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• The Latest: Crown of Thorns presented at Paris service

  19-04-2019 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the fire that ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (all times local):
  
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• Federal opioid pill bust reveals doctors trading pills for sex, dentists pulling good teeth

  19-04-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  They're all accused of illegally prescribing pain meds, but charges against these medical professionals are the most shocking from this week's sweep.
  
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• Trump supporter threatens to kill Democratic lawmakers over Rep. Omar's 9/11 comments, docs say

  19-04-2019 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  A South Florida man was arrested Friday after accused of threatening to kill several high-profile Democratic lawmakers, specifically citing his support for President Donald Trump and his disdain for Rep. Ilhan Omar in light of her comments about the 9/11 terror attacks.
  
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• What a Watergate Expert Thinks of the Mueller Report

  19-04-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  "I was just struck by how many echoes there were"
  
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• American arrested for death threats to Democratic lawmakers

  19-04-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Police arrested a Florida man on Friday on suspicion of threatening to kill three Democratic lawmakers and expressing his hatred for controversial Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, prosecutors said.John Kless, 49, of Broward County, is accused of leaving expletive-strewn voicemailed death threats at the Washington offices of California Representative Eric Swalwell, Detroit Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker.Kless is said to have racially abused Omar, a Somali-American
  
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• After months clamoring for Mueller's findings, Congress weighs what's next. First, a subpoena for everything

  19-04-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Congress is wrestling with how to respond to revelations in special counsel Robert Mueller's report, but will start by seeking more information.
  
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• Trine 4 Is A Return For The Series

  19-04-2019 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  There was a lot of uncertainty surrounding the fate of the Trine series after 2015's divisive Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power. That game marked a bold step for the burgeoning franchise, eschewing the 2.5D gameplay that defined its predecessors for full 3D environments. But developer Frozenbyte's ambitions came at a steep cost; the game's budget exceeded $5 million, nearly triple the amount it took to develop Trine 2, and the studio consequently had to pare the scope of the adventure back, leadin
  
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• Anger followed Notre Dame grief for yellow vest protesters

  19-04-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  PARIS (AP) — For many yellow vest protesters, the stinging sadness that came with the devastating fire at Notre Dame Cathedral has quickly given way to boiling anger.
  
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• Romney 'sickened' by Trump administration 'dishonesty' exposed by Mueller report

  19-04-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The senator from Utah becomes the first Republican lawmaker to criticize the president in the wake of the release of the report.
  
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• NFL defensive back Ha Ha Clinton-Dix's college degree withheld for $1 debt

  19-04-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Chicago Bears defensive back Ha Ha Clinton-Dix tweeted Thursday that the University of Alabama is holding his degree, which he earned in 2018, over a $1 unpaid debt. It's unclear why Clinton-Dix owes Alabama a single dollar but he should have no problem finding the pocket change as he recently signed a one-year, $3 million deal with the Bears in the offseason.
  
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• Don McGahn Emerged as a Key Player in the Mueller Report

  19-04-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  McGahn's decisions during the Mueller probe are just one reason why he is likely to be viewed in hindsight as one of the pivotal players of Trump's first term.
  
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• California couple sentenced to life in prison in severe child abuse case

  19-04-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  David Turpin, 57, and his wife Louise Turpin, 50, had agreed to be sentenced to 25 years to life in prison as part of an agreement with Riverside County prosecutors that saw them plead guilty in February to torture, child abuse and false imprisonment charges.The couple cried during the sentencing hearing, where they listened to statements from their children and delivered statements of their own, according to video footage from ABC News."I'm sorry for everything I've done to hurt my children.
  
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• Two top deputies resign from Chicago prosecutor's office

  19-04-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Two top deputies to the Chicago prosecutor whose office handled the Jussie Smollett case are resigning.
  
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• World War Z: Massive Zombie Horde

  19-04-2019 22:02 via gamespot.com
  
  A wave of zombies break over players defending Tokyo in this World War Z gameplay. Captured on PS4 Pro.
  
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• The Quick Read About… Ukraine’s Run-Off Presidential Elections

  19-04-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Here's what you need to know about the Ukrainian presidential election run-off between insider candidate and a popular comedian.
  
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• Wife of Missouri Ku Klux Klan Leader Admits to Fatally Shooting Him

  19-04-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  A woman in Missouri admits she fatally shot her husband, a Ku Klux Klan leader, after initially blaming her son for the murder.
  
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• The Mueller Report Vindicates Bill Barr

  19-04-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats and their media partners owe Bill Barr an apology. He won’t get one, it goes without saying.Just to recap, the attorney general was accused of misrepresenting Mueller’s report; of providing a false summary of the report; of plotting to use grand-jury law and other secrecy provisions as a pretext to redact most of the report; and of calling an extraordinary press conference in order to exculpate the president by projecting a fraudulent version of the report.These accusations
  
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• How Powerful Is Thanos Without The Infinity Gauntlet? | Avengers: Endgame

  19-04-2019 21:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Could Thanos have beaten the Avengers on Titan without the Infinity Stones? Is he powerful enough to not even need the Infinity Gauntlet to win in Avengers: Endgame? Ryan digs into the Marvel comics and MCU for clues to find out how powerful the mad titan is on his own.
  
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• Trump's 'total and complete exoneration' turns out to be fake news

  19-04-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The president returned to his portrayal of Robert Mueller's report as "fabricated & totally untrue."
  
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• Ukrainian presidential candidates trade insults in rowdy stadium debate

  19-04-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The debate, held in a hulking football stadium, was one of the last opportunities for incumbent President Petro Poroshenko to try to overhaul a significant lead in the opinion polls enjoyed by his challenger Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a comic.At stake in Sunday's election is the leadership of a country on the frontline of the West's standoff with Moscow following 2014 protests that caused Poroshenko's Kremlin-backed predecessor to flee into exile, and foreshadowed Moscow's annexation of Crimea.Zelensk
  
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• It’s Not All About Trump. The Mueller Report Has a Message for You, Too

  19-04-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Don't just skip to the obstruction of justice section
  
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• Pompeo says he's still in charge on N. Korea, works with Japan

  19-04-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday he remained in charge of negotiating with North Korea despite the regime's demands to exclude him, as he voiced guarded hope with Japan on securing a deal.Pompeo led four-way talks in Washington of the US and Japanese foreign affairs and defense chiefs, the latest in a flurry of major meetings scheduled between the close allies.Amid a standstill with North Korea, Pompeo brushed aside an angry statement this week in which Pyongyang called the top US d
  
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• UPDATE 1-Ukrainian presidential candidates trade insults in rowdy stadium debate

  19-04-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The two men vying to be Ukraine's next president traded insults in a raucous debate on Friday in front of thousands of supporters before an election that could put a comedian with no political experience in charge of a country at war.The debate, held in a hulking football stadium, was one of the last opportunities for incumbent President Petro Poroshenko to try to overhaul a significant lead in the opinion polls enjoyed by his challenger Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a comic.At stake in Sunday's election
  
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• Spy game? Can China's Huawei be trusted with our 5G?

  19-04-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Depending on whom you believe, Huawei is either a key provider of cellular equipment in the transition to 5G, or a Chinese agent of espionage
  
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• Journalist who covered Columbine reflects on lives unlived

  19-04-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel. Rachel. Isaiah.
  
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• Trump approval drops 3 points to 2019 low after release of Mueller report: Reuters/Ipsos poll

  19-04-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The poll, conducted Thursday afternoon to Friday morning, is the first national survey to measure the response from the American public after the U.S. Justice Department released Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 448-page report that recounted numerous occasions in which Trump may have interfered with the investigation.In his report, Mueller said his investigation did not establish that the Trump campaign had coordinated with Russians.The poll found that 50 percent of Americans agreed that
  
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• Children of California 'house of horrors' parents beg judge for more lenient sentence

  19-04-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The children of a California couple sentenced to life in prison for torturing them in a case that has shocked the US said they "forgive" their parents as they begged the judge for a more lenient sentence.  David and Louise Turpin's 13 children were discovered malnourished, shackled to their beds and living in filthy conditions when their 17-year-old daughter escaped the home and raised the alarm last January. "I love both of my parents so much," said one of the daughters, in a statement rea
  
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• Ukraine comedian vows to break old system in pre-vote debate

  19-04-2019 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  A comedian tipped to take over Ukraine's presidency vowed on Friday to dismantle the old political system as he went head-to-head with his incumbent rival in an extraordinary stadium debate before this weekend's vote.The hour-long debate at Kiev's Olympic Stadium capped a weeks-long sensational campaign in a war-torn country seen as a buffer between the European Union and Russia."I am not a politician," said Zelensky, opening the first and only policy debate of the presidential race.
  
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• Parents who tortured children get life after kids speak

  19-04-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  A California couple who inflicted years of torture and abuse on 12 of their 13 children and were only discovered when one of their daughters fled their home and pleaded for help to a 911 operator were sentenced to life in prison Friday, with parole possible after 25 years.
  
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• Destiny 2: Where Is Xur? Exotic Vendor Location Guide (April 19 - 23)

  19-04-2019 20:46 via gamespot.com
  
  Xur is back during the Revelry, Destiny 2's new spring event! Check out what exotic gear he's selling and the random rolls that come with it. Destiny 2: Forsaken is currently out on Xbox One, PS4, and PC.
  
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• Donna Brazile: The Mueller report should be a wake-up call for Americans

  19-04-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Special counsel Robert Mueller's report reveals the extent to which Russia sought to influence the 2016 presidential election, says Fox News contributor Dona Brazile, former interim DNC chair.
  
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• What the Mueller report on the Russia investigation says about Vice President Mike Pence

  19-04-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Special counsel Robert Mueller's report provides new details about Michael Flynn's firing after lying to Vice President Mike Pence.
  
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• US 'House of Horrors' parents jailed for torture, abuse

  19-04-2019 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  A California couple were handed life sentences Friday after admitting to imprisoning and torturing 12 of their 13 children in a grisly "House of Horrors" case that shocked the world.David Allen Turpin, 57, and his wife Louise Anna Turpin, 50, had pleaded guilty to 14 felony counts -- including cruelty, false imprisonment, child abuse and torture of their children aged three to 30 -- and will serve at least 25 years before they are eligible for parole.In an emotionally wrenching hearing, several
  
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• Israeli tank, aircraft hit Gaza after cross-border fire: army

  19-04-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel on Friday struck Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip with tank and aircraft fire after troops were shot at on the Israeli side of the border, the army said.The Israeli military said in a statement that "no injuries to soldiers were reported" after its troops came under fire.Palestinian security sources in Hamas-ruled Gaza told AFP that the Israeli strikes hit Hamas military observation posts at three locations along the frontier.
  
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• Cobra Kai Season 2: Martin Kove On Sensei Kreese's Epic Return

  19-04-2019 20:14 via gamespot.com
  
  "The real story's only just begun." Those were the chilling final words spoken during the Cobra Kai Season 1 finale, as the disgraced former sensei of the Cobra Kai dojo, John Kreese (Martin Kove), made his first appearance on the series. It had been nearly three decades since Kreese had appeared on-screen in The Karate Kid Part III, but it was instantly clear that the vicious former mentor of Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) is as devious as ever.The actor behind the character, though, is a comp
  
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• Cobra Kai Season 2 And The Resurrection Of Sensei Kreese

  19-04-2019 20:14 via gamespot.com
  
  "The real story's only just begun." Those were the chilling final words spoken during the Cobra Kai Season 1 finale, as the disgraced former sensei of the Cobra Kai dojo, John Kreese (Martin Kove), made his first appearance on the series. It had been nearly three decades since Kreese had appeared on-screen in The Karate Kid Part III, but it was instantly clear that the vicious former mentor of Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) is as devious as ever.The actor behind the character, though, is a comp
  
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• Mueller Report Has a Hidden Message for Barr

  19-04-2019 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast / Photo by Getty/FBIRobert Mueller’s report contains a catalog of misconduct by President Trump, detailing repeated efforts to undermine law enforcement investigations. But the special counsel also provides a detailed brief against a leading Washington lawyer who pursued an unsuccessful campaign to cause the Justice Department to shut down Mueller’s obstruction of justice investigation:William Barr. Last summer, Barr, a former attorn
  
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• Speed test between the US Galaxy S10 and the global version might surprise you

  19-04-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Every year, Samsung releases two versions of its flagship phones: One with a Qualcomm processor, and one with its own Exynos processor. This is once again the case for the Galaxy S10, which comes equipped with the Snapdragon 855 in the United States, and the Exynos 9820 in several other regions around the world.In past years, the Exynos chipset has often outperformed Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon, but there were signs early on that Samsung's new processor might struggle to match Qualcomm's in 201
  
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• Three world-class climbers presumed dead in Canadian avalanche

  19-04-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Three renowned professional alpinists are missing and presumed dead after an avalanche in the Rocky Mountains.
  
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• Israel destroys family apartments of Palestinian accused of murderer

  19-04-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli forces destroyed two apartments in the occupied West Bank on Friday that housed the family of a Palestinian accused of killing an Israeli woman in February, the army said.
  
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• A Curse Of La Llorona Deleted Scene Provided Another Conjuring Connection

  19-04-2019 19:47 via gamespot.com
  
  After The Curse of La Llorona had its world premiere at SXSW earlier this year, audiences discovered that the James Wan-produced film is part of the connected horror universe of the Conjuring franchise. Get ready, Warren family: As if an evil doll, a demon nun and a crooked man (remember him?) weren’t enough, there is another ghost coming your way.The film centers on a social worker named Anna (Linda Cardellini) in 1970s Los Angeles who accidentally sets loose an evil entity known as La L
  
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• Meghan McCain goes after anti-vaxxers, slams their 'stupidity' for endangering children

  19-04-2019 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Meghan McCain isn't mincing words when it comes to her take on anti-vaxxers, taking to Twitter Friday to send a message about their "stupidity."
  
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• Donald Trump Is Weak and Afraid. The Mueller Report Proves It

  19-04-2019 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  The President is not the man his supporters think he is, writes David French
  
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• Where Is Xur? Destiny 2 Location, Exotics, And Invitations Of The Nine Guide (April 19-23)

  19-04-2019 19:28 via gamespot.com
  
  Destiny 2's spring celebration, the Revelry, is in full swing, and with the weekend comes an addition to the party: Xur, the Agent of the Nine. As usual, Xur's got a new crop of Exotics for sale, plus his newly amped-up Fated Engrams. Add that to the new Arbalest Exotic linear fusion rifle you can earn in the Revelry, and there are a whole lot of Exotics to snag this weekend.Head to the EDZ on Earth to find Xur--he's in the Winding Cove area. When you land, head north toward the wall of the area
  
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• Trump was ‘fighting for his political life,’ his former lawyer says, explaining attacks on Mueller

  19-04-2019 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  In 2017 and 2018, Cobb played a pivotal role in organizing the White House response to the Mueller investigation, negotiating agreements to turn over documents and allow interviews with White House officials.
  
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• Nurse had no idea she had stage 4 esophageal cancer until she was coughing up blood

  19-04-2019 19:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox News’ Dr. Manny Alvarez sits down with a stage 4 esophageal cancer survivor to talk about the rare but deadly disease and what new innovative treatment helped to put her in remission for the last five years.
  
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• Ukraine vote rivals clash in stadium debate

  19-04-2019 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  A comedian tipped to take over Ukraine's presidency and his incumbent rival went head-to-head in a bitter stadium debate Friday, as campaigning reached its grand finale before a weekend vote.Several thousand spectators attended the first and only policy head-to-head of the extraordinary campaign that took place in Kiev's Olympic Stadium amid beefed-up security."I am not a politician," said Zelensky, who spoke first.
  
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• Ahead Of Fortnite Season 9, Mysterious Runes Have Begun Appearing Around The Island

  19-04-2019 18:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite appears to be beginning to tease its upcoming season, with strange happenings in the world. This time it's a series of runes near Loot Lake, and the community is already scrambling to unlock their mysteries.Fans on the Fortnite subreddit have been swapping information about the "Loot Lake Rune Event" in a dedicated thread. There appear to be two runes spotted so far--one in Fatal Fields and one in Paradise Palms. The runes are moving, however, and seem to be changing directions. That co
  
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• Real Housewives' husband Joe Giudice loses immigration appeal

  19-04-2019 18:50 via news.yahoo.com
  "Real Housewives of New Jersey" husband Joe Giudice has lost his appeal to avoid deportation to Italy
  
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• How the Black Colleges Beyoncé Honors in Homecoming Have Played a Vital Role in American History

  19-04-2019 18:44 via news.yahoo.com
  As Jim Crow took hold and codified second-class citizenship via law and custom, it became clear just how crucial the HBCUs would be
  
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