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• Pompeo Claims Russians Convinced Maduro Not to Flee Venezuela For Cuba

  30-04-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claims that embattled Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro was planning to flee the country amid a violent coup attempt that began Tuesday morning, but was convinced to cling to power by Russian authorities, who continue to support his socialist regime.“It's been a long time since anyone has seen Maduro. He had an airplane on the tarmac, he was ready to leave this morning as we understand it and the Russians indicated he should stay,” Pompeo told CNN's W
  
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• Rioting breaks out in Venezuela amid 'attempted coup'

  30-04-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Demonstrators clashed violently with police on the streets of the Venezuelan capital Tuesday, spurred by opposition leader Juan Guaido's call on the military to rise up against President Nicolas Maduro, whose government said it was putting down an attempted coup.An apparently carefully planned attempt by Guaido to demonstrate growing military support disintegrated into rioting as palls of black smoke rose over eastern Caracas.As rioting and confusion raged, there was little early sign Maduro's i
  
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• The Latest: 7 Tennessee victims died of blunt force injuries

  30-04-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into seven people killed in rural Tennessee (all times local):
  
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• Teen asks wrong girl to prom — and it's caught on video for all to see

  30-04-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Video of a Nevada high school student asking the wrong girl to the prom captured about 2.5 million views after the teen posted the video to Twitter.
  
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• UPDATE 1-U.S. attorney general recuses self from T-Mobile, Sprint merger probe

  30-04-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Attorney General William Barr has recused himself from the Justice Department's deliberations on whether to allow T-Mobile to proceed with its $26 billion acquisition of Sprint, according to a source familiar with the decision.The department's Antitrust Division, headed by Makan Delrahim, is reviewing the deal to determine if it will lead to higher prices for consumers or to slower innovation, as critics allege.The Federal Communications Commission also must approve the transaction for it t
  
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• As Trump vows subpoena fights, Democrats weigh their options

  30-04-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have a lot of legal options, as well as the backing of the Constitution, as they push back on President Donald Trump's pledge to fight "all of the subpoenas."
  
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• Texas GOP Senate leader looks to block bipartisan pot bill

  30-04-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A historic push in Texas to reduce penalties for small amounts of marijuana was declared dead Tuesday by the state's Republican lieutenant governor, who called it a "step toward legalization" that he would not allow.
  
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• Family of girl injured in Poway synagogue shooting: We fled violence in Israel. We thought it was safe here

  30-04-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Eden Dahan — mother of Chabad of Poway shooting victim Noya Dahan — says her family left Israel's violence seeking a better life in America.
  
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• Trump Threatens Cuba as Maduro Cracks Down: Venezuela Update

  30-04-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Time stamp is Caracas time.U.S. President Donald Trump surveyed the events in Caracas today and saw Cuba as the antagonist.The Caribbean island’s socialist government has long had a presence in Venezuela, supplying the regime with personnel ranging from doctors to intelligence officers.
  
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• Dem. Rep. Scolds Pence for ‘Inciting Violence’ in Venezuela

  30-04-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Ro Khana (D., Calif.) chastised Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday for encouraging anti-government protesters in Venezuela in their efforts to overthrow socialist president Nicolás Maduro.“The vice president shouldn't be interfering or inciting violence with Guaidó,” Khana said during an interview on MSNBC, referring to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who called on his supporters to overthrow Maduro on Tuesday.“What we should be d
  
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• Crown Prince Naruhito poised to become Japan's next emperor

  30-04-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko stepped down on Tuesday after three decades as the nation's top royals in a brief, simple ceremony, with Akihito thanking the people of Japan and saying he prayed for peace.Naruhito, the first emperor born after World War Two and the first to be raised solely by his parents, said on his birthday in February that succeeding his father "makes me solemn".Given the backgrounds of Naruhito and his wife, Masako, a 55-year-old former diplomat - which include extended
  
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• Game Of Thrones: "Arya Is A Mary Sue" Is The Dumbest GoT Opinion On The Internet

  30-04-2019 23:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Warning: This post is going to completely spoil Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 3. You might want to wait to read it if you haven't already watched the latest episode of the show's final season.The third episode of Game of Thrones Season 8, The Long Night, upended a lot of expectations. The Night King's attack on Winterfell was met by the combined forces of the living, including Daenerys and her dragons, the North, the Dothraki, and the Unsullied. Prophecies and plot lines were drawn to their
  
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• "Arya Is A Mary Sue" Is The Dumbest Game Of Thrones Opinion On The Internet

  30-04-2019 23:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Warning: This post is going to completely spoil Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 3. You might want to wait to read it if you haven't already watched.The third episode of Game of Thrones Season 8, The Long Night, upended a lot of expectations. The Night King's attack on Winterfell was met by the combined forces of the living, including Daenerys and her dragons, the North, the Dothraki, and the Unsullied. Prophecies and plot lines were drawn to their conclusions, and things we've been expecting t
  
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• Five ways Trump's moves to stem asylum seekers have hit hurdles

  30-04-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Increasingly frustrated, Trump on Monday issued a presidential memorandum directing officials to make it harder for asylum seekers to apply for work permits and to charge them application fees - drawing immediate fire from the United Nations.Many asylum protections are codified in U.S. and international law.Meanwhile, the flow of migrants continues to swell.
  
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• Apple's fiscal 2Q revenue, profit sag amid iPhone slump

  30-04-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple's sales are still shrinking amid weakening iPhone demand, despite the company's effort to emphasize services designed to bring in a steady flow of money from the 1.4 billion of its devices still in use.
  
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• Apple rallies as new services offset slump in iPhone sales

  30-04-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple said Tuesday that profits in the past quarter dropped amid falling iPhone sales, but the results were above Wall Street expectations and sent shares sharply higher.The California tech giant reported a 16 percent drop in profits in the just-ended quarter to $11.6 billion, as overall revenues dipped five percent to $58 billion.Apple shares rallied more than five percent in after-hours trade, with the results showing better-than-anticipated results from its new products and services in the fi
  
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• How Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Recreated A Classic WWE Raw Moment In Fighting With My Family

  30-04-2019 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  When it came to telling the life story of WWE Superstar Paige on the big screen, it would have been nearly impossible to complete the movie Fighting with My Family without recreating one of the most memorable moments in WWE Raw history. It was April 7, the night after Wrestlemania XXX, when Paige made her main roster debut and--shockingly--captured the WWE Divas Championship in her first match, dethroning reigning champion AJ Lee.To capture that moment on film, Fighting with My Family director S
  
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• Johnston County Sheriff makes arrest in 46-year-old murder case

  30-04-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Larry Joe Scott, 65, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping in the 1972 death of Bonnie Neighbors.
  
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• Measles cases in the U.S. just hit a 25-year high thanks to anti-vaxxers

  30-04-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States just hit a major milestone, but not the kind that anyone should be proud of. With over 700 confirmed cases of the measles so far in 2019 the country just passed a 25-year high, and there's little sign that the outbreak is slowing.The spread of the disease -- which thus far has hit unvaccinated children under five years of age the hardest -- would have been absolutely unimaginable just a couple of decades ago. As recently as the year 2000, the United States had effectively elimi
  
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• The Latest: Woman killed in foyer of California synagogue

  30-04-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  POWAY, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a Southern California synagogue (all times local):
  
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• Joe Biden is the 2020 Democratic front-runner. Now he has a target on his back.

  30-04-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The entry of Joe Biden into the 2020 campaign isn’t exactly sending tremors through the Democratic field or the electorate in the very early going.
  
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• Alleged Poway Synagogue Shooter Pleads Not Guilty to All Charges

  30-04-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  PoolPOWAY, California—John T. Earnest pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder charges for an attack on a local synagogue that killed one person on Saturday, a crime the district attorney alleged he committed with “terror on his mind.”Earnest, 19, entered court looking sullen and angry but said nothing during the brief arraignment. Dressed in a blue jail jumpsuit, he watched from a glass box as a public defender entered his not-guilty plea. A judge ordered Earnest held without bail
  
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• Woman sentenced to death for killing stepdaughter

  30-04-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Tiffany Moss has been sentenced to die by lethal injection for starving her stepdaughter to death in an Atlanta suburb in 2013.
  
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• Trump, US Democrats agree to forge $2 trillion infrastructure plan

  30-04-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic leaders said Tuesday they reached agreement with President Donald Trump to pursue a $2 trillion plan for improving America's creaking infrastructure, but deciding how to pay for the ambitious project could become a sticking point."We agreed on a number which was very, very good: $2 trillion for infrastructure," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said, in a sign the feuding sides may be willing to work together on accomplishing a major bipartisan goal to upgrade the nation's roads, b
  
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• Catch Three New Legendaries In The Wild in Pokémon Go

  30-04-2019 22:22 via gamespot.com
  
  Three New Legendaries are now available in Pokémon Go and instead of catching them in Raids, you can catch them in the Wild
  
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• The New York Times ’ Anti-Semitism Is Shocking, but Not Surprising

  30-04-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  This week, the New York Times got itself into hot water for printing a blatantly Jew-hating cartoon in its international edition. The cartoon depicted Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an elongated dachshund, a Star of David hanging around his neck, leading a fat, blind, yarmulke-wearing Donald Trump through the streets. The implication: The nefarious, animalistic Jew is in control of the Jew-perverted president of the United States.The image is nothing new. In 1940, the Lustige Blatt
  
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• Troops loyal to Guaido take cover as shots fired

  30-04-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido took to the streets with a small contingent of heavily armed troops on Tuesday in a bold and risky attempt to lead a military uprising and oust socialist leader Nicolas Maduro. (April 30)
  
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• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Down To $45 On PS4, Xbox One (US)

  30-04-2019 22:07 via gamespot.com
  
  Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is barely a month old, but as usual your patience has already been rewarded if you waited for a deal. It's already down to $45 on Amazon in the US, for the PS4 and Xbox One versions. Amazon's sale prices come and go rather quickly, so if you want in on the deal you should probably grab it to be on the safe side.This marks the lowest price we've seen on consoles so far, and even cheaper than a recent Newegg sale price. Some brick-and-mortar retailers have also been known
  
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• APNewsBreak: Suspect in Nazi bomb plot kicked out of Army

  30-04-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Army veteran who converted to Islam and is accused of plotting terrorist attacks in California in retaliation for killings at New Zealand mosques was demoted and discharged from the military for a serious offense, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
  
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• Venezuela's Guaido issues call for military uprising amid violent clashes

  30-04-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Tuesday made his strongest call yet to the military to help him oust President Nicolas Maduro, and violence broke out at anti-government protests as the country hit a new crisis point after years of political and economic chaos.Several dozen armed troops accompanying Guaido clashed with soldiers supporting Maduro at a rally outside the La Carlota air base in Caracas early on Tuesday, but the incident fizzled out and did not appear to be part of an imme
  
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• For Trump, Stalling Deutsche Bank Subpoena May Be Victory Enough

  30-04-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  It could also force lawmakers to narrow the broad scope of their record request.“Ultimately, the courts will referee this slugfest," said Jacob Frenkel, a lawyer at Dickinson Wright.It’s the latest wrinkle in a battle by congressional Democrats to probe Trump’s potential ties to Russia and investigate broader questions about foreign interference in U.S. politics.
  
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• Avengers: Endgame's Main Plot Trick Is Badly Explained--Here's What's Going On

  30-04-2019 21:51 via gamespot.com
  
  Warning: This post is full of spoilers for Avengers: Endgame. If you haven't seen the movie, you're probably going to want to stop reading before it's too late. How about reading our spoiler-free review instead?So the theories were right: Avengers: Endgame is a time travel story, in which the superheroes work to undo Thanos's devastating snap by revisiting a bunch of the events from their past. The plan is to acquire the Infinity Stones from times before Thanos collected them all, then use them
  
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• Avengers: End Game — Bernie Sanders calls on Disney to use box office profits to pay workers ‘middle class wage’

  30-04-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Bernie Sanders has an idea of how Disney can write a “truly heroic” story following the box-office record shattering weekend from Avengers: End Game this past week: Spread the profits around.Mr Sanders, in a tweet, took the entertainment behemoth to task, criticising the salary of the company’s CEO, Bob Iger, and urging better pay for the rest of the employees there.Mr Iger makes a reported $65.6m a year from his post as the head honcho at Disney — a salary that is 1,400
  
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• Chase tried to motivate customers with lower bank balances. It backfired badly.

  30-04-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Chase Bank tried to offer customers on Twitter some #MondayMotivation to save money. The backlash was so strong the banking giant deleted their tweet.
  
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• Venezuela foreign minister says Maduro in control, blames Washington for violence

  30-04-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Guaido called for a military uprising and armed factions exchanged gunfire outside a Caracas air base on Tuesday, although the incident fizzled out and did not appear to be part of an immediate attempt by the opposition to take power through military force."It is not a coup attempt from the military.This is directly planned in Washington, in the Pentagon and Department of State, and by Bolton," Arreaza told Reuters in a phone interview from Caracas, referring to U.S. national security adviser Jo
  
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• Prosecutors oppose giving unredacted Mueller report to Trump adviser Stone

  30-04-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  "The government does not intend to provide that portion of the report to counsel for Mr. Stone absent an order of the court to do so," prosecutor Jonathan Kravis told U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson during a hearing in the case due to go to trial on Nov. 5.Jackson said she understood why Stone should not get a copy of the entire report but raised questions about why he might not be entitled to parts that relate to him directly, especially because some already is in the public version of t
  
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• Mortal Kombat 11 Community Thank You Gift Now Available

  30-04-2019 20:32 via gamespot.com
  
  Mortal Kombat 11 received some criticism for its in-game economy and grind, but NetherRealm has started to address those progression issues with a series of patches. As part of the make-good effort, the studio has also bundled the latest patch with a thank you gift, awarding a big dose of currency to players.The bundle includes 500,000 Koins, 500 Hearts, 1,000 Souls, and 1,000 Time Crystals. Time Crystals are the premium currency, and so the amount here equals about $10--enough for two of the pr
  
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• Chucky Kills Toy Story's Woody In New Child's Play Reboot Poster

  30-04-2019 20:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Woody and Buzz aren't the only famous movie dolls returning to the big screen this summer. The long-awaited Pixar sequel Toy Story 4 hits theaters on June 21, and it will be joined that day by the horror reboot Child's Play, featuring iconic killer doll Chucky. A new Child's Play poster has now been released to mark the movies' shared release date.The poster shows Chucky as he walks away from another scene of slaughter. Unfortunately his victim seems to be poor Woody, the cowboy star of the Toy
  
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• Pokemon Go Adds Wild Legendary Pokemon For The First Time

  30-04-2019 20:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Origin Forme Giratina may no longer be available in Pokemon Go, but some new Legendaries have taken its place in the hit mobile game. The Lake trio from Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum--Azelf, Mesprit, and Uxie--have begun appearing around the world--and this time, you won't need to battle them in Raids.Unlike most of the other Legendaries to appear in Pokemon Go, Azelf, Mesprit, and Uxie aren't available as Raid bosses; rather, the Legendaries are spawning in the wild like typical Pokemon.
  
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• Donald Trump sues Deutsche Bank and Capital One in bid to block info going to Congress

  30-04-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump, his family and the Trump Organisation have filed a lawsuit against Deutsche Bank and Capital One in an attempt to stop them releasing financial and banking records to Congress.  The lawsuit, filed on Monday in a Manhattan court, argues that the subpoenas issued for documents by two Democrat-controlled congressional committees overstepped the mark and should not be acted on.  Deutsche Bank was a longtime lender to Mr Trump before he took office. The US president's sons Don
  
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• Poway synagogue shooting suspect’s parents call him ‘evil’ in statement

  30-04-2019 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The parents of John Earnest, who allegedly opened fire on a synagogue Saturday, called their son evil on Monday.
  
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• 9 More Xbox Game Pass Titles Announced - GS News Update

  30-04-2019 19:40 via gamespot.com
  
  More all-you-can-play games for May.
  
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• Armored Vehicles Crush Anti-Maduro Protesters in Caracas

  30-04-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Protesters loyal to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó were crushed under armored cars driven by pro-government forces during a violent uprising that racked the streets of Caracas on Tuesday after Guaidó launched a push to end socialist president Nicolás Maduro's regime.Violent clashes ensued Tuesday morning after Guaidó, who declared himself interim president of the nation earlier this year, finally called on his supporters to take to the streets in response to
  
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• Venezuela news: Protestors mowed down by armoured military truck

  30-04-2019 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Armoured National Guard vehicles have been seen driving into protesters on the streets of Caracas in what one observer has dubbed Venezuela’s “Tiananmen Square” moment.Video broadcast on several networks around the world shows the vehicles appearing to run directly over protesters on different sections of a roadway, reportedly outside of the La Carolta air base in the Venezuelan capital.Protesters have taken to the street in the city after opposition leader Juan Guaido —
  
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• Japan Has a New Emperor and a New Era, but a Dark Future

  30-04-2019 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Issei Kato/ReutersTOKYO—The name of Japan’s new imperial era, Reiwa, was announced on April Fools’ Day with great fanfare and a great big linguistic lie. The official government party line is that it translates as “Beautiful Harmony,” but what it means literally is more Orwellian: “Commanded Peace.” Of course, a certain portion of the Japanese population realizes that the explanation given for the new imperial name is not the truth, but they probably wer
  
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• Valve Index VR Headset, Controllers, And Base Revealed; Pre-Orders Open Soon

  30-04-2019 19:08 via gamespot.com
  
  Following a leak or two, Valve has now formally debuted its virtual reality hardware solution, named Valve Index. The official site promises high-fidelity VR with superior comfort and control. Pre-orders begin on May 1, and pricing has been announced for the full set along with the a la carte pieces of it.The centerpiece of the VR kit is the headset, which boasts two 1440x1600 RGB LCDs, promising more pixels and less screen door effect than OLED displays. It also runs at 120Hz (with optional 90H
  
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• Jailed Russian agent slams 'absurd' conviction

  30-04-2019 19:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Maria Butina, the only Russian arrested and convicted in the three-year investigation of Moscow's interference in US politics, on Tuesday called her conviction absurd and a "disgrace" for American justice.Butina's lawyer, Robert Driscoll, confirmed Butina's participation in the news conference.US prosecutors said that although she worked openly and was not tied to any Russian intelligence agency, she was sending back reports to a high-level Russian official, Alexander Torshin, and posed a threat
  
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• Colbert: 'Avengers' has message for Democratic Party

  30-04-2019 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  There's a great example of unity in this weekend's top box office draw. The comics talk about that and 'Game of Thrones' in Best of Late Night.
  
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• Dem. Rep. Slams Chase Bank Tweet that Discouraged Wasteful Spending

  30-04-2019 18:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Katie Porter (D., N.Y.) lashed out Tuesday at a Chase Bank tweet that encouraged customers to cut down on wasteful spending, arguing that the message was “insulting” to hard-working families struggling to pay their rent.Porter was asked during a CNN interview about her combative Twitter exchange with the bank, in which she took issue with the notion that Chase's customers are spending “frivolously.”> Mr. Dimon, you couldn’t figure out how to balanc
  
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• Venezuela's Guaido urges troops to rise against Maduro, violence breaks out

  30-04-2019 18:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Tuesday called for a military uprising to oust President Nicolas Maduro and violence broke out at anti-government protests as the country hit a new crisis point after years of political and economic chaos.Several dozen armed troops accompanying Guaido clashed with soldiers supporting Maduro at a rally outside the La Carlota air base in Caracas, but the incident fizzled out and did not appear to be part of an immediate attempt by the opposition to take
  
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