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• Durham explosion: Surveillance video captures moment of blast

  11-04-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  ABC11 has exclusively obtained surveillance video showing the moment an explosion rocked Durham Wednesday morning, killing one person and leaving 25 others injured.
  
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• Sudan army ousts Bashir, protestors vow further demos

  11-04-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Sudan's army ousted veteran president Omar al-Bashir Thursday, but protestors against his iron-fisted rule denounced a "coup" and thousands rallied outside army headquarters as a night-time curfew kicked in.In a sombre televised address, Defence Minister Awad Ibnouf announced "the toppling of the regime" and said Bashir had been detained in "a secure place", bringing an end to his three decades in power.Thousands of protestors were staging a sit-in for the sixth night running outside Khartoum ar
  
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• Fortnite Week 7 Secret Battle Star Location (Season 8 Discovery Challenge Guide)

  11-04-2019 23:40 via gamespot.com
  
  We're nearing the end of Fortnite Season 8, but there's still plenty to do before Season 9 of the hit battle royale game inevitably arrives. Week 7's challenges are now available across PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch, and mobile, giving players another assortment of tasks to complete. Clearing these will help level up your Battle Pass, which in turn will unlock some of this season's new cosmetic rewards.If you're a seasoned Fortnite veteran by this point, you'll know there's a secondary reason to com
  
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• Netanyahu looks to form right-wing government after victory

  11-04-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to form a right-wing governing coalition on Thursday after securing victory in a high-stakes Israeli election despite a strong challenge from a centrist alliance.The results from Tuesday's vote came despite corruption allegations against the 69-year-old premier and kept him on course to become Israel's longest-serving prime minister later this year.The allegations are likely to play an important role in coalition negotiations as many analysts expect Netan
  
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• Fortnite Season 8 Week 7 - Secret Battle Star Location Guide Discovery Challenge

  11-04-2019 23:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite's Season 8 Battle Pass has the Discovery Challenge which offers secret hidden battle star tier's after completing each week's challenges. Here's where to go for Week 7 to find the battle star.
  
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• Avengers: Endgame - The Best Order To Rewatch The MCU Movies

  11-04-2019 23:29 via gamespot.com
  
  Before you watch Avengers: Endgame in theaters you need to make sure you're caught up with Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and company. Here's the absolute best way to rewatch the entire MCU before the Avengers next run-in with Thanos.
  
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• US cop's son arrested in arson of three black churches

  11-04-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The white son of a Louisiana police officer has been arrested and accused of burning down historically black churches in the southern US state, authorities announced Thursday.Holden Matthews is charged with three counts of arson on a religious building for allegedly burning down three rural churches over a 10-day period beginning in late March.Authorities said they were not ready to discuss the motive for the attacks, but a federal hate crimes investigation was ongoing.
  
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• Warren on Amazon's $0 tax bill: Yes, it's legal, and that's the problem

  11-04-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The Massachusetts senator has a plan to make the online retailer pay federal income taxes.
  
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• Going beyond Barr, Trump claims 'illegal spying' on campaign

  11-04-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump seemed gratified Thursday that his attorney general has endorsed a key talking point of the president's supporters: that there was spying on Trump's 2016 campaign. But Trump went a step beyond Attorney General William Barr, accusing the government of committing an illegal, unprecedented act.
  
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• Assange hacking charge limits free speech defense: legal experts

  11-04-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  The charge unsealed in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia on Thursday said that in 2010 Assange agreed to help Chelsea Manning, a former U.S. Army intelligence analyst then known as Bradley Manning, crack a password to a U.S. government network.At the time, Manning had already given WikiLeaks classified information about U.S. war activities in both Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as Guantanamo Bay detainees, prosecutors said.The scheme would have allowed Manning to log in to the network anonymo
  
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• American Airlines flight returns to JFK Airport after clipping wing

  11-04-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The FAA says American Airlines flight 300 that was bound from New York to Los Angeles landed safely back at JFK at 9:15 p.m. Wednesday.
  
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• BABY ON BOARD: Flight attendant introduces infant passenger to other travelers

  11-04-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  An infant got restless aboard a plane so a flight attendant offered to introduce the girl to other passengers
  
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• White House's Kudlow voices support for Fed's Powell, Herman Cain nomination

  11-04-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  At an event sponsored by The Hill, Kudlow said the White House is sticking by Herman Cain as a candidate for a Fed seat "at the moment," even after several Republican senators have come out against the idea and despite allegations of misconduct against the former pizza company chief executive.Kudlow noted that Cain was getting vetted.
  
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• Wanted woman gets caught after taunting cops on Facebook

  11-04-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  A wanted Pennsylvania woman was arrested after she taunted local authorities on Facebook by asking if they did "pick up or delivery."
  
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• Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order Art Leaks Ahead Of Announcement

  11-04-2019 22:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Respawn is preparing to take the wraps off of its next game, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order this weekend, with a panel planned for Star Wars Celebration. Ahead of that big reveal, though, we got our first look at a piece of key art thanks to a retailer's mistake.The online retailer Amazon mistakenly put up a listing for a commemorative t-shirt, which showed the piece of artwork. It's been since removed, but not before fans secured the image for posterity. It shows a Jedi wielding a blue lightsaber
  
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• National Pet Day: ABC13 anchors and reporters with their pets

  11-04-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  It's National Pet Day and ABC13 anchors and reporters are celebrating their furry friends.
  
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• Louisiana church fires: Deputy's son arrested as authorities investigate ties to black metal

  11-04-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Holden Matthews, the son of a sheriff's deputy, was in custody in connection with the fires of three predominantly black churches in Louisiana.
  
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• Son of sheriff's deputy charged with burning three Louisiana black churches

  11-04-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Holden Matthews, 21, a white resident of St. Landry Parish, the county where the fires occurred, was charged with three counts of simple arson on religious buildings, each count of which carries a prison sentence of up to 15 years, Louisiana Fire Marshal H. "Butch" Browning said."We are extremely, unequivocally confident that we have the person who is responsible for these tragic crimes on these three churches,” Browning told a news briefing in Opelousas, Louisiana, about 60 miles (97 km)
  
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• Boeing CEO seeks to reassure 737 Max jet changes will work

  11-04-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The changes have been proven in 96 test flights, the CEO said
  
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• Warren Pushes New Corporate Tax on Profits Above $100 Million

  11-04-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  There would be “no loopholes or exemptions” for the so-called Real Corporate Profits Tax, Warren said.It would be paid on top of what corporations owe under U.S. tax law and apply to profits earned domestically and abroad, preventing companies from shifting profits offshore to avoid the tax.The Massachusetts senator’s plan is part of her initiative to claim the mantle of progressive policy visionary in the large and diverse primary field, and to put meat on the bones of her pop
  
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• U.S. to send 100 agents to Mexico border to cut delays: congresswoman

  11-04-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The slowdowns began late last month after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to close the border if Mexico did not halt a surge of people seeking asylum in the United States.The administration moved several hundred border agents to handle the influx of migrants, triggering long delays for cross-border traffic because of the staffing shortage.As soon as Monday, CBP plans to send officers from the Canadian border and other parts of the country to El Paso, Texas, said Democratic U.S. Representa
  
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• Mark Riddell, the test-taker whiz in cheating case, expected to plead guilty in court Friday

  11-04-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Mark Riddell, the man accused of taking tests for students in an elaborate college admissions scheme, is scheduled to appear Friday in federal court.
  
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• Avengers: Endgame Prep - The Marvel MCU Watch Order That'll Get You Up To Speed

  11-04-2019 22:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Last year, fans of Marvel's Cinematic Universe watched as the Mad Titan Thanos obliterated half of all life in the known universe with a simple snap of his fingers. Among the casualties were numerous heroes and in just a few days time the mission to bring down Thanos and undo some of his devastating actions will begin. Avengers: Endgame hits cinemas worldwide on April 25 and will be the culmination of numerous storylines interwoven throughout multiple MCU movies.Naturally, that means that for th
  
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• Ecuador denounces WikiLeaks-linked plot against Moreno

  11-04-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Ecuador said Thursday that it had identified a WikiLeaks collaborator close to Julian Assange as being involved in a plot with two Russian hackers to destabilize President Lenin Moreno's government.The extraordinary claim by Interior Minister Maria Paula Romo at a press conference in Quito came shortly after Moreno terminated Assange's near seven-year asylum at Ecuador's London embassy, allowing British police to arrest him."For several years now, one of the key members of this WikiLeaks organiz
  
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• Tripoli forces take prisoners as EU demands Libya's Haftar to stop offensive

  11-04-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The fighting between Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) and troops under the internationally-backed Tripoli government has killed at least 56 people and forced 8,000 to flee their homes in the city in the last week, the United Nations said.A Reuters reporter heard occasional heavy gunfire and explosions as the LNA faced off with forces of Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj's government around a disused former international airport and the Ain Zara district.After sweeping up from the south,
  
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• Ex-Obama White House counsel caught in Mueller dragnet

  11-04-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  A prominent Washington attorney who worked in Barack Obama's White House on Thursday became the first Democrat to face charges from Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling.Greg Craig, 74, was charged with lying to investigators about his lobbying for the Russia-backed government of Ukraine, part of an operation that has already seen charges against three others, including President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
  
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• UPDATE 3-Boeing CEO says 737 MAX software update working as designed

  11-04-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing Co's chief executive said on Thursday that a software update designed to prevent disasters like two recent fatal crashes involving its 737 MAX is working, with about two-thirds of the fast-selling jetliner's customers having seen the fix in simulator sessions.In his first public speech since an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash that killed all 157 aboard on March 10, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg said additional tests are expected in the coming weeks as the planemaker works to regain the co
  
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• Amazon employees listen to customers through Echo products, report finds

  11-04-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Employees listen to Echo recordings, transcribe and annotate them and feed them back to the software so that Alexa can better grasp human speech.
  
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• Former White House counsel for Obama charged in Mueller-related case

  11-04-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Gregory Craig was charged with lying to US authorities about his work alongside Paul ManafortFollow the latest in US politics – live Gregory Craig is the first prominent Democrat to face criminal prosecution as a result of Mueller’s investigation. Photograph: Pablo Martínez Monsiváis/APGregory Craig, a former White House counsel to Barack Obama, has been charged with lying to US authorities about his work alongside Paul Manafort for pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine. C
  
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• SNL's Kate McKinnon To Star As Theranos's Elizabeth Holmes In New Series

  11-04-2019 21:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Searchlight Television has struck a deal with streaming giant Hulu for a limited, 6-10 episode series starring Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon. According to Deadline, the project is titled The Dropout, a limited series centered around the tumultuous career of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes. The Dropout will use the podcast of the same name, launched in late January, as the basis for its context.Theranos, founded in 2003, was a Palo Alto-based technology company specializing in blood tests
  
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• Revenge of the Battleships: How the U.S. Navy's Warships Got Revenge for Pearl Harbor

  11-04-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Why the Japanese attack failed was even easier to answer. The Japanese underestimated American power and resilience, as they had all through the war, and overestimated their own resolve. Bushido code was not enough against American technology and determination. Japanese gunnery and torpedo efficiency was far below the glorious standards of 1942. Even Japanese seamanship, as evidenced by the collision of Nachi and Mogami, was faulty. Nishimura and Shima did not coordinate their forces—they
  
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• Trump floats idea of third North Korea summit

  11-04-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump said Thursday he is considering a potential third nuclear summit with North Korea's leader."We will be discussing that and potential meetings, further meetings with North Korea and Kim Jong Un," Trump said in the Oval Office at the start of talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.A third summit would follow on Trump's historic breakthrough last year, when he met Kim in Singapore, and a follow-up this February in Hanoi that ended without progress in getting North K
  
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• WikiLeaks' Assange arrested in London on US extradition request

  11-04-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's seven-year hideout in Ecuador's London embassy dramatically ended Thursday when British police dragged him out and arrested him on a US extradition request.The scene unfolded outside the plush central London building that has been Assange's refuge from the authorities since 2012.The drama came after Ecuador -- under pro-US President Lenin Moreno, increasingly frustrated with Assange's stay -- pulled its asylum and cancelled his citizenship after earlier curbing
  
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• Mortal Kombat Co-Creator Would Like To Branch Out

  11-04-2019 21:22 via gamespot.com
  
  Mortal Kombat 11 is just a couple of weeks away, marking the latest entry in NetherRealm's signature fighting franchise. The studio has dabbled in other franchises like Injustice but is most closely identified with MK--NetherRealm's name and logo are even explicit references to the series. But creative director and franchise co-creator Ed Boon says he'd like to see the studio branch out."I think our studio has a number of good games in it that are completely unrelated to Mortal Kombat," Boon tol
  
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• Sekiro Sales Are Off To A Hot Start

  11-04-2019 21:15 via gamespot.com
  
  From Software's latest game, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, looks to be a hit. Publisher Activision has shared sales figures for the title so far, revealing that Sekiro has already sold over two million copies.According to a post on Activision's official website, Sekiro sold two million copies across all platforms--PC, PS4, and Xbox One--in just 10 days. As the announcement highlights, the game holds a 90+ Metacritic review score average across all platforms.The post further reveals that Sekiro was
  
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• Black church fires: Suspect arrested after 'suspicious' blazes at historic churches

  11-04-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The suspect is the white son of a sheriff's deputy whose father helped arrange for his son's arrest, authorities said.
  
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• Fortnite Buccaneer's Bounty Challenges And Rewards

  11-04-2019 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite's 8.30 update is now live across PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices. Not only did this week's patch introduce Reboot Vans to the battle royale game, it also marked the start of a new limited-time event called Buccaneer's Bounty, which features its own unique set of challenges and rewards.Buccaneer's Bounty runs until April 15. Each day of the event, Epic is featuring a different limited-time mode, and there will be a new challenge to complete and cosmetic reward to u
  
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• Octopath Traveler For PC Leaked By Square Enix

  11-04-2019 20:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Square Enix announced Octopath Traveler--previously a Nintendo Switch exclusive--is coming to PC on June 7. The game will launch via Steam and be available to buy through Valve's PC game store or the Square Enix Store.According to Gematsu, the announcement was made via a now-deleted blog post. The post didn't mention any changes coming to Octopath Traveler, so it seems to be a straight port to PC. Square Enix has not followed up with an announcement concerning the Octopath Traveller PC port sinc
  
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• X-Men: Dark Phoenix Is A Movie About Addiction, According To Sophie Turner

  11-04-2019 20:46 via gamespot.com
  
  While it may be the last film of the current X-Men movie franchise, Dark Phoenix is also shaping up to be the absolute darkest chapter of the series yet. What's worse, it could be something the mutant superheroes will never recover from. The following contains spoilers for Dark Phoenix.Already in the latest trailer for the movie--and cast interviews that followed--it has been revealed that this movie will see the death of Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) at the hands of a Phoenix Force-powered Jean
  
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• Feds Charge Greg Craig, Former Obama Lawyer Tied to Manafort Ukraine Report

  11-04-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Mark Wilson/GettyFederal prosecutors have charged President Obama’s former White House counsel with making false statements in connection with his role in disseminating a report commissioned by Paul Manafort. Prosecutors allege that as an attorney in private practice, Greg Craig lied to officials at the Foreign Agents Registration Act unit after the Justice Department launched an investigation into Paul Manafort’s illegal lobbying on behalf of his pro-Russian clients in Ukraine. The
  
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• Michael Avenatti Indicted on Charges He Defrauded Paraplegic Client, Others Out of Millions

  11-04-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Avenatti tweeted claims that he mishandled client money are "bogus nonsense."
  
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• Trump says there was 'illegal spying' on his campaign after Barr backs off explosive claim

  11-04-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  One day after William Barr’s clarified his assertion that he believes the FBI was “spying” on the Trump campaign, the president said he agreed with his attorney general's initial remarks.
  
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• Assange lawyer accuses Washington of 'persecution'

  11-04-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, arrested in London on a US extradition request, is the target of "political persecution," the man coordinating his defence said Thursday."There is evident political persecution which started precisely with the massive publication by WikiLeaks in 2010 of cables and very serious information" which Assange had published, including a trove of classified Pentagon documents detailing alleged US war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq," said Spanish lawyer Baltasar Garzon."
  
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• Trump Goes From ‘I Love WikiLeaks’ to ‘I Know Nothing About WikiLeaks’

  11-04-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  "I love WikiLeaks," he said more than once as the group posted emails stolen by Russian operatives from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s Gmail account.Once Trump won the presidency, though, the praise gave way to condemnation by top administration officials.
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez defends Omar amid 9/11 controversy: GOP is 'happy to weaponize her faith'

  11-04-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “Here’s 1 fact: @IlhanMN is a cosponsor of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. She‘s done more for 9/11 families than the GOP who won’t even support healthcare for 1st responders.”
  
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• DC's Titans Casts Game Of Thrones Star As Bruce Wayne

  11-04-2019 20:13 via gamespot.com
  
  While the DC show Titans isn't a Batman show and Bruce Wayne was only glimpsed occasionally, the shadow of the Dark Knight fell across the first season. Season 2 is set to premiere later this year and it looks like Wayne will play much bigger part. It has been announced that Game of Thrones star Iain Glen will play this iconic role.As reported by Deadline, Glen will portray an older version of Wayne, who has been fighting crime as Batman for decades. Glen is best known for his role as Jorah Morm
  
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• Wanted woman's Facebook taunts help police track her down

  11-04-2019 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  WAYNESBURG, Pa. (AP) — A wanted Pennsylvania woman who taunted a sheriff's department online by asking if they "do pick up or delivery" has gotten a response: They do both, and she's in custody.
  
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• Buttigieg Sees Polling Jump Among 2020 Democrats in Early States

  11-04-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  A Monmouth University Poll of Iowa Democratic voters released Thursday shows Biden, who is expected to enter the race later this month, with the support of 27 percent of those who say they’re likely to attend the state’s caucuses in February 2020.Biden is followed by Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, at 16 percent.
  
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• Imagine This: North Korea with 100 Nuclear Warheads

  11-04-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  For its report, RAND war-gamed a North Korean attack on Seoul's wealthy Gangnam district. "Roughly half the size of Manhattan, Gangnam—a district of Seoul—is a major economic center and home to many large companies, such as Google and IBM. With some of the most expensive real estate in the country, the district is also considered the most affluent in all of South Korea. Consequences of a single DPRK nuclear attack on Gangnam would be severe."By 2020 North Korea could possess as many
  
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• The Latest: Schumer says attorney general loses credibility

  11-04-2019 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Attorney General William Barr, Congress and the Russia probe (all times local):
  
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