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• The Latest: DR prosecutor vows no impunity in Ortiz shooting

  12-06-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The chief prosecutor in the Dominican Republic says that no one involved in the shooting of former Red Sox star will remain in impunity, not even in the intellectual author of the crime.Authorities say six suspects, including the alleged gunman, have been detained in the shooting of Ortiz at a popular Santo Domingo bar Sunday night.
  
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• Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 Live Gameplay Demo | E3 2019

  12-06-2019 23:45 via gamespot.com
  
  Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order is coming to Nintendo Switch on July 19, but you can check out some co-op action from the live gameplay demo on our E3 2019 stage show right now.
  
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• UPDATE 4-Jet.com falls by wayside as Walmart focuses on its website, online grocery

  12-06-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Walmart Inc on Wednesday announced a sweeping overhaul at Jet.com, an online start-up it acquired in 2016 for $3.3 billion, after it failed to live up to the world's largest retailer's e-commerce ambitions.Walmart said it will integrate Jet.com's retail, technology, marketing, analytics and product teams with its own online business.Walmart's move reduces the scope and importance of Jet.com in its overall U.S. e-commerce business, which competes with Amazon.com Inc, according to interviews with
  
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• Control Has A Deeper Story Than You Might Expect | E3 2019

  12-06-2019 23:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Remedy stopped by our E3 2019 stage show to explain that Control is more than just an action game with guns and psychic powers--it's about a woman searching for her lost brother.
  
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• Fire Emblem: Three Houses Builds In Save Scumming, Sorta -- E3 2019

  12-06-2019 23:12 via gamespot.com
  
  We got another look at Fire Emblem: Three Houses at Nintendo's E3 2019 Direct. On the show floor during the company's Treehouse Live, we saw even more gameplay from the upcoming tactical RPG, including the way permadeath works--or doesn't.A tweet from the official Nintendo America Twitter account went into detail about a new ability called Divine Pulse. If you use the ability, you're able to go back a few moves or to the very beginning of the match if things don't play out in your favor. The abi
  
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• E3 2019 – Fire Emblem: Three Houses Builds In Save Scumming, Sorta

  12-06-2019 23:12 via gamespot.com
  
  We got another look at Fire Emblem: Three Houses at Nintendo's E3 2019 Direct. On the show floor during the company's Treehouse Live, we saw even more gameplay from the upcoming tactical RPG, including the way permadeath works--or doesn't.A tweet from the official Nintendo America Twitter account went into detail about a new ability called Divine Pulse. If you use the ability, you're able to go back a few moves or to the very beginning of the match if things don't play out in your favor. The abi
  
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• A Dead Republican Is More Forthcoming Than Trump Officials

  12-06-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos Getty / CSPANThe House Oversight Committee voted on party lines Wednesday to hold Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for their failure to respond to subpoenas about the addition of a citizenship question to the census.That action comes a day after the House authorized the Justice Committee to sue Barr and former White House Counsel Don McGahn in federal court, in order to compel them to comply wi
  
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• Trump Jr. glad Senate testimony 'is finally over'

  12-06-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son, spoke to the Senate intelligence committee for around three hours Wednesday, following up on a 2017 interview with the same panel as part of its two-year-long Russia investigation.Senators wanted to discuss the answers Trump Jr. gave in that 2017 interview, as well as the answers he gave to the Senate Judiciary Committee in a separate interview behind closed doors that year.The president's former lawyer Michael Cohen told a House committee in Februar
  
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• Pokemon Go Adds Shiny Horsea For A Limited Time

  12-06-2019 22:45 via gamespot.com
  
  Niantic's annual Pokemon Go Fest event is about to kick off in Chicago, and to celebrate the occasion, the developer is making a special Pokemon available for a limited time. Beginning tomorrow, June 13, the adorable Water-type Horsea will spawn around the world much more frequently than it normally does, and you'll also have your first chance to encounter a Shiny Horsea.The increased Horsea spawns will only be available throughout the Pokemon Go Fest, which is scheduled to end this Sunday, June
  
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• Pokemon Go Adding Shiny Horsea For A Limited Time

  12-06-2019 22:45 via gamespot.com
  
  Niantic's annual Pokemon Go Fest event is about to kick off in Chicago, and to celebrate the occasion, the developer is making a special Pokemon available for a limited time. Beginning tomorrow, June 13, the adorable Water-type Horsea will spawn around the world much more frequently than it normally does, and you'll also have your first chance to encounter a Shiny Horsea.The increased Horsea spawns will only be available throughout the Pokemon Go Fest, which is scheduled to end this Sunday, June
  
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• Back surgery sidelines Howard Schultz’s exploratory campaign

  12-06-2019 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Schultz said he underwent three surgeries after experiencing acute pain in Arizona.
  
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• Donald Trump Jr tells senators probing Trump Tower meeting 'he'd never whisper in his father's ear'

  12-06-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump Jr reportedly told senators investigating the controversial Trump Tower meeting, he did not tell the president about it in advance and that he would “never whisper in his father’s ear”.The president’s eldest son testified behind closed doors on Capitol Hill, to answer further questions about a meeting he and other senior members of the Trump campaign took with a Kremlin-linked lawyer, in the summer of 2016. Mr Trump Jr, along with the president’s son-in
  
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• The Latest: Japanese leader seeks to cool US-Iran tensions

  12-06-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The leader of Japan is visiting Iran to warn that an "accidental conflict" could be sparked amid heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered that message just hours after Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels attacked an airport in Saudi Arabia, wounding 26 people.Abe's trip is the highest-level effort yet to de-escalate the crisis as Tehran appears poised to break the 2015 nuclear deal it struck with world powers.
  
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• E3 2019 Just Went Dark, As LA Convention Center Briefly Loses Power

  12-06-2019 22:26 via gamespot.com
  
  The Los Angeles Convention Center briefly lost power today, which is kind of a problem, what with E3 2019 going on. Lights and power went out on the show floor for just a second, but it was enough to reset computers and generally cause problems for those in attendance.If you were watching any livestreams from the show--such as GameSpot's and the Nintendo Treehouse--and suddenly found yourself with no video, now you know why. Power has resumed, but internet connections are proving to be at least
  
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• Man pleads guilty to killing three Muslim students

  12-06-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  The North Carolina man charged with killing three Muslim university students has pleaded guilty four years after the slayings. (June 12)
  
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• Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, mulling a run for president, taking summer off after back surgeries

  12-06-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Schultz, in an email to supporters, said over the past two months he has undergone three separate back surgeries.
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow Doesn't Always Live With Her Husband. A Relationship Expert Says There Can Be Benefits to That.

  12-06-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  An expert breaks down why this can be good for a marriage
  
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• Syfy's Krypton Is Getting A Spin-off, Starring Lobo

  12-06-2019 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Syfy's Krypton, following the exploits of Superman's grandfather, Seg-El, has its second season kickoff on June 12, and one of the aspects of this year's batch of episodes that has many people talking is the appearance of the bounty hunter Lobo. The network has now confirmed that a spin-off series about the character is in the works.Warner Horizon Scripted Television will be developing Lobo with Syfy, and it will follow the titular character, an intergalactic bounty hunter who is foul-mouthed an
  
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• 9/11 victims bill passes House panel after Jon Stewart's plea receives standing ovation

  12-06-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The House Judiciary Committee has unanimously passed a bill which would permanently reauthorize the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund on Wednesday.The decision comes the day after comedian Jon Stewart appeared before the committee with an impassioned testimony in support of the Fund. The bill is a response to a February announcement that future payouts from the Fund would be cut by as much as 70 percent to offset surging claims from those who are ill, as well as from the families of those who have d
  
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• Netflix's E3 2019 Game News Includes A Fortnite Crossover

  12-06-2019 21:46 via gamespot.com
  
  Netflix has shared further details on its video game plans at E3 2019. The streaming entertainment company announced one new game, but indicated that we'll see some crossover much sooner than that. Fortnite is going to get some Stranger Things flavor, seemingly near the launch of the show's third season."We've been really busy over the past year, making new friends and we have a number of projects coming out," Netflix director of interactive games Chris Lee said. "You guys may have seen, in Fort
  
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• Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot - Radditz Boss Fight Gameplay| E3 2019

  12-06-2019 21:43 via gamespot.com
  
  At E3 2019, we take control of Goku in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, fly to Radditz, and destroy him. Kakarot is coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC next year.
  
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• Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Sequel Returns To Hyrule -- E3 2019

  12-06-2019 21:42 via gamespot.com
  
  The news of a Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel came just as Nintendo wrapped up its E3 2019 Direct. While information about the game is scarce, Game Informer spoke with game producer Eiji Aonuma to learn a bit more about the direct sequel, and it turns out Aonuma is returning along with Link and Zelda.It's fairly uncommon for Zelda titles to receive direct sequels, but Aonuma saw a breath of fresh air in Breath of the Wild. There is something about Breath of the Wild's Hyrule that make
  
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• iRobot's Super Popular Roomba Vacuum is 40% Off Today

  12-06-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  But this deal is here today, gone tomorrow.
  
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• E3 2019 – Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Sequel Returns To Hyrule

  12-06-2019 21:42 via gamespot.com
  
  The news of a Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel came just as Nintendo wrapped up its E3 2019 Direct. While information about the game is scarce, Game Informer spoke with game producer Eiji Aonuma to learn a bit more about the direct sequel, and it turns out Aonuma is returning along with Link and Zelda.It's fairly uncommon for Zelda titles to receive direct sequels, but Aonuma saw a breath of fresh air in Breath of the Wild. There is something about Breath of the Wild's Hyrule that make
  
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• Ex-Stanford Sailing Coach Gets First Sentence in College-Admissions Scam, Avoids Prison Time

  12-06-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  REUTERSFormer Stanford University sailing coach John Vandemoer was sentenced to two years of supervised release and six months of home detention on Wednesday, becoming the first of 50 defendants to be punished for their role in the college admissions scandal.Vandemoer pleaded guilty in March to a racketeering conspiracy in which he accepted $610,000 in payments to facilitate the admission of students as sailing recruits to Stanford. In addition to the home confinement and supervised release, Jud
  
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• Why Final Fantasy 7 Remake Has Us More Excited Than Ever | E3 2019

  12-06-2019 21:40 via gamespot.com
  
  We played the FF7 remake at E3 2019, and it feels like a dream version of the original game that never existed--and that has us excited.
  
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• Pennyworth Trailer: Batman's Butler Has A Better Origin Story Than Batman

  12-06-2019 21:33 via gamespot.com
  
  When it comes to superhero origin stories, it's hard to think of on more iconic than Batman's. After watching his parents gunned down while he was a child, Bruce Wayne grows up to become a masked vigilante determined to take the streets of Gotham back from the criminal scum that has polluted it. What's cooler and more compelling than that? Epix found a way by looking at Alfred Pennyworth's history. Yes, that Alfred--Batman's butler.The first full-length trailer for Pennyworth, the upcoming Epix
  
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• E3 2019: Marvel's Avengers Has A Good Concept, But We've Still Got Some Questions

  12-06-2019 21:28 via gamespot.com
  
  The upcoming Marvel's Avengers game finally made its debut at the Square Enix E3 2019 press conference, and it's left a rather noticeable impression on fans who are looking forward to the superhero game. Coming from Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal, the new superhero team-up game focuses heavily on cinematic, action gameplay that's playable either solo or co-op. Featuring Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, and the Hulk, it lets you play as some of Marvel's most iconic heroes in a v
  
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• Illinois Governor Signs Bill Scrapping Third-Trimester Abortion Restrictions

  12-06-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed a wide-ranging bill protecting abortion rights in the state.The Reproductive Health Act states that "a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent rights under the laws of this state" and that an individual has a "fundamental right" to abortion."If you believe in standing up for women's fundamental rights, Illinois is a beacon of hope in the heart of this nation," Pritzker said before signing the law. "We trust women."T
  
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• Starbucks' Howard Schultz pauses presidential campaign efforts after back surgeries

  12-06-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Howard Schultz, the former CEO of Starbucks who began building an independent campaign for president earlier this year, announced on Wednesday that he was pausing his bid after undergoing three back surgeries this spring."Today, I am feeling much better, and my doctors foresee a full recovery so long as I rest and rehabilitate.While campaigning in Arizona in April, Schultz said he began to experience acute back pain.
  
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• Trump calls battle over census citizenship question 'ridiculous'

  12-06-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  While claiming he has not been “overly involved in the census controversy,” President Trump called the question of whether to allow a question about citizenship on the 202 Census forms “totally ridiculous” Wednesday.
  
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• New Aston Martin DBX SUV Details Revealed by Preproduction Prototype

  12-06-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  A new set of images gives us our best look yet at Aston Martin's upcoming crossover.
  
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• Illinois establishes abortion as 'fundamental right'

  12-06-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The governor of the US state of Illinois on Wednesday enacted a law establishing a "fundamental right" to abortion and removing old laws that criminalized the procedure.The law repeals criminal penalties on abortion providers, codifying what had already been de facto law through court rulings.The measure also requires private health insurance companies in the state to cover abortion procedures.
  
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• Huawei files to trademark mobile OS around the world after U.S. ban

  12-06-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  LIMA/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Huawei has applied to trademark its "Hongmeng" operating system (OS) in at least nine countries and Europe, data from a U.N. body shows, in a sign it may be deploying a back-up plan in key markets as U.S. sanctions threaten its business model.The move comes after the Trump administration put Huawei on a blacklist last month that barred it from doing business with U.S. tech companies such as Alphabet Inc, whose Android OS is used in Huawei's phones.Since then, Hu
  
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• The Latest: Trump may visit Poland again in September

  12-06-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump says he is seriously considering a return visit to Poland this fall.Trump last visited Poland in July, 2017, when he delivered a speech in which he vowed to confront "new forms of aggression" targeting the West and received an enthusiastic reception from a crowd of thousands chanting his name.
  
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• Google just revealed the Pixel 4 months earlier than expected

  12-06-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  In a shocking turn of events, Google shared the first image of its next smartphone on Wednesday, confirming many of the leaks that have been spreading around the internet over the last few weeks. If Google sticks to the same release schedule it had for the Pixel 3, then the Pixel 4 won't officially launch until October, which makes this an incredibly early reveal. But there's no denying that it will get people talking.If you've been keeping up with the countless leaks in recent weeks, the produc
  
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• The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan - 10 Minutes of Spooky Gameplay | E3 2019

  12-06-2019 20:58 via gamespot.com
  
  The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan, seen from E3 2019, sets the stage for a ghost ship horror story. The game will release August 30, 2019 on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
  
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• E3 2019: Conan Game We Thought Was A Joke Is Real, Releasing In September

  12-06-2019 20:57 via gamespot.com
  
  During the PC Gaming Show at this year's E3, Australian developer Mighty Kingdom unveiled a surprise announcement: that joke roguelike, stick figure Conan game is very real. And it's coming out very soon.Conan Chop Chop is set to release this September, but it started out as what appeared to be an April Fool's joke clip posted to publisher Funcom's YouTube channel. The game features a crudely-drawn Conan chop-chopping various baddies like skeleton warriors and stick-figure-eating werewolves. You
  
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• Apex Legends Season 2 Becomes Electrifying With Wattson | E3 2019

  12-06-2019 20:52 via gamespot.com
  
  Respawn joins us to showcase what's in store for their second Battle Pass in Apex Legends, and how the latest legend, Wattson, will change the game.
  
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• Bernie Sanders goes all in on democratic socialism — again

  12-06-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  In what his campaign billed as a “major” speech, Sanders sought to define the label disparaged by Trump and other conservatives as a continuation of FDR’s New Deal.
  
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• Mexico: Amlo says sale of presidential plane will fund migrant crackdown

  12-06-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Funds from sale of Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s jet will be put toward the deployment of the newly formed national guard The presidential plane, pictured in Colombia in June 2017. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesAndrés Manuel López Obrador has promised to fund a crackdown on migrants to Mexico from Central America with proceeds from the sale of his office’s aircraft, a 787 Dreamliner which has been on offer since shortly after the Mexican president
  
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• Jamie Dimon Draws a Bernie Sanders Taunt by Knocking Socialism

  12-06-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Dimon, speaking at a Business Roundtable event on Wednesday, said giving the government control of companies allows them to be used for political purposes, leading to deterioration.“I didn’t hear Jamie Dimon criticizing socialism when Wall Street begged for the largest federal bailout in American history—some $700 billion from the Treasury and even more from the Fed,” he wrote on Twitter.
  
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• Lam Urges a Return to Order After Protests: Hong Kong Update

  12-06-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The Legislative Council delayed its debate on the proposal after thousands of demonstrators -- most clad in black or white -- swarmed the government complex in central Hong Kong, eventually prompting scuffles with police at the chamber doors.The protesters called for Lam to withdraw the bill, which they argue would blow up the legal wall intended to keep the former British colony’s justice system separate from China’s.
  
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• 2020 Dem: Congress should investigate Trump before moving towards impeachment

  12-06-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Michael Bennet warned that any effort right now to remove Trump from office will likely fail in the GOP-controlled Senate.
  
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• Why Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Isn't Just A Reboot | E3 2019

  12-06-2019 20:11 via gamespot.com
  
  At E3 2019, Joel Emslie from Infinity Ward talks about why Call of Duty: Modern Warfare isn't just a reboot, and how it retains the spirit of the original trilogy.
  
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• Bodies of Maryland couple who died at Dominican Republic resort returned to US

  12-06-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Edward Nathaniel Holmes and Cynthia Ann Day were found dead in their hotel room in the Dominican Republic on May 30.
  
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• The Art Of Tekken Is A Highly Detailed, And Must-Have Book For Fans

  12-06-2019 20:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Back in 1994, a little gaming series began named Tekken, published by Bandai Namco. Releasing during an era where fighting games dominated and flooded the market, Tekken is one of the few series that survived and continues to thrive. Now, Dynamite Entertainment is celebrating the Tekken series with the book The Art Of Tekken: The Complete Visual History.The over-sized 250+ page book goes into great detail about the beginnings of Tekken, up until present day, giving the history of the gaming seri
  
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• Impeach Trump and don't worry (much) about President Mike Pence. We already have him.

  12-06-2019 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  We now have President Pence plus Trump's criminality, obstruction, aspiring authoritarianism and reliance on us to subsidize his family and businesses.
  
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• Impeachment would send Trump and his ego into a tailspin. Democrats should just do it.

  12-06-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump sees Democrats' hesitancy as weakness and feels empowered by it. They should call his bluff. Impeachment is a fitting punishment and legacy.
  
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• Relatives ask jury to spare life of father who killed 5 kids

  12-06-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  One more group of family members asked a jury Wednesday to spare the life of a South Carolina father convicted of murdering his five children, saying they have been through enough pain already.The same jury that convicted Timothy Jones Jr. of killing his five children in their Lexington home in August 2014 is set to begin deliberating his fate Thursday morning.
  
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