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• Older of two students arrested in Colorado shooting appears in court

  08-05-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The 18-year-old defendant being charged as an adult, Devon Erickson, sat silently at a small table with his head bowed and his hands shackled to his waist, flanked by two defense lawyers as a pair of sheriff's deputies stood just behind them.It was not immediately clear whether his accused accomplice, who is under the age of 18, would be charged in adult court or as a juvenile.The two teenagers are accused of opening fire on fellow students in two classrooms at the Science, Technology, Engineeri
  
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• Colorado school shooting: Family IDs student killed in Highlands Ranch; 2 suspects in custody

  08-05-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The father of 18-year-old Kendrick Castillo says his son was the student killed in a shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch. He said his son was a hero and he wants people to know what a great kid he was.
  
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• Game Of Thrones: Who Will Kill Cersei? Valonqar Theory Explained!

  08-05-2019 23:48 via gamespot.com
  
  With Cersei coming out on top as the real Big Bad of Game of Thrones, Tamoor and Hamoor explain all the fan theories surrounding who will take her out. The Valonqar? Or maybe... a wild card?
  
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• U.S. targets Iran's metals for sanctions, Tehran relaxes nuclear deal compliance

  08-05-2019 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran had announced hours earlier that it was relaxing some restrictions on its nuclear program, steps that stopped short of violating the deal with world powers for now, but threatening more action if countries do not shield it from U.S. sanctions.An executive order issued by Trump covers Iran's iron, steel, aluminum, and copper sectors, the government's largest non-petroleum-related sources of export revenue and 10 percent of its export economy, a White House statement said."Tehran can expect f
  
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• New York moves to release Trump’s tax returns and reduce his pardon powers

  08-05-2019 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  New York state has steadily passed legislation in recent days that seeks to limit the president’s pardon powers and curtail his ability to withhold his tax returns from Congress. The state’s senate voted on Wednesday in favour of a bill that requires local agencies to comply with requests for state tax returns from the heads of Congress’s House ways and means committee, the Senate finance committee or the joint committee on taxation. New York’s senate also voted to suppor
  
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• Mortal Kombat 11 Already Available For $44 On PC

  08-05-2019 23:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Mortal Kombat 11 released just a couple of weeks ago on April 23, and while it's becoming increasingly common for new games to go on sale in a matter of weeks, we were particularly shook by the speed of MK11's price cuts. Amazon has been selling Mortal Kombat 11 for $10 off ($50) since release day, and multiple other retailers have offered the game at a discount at some point. Now, we're seeing the game at its lowest price yet, and PC gamers who have been holding off may want to jump on this par
  
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• Trump imposes new sanctions on Iran as nuclear tensions escalate

  08-05-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump ordered new sanctions against Iran on Wednesday hours after Tehran said it was relaxing some restrictions on its nuclear programme.The sanctions requested by the US president target Iran’s steel, aluminium, copper and iron sectors – worth around 10 per cent of the country’s economy, according to the White House.Iran had announced hours earlier that it was stepping up some of its nuclear capabilities - steps that stopped short of violating its historic deal with wor
  
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• Contentious congressional vote on holding attorney general in contempt

  08-05-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  The House Judiciary Committee meets at the same time President Trump exerts executive privilege over the unredacted version of the Mueller report.
  
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• Democrats battle to obtain Trump tax returns as president claims huge business losses were intentional

  08-05-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats are preparing for a legal battle to obtain Donald Trump’s tax returns – an issue that has taken on outsized importance – while the president has claimed huge businesses losses he suffered during the 1980s were an intentional write off.Members of the House of Representatives are to meet to consider their next step, after Mr Trump’s treasury secretary refused to release the returns they had requested.Reports suggested Democrats will decide to head directly to cour
  
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• Hey Google, stop trying to redefine privacy

  08-05-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Privacy was one of the themes of Google's I/O keynote this year, and that's understandable given what the competition has been doing all these years. Yes, Apple -- but also the various privacy-related scandals that affected Facebook over the last year as well as Google. Sundar Pichai then doubled down on privacy by penning an opinion in The New York Times that seems to be redefining privacy in a way that fits Google's interests.The CEO also makes it all sound like Google has been protecting the
  
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• Pokemon Go Leak Suggests Eevee Evolutions Glaceon And Leafeon Could Be Coming Soon

  08-05-2019 22:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Niantic has been slowly introducing Gen 4 Pokemon to Pokemon Go over the past few months, but two that remain conspicuously missing from the game are Glaceon and Leafeon, the Ice- and Grass-type evolutions of Eevee. However, a new leak suggests the two Eeveelutions may be on the way to the game soon.Dataminer Chrales, who has a long track record of leaking new Pokemon Go features before they're officially announced, discovered text for three new types of Lure Modules. The Glacial Lure, according
  
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• Avengers: Endgame Coming To Disney+ In December

  08-05-2019 22:39 via gamespot.com
  
  Avengers: Endgame, the biggest movie of the year--and one of the largest of all time--will be hitting the upcoming streaming service, Disney+ this fall. It will not be available on launch day for the new service, but it will be hitting one month after Disney+ is available to consumers.During an investors call, Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed that Endgame will be coming to the Disney+ streaming service on December 11. This is one month after the service debuts, on November 12. Many expected Endgame
  
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• 'This Is Unprecedented.' Why William Barr's Contempt of Congress Charge Matters

  08-05-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Tensions between the Trump Administration and Congress reached a low point when Democrats held Attorney General William Barr in contempt.
  
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• New Ghost Recon Game Breakpoint Leaks Before Reveal Event

  08-05-2019 22:27 via gamespot.com
  
  As what can only be called tradition at this point, one of Ubisoft's next games has leaked. Called Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, the game is a direct sequel to Ghost Recon: Wildlands and is scheduled to release on October 4 for Xbox One, PS4, and PC.According to post on Reset Era, the leak came from a retail listing which was shared in a since-removed post in the Ghost Recon subreddit. Breakpoint will feature Major Cole D. Walker, a character both voiced and stylized after actor Jonathan Bernthal, as
  
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• Avengers: Endgame: What Happens To Captain America In The 1950s?

  08-05-2019 22:27 via gamespot.com
  
  Regardless if you loved or hated Captain America's Endgame finale, or if you prescribe to the writers' or the director's explanation of what actually happened in that scene, one fact remains: a version of Steve Rogers now exists (or existed) through the 1950s in America. Sure, maybe it was an alternate 1950s we'll never see on screen and can't reference in our history books, but it's still the post-war era in America, no matter how the quantum physics shake out.This left us wondering: Do the com
  
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• House committee votes to hold Attorney General Barr in contempt

  08-05-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over an unredacted version of the Mueller report as President Trump exerts executive privilege.
  
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• The 2021 Ford F-150, Spied Testing, Looks Pretty Evolutionary

  08-05-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The new F-150 looks pretty much like the old F-150-a wildly popular traditional pickup truck, just like God and Henry Ford intended.
  
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• UPDATE 3-Intel shares drop, three-year outlook seen lagging rivals

  08-05-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Intel Corp shares declined 2.5 percent on Wednesday after executives forecast modest profit growth over the next three years, signaling it is likely to lag big rivals as the once-dominant chipmaker catches up in technology.Intel once dominated the most important chip market with more than 90 percent share for the brains of personal computers.As PC sales have stagnated, it has expanded into data center processors, memory and networking chips.
  
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• Markets Right Now: Late selling leaves stocks slightly lower

  08-05-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• Second suspect in Colorado school shooting is a girl; lone fatality a hero, sheriff says

  08-05-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  A juvenile female was identified as the second suspect in a shooting rampage at a suburban Denver school that left one student dead, authorities said.
  
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• Assassin's Creed Odyssey For $22, Far Cry New Dawn For $18, And More PC Game Deals

  08-05-2019 21:57 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft's collection of games is way cheaper this week, so if you've been holding out on a game from franchises like Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy's, now's the time to claim it at a much lower price. The PlayStation Store launched an Ubisoft publisher sale on PS4 games this week, but if you prefer to play on PC, Fanatical has a similar sale with even steeper discounts--up to 90% off on some titles.Assassin's Creed Odyssey is currently the "Star Deal" at Fanatical, which is simply a f
  
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• Enter to win* an Overwatch bundle!

  08-05-2019 21:41 via gamespot.com
  
  Overwatch fans rejoice! We partnered with Fun.com to give away an incredible prize package that comes with a trio of Funko figures including D.Va & Meka, Mercy, Widowmaker, and a mini faux leather backpack by Loungefly.To enter the giveaway you have to be following @GameSpot and @Fun.com on Instagram but you also have to complete at least one of the following actions:Like the Instagram post about the giveaway.Post on your Instagram account using the hashtag #GameSpotGiveaway (one post per p
  
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• China Threatens Retaliation as Trump Touts Chances of Deal

  08-05-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. and China sent conflicting signals over trade, with President Donald Trump expressing optimism about the prospect of a deal and Beijing warning that it will retaliate if the U.S. follows through on a threat to hike tariffs.Trump said Wednesday that China indicated it hopes to “make a deal” when senior Chinese officials visit Washington for negotiations Thursday and Friday.The U.S. has said it will raise tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods to 25 percent from 10 percent o
  
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• Trump slaps new U.S. sanctions on Iran's metals industry

  08-05-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The announcement was made on the anniversary of Trump's unilateral withdrawal of the United States from a 2015 landmark deal between Tehran and world powers to curb its nuclear program in exchange for easing some sanctions and hours after Tehran said it would no longer fully comply with the accord.Tensions were already high between Washington and Tehran when the Trump administration said last weekend that it was deploying a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East, in response to what
  
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• The Latest: 9-year-old boy charged in mom's shooting death

  08-05-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  FAWN RIVER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on a 9-year-old boy accused in the fatal shooting of his mother in southern Michigan (all times local):
  
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• Russia planned to influence South African elections in favour of the ruling ANC, report suggests

  08-05-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  A Kremlin-linked Russian misinformation outfit attempted to sway Wednesday’s general election in South Africa in favour of the ruling African National Congress, according to documents obtained by investigators. An organisation with ties to Yevgeny Prigozhin, a businessman close to Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, allegedly drew up plans to discredit South African opposition parties, including the pro-western Democratic Alliance. The claims, which emerged as voting was underway in Sou
  
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• New Parents Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Let Their Clothes Speak for Them

  08-05-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Dominic Lipinski/GettyJust two days old, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor made his television debut swaddled in white cloth and matching his mother, Meghan Markle. The new parent, also clad in cream, wore a sleeveless trench dress for the Windsor Castle press conference. Though the midi was first reported to be from Givenchy, the house that made Markle’s wedding dress, it was later clarified to come courtesy of London-based menswear designer Grace Wales Bonner. Unlike her royal predeces
  
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• Batwoman Ordered To Series: Watch The First Trailer

  08-05-2019 21:22 via gamespot.com
  
  It's official. Batwoman is coming to The CW with a new standalone series set in the Arrow-verse. The series, which stars Ruby Rose as Kane Kate, who masquerades as the titular masked vigilante. doesn't have a premiere date yet. However, the first teaser has arrived.It doesn't give away much beyond a look at the character standing on top of a building in Gotham City--and a quick shot of the bat signal--but Arrow-verse fans have already met this take on Batwoman. Rose appeared in the Elseworlds cr
  
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• Turning J.R.R. Tolkien's Life Into A Good Story--And How Much Lord Of The Rings To Include

  08-05-2019 21:20 via gamespot.com
  
  J. R. R. Tolkien is one of the most important authors of the 20th century, and his overwhelming influence on the fantasy genre is still felt today across books, movies, TV, video games, and beyond. Capturing the author's early years in the biopic Tolkien, which follows him from childhood through his time at the University of Oxford and into World War I, was no easy task for director Dome Karukoski.There are plenty of challenges inherent in attempting to portray a person's real life in a way tha
  
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• Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Reveal Baby Sussex from Majestic St. George’s Hall

  08-05-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The Duke and Duchess named the baby Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor
  
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• 'The FBI doesn't spy': Comey slams Barr for spying claim, 'misleading' Mueller summary

  08-05-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  "We investigated a very serious allegation that Americans might be hooked up with the Russian effort to attack our democracy," Comey said Wednesday.
  
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• Iran threatens more uranium enrichment if no new nuke deal

  08-05-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran threatened Wednesday to enrich its uranium stockpile closer to weapons-grade levels in 60 days if world powers fail to negotiate new terms for its 2015 nuclear deal, raising regional tensions as a U.S. aircraft carrier and bombers headed to the Middle East to confront Tehran.
  
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• Mike Pompeo urges UK to help rein in 'lawless' Iran over nuclear deal

  08-05-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  UK told ‘not to soothe the ayatollahs angry’ at US decision to abandon nuclear dealUS secretary of state Mike Pompeo (right) and UK foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt in London on Wednesday. Photograph: Hannah McKay/ReutersUS secretary of state Mike Pompeo has urged the UK to stand with Washington in reining in Iran’s “bloodletting and lawlessness”, as Tehran took the first conditional steps to extricate itself from the landmark nuclear deal it had signed with the west,
  
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• The Latest: Polls closing in South Africa's election

  08-05-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Latest on South Africa's elections (all times local):
  
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• Students used 2 handguns in Colo. shooting

  08-05-2019 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities say the two students accused of killing a classmate in a shooting at a school in suburban Denver used at least two handguns in the attack. (May 8)
  
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• Amid Plagiarism Accusation, Bethesda Removes Elder Scrolls Tabletop Game Adventure

  08-05-2019 20:45 via gamespot.com
  
  An Elder Scrolls tabletop RPG scenario has been pulled following accusations of plagiarism. The "Elsweyr" adventure, released as a promotion for The Elder Scrolls Online's upcoming expansion of the same name, shared striking similarities with a Dungeons & Dragons adventure titled "The Black Road." That adventure was published in 2016, written by Paige Leitman and Ben Heisler.Ars Technica reports that Bethesda posted the adventure citing work from Bethesda Netherlands. It was quickly criticiz
  
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• Early F-150 Lightning Up For Auction With GT40 Cylinder Heads

  08-05-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  This 1993 Lightning comes in black and looks ready for both the builders merchant and the drag strip.Out of all the names seen on special production vehicles over the years, Lightning has to be one of the coolest.In 1993, Ford decided to drop their first performance orientated truck, the F-150 Lightning, like the one featured here by GAA Classic Cars.
  
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• The Next-Gen Honda Fit Debuts This October—but Will It Come to the U.S.?

  08-05-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The new Fit will offer a new hybrid drivetrain, but what we still don't know is when-or if-it will come to America.
  
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• UPDATE 1-Pompeo calls support in Britain for Venezuela's Maduro 'disgusting'

  08-05-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he was disgusted to see politicians in Britain, as well as in the United States, continue to support Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.Responding to a reporter who asked about support for Venezuela's government by Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Pompeo was blunt in his criticism.
  
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• Pompeo calls support in Britain for Venezuela's Maduro 'disgusting'

  08-05-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he was disgusted to see politicians in Britain, as well as in the United States, continue to support Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.Responding to a reporter who asked about support for Venezuela's government by Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Pompeo was blunt in his criticism.
  
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• Iran challenges Europe and China to stand up to US over nuclear deal

  08-05-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran is now giving them 60 days to take significant strides or face a potentially severe new crisis in the Middle EastThe initial two steps the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, has announced are at the very low end of the scale of available measures. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesBy taking a couple of small, carefully calibrated steps towards the exit from the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran has given Europe and China a two-month ultimatum to stand up to the US on the world stage, or risk a s
  
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• Watchmen: Watch The First Trailer For HBO's Adaptation Of The Comic Book

  08-05-2019 20:12 via gamespot.com
  
  At long last, we have finally gotten a look at HBO's upcoming adaptation of the Watchmen comics. Though the series won't debut until this fall, the first trailer has arrived for Watchmen, giving a peek into the world the series will be set in.While the trailer is brief, it sets up a story that seems to be set after the events of the Watchmen graphic novel. Based on what little we see, a group clearly inspired by masked vigilante Rorschach are preparing to take up arms. "We are no one, we are eve
  
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• Sign-Up For Code Vein Network Test And Play The Souls-Like Game Before Launch

  08-05-2019 20:11 via gamespot.com
  
  Bandai Namco has announced Code Vein will have a network test prior to launch, which will allow people to try out the game. An exact timeframe for the test hasn't been revealed yet, but sign-ups are already live on Bandai Namco's website.Code Vein is releasing on Xbox One, PS4, and PC, but the network test for the game is only going live on consoles. As it's a network test, the multiplayer features will be live, allowing you to play with a friend. The test only covers Chapter 1 of the game, whic
  
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• Best Buy already has a great deal on Google’s brand new Pixel 3a phones

  08-05-2019 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  For the first time, Google yesterday used its annual I/O developer event to introduce new smartphone hardware in the form of the Pixel 3a and the Pixel 3a XL. The names don't exactly roll off the tongue but the devices themselves are quite compelling. In a nutshell, Google's new Pixel 3a line is designed to give users a premium smartphone experience at a more affordable price point. In many ways, the Pixel 3a is being positioned in a similar vein as the iPhone SE that Apple inexplicably and frus
  
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• South Africa's ANC seen winning election but support faltering

  08-05-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The vote for a new parliament and nine provincial legislatures is the toughest electoral test yet for the African National Congress, which has ruled South Africa since that 1994 vote.Nelson Mandela's former liberation party is hoping to reverse or at least arrest a slide in support.The way they run the state, mishandling state funds, they’ve lost their morals."The elections are the first test of national sentiment since President Cyril Ramaphosa replaced scandal-plagued Jacob Zuma as head
  
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• Colorado school shooting updates: Victim identified, heroes emerge. Here's what we know

  08-05-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  One student is dead and eight others injured after two students opened fire at a suburban Denver STEM school on Tuesday. Here's the latest news.
  
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• Rep. John Garamendi warns assertion of executive privilege over Mueller report could set powerful precedent

  08-05-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic Congressman John Garamendi fears a radical shift in the balance of power between Congress, the judiciary and the presidency.
  
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• No time to go 'wobbly': Pompeo scolds Britain over China and Huawei

  08-05-2019 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Britain on Wednesday it needed to change its attitude towards China and telecoms company Huawei, casting the world's second largest economy as a threat to the West similar to that once posed by the Soviet Union.Pompeo questioned the attitude of Prime Minister Theresa May's government towards Beijing and goaded London by saying that the late former British leader Margaret Thatcher, who was known as the Iron Lady, would have taken a much firmer line with Ch
  
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• Kendrick Castillo, student killed in Colorado high school shooting, was just 3 days from graduating

  08-05-2019 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  An 18-year-old student who died in Tuesday's mass shooting at a Coloradocharter school was just three days away from his graduation
  
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• Google’s new accessibility features might be the most exciting highlight of I/O 2019

  08-05-2019 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The main I/O 2019 keynote was filled with announcements and demos, but it was pretty dull. Google unveiled Android Q's main features as well as the mid-range Pixel 3a phone and the Nest hardware rebrand, and it explained the various innovations it's packing into Google Assistant. The company also talked at length about machine learning and artificial intelligence, giving practical examples of what it all means. On top of all that, Google made clear to everyone in the audience that privacy is now
  
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