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• HUD Secretary Ben Carson mixes up a real estate term and Oreo sandwich cookies

  21-05-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  On Tuesday afternoon, Oreo responded on its official Twitter account. "REO stands for 'Really Excellent OREO (cookie).' Everyone knows that."
  
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• Democrat impeachment talk gains as Trump blocks lawyer testimony

  21-05-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic Party talk of impeachment intensified Tuesday after Donald Trump's former lawyer Don McGahn refused to testify about obstruction allegations against the US president.House Democratic leaders held off fresh pressure from rank-and-file legislators to launch an effort to remove the president, after the White House again stymied their probe into Trump's actions in the Russia meddling investigation.
  
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• E3 2019: Apex Legends -- What We Know And What We Want

  21-05-2019 23:27 via gamespot.com
  
  After blasting onto the battle royale shooter scene back in February, Apex Legends became a relative powerhouse among major players like Fortnite and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. The free-to-play game brought a level of polish and shooter design skill to the genre that was lacking in some of its biggest competitors, and that made it a refreshing new entry into the popular subgenre.That popularity has waned some for Apex Legends since its launch, partially because the early honeymoon period in
  
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• Nintendo Pulls Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Fire Emblem Heroes from Belgium - GS News Update

  21-05-2019 23:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Due to Belgium's legislation over loot boxes, Nintendo will be pulling Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Fire Emblem Heroes on August 27.
  
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• Google Changes Policy after Backlash over Anti-Abortion Ads

  21-05-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Google has adopted a more stringent policy regarding health-care and medical advertisements after facing severe criticism over reports it provided $150,000 worth of free advertising to pro-life crisis-pregnancy centers.Advertisers using "keywords related to getting an abortion" must now apply for a designation as an entity that either provides abortions or one that does not provide them, according to Google's policy update. Google will verify the information the advertiser provides and then 
  
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• Latest migrant child death raises questions about U.S. detention practices

  21-05-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The fifth Guatemalan child to die after illegally crossing the border since December, Carlos Vasquez’s death at a Border Patrol station raises new questions about the length of time minors are being detained, as well as the conditions provided to them while in custody.
  
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• U.S. Intel to Congress: No Evidence al Qaeda Is Helping Iran

  21-05-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Kena Betancur/AFP/GettyThe American intelligence community has no evidence that al Qaeda has cooperated with the Iranian government in its recent aggressive moves in the Persian Gulf region, a senior U.S. government official told members of Congress on Tuesday. That finding, which was relayed to The Daily Beast by three sources familiar with the matter, could undercut a potential legal case for going to war with Iran if tensions between Washington and Tehran keep escalating. The assessment was d
  
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• Mississippi judge who blocked 15-week abortion ban hears arguments on fetal heartbeat law

  21-05-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Mississippi's fetal heartbeat law which bans abortions after approximately six weeks could be blocked or upheld by Judge Carlton Reeves.
  
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• Tornado season has been wild, and more storms are coming

  21-05-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The deadly and destructive 2019 tornado season has been above-average, and shows no signs of letting up.
  
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• Oklahoma reels, Missouri declares state of emergency from storm, floods

  21-05-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Rescue crews using boats pulled at least 50 people from rising water as heavy downpours inundated roads and homes, Oklahoma Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Keli Cain said, although there were no reports of deaths or serious injuries.Only the tops of cars engulfed by water were could be seen in video footage of roadways near Oklahoma City, and some houses were entirely surrounded by floods."It's real dangerous," said Ross Reuter, a spokesman for Canadian County, where 10 people were rescu
  
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• Airbus seeks resolution to German arms export row: CEO

  21-05-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Airbus is in discussions to try to find solutions to a row with the German government over a ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia that threatens a border security contract, Chief Executive Guillaume Faury said on Tuesday.The planemaker has warned of legal action against Germany after taking financial charges over the long-delayed border contract between Airbus's defense unit and the Gulf kingdom."We are not yet there," Faury told reporters when asked about possible legal action.
  
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• Huawei Founder Believes New U.S. Order Will Have No Impact on Sales

  21-05-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The founder of Huawei Technologies says that President Trump’s recent curb on sales will have little effect on the company.
  
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• Hearthstone's Next Big Update Buffs Cards For The First Time Ever

  21-05-2019 22:26 via gamespot.com
  
  Blizzard has announced a big update coming to Hearthstone in June, which suggests a noticeable change to its approach to game balance going forward.In addition to introducing a new card in the middle of an expansion, it's also the first time in the game's history that existing cards will be see a buff.Though Hearthstone has often made card changes, the vast majority of these have been nerfs--usually lowering stats, raising the Mana cost, or changing a condition slightly. Some others have been la
  
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• Elizabeth Warren calls comedian to give love life advice: 'We have a plan to get my mom grandkids'

  21-05-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Elizabeth Warren is the only presidential candidate with a plan for comedian Ashley Nicole Black's love life.That's at least according to Black, who wrote on Twitter that she had a chat with the Democratic presidential candidate had called her up — making good on a weekend tweet from Ms Warren offering to help."Guess who's crying and shaking and just talked to Elizabeth Warren on the phone?!?!? We have a plan to get my mom grand kids, it's very comprehensive, and it does involve raising ta
  
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• House Democrats Subpoena Hope Hicks

  21-05-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  PoolThe House Judiciary Committee said on Tuesday it had issued subpoenas for Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson for testimony and documents related to the committee’s ongoing investigation into obstruction of justice and public corruption by President Trump, his associates, and other members of the administration.The committee had previously sent document requests to Hicks, a former communications director for Trump and Donaldson, former chief of staff of White House counsel Don McGahn, in Ma
  
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• Abortion ban protests: Thousands demonstrate against new restrictive laws across America

  21-05-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Massive protests opposing a series of bans against abortions have continued for several days after one of the most stringent abortion laws in the nation was signed into law in Alabama last week. Crowds of demonstrators on Capitol Hill were joined by prominent women’s rights activists and politicians on Tuesday, including 2020 presidential hopeful Kirsten Gillibrand, for a rally titled StopTheBans. “Our democracy only works when the people of this country stand up and demand it,&rdquo
  
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• US fingers Iran on Gulf attacks but eases tone

  21-05-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's administration charged Tuesday it was "quite possible" Iran was responsible for the sabotage of Gulf oil interests but said its own robust response had prevented potential attacks on Americans.Top Trump officials appeared to be toning down weeks of fiery warnings to Iran before delivering a classified briefing to the full Congress, where opposition Democrats have accused the administration of hyping intelligence and pushing the United States dangerously close to war.Secr
  
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• New laws bring confusion, uncertainty for abortion clinics

  21-05-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Abortion clinics are facing protesters emboldened by a flurry of restrictive new state laws as they reassure confused patients that the laws have yet to take effect, abortion providers said.
  
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• Airbus prepares counter-punch to new Boeing mid-sized jet

  21-05-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. planemaker Boeing is studying whether to launch a 220-270-seat jet wedged between traditional twin-aisle models like the Airbus A330 or its own 787, and the industry's bread-and-butter single-aisle models like the A320/321 and Boeing 737.Airbus aims to defend that space with its own A330neo at the top end and the best-selling A321neo at the bottom - two models boasting new engines on older airframes."Those programs are both so mature that it gives Airbus pricing flexibility to address this
  
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• HUD Secretary Ben Carson stumped during congressional hearing

  21-05-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The HUD secretary faced a tough hearing before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday.
  
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• White House, Democrats in Talks to End Holdup on USMCA Approval

  21-05-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Pelosi told Lighthizer that she will designate members of her caucus to be working group representatives to deal with labor, enforcement, environment and pharmaceutical provisions of the deal, two people briefed on the discussions said.The groups will likely consist of Democrats from the Ways and Means Committee, the congressional Progressive Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus to ensure they can build consensus within the party, one of the people said.
  
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• Researchers say a tiny planet slammed into the Moon a long time ago

  21-05-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Earth's Moon only ever shows us one face. It's locked into its current orientation, with a permanent nearside and farside, but it wasn't until the Apollo missions that scientists were able to see just how different the two sides really are. The nearside, with its sea of dark gray basins standing in contrast to the brilliant white powder that covers the rest of its face, varies dramatically from the farside, which is marked with countless smaller craters in a more uniform distribution.The debate
  
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• Lance Reddick On The John Wick 3 Action Scene That Didn't Happen

  21-05-2019 21:06 via gamespot.com
  
  If you hit up the local cineplex to catch John Wick Chapter 3 over the weekend while eagerly awaiting the Game of Thrones finale, you got to see some incredible action scenes on the big screen. Keanu Reeves' titular anti-hero clawed his way out of a New York City where seemingly half the population was out to get him, teamed up with Halle Berry's Sofia and her very good dogs for a guerilla battle through a Moroccon market, and punched through the High Table strike team's impenetrable armor with
  
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• New Feature on 2020 Chevrolet and GMC Models Won't Let Car Move Till Driver Fastens Seatbelt

  21-05-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The new tech is called Buckle to Drive, and it rolls out on several Chevrolet and GMC models for 2020 as part of the Teen Driver package.
  
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• I'm the same age as Elizabeth Warren. We 70-somethings have no business being president.

  21-05-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  I have nothing against old people — I'm one of them. But maybe it's time to add a maximum age limit to our minimum age requirement for our presidents.
  
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• New Red Dead Online Update Sees The Return Of Two Notable RDR2 Faces

  21-05-2019 20:53 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar has revealed the details for its newest content update to Red Dead Redemption 2's online mode, Red Dead Online, which recently left beta. If you play on PS4, you'll have early access to some of the content, but those with an Xbox One will also get the update's entire collection of add-ons soon enough.The update adds new Free Roam missions, which see the return of two characters from Red Dead Redemption 2's campaign. You can join Sadie Adler on a ride out to the Adler Ranch or head to Le
  
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• French widow sues Boeing for at least $276 million over Ethiopian crash

  21-05-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 in March killed all 157 passengers and crew aboard and followed the death in October of 189 people on a Lion Air 737 MAX which plunged into the ocean off Indonesia in similar circumstances.Dozens of families have sued Boeing over the Lion Air crash, and several lawsuits have been lodged over the Ethiopian crash near the capital Addis Ababa, which led airlines around the world to ground the Boeing 737 MAX.The lawsuit on behalf of Nadege Dubois-Seex, whos
  
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• Mississippi governor signs 'heartbeat' abortion ban into law. Here's what you need to know

  21-05-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The ban would be among the strictest in the country, but is expected to quickly be challenged in federal court.
  
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• American Airlines blames mechanics for 2,200 flight delays, cancellations, warns of summer travel trouble

  21-05-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  American Airlines says a slowdown by mechanics led to nearly 2,200 flight cancellations, delays since February and has intensified.
  
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• Russian bombers, fighters intercepted off Alaska: US military

  21-05-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  US fighters intercepted six Russian military aircraft in international airspace west of Alaska, and shadowed them until they exited the area, the North American Air Defense Command said Tuesday.The Russian aircraft included two Tu-95 strategic bombers, which were intercepted Monday by two F-22 fighters, the command said.A second group of two Tu-95 bombers and two Su-35 fighters were also intercepted by a pair of F-22 fighters, it said.
  
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• E3 2019 Date, Press Conferences Schedule, Games, And More

  21-05-2019 20:32 via gamespot.com
  
  E3 2019 is almost here. The Electronic Entertainment Expo is one of the biggest gaming events in the world, and always home to the biggest game announcements. Though the event itself is only three days long, the show has been slowly expanding to encompass the whole week around it. EA holds its annual EA Play event, big publishers take their turns holding press conferences, and this year, the event will be capped off with a Fortnite block party.Here's a complete rundown on everything you need to
  
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• AOC renews Trump impeachment calls after McGahn ignores subpoena: 'We have to move forward'

  21-05-2019 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is ramping up pressure on her fellow Democrats to begin impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump, saying that she and her colleagues have “a duty” to hold the president accountable."We have to move forward on impeachment," Ms Ocasio-Cortez said on Tuesday during an interview with CNN.She continued, paying respect to speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who has so far pushed back on impeachment calls.“I trust the speaker's taking a measured approach to
  
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• Bomb-laden drone from Yemen rebels targets Saudi airport

  21-05-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Iranian-allied Houthi rebels attacked a Saudi airport and military base with a bomb-laden drone Tuesday, an assault acknowledged by the kingdom as Middle East tensions remained high between Tehran and Washington. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
  
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• Judy Miller says the Trump White House is trying to goad Democrats into impeachment proceedings

  21-05-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Nancy Pelosi faces potential rebellion among her leadership team over impeachment; reaction from Fox News contributors Judy Miller and Dan Henninger.
  
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• Game Of Thrones Isn’t Ruined, Just Like Phantom Menace Didn’t Kill Star Wars

  21-05-2019 20:14 via gamespot.com
  
  I felt a great disturbance on Sunday night. It was as if millions of tweets were suddenly sent out in anger (and millions of fans were definitely not silent). That’s what happened after Game of Thrones aired its final episode. The North may have survived the Battle of Winterfell, but the internet looks more like the people of King’s Landing right after Daenerys showed up and burned them all to death.After the show became a worldwide cultural phenomenon, Game of Thrones turned its fan
  
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• Hundreds rally at U.S. Supreme Court, calling state abortion bans as step backward

  21-05-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Abortion-rights campaigners, including Democrats seeking their party's 2020 presidential nomination, rallied at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to protest new restrictions on abortion passed by Republican-dominated legislatures in eight states.Many of the restrictions are intended to draw legal challenges, which religious conservatives hope will lead the nation's top court to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy."We are not going to
  
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• The Sims 4 Now Free On Origin For A Limited Time

  21-05-2019 20:06 via gamespot.com
  
  The Sims 4 has quietly been one of EA's longest-lasting games, putting out regular updates since its launch in 2014. Now the company has made it free through its Origin storefront, but only for a limited time.You can pick up the game now through Origin, but only for a week. Clicking on the purchase link will forward you to an offer to subscribe to Origin Basic or Premiere, but just under those options is a third that allows you to grab the game without subscribing to either service. If you do ha
  
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• Nintendo Is Pulling Animal Crossing, Fire Emblem Mobile Games In Belgium Amid Loot Box Concerns

  21-05-2019 20:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo is shutting down two of its mobile games in Belgium this summer, the company has announced. Both Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Fire Emblem Heroes will be taken offline on August 27, after which point players will no longer be able to download or play the titles in the country.According to Nintendo, the decision to shut the games down is due to the Belgian government's stance on loot boxes (via Games Industry). The Belgian Gaming Commission ruled last year that loot boxes constituted
  
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• Former Tesla bull makes $10 worst case call on China worries

  21-05-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Shares of Tesla edged down, heading for their fifth straight session of losses, and bonds weakened, after Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas outlined his worst case scenario.Jonas forecast the shares could be worth $10 to $391, with a price target of $230, a wide range that underscores the confusion and risks about Tesla's future.The company is facing signs of dragging demand as rivals step up electric efforts, as well as issues related to cash flow and manufacturing, its outlook in China and its
  
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• DOD: Iranian Threats ‘Put on Hold’ Thanks to U.S.

  21-05-2019 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  The Department of Defense said Tuesday that potential threats from Iran have been "put on hold" thanks to precautionary measures taken by the U.S.“We have put on hold the potential for attacks on Americans,” Acting Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan said at the Pentagon.The U.S. deployed four B-52 bombers, Patriot air-defense missiles, and the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier-strike group to the Persian Gulf earlier this month amid fears that Iran was transporting short-range ballisti
  
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• Dog sitter caught walking around naked in customer's home

  21-05-2019 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  A dog sitter has been caught on camera walking around her client’s house naked.Rosie Brown hired Casey Brengle to look after her two dogs, Penny and Daisy, while she went to a wedding for four days.
  
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• WRAPUP 2-Southwest Airlines mechanics dispute ends just as American's heats up

  21-05-2019 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Southwest Airlines Co's mechanics union said on Tuesday its members had overwhelmingly voted to ratify a tentative contract agreement with the airline, ending seven years of labor negotiations fraught with legal disputes and flight disruptions.The agreement, which brought to a close one of the most disruptive labor disputes to hit a top-four U.S. airline in more than a decade, came a day after rival U.S. carrier American Airlines Group Inc said it was filing a labor-related lawsuit against its m
  
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• Everybody's Golf VR Review - Bogey

  21-05-2019 19:46 via gamespot.com
  
  The latest title in Sony's long-running golf series, Everybody's Golf VR is the first to bring the series to virtual reality. The transition isn't without its bumps, with the biggest being a lack of Everybody's Golf's traditional competitive modes. But the PSVR golf game does deliver a fairly realistic golfing experience that's both accessible to play and fairly challenging to master.Everybody's Golf VR abandons the franchise's usual third-person view for a first-person perspective. The three-cl
  
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• Elon Musk hires man behind 'absolute unit' sheep meme to run Tesla's social media

  21-05-2019 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  * Adam Koszary’s tweet of giant sheep went viral last year* Musk adopted image and description for his Twitter profileElon Musk is legally obliged to have his tweets checked by lawyers. ‘My Twitter is pretty much complete nonsense at this point,’ he observed last month. Photograph: Mike Blake/ReutersElon Musk has reportedly hired the man responsible for a viral tweet about a giant sheep to be Tesla’s social media manager.Adam Koszary, programme manager for the UK’s
  
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• May holds out promise of new Brexit referendum

  21-05-2019 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  British Prime Minister Theresa May promised Tuesday to give lawmakers a vote on whether to hold a second Brexit referendum as part of a last-gasp push to get herdeal over the line.The embattled British leader dangled a series of sweeteners that she hopes can resolve the Brexit crisis three years after the country first voted to leave the European Union after 46 years."The government will therefore include in the Withdrawal Agreement Bill at introduction a requirement to vote on whether to hold a
  
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• How Miz's WWE Career Helped Develop His Reality Series

  21-05-2019 19:17 via gamespot.com
  
  While Miz just had a battle with Shane McMahon at the WWE PPV Money in the Bank, he and wife Maryse are wrapping up the first season of their reality series on USA Network Miz and Mrs. on May 21. Neither of them are strangers to television, with nearly 30 years combined experience on WWE programming.18 years ago, Mike "The Miz" Mizanin appeared on the Real World, and following that, he had a career on the Real World/Road Rules Challenge, so jumping into a new reality series following he, his wif
  
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• Path Of Exile's Legion Update Plans Major Combat Overhaul

  21-05-2019 19:13 via gamespot.com
  
  In 2019, Path of Exile has seen several changes that have grown the action-RPG in some exciting ways. In addition to the launch of the ambitious Synthesis update, which added in a new dynamic, loot, and new leagues to take part in, the free-to-play action-RPG finally made its way to the PS4 in March--bringing the game to all three core platforms. However, the developers at Grinding Gears Games still have a lot in store for the game, and their next major update plans to set the stage for what's t
  
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• Path Of Exile's Legion Update Overhauls Combat And Sets The Stage For The Future

  21-05-2019 19:13 via gamespot.com
  
  In 2019, Path of Exile has had several changes that have grown the action-RPG in some exciting ways. In addition to the launch of the ambitious Synthesis update, which added in dynamic levels, loot, and new leagues to take part in, the free-to-play action-RPG finally made its way to the PS4 in March--bringing the game to all three core platforms. However, the developers at Grinding Gear Games still have a lot in store for the game, and their next major update plans to set the stage for what's to
  
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• Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Trailer Is A Truly Bizarre Time Capsule

  21-05-2019 19:11 via gamespot.com
  
  It's been nearly four years since Quentin Tarantino had a movie in theaters. That's about to change, though, thanks to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. A trailer for the director's latest film--his ninth overall-- has released, showing what Hollywood in 1969 looks like through the eyes of the man also responsible for titles like Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, and Django Unchained. Spoilers: It's weird.Once Upon a Time in Hollywood stars Leonardo DiCaprio as an aging movie star, with Brad Pitt playing hi
  
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• Iran 'threat' has diminished, says US defense secretary

  21-05-2019 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Patrick Shanahan credits US show of forceRemarks appear to be a sign tension is easing This handout picture released by the US navy shows an F/A-18E Super Hornet landing on the flight deck of the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Gulf. Photograph: MC3 Jeff Sherman/AFP/Getty ImagesThe acting US defence secretary has claimed that the alleged threat from Iran has receded as the result of an American show of force in the Middle East. “We’ve put on hold the potential for attacks on Ameri
  
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