trump had obstructed ju
  
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• Terror at sea: Helicopter rescues frighten cruise passengers

  24-03-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Rodney Horgen recalled the moment he thought he was facing the end: when a huge wave crashed through the Viking Sky cruise ship's glass doors and swept his wife 30 feet across the floor.
  
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• Serbia, Kosovo mark start of NATO intervention 20 years ago

  24-03-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Twenty years after NATO intervened to stop Serbia's onslaught in Kosovo, Belgrade on Sunday commemorated the victims of what it says was an aggression while Kosovo hailed the beginning of its national liberation.
  
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• Erdogan moots renaming Istanbul's Hagia Sophia a mosque

  24-03-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday mooted the possibility of renaming Istanbul's Hagia Sofia museum as a mosque, in comments during a television interview.Erdogan, who is a former mayor of Istanbul, is campaigning for votes for his Justice and Development Party (AKP) ahead of municipal elections on March 31.The former church and mosque, now a museum, often sparks tensions between Christians and Muslims over Islamic activities held there including the reading of verses from the Kora
  
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• Full text: AG Barr's letter to Congress summarizing the Mueller report

  24-03-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Read the full text of Attorney General William Barr's letter to Congress summarizing Robert Mueller's report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
  
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• Russian military planes deliver troops and cargo to Venezuela: Sputnik

  24-03-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Two Russian military planes delivered troops and equipment to Venezuela over the weekend, Russian state news agency Sputnik reported Sunday."Two Russian planes arrived in Venezuela on Saturday with equipment and personnel to fulfill technical military contracts," the agency reported on the Spanish-language version of its website.It gave no other details but quoted an unnamed official from the Russian embassy in Caracas saying "there is nothing mysterious" about the flights.
  
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• Barr Delivers ‘Principal Conclusions’ of Mueller Report to Congress

  24-03-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney General William Barr on Sunday delivered to Congress a summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's findings, setting off what is sure to be a protracted partisan battle over how much of the report will eventually be made public.According to Barr's summary of the report, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's nearly-two year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election failed to produce sufficient evidence that Trump or anyone involved in his campaign aided in Russ
  
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• Mueller Report: Investigation finds no evidence of Russia conspiracy, leaves obstruction question open

  24-03-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney General William Barr delivered the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russia and Trump's campaign to Congress Sunday.
  
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• UPDATE 1-Democrat Gillibrand calls Trump 'coward' as she launches 2020 bid outside his NY hotel

  24-03-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand delivered a fiery repudiation of U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday at the doorstep of one of his most famous properties, making it clear she will not pull her punches in seeking to replace him."President Trump is tearing apart the moral fabric of this country," Gillibrand declared to hundreds of supporters, with Trump International Hotel and Tower - which she called a "shrine to greed, division and vanity" - as a backdrop in midtown Manhattan.The sp
  
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• Flu season nears the finish line, but it is not going away quietly

  24-03-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  CDC says the percentage of medical visits for flu-like symptoms for the week remains stubbornly high, signaling elevated flu activity through April.
  
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• Gillibrand lambastes Trump outside his NYC hotel, says she agrees with Richard Nixon's view the public should know if 'their president is a crook'

  24-03-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook,” said Nixon. “Well, I’m not a crook.”
  
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• America's Allies Are Still Allured by Russia's S-400 Air Defense System

  24-03-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Washington isn't ready for the fallout from Ankara and Doha buying Moscow's missile system.
  
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• A Skeptics Guide to Managing the India-Pakistan Conflict

  24-03-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Washington's and Beijing's visions for the Indo-Pacific region are reflected in their reactions to the recent uptick in tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi.
  
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• Gillibrand Kicks Off Campaign With the Trump Marquee in Backdrop

  24-03-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Gillibrand has struggled to break through a crowd of Democratic presidential hopefuls that already includes the party’s 2016 runner-up and a handful of candidates widely known by their first names, and is likely to be soon joined by a former vice president.While people close to her campaign resist casting Sunday’s speech as a reset, it’s an opportunity for Gillibrand to jump-start her candidacy and show voters that she’s ready to take on the president in a Democratic prim
  
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• Thailand's pro-army party leads in election; results delayed

  24-03-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The Election Commission had been scheduled to announce the unofficial results Sunday night for the 500-seat lower House of Representatives but later said it was delayed until Monday, without giving a reason.With 93 percent of overall votes counted, the Election Commission reported Palang Pracharat was leading with 7.64 million votes.Trailing with 7.16 million votes was Pheu Thai, a party linked to the self-exiled ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, whose loyalists have won every election s
  
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• Baba is You Review - Game-Changer

  24-03-2019 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Much as we ride roller coasters because we like to be frightened, we solve puzzles because we like to be challenged--and the more complex the puzzle, the more satisfied we can expect to be when it's finally solved. Baba is You has a prodigious capacity for frustration. This deceptively simple-looking indie puzzle game, by Finnish developer Arvi Teikari, swiftly approaches the heights of difficulty scaled by such vexing modern classics as Stephen’s Sausage Roll and The Witness, and shares w
  
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• Iran to cement ties with Lebanon, Hezbollah despite U.S. pressure

  24-03-2019 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran said on Sunday it would expand its ties with Lebanon in spite of the "provocative and interventionist" call by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for Beirut to choose sides, Iranian state television reported.Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi dismissed Pompeo's remarks.
  
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• 'No jail time!': Dr. Dre boasts daughter got into USC 'on her own,' then deletes post

  24-03-2019 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Dr. Dre is taking a jab at Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, who made headlines for their alleged involvement in a college bribery scandal.
  
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• Romania, Honduras recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital

  24-03-2019 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The leaders of Romania and Honduras on Sunday announced that they will recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, following the lead of President Donald Trump.
  
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• 'Have A Great Day!': Trump posts first tweets since Mueller investigation concluded

  24-03-2019 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Those who had been counting the minutes between tweets and looking for hidden meaning in the Twitter break likely found the posts a bit anti-climatic.
  
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• 2020 Democrats respond to Mueller report: ‘It is beyond a shadow of doubt that Trump sought to obstruct justice’

  24-03-2019 18:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential candidates have issued calls for transparency over the findings of the Mueller report, and made it clear they believe Donald Trump is guilty of wrongdoing.Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report was delivered to the Justice Department on Friday and is now in the hands of attorney general William Barr.“It is beyond a shadow of doubt that, once in office, the president of the United States sought to obstruct justice,” former Texas congressman Beto O’
  
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• Second survivor of Parkland shooting dies in 'apparent suicide', reports say

  24-03-2019 18:35 via news.yahoo.com
  A second survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting has died, police have confirmed.The Coral Springs Police Department was quoted in US media as saying the student had died in an “apparent suicide” on Saturday.Sydney Aiello, who was a student at the school when the shooting occurred, died last Sunday.
  
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• Mueller report: Trump claims Russia probe was 'illegal takedown' and suggests Democrats should now be investigated

  24-03-2019 18:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has described Robert Mueller’s probe into alleged collusion between his election campaign and Russia as an “illegal takedown”, while suggesting Democrats should now be investigated.The president claimed the report represented a “total exoneration”, when in fact Mr Mueller specifically said that while his probe did not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also did not exonerate him.Mr Mueller did not make a determination on whether Mr Trump
  
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• Homebuyers to get springtime boost from lower-than-expected mortgage rates

  24-03-2019 18:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Mortgage rates are at 4.5 percent and aren't forecast to rise much for this year. Here’s what this means for this year’s housing market.
  
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• Stranded cruise ship arrives at Norwegian port

  24-03-2019 17:48 via news.yahoo.com
  A disabled cruise ship, Viking Sky, was towed to the port of Molde Sunday afternoon.The cruise ship was carrying 1,373 passengers and crew members when it had engine trouble on Saturday, in an unpredictable area of the Norwegian coast. (March 24)
  
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• Top Democrat Sees ‘Cover-Up’ If Barr Denies Full Mueller Report

  24-03-2019 17:45 via news.yahoo.com
  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said providing Congress with anything less would be equivalent to a “cover-up” and subvert the legislative branch of the government from holding the president accountable, a fight the party is willing to take to the nation’s highest court.“Once you say that a president can not be indictable no matter the evidence as a matter of law, to then follow the principle that you can’t then comment on the evidence or publicize
  
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• Death toll from central Mali massacre up to 134, says UN

  24-03-2019 17:45 via news.yahoo.com
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The death toll from a massacre in a central Malian village rose to 134 dead, the U.N. said, as new video emerged Sunday showing victims strewn on the ground amid the burning remains of their homes.
  
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• New Zealand mosque killings spark debate over free speech

  24-03-2019 17:37 via news.yahoo.com
  DUNEDIN, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealanders are debating the limits of free speech after their chief censor banned a 74-page manifesto written by the man accused of slaughtering 50 people at two mosques in the city of Christchurch.
  
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• Swift Pushback on Stephen Moore, Trump's Latest Pick for the Fed

  24-03-2019 17:36 via news.yahoo.com
  “He does not have the intellectual gravitas for this important job,” Greg Mankiw, a Harvard professor who was chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush, wrote in a blog post on Friday.“It is time for senators to do their job.
  
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• 'Do not think you can bury the evidence': Democrats demand Mueller report be made public

  24-03-2019 17:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats pushed back against the possibility that only a select few members of Congress might see all of Robert Mueller’s long-awaited report.
  
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• Raptor Killer: Could Russia's S-500 Shootdown an F-22 Stealth Fighter?

  24-03-2019 17:13 via news.yahoo.com
  We take a look.
  
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