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• Trump changes mind and extends Liberians' immigration protections in U.S

  28-03-2019 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump last year ordered an end to Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) status for Liberians, which was first granted to them during the presidency of his fellow Republican George W. Bush and enabled the immigrants to work and protected them from deportation.Advocates estimate that roughly 4,000 Liberians in the United States are protected by DED."Upon further reflection and review, I have decided that it is in the foreign policy interest of the United States to extend the wind-down period for
  
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• Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Beto O'Rourke top new poll of Democratic 2020 candidates

  28-03-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  The field of Democratic presidential candidates may be more diverse than ever, but three white men top a new national poll by Quinnipiac; Peter Doocy reports.
  
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• Venezuela blocks Guaido from office as the opposition scoffs

  28-03-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Maduro dismisses Guaido's claim to the presidency as a Washington-backed effort to seize power in Venezuela, which is struggling under hyperinflation and crippling blackouts that have left millions of citizens without power this month.Venezuela's comptroller, Elvis Amoroso, said Guaido had failed to explain how he paid for foreign trips since joining the opposition-run legislature."The only body that can appoint a comptroller is the legitimate parliament," he said.
  
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• 'Get rid of the fat': Why Betsy DeVos' plan to slash Special Olympics funding probably won't happen

  28-03-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos ignited a firestorm with her plan to eliminate funding for the Special Olympics, but the proposal is dead on arrival.
  
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• Egyptian cease-fire mediators shuttle between Israel, Gaza

  28-03-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Egyptian mediators pressed ahead Thursday with efforts to broker a cease-fire between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel, even as the sides braced for the possibility of renewed violence this weekend.
  
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• New Gotham Poster Gives First Look At Batman - GameSpot Universe News Update

  28-03-2019 23:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Get ready for Batman to finally save Gotham City.
  
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• American Air Extends Halt of Venezuela Flights ‘Indefinitely’

  28-03-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The decision cut off the last remaining flights to Venezuela by a major U.S. carrier, deepening the country’s isolation as it reels from a nationwide power failure and the prospect of electricity rationing in Caracas, the capital city.In its statement, the Fort Worth, Texas-based company said it was “proud of our more than 30 years of service’’ to Venezuela.
  
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• Norway's Kon-Tiki museum agrees to return Easter Island items

  28-03-2019 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Norway agreed Thursday to hand back thousands of artefacts removed from Easter Island by the explorer Thor Heyerdahl during his trans-Pacific raft expeditions in the 1950s.An agreement was signed by representatives of Oslo's Kon-Tiki Museum and officials of Chile's culture ministry at a ceremony in Santiago as part of a state visit by Norway's King Harald V and Queen Sonja.The museum pieces include carved artifacts and human bones from the Rapa-Nui, the first inhabitants of the remote Chilean is
  
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• Anthem Update Implements Loot Changes And Legendary Missions

  28-03-2019 23:04 via gamespot.com
  
  EA and BioWare have released the newest update for Anthem, and it's a big one. The update is now live and it adds several new features to the multiplayer-focused action game, including something called Legendary Missions, as well as changes to loot, Masterworks, Javelins, and quite a bit more.As detailed in the patch notes, Update 1.0.4 adds a new Legendary difficulty to critical path missions. From now on, one critical path mission per day will be available for repeated playthroughs. You can re
  
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• Verizon adds free 'Call Filter' feature in bid to fight robocalls

  28-03-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Verizon's free answer to the robocall plague has arrived.
  
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• $768M Powerball winner bought ticket in Milwaukee suburb

  28-03-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW BERLIN, Wis. (AP) — A single ticket that matched all six Powerball numbers to win the estimated $768.4 million jackpot — the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history — was sold in a Milwaukee suburb, Wisconsin Lottery officials said Thursday.
  
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• Grounded Boeing 737 Max also grounds FAA reputation

  28-03-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air crashes are only the latest tragedies from Federal Aviation Administration's coziness with airline industry: Our view
  
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• FAA: We don’t allow companies to police themselves

  28-03-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  During the 737 Max’s five-year certification, FAA safety engineers and test pilots put in 110,000 hours of work, writes Daniel K. Elwell, FAA acting administrator
  
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• 'Make America Grate Again': California artist using expired cheese to build border wall

  28-03-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Artist Cosimo Cavallaro is building a 6-foot high wall made of expired cheese blocks. near the southern border with Mexico.
  
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• Chick-fil-A ban in Texas under investigation by attorney general

  28-03-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney General Ken Paxton said San Antonio City Council may have violated federal law by banning Chick-fil-A based on the company's religious beliefs.
  
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• The Elder Scrolls: Blades Is Now Live For Some People

  28-03-2019 22:39 via gamespot.com
  
  Bethesda has announced that The Elder Scrolls: Blades is now available for players who registered for early access prior to March 25. Players are being given access in waves, though, so you might have to wait a little bit longer to play the whole game, even if you pre-ordered the game and signed up early. Also, you have to pre-register on Bethesda's website, which is a separate process from pre-ordering the game. "The first wave of The Elder Scrolls: Blades early access went smoothly, so we invi
  
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• Guillermo Del Toro's Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark Gets Freaky First Trailer

  28-03-2019 22:38 via gamespot.com
  
  Guillermo Del Toro is one of the busiest filmmakers in horror and fantasy. He's got both the Netflix horror anthology series 10 After Midnight and a new animated version of Pinocchio on the way but has also found time to produce an adaptation of Alvin Schwartz's classic spooky kids book series Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark. The movie releases in August, and a new trailer has been released.The trailer reveals that the movie is using a wraparound concept about a girl who discovers a spooky boo
  
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• United, other airlines step in to (sort of) rescue passengers as WOW Air shuts down

  28-03-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Passengers scrambling to find tickets on other airlines to get home or to their vacation destination are finding limited options.
  
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• Five helicopters, 28 rescuers, 464 saved: Inside the Viking Sky cruise ship rescue

  28-03-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  A Viking Sky cruise ship needed all 1,373 passengers and crew on board to be evacuated last weekend. Here's the story of the rescue.
  
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• Monolith Soft Is Hiring For A New Legend of Zelda Game - GS News Update

  28-03-2019 22:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Monolith Soft, developer of the Xenoblade Chronicles series, is working on a new Legend of Zelda game.
  
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• Game Of Thrones Season 8 Documentary Coming To HBO After Finale - GameSpot Universe News Update

  28-03-2019 22:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Winter is almost over.
  
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• AP sources: Mueller report is more than 300 pages long

  28-03-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation report is more than 300 pages long, a Justice Department official and another person familiar with the document said Thursday.
  
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• Notre Dame mom begs women to stop wearing leggings; students decry 'age-old sexist tropes'

  28-03-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  A mom wrote to Notre Dame's student newspaper begging students to choose jeans over leggings that show "blackly naked rear ends." Students protested.
  
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• Puerto Rico Governor to Trump: 'I'll punch the bully in the mouth’

  28-03-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The governor of Puerto Rico did not mince his words this week when he learned that the Trump administration have doubled down on their refusal to grant the island funding for its recovery from Hurricane Maria.Gov. Ricardo Ros Rosselló said he will not let Puerto Rican officials be taunted and bullied by the White House.“If the bully gets close, I’ll punch the bully in the mouth,” Mr Rosselló said on CNN on Thursday, referring to Donald Trump.The Puerto Rican gover
  
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• Opinion: I Hope Iron Man's Armor Is More Realistic In Avengers: Endgame

  28-03-2019 21:49 via gamespot.com
  
  According to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Tony Stark's Iron Man suit has gone through 50 iterations. The most recent model is the Mark 50; it's based on the comic books' "Bleeding Edge Armor," which Stark stores inside his bones.The MCU's Mark 50 isn't quite as fantastical. Instead, the suit is stored in the arc reactor affixed to Stark's chest. Once activated, it dissipates to cover his body.In Avengers: Infinity War, the Mark 50 possessed "nanotechnology," which means it served whatever pur
  
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• Fortnite Battle Star Guide - Season 8 Week 5 Secret Location Walkthrough

  28-03-2019 21:45 via gamespot.com
  
  The Fortnite Battle Star challenges just get easier by the week, but the locations of the secret Battle Star remains a mystery. Check this guide out to know where to go to get your Battle Star once you complete all of this week's challenges.
  
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• Trade panel: Boeing got unfair US tax break, hurting Airbus

  28-03-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  GENEVA (AP) — Delivering final word in a nearly 14-year standoff, a World Trade Organization body has ruled that Boeing received an illegal U.S. tax break from Washington state that damaged sales by European archrival Airbus.
  
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• STALKER 2 Is Still Alive: Update Brings New Art, Music, And Twitter Account

  28-03-2019 21:33 via gamespot.com
  
  There isn't much to say about STALKER 2 at this point, to be honest. But the fact that the game's official website has been updated with new key art and music is enough for fans, like myself, to get hyped up. In addition, the project launched its own Twitter account which it says will be used to share news and "interesting content" for the franchise. As for the music that plays on the site, it's a three minute(ish) creepy, foreboding ambient track that fits the series' often terrifying post-apoc
  
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• Grab A Free 12-Month Nintendo Switch Online Subscription With Twitch Prime

  28-03-2019 21:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Amazon has announced that, starting right now, Twitch Prime members can claim a free three months of Nintendo Switch Online. You just need to sign-in to claim your three months, and if you come back after 60 days, you can get another nine months added to your account. That's a year of Switch Online for free.If you already have Switch Online, you can still take advantage of this deal. Just sign-in and be sure to renew the deal after 60 days so you can get all 12 months added to your account. Whet
  
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• Trump news: Mueller report said to 'undoubtedly' contain evidence of conspiracy, as president rages over Jussie Smollett and Mexico

  28-03-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The Mueller report “undoubtedly” contains evidence of collusion between Donald Trump and Russia, according to Fox Business legal analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano, contradicting the verdict of attorney-general William Barr and risking the president’s ire.House Oversight Committee chairman Elijah Cummings has meanwhile warned of a looming “constitutional crisis” ahead as Democrats express growing frustration at what they see as Republican efforts to prevent the full re
  
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• Betsy DeVos: Special Olympics questions from Congress are 'disgusting'

  28-03-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The Democratic senator's response to DeVos? Whoever approved the proposed cut should get "a special Olympic gold medal for insensitivity."
  
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• The Latest: Board says little on fight death of 5th grader

  28-03-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on an elementary school fight that killed a fifth grader (all times local):
  
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• PHOTOS: MLB Opening Day 2019

  28-03-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  All 30 teams will be in action on Thursday’s MLB schedule, with games spread out across the day. While Opening Day was technically March 20 when the Mariners and Athletics played a two-game series in Japan, Thursday is officially known as baseball’s Opening Day.
  
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• Poachers caught on cam killing bear, cubs in den

  28-03-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Poachers were caught on a surveillance camera, set up by the US Forest Service and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
  
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• Last-Minute Tips to Lower Your Taxes

  28-03-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The filing deadline for 2018 taxes is Monday, April 15. Here are some last-minute steps you can still take to save money on your federal return. Plan for Retirement Contribute to an IRA. You hav...
  
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• New Berlin is buzzing after historic $768.4 million Powerball jackpot win

  28-03-2019 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Excitement generated by the $768 million Powerball was evident in New Berlin, where the winning ticket was sold.
  
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• The Games Confirmed To Be At PAX East 2019: Borderlands 3, Dauntless, And More

  28-03-2019 20:58 via gamespot.com
  
  The Games of PAX East 2019
  For many years, PAX has been a popular destination for fans and developers alike to share their passion for gaming. It's also an excellent place to put your finger on the pulse of what's new and exciting. With PAX East 2019 quickly approaching, taking place in Boston from March 28-31, GameSpot will be on location exploring the show floor to check out the latest games and share our thoughts for those who can't make it to the show this year.To give you an idea of what to
  
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• Dubai court restores yacht to Russia tycoon, move disputed in divorce contest

  28-03-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  A $436 million superyacht belonging to a Russian billionaire at the center of one of the world's costliest divorce battles has been released by a Dubai court after being impounded last year, but legal wrangling over the fate of the vessel continued.Oil and gas tycoon Farkhad Akhmedov was ordered to pay about 40 percent of his fortune to his former wife Tatiana Akhmedova by London's High Court in 2016 in one of the largest divorce settlements in legal history.Luna, an expedition yacht built for R
  
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• Brazil says Russian troops should leave Venezuela if propping up Maduro

  28-03-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  In an interview with Reuters, Araujo said he hoped Russia would recognize that propping up President Nicolas Maduro would only deepen the collapse of Venezuela's economy and society, and that the only way out of the crisis was to hold elections under an interim government led by opposition leader Juan Guaido."If their idea is to keep Maduro in power for longer that means more people starving and fleeing the country, more human tragedy in Venezuela," the minister said.U.S. President Donald Trump
  
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• Who is Adam Schiff and why does Donald Trump want him to resign?

  28-03-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump called on Rep. Adam Schiff to resign from his position as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee on Twitter, alleging the California Democrat “knowingly and unlawfully lying and leaking” information regarding special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.Mr Schiff has come under fire for continuing to launch investigations into the president and the Trump campaign to determine whether there was an
  
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• The Latest: Ex-Yale coach pleads guilty in bribery scheme

  28-03-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on a former Yale University soccer coach charged in college admissions scandal (all times local):
  
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• Gearbox Shows Trailer For Rick And Morty Creator's New Game: PAX East 2019

  28-03-2019 20:43 via gamespot.com
  
  The next game from Rick And Morty creator Justin Roiland and studio Squanch Games, called Trover Saves The Universe, had a trailer revealed during Gearbox's PAX East 2019 panel. It's coming to PlayStation 4 and PSVR on May 31 and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on June 4. The game appears to have a similar sense of humor found in Squanch's previous games (Rick And Morty: Virtual Rick-ality and Accounting), but plays more like a traditional 3D action-platformer.As expected, it has a wacky premi
  
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• 'Mother of all migrant caravans' forming in Honduras as Trump threatens again to shut US-Mexico border

  28-03-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexico’s interior minister has warned that “the mother of all migrant caravans” is gathering in Honduras, as President Donald Trump again threatened to seal the US-Mexican border. Olga Sanchez-Cordero said the caravan, forming in the Central American nation, was 20,000-strong. Another caravan of roughly 2,500 migrants is currently heading north. Mexican officials announced that the government is was seeking to set up a "containment" belt of federal forces across the Isthmus of
  
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• EU sees no-deal Brexit more likely than ever: diplomats

  28-03-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain is more likely than ever to crash out of the European Union, diplomats and officials with the bloc said on Thursday after the UK parliament failed to produce a majority for any Brexit option and Theresa May was struggling to get her divorce deal approved.The bloc will push ahead with contingency preparations next week and is gearing up for an emergency Brexit summit the week after, probably on April 10.Brussels envoys of the 27 states staying in the EU discussed on Thursday the two main
  
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• Risk Of Rain 2 – Early Access Launch Trailer

  28-03-2019 20:33 via gamespot.com
  
  The classic multiplayer roguelike, Risk of Rain, returns in Steam Early Access with an extra dimension and more challenging action. No run will ever be the same with randomized stages, enemies, bosses, and items. Play solo, or team up with up to three friends to fight your way through hordes of monsters, unlock new loot, and find a way to escape the planet.
  
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• Borderlands: Game Of The Year Edition - Official Features Trailer

  28-03-2019 20:29 via gamespot.com
  
  Discover the co-op shooter-looter that started it all! With new weapons, visual upgrades, character heads, gold chests and keys, plus all 4 add-on packs, you can enjoy all of the content from one of the Most Acclaimed Games of its era, now in one sweet and deliciously modern package!
  
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• Saudi Arabia temporarily releases three detained women activists

  28-03-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia on Thursday temporarily released three out of 11 women detained nearly a year ago in a broad crackdown on activists, state media said, as the kingdom faces intense global scrutiny over human rights.Blogger Eman al-Nafjan, retired lecturer Aziza al-Youssef and academic Rokaya al-Mohareb were freed, one of their relatives told AFP, as the women face trial in Riyadh's criminal court on charges that include contact with foreign media, diplomats and human rights groups."The criminal cour
  
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• UPDATE 2-U.S. lawsuit filed against Boeing over Ethiopian Airlines crash

  28-03-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  A lawsuit against Boeing Co was filed in U.S. federal court on Thursday in what appeared to be the first suit over a March 10 Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash that killed 157 people.The lawsuit was filed in Chicago federal court by the family of Jackson Musoni, a citizen of Rwanda, and alleges that Boeing, which manufactures the 737 MAX, had defectively designed the automated flight control system.Boeing did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit.
  
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• Beto O'Rourke hires Iowa caucus architect as state tactician

  28-03-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa Democratic Party official is facing criticism for jumping to Beto O'Rourke's campaign — and bringing with him inside information that O'Rourke's rivals for the White House say could give the former Texas congressman an advantage on caucus night.
  
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• Theresa May in quotes: from 'Brexit means Brexit' to I quit

  28-03-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — Theresa May is the "Brexit Means Brexit" prime minister. For almost three years since Britain voted to leave the European Union, May repeated the mantra that she would deliver the departure.
  
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