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• Terrifying images show enormous spider eating a possum in Australia

  19-06-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  A recently published set of photos on Facebook shows a terrifyingly largespider eating a possum at a cabin in Australia
  
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• Self-help guru convicted in lurid sex-trafficking case

  19-06-2019 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The guru of a cult-like self-improvement group that attracted heiresses and Hollywood actresses was convicted Wednesday of turning his female devotees into his sex slaves through such means as shame, punishment and nude blackmail photos.A jury in federal court in Brooklyn took less than five hours to find 58-year-old Keith Raniere guilty on all counts of sex-trafficking and coercing women into sex.Raniere, a short, bespectacled figure who wore pullover sweaters in court, listened attentively but
  
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• Exclusive Deal: Get Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night For 25% Off On PC

  19-06-2019 23:11 via gamespot.com
  
  After a long wait due to several delays, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has finally released for PC, PS4, and Xbox One (with its Nintendo Switch version dropping on June 25). If you're planning to grab the Metroidvania-style game on PC, here's a deal to put on your radar (or send to any friends who haven't bought the game yet). Bloodstained is $40 at full price, but Fanatical is currently offering the game for 21% off, which drops the price to $31.59. Plus, new Fanatical customers can save ev
  
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• New accountability report finds NASA has been paying Boeing huge bonuses for failing

  19-06-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Between its various ongoing Mars missions, orbiters studying asteroids and other planets, and a Moon trip on the horizon, NASA spends a lot of money. Boeing, which has contracts with NASA to build the rocket for its Space Launch System (SLS) is a big recipient of that cash, and a new government accountability report reveals that NASA has not only been paying more and more despite Boeing falling way behind on its deadlines, it's actually also been paying the company bonuses for its performance. A
  
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• Pokemon Go Raikou Raid Event Set For Next Week

  19-06-2019 22:40 via gamespot.com
  
  The third annual Pokemon Go Fest took place in Chicago this past weekend, and as usual, developer Niantic held a series of Global Challenges during the event. As a reward for completing these challenges, the studio is making a variety of bonuses available in the game for a limited time, and it's also bringing the popular Legendary Raikou back to Raids for one day only.From now until June 25, players will receive twice the usual amount of Candy for capturing and hatching Pokemon. On top of that,
  
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• Pokemon Go Legendary Raikou Returning For Special Raid Event Next Week

  19-06-2019 22:40 via gamespot.com
  
  The third annual Pokemon Go Fest took place in Chicago this past weekend, and as usual, developer Niantic held a series of Global Challenges during the event. As a reward for completing these challenges, the studio is making a variety of bonuses available in the game for a limited time, and it's also bringing the popular Legendary Raikou back to Raids for one day only.From now until June 25, players will receive twice the usual amount of Candy for capturing and hatching Pokemon. On top of that,
  
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• US official pressed to say Iran not behind 9/11

  19-06-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  US lawmakers warned Wednesday against using a war authorization passed in the wake of September 11 for action against Iran, pressing a senior official to acknowledge that Tehran was not behind the 2001 attacks.Brian Hook, the US special representative on Iran, repeatedly declined to say if President Donald Trump legally enjoyed the right to attack Iran, echoing the non-committal comments in April before Congress by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
  
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• Sully sounds off on what Boeing 737 Max needs to get back in the air

  19-06-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Before the Boeing 737 Max flies again after 2 fatal crashes, the "Miracle on the Hudson" pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger says pilots need training.
  
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• Destiny 2 Is Making Another Big Change To The Eververse Store

  19-06-2019 22:31 via gamespot.com
  
  Destiny 2's Eververse Store has caused some derision since the game's release almost two years ago. Most of the items in the premium currency shop, which includes cosmetic items you can purchase with real money, can be earned by playing, but the most efficient way to get many of them was to take part in a convoluted scheme of spending money and converting in-game currencies. Starting in September, though, that'll no longer be the case.In a new post on the Bungie blog, game director Luke Smith de
  
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• This holiday could fizzle if the US-China trade war blows up

  19-06-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  More tariffs on China could raise fireworks prices, hitting next year's Fourth of July displays, and the small businesses and jobs tied to them.
  
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• Trump Tells His Team to Tone Down the Tough Talk on Iran

  19-06-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Alex Wong/GettyPresident Donald Trump has privately pushed his representatives to walk back their tough talk on Iran—and reiterate that the administration is not aiming to go to war with Tehran. Two senior officials and three other individuals with direct knowledge of the administration’s strategy in the region tell The Daily Beast that the president has asked officials to tone down their heated rhetoric on Iran, despite the attacks on tanker ships in the Gulf of Oman that Washington
  
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• Dell, HP, Intel and Microsoft Join Forces to Oppose Trump Tariff

  19-06-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Dell Technologies Inc., HP Inc., Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. are joining forces to oppose President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on laptop computers and tablets among $300 billion in Chinese goods targeted for duties.The companies submitted joint comments opposing the tariff escalation, saying it would hurt consumer products and industry, while failing to address China’s trade practices. The tariffs are poised to hit during the peak holiday and back-to-school sa
  
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• Free Steam Weekend Game Now Available

  19-06-2019 21:53 via gamespot.com
  
  Tripwire Interactive's first-person shooter, Killing Floor 2, is free-to-play now on Steam through Tuesday, June 25. The free weekend kicks off this summer's Back & Kickin' Brass event, which adds a new mode, map, and weapons, running through July 31. As is usually the case with Steam free weekends, if you like the game and want to keep playing, you can purchase it at a 67% discount to keep it in your library after the weekend ends, retaining any progress that you made.Play Killing Floor 2 f
  
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• The Latest: 4 charged in downing of Malaysian airliner

  19-06-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  The international team investigating the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 announced murder charges Wednesday against three Russians and one Ukrainian for their alleged roles in the attack that killed all 298 people on board.It noted that the international team turned a blind eye to Ukraine's failure to close its airspace to commercial flights despite the fighting in the east.
  
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• AOC’s Holocaust Remarks Divide Congressional Democrats

  19-06-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats are split over Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's comments earlier this week equating American immigrant-detention centers with the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, some in her party defending the remarks while others spoke against them.“The U.S. is running concentration camps on our southern border, and that is exactly what they are,” the 29-year-old New York Democrat said during an Instagram Live stream on Monday. “I want to talk to the people that a
  
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• Train derails in Nevada, spilling vegetable oil, closing major highway

  19-06-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  The vegetable oil spilled out of one of the 22 derailed cars after the train went off the tracks shortly before 11 a.m. local time, the Elko County Sheriff's Office said on Facebook, citing Union Pacific Railroad officials."We had some vegetable oil and some diesel spill.There was nothing hazardous that was released or in the derailed cars," Union Pacific spokeswoman Kristen South said.
  
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• U.S. targets families for deportation to discourage migrants

  19-06-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
      U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will target for deportation families that have received a removal order from a U.S. immigration court, said Mark Morgan, the acting director of ICE, in a call with reporters.    On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump formally launched his re-election bid with a vow to continue his hardline against illegal immigration.
  
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• Xbox News Cheat Sheet: What Xbox One Fans Need To Know Right Now

  19-06-2019 21:11 via gamespot.com
  
  It's not easy keeping up with every new trailer, announcement, gameplay reveal, and rumor in the gaming industry. This is especially true in the wake of E3, when the internet is flooded with news.To help out any Xbox fans out there, we've compiled this cheat sheet on the most important news in relation to Microsoft or the Xbox One family of consoles. Don't worry, cheat sheets for Nintendo and the Switch as well as Sony and the PlayStation 4 are in the works as well.The information below is a gen
  
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• Nxivm sex cult leader Keith Raniere found guilty on all counts

  19-06-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  A New York self-help guru who was accused of running a sex cult of starving women branded with his initials has been found guilty of all counts. A jury took less than five hours to find Keith Raniere guilty of charges including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and possession of child pornography, at the end of a six week trial. The 58-year-old faces up to 40 years in prison when he is sentenced later this year. Five women who were charged alongside Raniere, including Smallville actress A
  
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• Booker, de Blasio Hit Biden for Reminiscing About Working With Segregationists

  19-06-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Cory Booker and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio criticized Joe Biden Wednesday for reminiscing about segregationist lawmakers.
  
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• Bill & Ted 3 Casts Barry's NoHo Hank Star As Main Villain

  19-06-2019 21:07 via gamespot.com
  
  The cast of the upcoming sequel Bill & Ted Face the Music keeps getting better. Following the recent news that the roles of Bill and Ted's daughters had been filled, it has now been reported that Barry star Anthony Carrigan is joining the movie as the movie's main villain.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Carrigan will play the "relentless adversary" to the movie's now middle-aged metal-loving friends. Carrigan is best known for his role as affable Chechen gangster NoHo Hank in the HBO hi
  
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• Tucker Carlson Finds It ‘Painful’ to Watch Trans Women Athletes ‘Stealing Athletic Opportunities From Girls’

  19-06-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  AP/ShutterstockIf history is any judge, Fox News host Tucker Carlson and his producers apparently follow that old saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” when it comes to the topic of transgender Americans.Let me first make a full disclosure: I am a transgender woman, and I worked in television news for 30 years, including at two of the networks where Carlson once earned a big fat paycheck. I’ve also appeared on another Fox News show to discuss the issue of trans
  
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• Man decapitates roommate’s dog because she owed him rent money, police say

  19-06-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  A man beheaded his roommate’s dog as she was moving out of their shared house because of a financial dispute, officials said on Tuesday. Jose Vega Meza, a 21-year-old living in a suburb outside of Phoenix, Arizona, has been arrested over suspicion of mutilating the animal. He told investigators he killed the dog over the weekend because his roommate owed rent money to his mother, who owns the home in the city of Buckeye, according to police. The owner of the dog told police she had lost tr
  
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• Midsommar Review: It's Always Sunny In Swedish Hell

  19-06-2019 20:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Writer and director Ari Aster has quickly developed a consistent motif, at least across his two feature-length movies so far (Hereditary, and now, Midsommar): grief, and the destructive ways that people deal with it. But Midsommar is far from a re-hashing of the story in Hereditary, even if it brushes many of the same themes and subjects--tragedy, family, inevitability, cults, and beyond.Where Hereditary was often almost unbearably dark, Midsommar is the opposite: unbelievably bright, almost al
  
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• Hellcat-Powered Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 6x6 Pickup Exists Because It Can

  19-06-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  When the going gets absurd, the absurd get a Jeep Wrangler Hellcat 6x6 at auction.
  
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• Mom who died in Michigan river with 2 girls was 'tired, sad'

  19-06-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A Michigan woman who drove her car into a river, killing herself and twin daughters, had been talking about being "sad and lonely," a family member said.The bodies of Ineza McClinton, 44, and 9-year-old twins Angel and Faith McClinton were recovered Monday and Tuesday from the Kalamazoo River.McClinton was "having some difficulties in her life," another daughter, Tishyron McClinton, told TV station WWMT .
  
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• Author Ta-Nehisi Coates Criticized Mitch McConnell for Saying Slavery's Effects Were in the Past

  19-06-2019 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Coates passionately rebutted McConnell at a House hearing on reparations Wednesday
  
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• Schiff: House in the dark about DOJ’s 2016 campaign spying probe

  19-06-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney General Bill Barr said he wanted to find out whether there was inappropriate government “spying” on the Trump campaign.
  
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• Great white shark lured to fisherman's boat in Jaws-like incident off Jersey Shore

  19-06-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  A man in New Jersey spotted a great white shark while out fishing on Monday - and caught the whole thing on camera.In what he called the “best day ever on the water,” boat captain Jeff Crilly lured the shark towards his boat, Big Nutz Required II, with a bag of food.The incident happened as Mr Crilly was sailing in the Manasquan inlet off the coast of New Jersey, known as the Jersey Shore, with his brother Scott.In a video later posted to Facebook, the shark leaps up to the boat, giv
  
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• Iranian Official Downplays Possibility of Military Confrontation with U.S.

  19-06-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  A top Iranian official on Wednesday predicted that no military conflict with the U.S. was coming, despite the Trump administration's decision to send more troops to the Middle East amid tensions with Tehran.“There will not be a military confrontation between Iran and America since there is no reason for a war,” said Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, according to state media outlet IRNA.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused Iran
  
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• Why the new Ford Explorer has more in common with BMW and Mercedes

  19-06-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Rear-wheel drive, responsive steering and firm breaks in the new 2020 Ford Explorer makes for smooth riding, on- or off-road.
  
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• 'Credible evidence' linking Saudi crown prince to Khashoggi murder: UN expert

  19-06-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  There is "credible evidence" linking Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder, a UN expert said Wednesday, calling for sanctions on the prince's foreign assets.The conclusion was outlined in a report by the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard.Callamard, an independent human rights expert who does not speak for the United Nations but reports her findings to it, called on UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
  
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• Low Mileage 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Shelby GT500 Is A Baby

  19-06-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Less Than 100 Miles On The Dash Say So. If you’re looking for a sweet deal, look no further – no pun intended. This stunning 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Shelby GT500 is finished in candy apple red paint to leave jaws on the ground. Offered up by Old Town Automobiles in Huntingtown, Maryland, the current price is set at $55,000.This vehicle recently received a complete restoration and is sporting a rust-free, straight solid body and floors. It’s powered by a Ford 390 cubic-inch big
  
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• It's Official: Kaz Hirai Has Retired From Sony And PlayStation

  19-06-2019 20:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Back in February 2018, Sony CEO Kaz Hirai announced that he would be stepping down and transitioning to a director-chairman role. Then in March of this year, the executive confirmed his retirement, leaving then-CFO Kenichiro Yoshida in charge of the company. Hirai's last day at PlayStation and Sony as a whole was Tuesday, June 18. It was previously reported that he will serve as senior advisor and "will continue to provide counsel as requested by Sony's management team."Hirai joined Sony Music i
  
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• Alaskan teens murder friend after being offered $9 million

  19-06-2019 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The group of teens are facing child pornography charges in addition murder charges; Dan Springer reports.
  
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• The Stealth Sniper: The F-22 Raptor Has a New Job

  19-06-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The flying branch only bought 187 operational Raptors — out of an original goal of 381. The F-22 also won’t fly into the 2060s without upgrades. Three years ago, four F-22 Raptors taking part in the second-wave of the U.S.-led coalition’s opening airstrikes on Islamic State in Syria dropped their bombs. It was the first time the stealthy fifth-generation fighters had ever engaged in combat. The coalition’s war planners also used the F-22s to leverage their low-observ
  
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• 2 killed when semitrailers explode on I-94 in Wisconsin

  19-06-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Two semitrailers exploded into flames Wednesday on an interstate in southeastern Wisconsin, killing both drivers and setting other vehicles on fire, authorities said. Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling said one trailer was southbound on Interstate 94 around 11 a.m. when it hit a construction barrier, overcorrected and crashed onto a median that separated northbound traffic.
  
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• Pixar Announces Its Mysterious New "Cosmic" Movie, Soul

  19-06-2019 19:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Toy Story 4 hits theaters this week, and box office predictions suggest that it's going to be one of the biggest movies in the studio's history. But while anticipation for this sequel is high, the studio also continues to make original movies. The animated fantasy Onward has already been confirmed for a release next March, and Pixar has now announced another movie for 2020, titled Soul.News of this latest Pixar movie was revealed via Twitter alongside a logo and the release date of June 19, 2020
  
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• Animal Crossing For Switch Won't Support Cloud Saves

  19-06-2019 19:35 via gamespot.com
  
  After months of anticipation, Nintendo finally pulled back the curtain on its new Animal Crossing game for Switch--now dubbed Animal Crossing: New Horizons--at E3 2019. Since the company's E3 Direct, more details about the title have begun to emerge, and one of the new tidbits we've learned is that it won't support cloud saves.In an interview with French website Gamekult (via US Gamer), game producer Higashi Nogami confirmed that, unlike most Switch titles, New Horizons will not allow players to
  
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• Alaskan teenager convinced by online fraudster to murder mentally ill girl for $9 million

  19-06-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  An Alaskan teenager has been charged with conspiring to murder her friend after a man she met online offered her $9 million (£7m) to commit the crime. Denali Brehmer, 18, struck up a friendship with a man she believed to be “Tyler”, a wealthy businessman from Kansas. The man was in fact 21-year-old Darin Schilmiller of Indiana. The pair spoke online about a plan to rape and murder someone in Alaska, sending Schilmiller videos and photos of the act in exchange for the money. Bre
  
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• Spider-Man: Far From Home: How Much Did The Cast Know About Endgame?

  19-06-2019 19:30 via gamespot.com
  
  To call the MCU "cagey" about protecting its secrets and reveals would be putting it lightly. Since the superhero boom, the people at Marvel Studios have been doing everything they can to obfuscate and deflect the truth about their movies from the general public before their release--and sometimes, even from the actors themselves. Most recently, some of Avengers: Endgame's biggest stars opened up about being told they were "filming a wedding" rather than a funeral for Tony Stark in the final mom
  
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• Trump floats new slogan 'Keep America Great' as he launches 2020 bid at Orlando rally

  19-06-2019 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump returned to the key battleground state of Florida on Tuesday to ask voters to give him another four years in office.
  
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• Four charged over MH17, Russia slams 'unfounded allegations'

  19-06-2019 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  International investigators on Wednesday charged three Russians and a Ukrainian with murder over the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, the first people to face justice over the tragedy five years ago in which 298 people were killed.The trial of the four men with military and intelligence links will start in the Netherlands in March next year, although they are likely to be tried in absentia as neither Russia nor Ukraine extradites their nationals.Moscow slammed the "absolutely unfo
  
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• 9/11 responder who appeared with Jon Stewart on Capitol Hill is now in hospice care

  19-06-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Lou Alvarez, a 53-year-old former NYPD detective who testified alongside Jon Stewart at last week’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on reauthorizing the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, says his cancer has worsened.
  
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• Internet Boyfriend Keanu Reeves Might Join The MCU

  19-06-2019 19:13 via gamespot.com
  
  With the smashing success of the John Wick franchise, and with a fourth installment slated for a May 2021 release, action badboy Keanu Reeves (47 Ronin, The Matrix) is back in full force. Everyone's loving him, from developer CD Projekt Red to the whole of the Internet. Even Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige admits to looking for "the right way" to include the Canadian-American actor in the MCU.Feige was interviewed by Comic Book, who asked if the studio was in talks with Reeves. Feige said M
  
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• House inches toward 11th hour deal on aid for border crisis

  19-06-2019 18:58 via news.yahoo.com
  “We’ve been going back and forth with mainly some minor things,” Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard said.
  
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• California Teacher's Aide and Experienced Climber Dies in Yosemite Fall

  19-06-2019 18:58 via news.yahoo.com
  A teacher's aide in Modesto, California let her passion of climbing take her all over the world before she died recently at Yosemite National Park.
  
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• As Gulf tensions rise, Israel's Netanyahu warns 'enemies'

  19-06-2019 18:50 via news.yahoo.com
  With tensions rising between Israel's ally the US and its archfoe Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Jewish state's enemies not to test it Wednesday, his office said."I hear our neighbours from the north, south and east threatening our destruction," Netanyahu said in a statement released by his office after he observed a large-scale military excercise in the north of the country."I say to our enemies: The Israeli army has very great destructive power.
  
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• Man charged in threat to kill gays at St. Louis Pride parade

  19-06-2019 18:40 via news.yahoo.com
  A suburban St. Louis man accused of telling organizers of the city's Pride parade that he would shoot and kill as many gays as possible at the LGBTQ celebration before turning the gun on himself has been charged with making a terrorist threat, according to court documents.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Edward Terry, 49, of Overland, was charged Tuesday.Marty Zuniga, vice president of PrideFest, said the organization works "hard to produce an event that is safe for all participants." T
  
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• American Airlines deal boosts Airbus's new long-range jet

  19-06-2019 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  American Airlines is buying 50 new long-range planes from Airbus, giving a big boost to the just-launched A321XLR model and spurring Boeing to push ahead to develop a rival aircraft.Airbus and the American Airlines — the world's largest carrier — announced the deal Wednesday at the Paris Air Show, upgrading a previous order for A321neo jets to the A321XLR.Airbus launched the A321XLR program on Monday, a long-range version of its popular single-aisle A320 range, and has already signed
  
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