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• JetBlue Airways announces flights to London from New York, Boston: 5 things to know

  10-04-2019 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The airline plans to begin service between New York and Boston and London in 2021. Several airlines already offer flights on the route.
  
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• Lyft shares hit new low as Uber IPO chatter revs up

  10-04-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Shares of recently listed Lyft Inc fell to a fresh low and closed the day down almost 11 percent on Wednesday on news that rival Uber Technologies Inc was close to filing its own initial public offering.In ride-hailing company Lyft's ninth day of trading its shares clocked their lowest closing price since going public on March 29.Reuters reported late Tuesday that rival Uber would seek to sell around $10 billion worth of stock in an IPO, and file the offering with regulators as soon as Thursday.
  
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• What's actually going on in that cryptic black hole photo?

  10-04-2019 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  "We have now seen the unseeable."These were the words spoken by astrophysicist Avery Broderick on Wednesday morning, one of some 200 scientists of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration who captured humanity's first image of a black hole -- a zone in space so gravitationally powerful that whatever light falls in can't possibly escape. "Black holes are gravity run amok," said Broderick.Yet, we now have a picture of "the unseeable."More precisely, we can see a prominent ring of super-heated gas
  
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• Yahoo to pay $117.5M in latest settlement of massive breach

  10-04-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nearly 200 million people who had sensitive information snatched from their Yahoo accounts will receive two years of free credit-monitoring services and other potential restitution in a legal settlement valued at $117.5 million.
  
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• Texas debating bill allowing death penalty against women who have abortions

  10-04-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The bill, titled the "Abolition of Abortion in Texas Act," was originally introduced two years ago but failed to gain traction.
  
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• US hopes Sudan forces keep holding fire on protesters

  10-04-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Washington (AFP) - The United States voiced hope Wednesday after Sudanese security forces held fire on a mounting anti-government rally, with Washington renewing calls for Khartoum to allow peaceful protests.
  
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• Xbox One, Rage 2 News Coming During Inside Xbox Stream Next Week

  10-04-2019 23:22 via gamespot.com
  
  The next Inside Xbox live stream is scheduled for April 16 at 2:00 PM PT / 5:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM BST. The show will cover pre-E3 news, as well as announcements for Game Pass and several upcoming Xbox One games.The April Inside Xbox live stream is scheduled to be an hour long, and "will explore some exciting Xbox Game Pass news," Xbox Wire editor-in-chief Will Tuttle wrote in a blog post. The show will also provide further details for the upcoming anniversary update for Sea of Thieves and footage
  
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• Overwatch Teases First New Storm Rising Skin

  10-04-2019 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Overwatch's next big event, Storm Rising, is coming on April 16. In the meantime, Blizzard is teasing some of the new cosmetics you can earn, and we got our first look at a brand-new skin. This one features the newest character, Baptiste, but it's far from a heroic makeover.The Legendary skin is called "Talon Baptiste" and features the soldier of fortune in his obviously evil red and black ensemble. Fans of Overwatch lore may recall that Baptiste was a Talon operative before having a crisis of c
  
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• Owe the IRS? Here Are Your Options.

  10-04-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  It’s never good news to find out you owe taxes to Uncle Sam. It’s even worse to find out you can’t afford to make the payment. Tax experts say that the most important thing to do if you owe the I...
  
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• You Can Reserve Your Pokemon Go Name In Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Right Now

  10-04-2019 22:45 via gamespot.com
  
  Niantic and Warner Bros.' joint Harry Potter game, Wizards Unite, launches on iOS and Android later this year. While the title still doesn't have a firm release date, the companies recently opened pre-registration for it on Android, and now those who've played one of Niantic's previous games can reserve their same usernames for it.From now until 11:59 PM PT on April 30, Ingress Prime and Pokemon Go players can reserve their in-game names to use in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. To do so, you'll fi
  
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• Ford Recalls Trucks Over Faulty Engine Block Heater

  10-04-2019 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Ford Recalls Trucks Again Over Faulty Engine-Block HeaterFord is recalling more than 130,000 pickup trucks to repair components that could have been broken as the result of another recent recal...
  
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• Wall Street ekes out gains as investors shrug off Fed minutes

  10-04-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The blue-chip Dow, held back by industrial stocks, squeaked into positive territory at the closing bell.The three major U.S. indexes were relatively unchanged following the release of the Fed's minutes, which reaffirmed the central bank's patience regarding future interest rate hikes."The Fed notes were kind of a nothing, exactly what the market was expecting" said Stephen Massocca, senior vice president at Wedbush Securities in San Francisco.
  
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• Apex Legends Adds Quit Penalty By Accident

  10-04-2019 22:41 via gamespot.com
  
  Seeing an opponent leave an Apex Legends match early is one of the more irritating facets of the game, but fortunately developer Respawn has a fix in the works to penalize anyone who does go MIA. Unfortunately, the company accidentally set the feature live before it was ready, before quickly disabling it once again.In an update on the Apex Legends subreddit, community manager Jay Frechette said the studio has been working on the feature, but "it wasn't our intention or plan to have it go live wi
  
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• Trump's Homeland Security purge continues as acting ICE director leaves his post

  10-04-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s purge has continued at the Department of Homeland Security with yet another top official’s apparent removal being announced this week. Ron Vitiello, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, would be leaving his post by Friday, a department spokesperson confirmed. The longtime border official’s nomination to oversee the agency was withdrawn last week as the president and his administration sought to clamp down on an increase in undocumented immi
  
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• Sanders relaunches 'Medicare for All' with Dems divided

  10-04-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders launched a revamped "Medicare for All" plan on Wednesday, highlighting a divide among Democrats over one of their bedrock 2020 campaign issues — the future of health care in America.
  
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• Netanyahu win gives US peace plan 'better chance:' Trump

  10-04-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's election victory improved the chances of a forthcoming US peace plan, despite deep skepticism from the Palestinians.Trump, who had enthusiastically backed the right-wing premier's bid for a fifth mandate, said that he telephoned Netanyahu to offer congratulations as results gave Netanyahu a narrow parliamentary majority."The fact that Bibi won, I think we'll see some pretty good action in terms of peace," Trum
  
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• New Anime For Spring 2019: Where To Watch (US)

  10-04-2019 22:10 via gamespot.com
  
  April marks the start of the spring anime season, which will continue until the end of June. Across Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hidive, Netflix, Hulu, and VRV, there are dozens of new anime airing in the US this spring, ranging across almost every genre. Below, we've outlined every new movie and series that's been announced for these six streaming sites, and provided a brief description for each anime.Although this spring sees the continuation of several Winter 2019 season premieres (such as The Ri
  
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• States pushing near-bans on abortion, targeting Roe v. Wade

  10-04-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Emboldened by the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court, anti-abortion lawmakers and activists in numerous states are pushing near-total bans on the procedure in a deliberate frontal attack on Roe v. Wade.
  
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• T-Mobile's new TVision Home service goes after cable TV, but doesn't look much different

  10-04-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  T-Mobile is going after cable TV, but don't expect its first offering, hitting April 14 in 8 markets including New York and LA, to make major waves.
  
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• PS4's PSN Name Change Feature Can Cause Issues With These Games

  10-04-2019 22:03 via gamespot.com
  
  PlayStation fans can rejoice, as the much-requested PSN ID change feature is finally coming to PS4 this week. Changing your PSN ID will be free for the first time; each subsequent change will cost $10 / £8, while PS Plus subscribers get a reduction to $5 / £4. The news is good, but there's a catch: not every PS4 game might not play nicely with your new ID, and in some cases the problems could be significant.As stated on the PlayStation Blog, "As a result of the preview program, we've
  
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• The Latest: Nielsen opens new DHS campus on her last day

  10-04-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration and immigration (all times local):
  
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• Republicans falsely claim Ilhan Omar denied 9/11 attackers were terrorists

  10-04-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  US representative Dan Crenshaw fuels wave of abuse picked up by GOP chair and Fox News hostIlhan Omar called the attacks against her ‘dangerous incitement’. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesA Republican congressman has spread false allegations that the US representative Ilhan Omar denied the September 11 hijackers were terrorists, as part of a new wave of abuse directed at her by some conservatives.Representative Dan Crenshaw of Texas shared a tweet falsely reporting that Oma
  
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• Free IRS software for filing taxes to be banned by US Congress in win for TurboTax

  10-04-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Congress is poised to pass a bill that would hand a major policy victory to the for-profit tax preparation industry, just in time for Tax Day in America.The bill, titled the Taxpayers First Act, is a wide-ranging bill that includes a provision that would ban the US government from developing a free electronic tax filing system, and is supported by companies like Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, and H&R Block.Those companies have lobbied Congress for years now to block the Internal Revenue Serv
  
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• A look at the winners and losers in Israel's election

  10-04-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — After a campaign widely seen as a referendum on his rule, Benjamin Netanyahu is the winner of Israel's election as he heads toward a record-setting fifth term as prime minister.
  
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• New Destiny 2 Limited-Time Event, The Revelry, Coming Soon

  10-04-2019 21:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Bungie has announced the next event for Destiny 2 is called The Revelry. The spring-themed event will begin on April 16 and continue until May 6, adding content and a new Exotic weapon to the game. A new trailer detailing the event has also been released. It can be viewed below.The Revelry grants access to a new area called Verdant Forest, which--like Festival of the Lost's Haunted Forest--adds objective-based fights that you need to clear in order to face off against an onslaught of bosses. Alt
  
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• PS4: How To Change Your PSN ID

  10-04-2019 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  It's been a long time coming, but Sony is finally rolling out the much-requested PSN ID change feature this week. From April 10 (April 11 in Europe), PS4 users will have the option to change their PSN IDs as many times as they'd like either through the console itself or a web browser. Here's how the process works.The first time you change your PSN ID will be free, but each subsequent change will carry a $10 / £8 fee. If you have a PlayStation Plus subscription, you'll pay half that, so eac
  
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• Amid DHS Chaos, Ron Johnson Pleads for Honest, Policy-Focused Immigration Debate

  10-04-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  With Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s departure from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week, the future of the Trump administration’s immigration policy has been thrown into uncertainty, even as the situation at the southern border becomes increasingly unstable.According to a New York Times report, Nielsen’s relationship with the president worsened in recent months as he repeatedly blamed her for the ongoing surge in apprehensions at the border. The breaking point appa
  
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• Pokemon Go Adds Shiny Buneary to Limited Time Event - GS News Update

  10-04-2019 20:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Starting April 16, Pokémon Go is hosting an Eggstravaganza event where you can catch a Shiny Buneary
  
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• Bernie Sanders's Bold Health Plan Puts Democrats in a Bind

  10-04-2019 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Sanders, an early front-runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, had initially called for phasing out America’s employer-based insurance system in favor of universal government coverage that’s free for patients (that is, outside of the higher taxes they’d pay to finance it).
  
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• Sekiro For $48, Kingdom Hearts 3 For $32, And More Game Deals For PS4, Xbox One, PC

  10-04-2019 20:38 via gamespot.com
  
  For a limited time, you can get some pretty sweet discounts on select video games and accessories at Newegg, which is offering a 20% off promo code now through tomorrow, April 11 or until supplies run out. The promo code to use is EMCTYUT27.This promotion includes some of this year's biggest releases, like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, which is discounted to $48 with the promo code; The Division 2, also available for $48; Kingdom Hearts 3, which is marked down to $38; and Devil May Cry 5's Deluxe e
  
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• Mnuchin Says He Didn’t Recommend ‘Wrong Person’ in Fed’s Powell

  10-04-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he was right to recommend Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chairman despite President Donald Trump’s frequent criticism of the central bank leader.“I don’t feel like I picked the wrong person,” Mnuchin said Wednesday in an interview on CNBC.The Fed’s interest rate increases in 2018 outraged the president, who went so far as to discuss firing Powell with his advisers late in the year.
  
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• Zanki Zero: Last Beginning Review - Attack Of The Clones

  10-04-2019 20:34 via gamespot.com
  
  You certainly can't say that Zanki Zero: Last Beginning is not unique. How many other games out there are first-person, real-time, tile-based roguelike horror dungeon crawls featuring in-depth survival mechanics, ensemble character drama, and a post-apocalyptic sci-fi story about clones and the last remnants of humanity? I definitely can't think of any. But unique doesn't always equal good, and in the case of Zanki Zero, its interesting, genre-melding concepts wind up a bit hobbled by some not-s
  
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• Game Of Thrones Author George R.R. Martin Says Winds Of Winter Writing "Going Very Well Lately"

  10-04-2019 20:32 via gamespot.com
  
  Fans of A Song of Ice and Fire, the book series on which HBO's insanely popular Game of Thrones TV show is based, have been waiting for the next book in the series--The Winds of Winter--since the last book, A Dance with Dragons, was published back in 2011. With the show's final season looming, fans await any news about the next book more eagerly than ever.Luckily, there's some good, if vague, news on that front: Author George R.R. Martin stated during a recent interview with Entertainment Tonigh
  
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• Worst day of fighting as rebel army advances on Tripoli

  10-04-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Fighting in Tripoli intensified drastically on Wednesday as rival armies brought tanks and multiple rocket-launch systems to bear in the deadly struggle for control of the Libyan capital. The escalation came as Fayez al-Sarraj, the prime minister of the internationally recognised Government of National Accord, issued an address to the nation urging Libyans to defend the capital city from renegade general Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army.  In an address distribute
  
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• Indivisible Gameplay: A Skullgirls Take On Action-RPGs

  10-04-2019 20:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Indivisible is an upcoming action-RPG from the team behind Skullgirls headed to PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Switch. Get a good look at exploration and combat here!
  
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• The 2019 Audi TT RS Gets Some New Colors and Air Scoops, Starts at $67,895

  10-04-2019 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Minor exterior and interior updates for the world's only five-cylinder sports car in production.
  
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• Sudanese woman who became symbol of revolution says women at heart of protest

  10-04-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The Sudanese woman who became an emblem of the uprising against the rule of Omar Bashir has said women are likely to play the decisive role in the outcome of the country's protest movement.  Alaa Saleh, a 22 year old architecture student, shot to fame when she was photographed standing on a car in a long white dress and addressing a vast crowd of demonstrators earlier this week.  "Sudanese women have always participated in revolutions in this country. If you see Sudan's history, all ou
  
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• Fox News Hosts Back Mnuchin in His Testy Exchange With Maxine Waters

  10-04-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  A day after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin engaged in a tense and fiery exchange with House Financial Services Committee chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Fox News hosts Pete Hegseth and Katie Pavlich wholeheartedly backed the Trump cabinet official and called for a law limiting the length of congressional hearings.During a Monday committee hearing in which he was grilled over Democrats’ demand for President Trump’s tax returns, Mnuchin bickered with Waters over time constraints, c
  
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• US government 'spied' on Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign, attorney general says

  10-04-2019 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign was spied on by the US government, the country’s attorney general said on Wednesday, as he vowed to investigate whether rules were broken in the process.  William Barr, who took up the job in February, said he would look at how the FBI and US intelligence agencies set up the Trump-Russia probe before the 2016 presidential election.  “Spying did occur”, Mr Barr said during a hearing on Capitol Hill, noting at a
  
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• Trump basks in Netanyahu's victory by highlighting their personal alliance

  10-04-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  US president tweeted a picture of people waving Trump banners at the Israeli leader’s election celebrations Donald Trump shakes hands with Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on 25 March.Photograph: Leah Millis/ReutersDonald Trump welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu’s election victory by underlining the personal alliance between the two men, tweeting a picture of people waving Trump banners at the Israeli leader’s celebrations. As it became clear that Netanyahu would win a fifth term
  
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• Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu headed for record 5th term as Benny Gantz concedes

  10-04-2019 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel's conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured a record fifth term after a neck-and-neck finish in parliamentary elections.
  
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• Hirono: Backers of Pain-Capable Abortion Ban Should Focus on Kids ‘Here Already’

  10-04-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator Mazie Hirono said Tuesday that supporters of a ban on abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy -- the point at which an unborn child can feel pain -- should instead focus on those kids "very much here already.""The word hypocritical does even begin to cover what is happening to women and children across our country," the Hawaii Democrat said at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act introduced by Republican Lindsey Graham. "I hope supporters
  
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• Pentagon to find places to potentially house up to 5,000 unaccompanied migrant children

  10-04-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has approved a request to identify places to potentially house up to 5,000 unaccompanied migrant children, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.In March, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requested Pentagon support to identify locations to house unaccompanied migrant children through Sept. 30.Migrant arrivals on the U.S. border with Mexico have been building steadily for months, driven by growing numbers of children and families, especiall
  
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• Hawkeye Series With Kate Bishop Coming To Disney+ - Report

  10-04-2019 19:46 via gamespot.com
  
  Disney has already announced several series in development for its Disney+ premium streaming service, including one starring the popular character Loki. Now another major MCU character is reportedly getting the TV treatment: Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye.Variety reports that the limited series will detail Clint Barton passing the torch to Kate Bishop. In the comics, Kate Bishop is a member of the Young Avengers and the latest to take the heroic identity as Hawkeye. She and Barton have often been portr
  
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• Fortnite Patch Notes (Update 8.30): Reboot Vans And What's New

  10-04-2019 19:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Epic Games has rolled out another new update for its hit battle royale title, Fortnite. Following a round of downtime on Wednesday morning, patch 8.30 is now live across PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile. While the update number might not suggest as much, this is a particularly significant event. Beyond a new limited-time event called Buccaneer's Bounty that's now live, this update introduces a new respawn mechanic that is now available in the game. Read on for a full breakdown of t
  
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• Netanyahu Remains Israel’s Indispensable Man

  10-04-2019 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Can a national leader win re-election despite voter fatigue with his long tenure and with corruption indictments hanging over him? The answer for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Tuesday’s election was a resounding yes. The reasons for this have as much to do with a sea change in Israeli politics that has transformed the country in the last 20 years as they do with Netanyahu’s accomplishments in office.But his problem is that, although he is the beneficiary of a strong
  
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• Barr backs off explosive claim about FBI 'spying' on Trump campaign

  10-04-2019 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. attorney general briefly touched off a firestorm during a hearing on Capitol Hill, saying he believes “spying did occur” in the federal investigation into the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia.
  
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• Benjamin Netanyahu begins forming coalition as US hails prospects of Israeli-Palestinian peace

  10-04-2019 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday began negotiations to form a new Right-wing coalition after seeing off a centrist challenger in a close election and securing a fifth term as Israel’s prime minister.  Mr Netanyahu’s Likud party won the same number of seats as Blue & White, a centrist coalition led by former general Benny Gantz, but the victory of other Right-wing parties gave the prime minister a clear path to a majority government.  “I already began talks with the le
  
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• The Latest: Gantz's party concedes defeat in Israel election

  10-04-2019 19:12 via news.yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the outcome of Israeli elections (all times local):
  
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• Need a new Wi-Fi router for your apartment? This one’s only $19.99

  10-04-2019 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  If you live in a massive house, investing a few hundred dollars in a high-end home Wi-Fi system is a must. But if you live in an apartment, mesh systems are definitely a waste of money. You can enjoy great coverage and fast Wi-Fi speeds at the fraction of the cost of a mesh solution. In fact, the TP-Link TL-WR841N Wireless Router is on sale right now on Amazon for only $19.99!Here's more info from the product page:* Wireless N speed up to 300Mbps ideal applications for video streaming, online ga
  
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