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• Icahn steps up fight with Occidental over deal, wants board seats

  26-06-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  In a regulatory filing, Icahn said he planned to oust and replace four Occidental directors and change the company's charter through a stockholder consent solicitation to prevent it from ever engineering a similar takeover again.Responding to the filing, Occidental said it will review the latest materials filed by Icahn, and looks forward to addressing them in ongoing conversations with shareholders.Icahn, one of industry's most powerful activist investors, cast himself as one of the deal's most
  
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• Does Annabelle Comes Home Have A Post-Credits Scene?

  26-06-2019 23:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Some moviegoers want to experience everything a film like Annabelle Comes Home has to offer without a hint of knowledge ahead of time. Others would rather know: Does the movie have an after-credits scene?Here's your answer: No, when we saw Annabelle Comes Home, there was no extra scene during or after the credits. We stayed through the movie's premiere until the lights turned on to make sure.It's a fair question, though--as part of the Conjuring connected universe of horror movies, Annabelle Com
  
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• How Annabelle Comes Home Connects To The Conjuring Universe

  26-06-2019 23:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Is a horror movie spin-off series still a spin-off when it has more films than the original franchise, and the latest entry features the stars of the main series? Or have the Annabelle movies surpassed the actual Conjuring movies as the brightest star in the Conjuring-verse with the latest entry, Annabelle Comes Home?Annabelle Comes Home follows Ed and Lorraine Warren, as well as their daughter Judy, and Judy's babysitter and friend as they contend with the evil unleashed in their own home by th
  
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• NRA splits with PR firm, lobbyist and TV amid infighting

  26-06-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Infighting at the National Rifle Association exploded Wednesday, when the powerful association severed ties with its longtime public relations firm, suspended operations of its fiery online TV station and lost its top lobbyist.The latest turmoil emerged just a year before the critical 2020 presidential elections when the NRA's ability to influence the outcome could decide the fate of gun rights.Lobbyist Chris Cox, long viewed as the likely successor to longtime CEO Wayne LaPierre, was placed on
  
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• Steam Summer Sale Sees A Whopping 1% Discount On This Devolver Game

  26-06-2019 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  The Steam 2019 Summer Sale is in full swing, featuring huge discounts on thousands of PC games across a variety of genres, including some of this year's biggest releases like Devil May Cry 5 and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Indie publisher Devolver Digital, which has a reputation for doing some silly things (as evidenced by its strange annual E3 press conferences), is also offering deals on a variety of titles during the sale, including one that's an absolute steal.From now until the Steam Summer
  
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• Mother killed toddler because he was getting in way of affair, prosecutors say

  26-06-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Prosecutors say a New Jersey mother killed her toddler son because she felt he was getting in the way of her extramarital affair.
  
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• The Latest: Witness could face perjury in Navy SEAL trial

  26-06-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Officials have informed a Navy SEAL witness that he could face a perjury charge after he testified that he — and not Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher— had killed an Islamic State prisoner in Iraq.In an email sent Tuesday to a lawyer for Special Operator First Class Corey Scott, the Navy said it was considering charging Scott with lying under oath during Gallagher's court-martial.
  
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• President Trump calls out critics for 'presidential harassment'

  26-06-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Media, Democrats react to special counsel Robert Mueller's upcoming congressional testimony.
  
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• Microsoft is reportedly testing two exciting new Surface models

  26-06-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  A rumor earlier this week claimed that Microsoft is working on a Surface notebook based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8cx platform that was designed for 2019 Windows 10 devices, and we now have more details on the matter.It appears that Microsoft wants to power a Surface Pro with the 8cx, which will be a custom version of Qualcomm's chip. Moreover, Microsoft is also looking at AMD processors for the Surface Laptop line, as it wants to explore options other than Intel.Microsoft's relationship with Int
  
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• The Latest: Zhang family says no promise body would be found

  26-06-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The family of a scholar from China killed by a former University of Illinois doctoral student says they're aware he offered to divulge where her remains were but weren't convinced the body would actually be found.The defense said in a Tuesday filing that Christensen made the offer, asking for a life sentence in exchange.Jurors convicted Christensen Monday in a federal death-penalty trial of kidnapping Zhang in 2017 and beating her to death.
  
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• Senate Passes $4.6 Billion Border-Funding Bill after Rejecting Pelosi’s Version

  26-06-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The Senate on Wednesday passed a $4.6 billion spending package to alleviate the ongoing crisis at the southern border, just moments after rejecting a similar emergency-funding bill advanced by House Democrats that included restrictions on the funding of certain border-enforcement measures.Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who shepherded the more restrictive spending bill through the House on Tuesday, announced her caucus's opposition to the Senate bill before it was voted on, ensuring a contentious reconcil
  
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• This 1996 Chevrolet Impala SS is One Sinister Sedan

  26-06-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  And it's priced right to be a show car or a daily driver!As big American sedans gave way to SUVs and crossovers in the mid-'90s, the Chevrolet Impala SS marked the end of an era for Chevrolet as one of the brand's last performance-minded sedans. Originally developed as a SEMA show car in 1992, Chevrolet transformed the Caprice into the Impala SS by giving it the Corvette's LT1 V-8, a police car suspension, big mag wheels and a monochromatic paint scheme.Compared to the Caprice off which it was b
  
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• Democrats hope Mueller testimony will have 'profound impact'

  26-06-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says he expects special counsel Robert Mueller to have "a profound impact" when he testifies before Congress on July 17, even though Mueller has said he won't provide any new information.Mueller's unusual back-to-back testimony in front of the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees is likely to be the most highly anticipated congressional hearing in years, particularly given Mueller's resolute silence throughout his two-year investigation into R
  
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• UPDATE 5-U.S. regulator cites new flaw on grounded Boeing 737 MAX

  26-06-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON/SEATTLE, June 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has identified a new risk that Boeing Co must address on its 737 MAX before the grounded jet can return to service, the agency said on Wednesday.The risk was discovered during a simulator test last week and it is not yet clear if the issue can be addressed with a software upgrade or will require a more complex hardware fix, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.The FAA did not elaborate on the latest set
  
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• EXCLUSIVE-U.S. FAA says it identifies new potential risk on 737 MAX

  26-06-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has identified a new potential risk that Boeing Co must address on its 737 MAX before the grounded jet can return to service, the agency told Reuters on Wednesday.The risk was discovered during a simulator test last week, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.The new issue means Boeing will not conduct a certification test flight until July 8 at the earliest, the sources said, and the FAA will spend at least two to three weeks reviewing the re
  
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• Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 Has A New Patch Out Now

  26-06-2019 21:55 via gamespot.com
  
  While Call of Duty fans await the upcoming Modern Warfare reboot (slated for October 25), Black Ops 4 has received yet another patch that delivers new content and features across all its modes.Developer Treyarch posted a lengthy outline on Reddit of all the additions arriving in this new update. Chief among them are new maps like Hacienda Twilight, changes to weapons like the Daemon 3XB and the Switchblade X9 submachine guns, the introduction of Contracts, and more.The outdoor map Hacienda Twili
  
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• Ex-GOP House Staffer Rory Riley-Topping: Duncan Hunter Groped Me in 2014

  26-06-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Reuters/RTA former House Republican staffer on Wednesday alleged that Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) sexually assaulted her during a National Republican Congressional Committee dinner in 2014. In an exclusive interview with Kremlin-backed news network RT, conservative commentator Rory Riley-Topping alleged that the Republican congressman grabbed her from behind at the event while she was a staffer for the House veterans committee.“Duncan Hunter had clearly appeared intoxicated and came up
  
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• Salt Lake City police say missing Utah college student texted someone at airport

  26-06-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck was last seen getting into a car at a local park at 3 a.m.; insight from Tim Doubt, Salt Lake City assistant police chief.
  
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• Hong Kong protesters urge G20 to raise plight with China

  26-06-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Hong Kong protesters marched to major consulates on Wednesday in a call for G20 nations to confront fellow member China over sliding freedoms in the financial hub, at a weekend summit in Japan.The semi-autonomous city has been shaken by huge demonstrations this month, with protesters demanding the withdrawal of a bill that would allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland.The massive rallies are the latest manifestation of growing fears that China is stamping down on the city's unique freedoms an
  
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• Sheer Coincidence Leads To Big Target Sale During Amazon Prime Day

  26-06-2019 21:44 via gamespot.com
  
  Target is taking direct aim at Amazon Prime Day by launching its own storewide Deal Days sale, which competes directly with Amazon's mega annual sale on July 15 and 16. As if the dates didn't make clear enough Target's intent here, no membership is required to take advantage of the sale, alluding to Amazon requiring a Prime subscription to take advantage of its sale. Target REDcard holders will also get an additional 5% off of everything, and there will be free, two-day shipping on all orders $3
  
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• Venezuela government says thwarted attempted 'coup'

  26-06-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela's socialist government said Wednesday it has derailed an attempted coup, claiming the United States, Colombia and Chile colluded in a plot by officers to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro and install a general in his place, a minister said.Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez said the plan involved both active and retired army officers and was to have been executed between Sunday and Monday this past weekend.
  
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• Devil May Cry For Nintendo Switch - 20 Minutes Of Action-Packed Gameplay

  26-06-2019 21:28 via gamespot.com
  
  Interested in seeing how the original Devil May Cry runs on Nintendo Switch? We go through the first 20 minutes of opening cutscenes and gameplay.
  
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• Supreme Court Rebuffs Businesses, Won't Topple Regulation Precedent

  26-06-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- A divided U.S. Supreme Court rejected calls by business groups to overturn two decades-old rulings that have given federal agencies broad power to interpret their own regulations.Voting 5-4 on the central issues, the court on Wednesday reaffirmed rulings from 1945 and 1997 that typically require judges to defer to an agency on the meaning of ambiguous regulations. The court limited that legal doctrine, though, laying out new guidelines for when courts should yield to agencies.Chie
  
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• John Roberts Throws the Administrative State a Lifeline

  26-06-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  While there are many cultural and political causes for the growth of the federal administrative leviathan, it could not have become so powerful without considerable assistance from the Supreme Court. The Court has created, often out of whole cloth, judicial doctrines that magnify the problem: Congress is allowed to pass laws delegating its legislative authority to the executive branch; the executive branch, in turn, is given great leeway to interpret those laws as it sees fit; similar leeway app
  
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• Fortnite - How To Easily Cheese The Beach Ball Bounce Challenge | 14 Days Of Summer Guide

  26-06-2019 21:07 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite continues with it's 14 Days Of Summer Challenges for all players regardless of Battle pass ownership. Check this guide out to see how easily you can cheese the beach ball bounce challenge once you find the location. Just rinse and repeat!
  
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• Pokemon Go July Community Day Details, Featured Pokemon Announced

  26-06-2019 20:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Now that June is nearly behind us, Pokemon Go developer Niantic has shared the first details for the game's next Community Day. July's event will take place on Sunday, July 21, and this time around, the featured Pokemon will be another starter from Ruby and Sapphire: Mudkip.Throughout July's Community Day, Mudkip will appear in the wild much more frequently than it normally does, making this a good opportunity to stock up on Mudkip Candy. You'll also have your first opportunity to catch a Shiny
  
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• Pokemon Go July Community Day Details And Featured Pokemon Announced

  26-06-2019 20:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Now that June is practically behind us, Pokemon Go developer Niantic has shared the first details for the game's next Community Day. Next month's event will take place on Sunday, July 21, and this time around, the featured Pokemon will be another starter from Ruby and Sapphire: Mudkip.Throughout July's Community Day, Mudkip will appear in the wild much more frequently than it normally does, making this a good opportunity to stock up on Mudkip Candy. You'll also have your first opportunity to cat
  
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• Conservative U.S. Justice Gorsuch again sides with liberals in criminal case

  26-06-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The court ruled that the right of Andre Haymond to face a jury trial under the U.S. Constitution's Sixth Amendment was violated when a judge unilaterally imposed an additional prison sentence after Haymond violated the terms of his supervised release.Haymond originally was sentenced to just over three years in prison and 10 years of supervised release after being convicted by a jury in 2010 of possessing pornographic images involving children.After completing his sentence, Haymond was found in 2
  
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• A New Fallout 76 Patch Is Out Now

  26-06-2019 20:46 via gamespot.com
  
  During Bethesda's E3 2019 press conference, we learned about a new expansion coming to Fallout 76. The Wastelanders DLC doesn't land until this fall, but the online action-RPG has received a new update for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One that addresses a variety of issues, including graphics, loot, performance, and more.Patch 10.5 went live Tuesday, June 25, and is a little under 3GB on console and 1GB on PC. The fixes are geared toward all game modes, with a handful specifically targeting Nucle
  
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• Amazon Just Hijacked Some Great Switch, PS4, And Xbox Game Deals From Target

  26-06-2019 20:42 via gamespot.com
  
  Target is offering deep discounts on games this week to encourage use of its in-store pickup feature. The 30% off is a sweet deal if you can make it out to a store, but if you're not near a Target or just don't feel like making the trip, Amazon is price-matching many of the same deals. And since it's Amazon, you don't need to go anywhere. The result is some great deals on games for PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.To take advantage of the Target deals, you'll need to order online and select "O
  
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• Senate rejects House-backed version of border aid bill

  26-06-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected a bill approved a day earlier by the House of Representatives that would have provided $4.5 billion to address a surge in migration at the U.S. border with Mexico, while setting new standards for the care of migrants taken into custody.Last month, President Donald Trump requested aid for programs to house, feed, transport and oversee a surge of Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States.White House officials had said the bill would hamper
  
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• "First Cut of Steel": The Navy's New Ballistic Missile Submarine Is Coming Soon

  26-06-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Using first-of-its-kind digital modeling techniques, and advanced training, the Navy has been making rapid progress staying ahead of the original construction schedule. The ship specs are 100-percent complete, the arrangements are 97.5 percent complete and the ship disclosures are already 43-percent complete.Almost nobody knows where they are at any given time, yet nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines quietly patrol dark domains of the undersea realm in strategically vital waters around th
  
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• Houston Texans QB Deshaun Watson takes part in life-changing activities in Israel

  26-06-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Watson joined American Voices in Israel for their annual trip to Israel. While there, he visited several biblical sites and was baptized.
  
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• NATO agrees response to new Russia missile

  26-06-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  NATO on Wednesday agreed a package of political and military measures to boost its defences against a controversial new Russian missile system.The alliance will review its air and missile defences, along with its intelligence and surveillance programmes, unless Moscow abandons its 9M729 ground-launched cruise missiles by August 2.The US and NATO say Russia is breaching the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty with the missile and endangering peace in Europe.
  
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• New Pokemon Masters Smartphone Game Livestream Happening Tomorrow: Start Times, How To Watch, And More

  26-06-2019 20:15 via gamespot.com
  
  The Pokemon Company capped off its Pokemon 2019 Press Conference last month with the reveal of Pokemon Masters, a brand-new smartphone game developed in collaboration with DeNA (the studio behind Super Mario Run, Mario Kart Tour, and most of Nintendo's other mobile titles). Few details about the game were shared at the time, but we'll soon get another look at it thanks to a special livestream presentation happening this week.The stream is scheduled to air tomorrow, June 27, and will run for roug
  
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• New Pokemon Masters Smartphone Game Getting A Livestream Tomorrow: Start Times, How To Watch, And More

  26-06-2019 20:15 via gamespot.com
  
  The Pokemon Company capped off its Pokemon 2019 Press Conference last month with the reveal of Pokemon Masters, a brand-new smartphone game developed in collaboration with DeNA (the studio behind Super Mario Run, Mario Kart Tour, and most of Nintendo's other mobile titles). Few details about the game were shared at the time, but we'll soon get another look at it thanks to a special livestream presentation happening this week.The stream is scheduled to air tomorrow, June 27, and will run for roug
  
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• Authorities looking into missing student's dating apps

  26-06-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Utah authorities are looking into a missing college student's dating appsafter she allegedly hopped into an unknown vehicle in North Salt Lake lastweek, according to the New York Post
  
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• Kansas man dies rescuing complete stranger from river: 'He didn't think twice'

  26-06-2019 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  A 26-year-old good Samaritan died Friday while rescuing a woman who was sweptunderneath the rushing waters of a Missouri river
  
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• PHOTOS: Moon rock samples sealed since Apollo missions

  26-06-2019 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  What better way to mark this summer's 50th anniversary of humanity's first footsteps on the moon than by sharing a bit of the lunar loot.
  
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• Fortnite: Where Are Giant Beach Balls Locations? 14 Days Of Summer Challenge Guide

  26-06-2019 20:04 via gamespot.com
  
  The second day of Fortnite: Battle Royale's 14 Days of Summer event has brought with it another unvaulted weapon and another challenge to complete. Like the first, it involves another summer-themed objective: Epic Games asks you to bounce a giant beach ball in different matches. Here's where to go to find the locations of the giant beach balls and what to do once you reach one.Keep in mind, you have the full duration of the 14 Days of Summer event to complete these challenge. Despite the name, i
  
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• Fortnite Locations: Where To Bounce Giant Beach Balls -- 14 Days Of Summer Challenge Guide

  26-06-2019 20:04 via gamespot.com
  
  The second day of Fortnite's 14 Days of Summer event has brought with it another unvaulted weapon and another challenge to complete. Like the first, this will be available for the duration of the three-week Battle Royale event, and it involves another summer-themed objective. Epic Games asks you to bounce a giant beach ball in different matches. Here's where to go and what to do.How To Complete The Giant Beach Ball ChallengeAs with beach parties dancing challenge, this is simple in theory--all y
  
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• Fortnite: Giant Beach Ball Locations -- 14 Days Of Summer Challenge Guide

  26-06-2019 20:04 via gamespot.com
  
  A new challenge for Fortnite: Battle Royale players is now available as the 14 Days of Summer event rolls on. Like the first challenge, this involves another summer-themed objective: Epic Games asks you to bounce a giant beach ball in different matches. Here's where to go to find the locations of the giant beach balls and what to do once you reach one.Keep in mind, you have the full duration of the 14 Days of Summer event (available on PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, iOS, and Android) to com
  
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• One Of 2017's Best Games Comes To Nintendo Switch Next Week

  26-06-2019 20:02 via gamespot.com
  
  Annapurna Interactive has announced What Remains of Edith Finch is coming to the Japanese Nintendo Switch eShop on July 4. As the announcement lists that the English version will be supported, it can be assumed the port will be released worldwide. However, that hasn't been officially confirmed. Regardless, the Switch can access multiple regions, so even if the port remains exclusive to Japan, you'll still be able to buy it.According to Japanese Nintendo, What Remains of Edith Finch will release
  
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• New Mexico mother accused of boiling puppies to punishment children

  26-06-2019 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A mother is accused of beating and torturing her children after forcing them to watch her kill their pets as a punishment. A New Mexico couple was arrested on Tuesday after the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) launched an investigation following a report that the children were not getting adequate education. According to KOB-TV,court documents state that Martha and Timothy Couch would punish the children by killing their pets. One teen girl told police, "Martha took the puppies and
  
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• 'I told him not to' go, mother of drowned Salvadoran migrant laments

  26-06-2019 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The mother of a Salvadoran man who drowned with his young daughter while trying to reach U.S. soil, becoming a global symbol of the perils of migration, said she had urged her son not to leave, fearing danger would meet him on the long journey north.A harrowing photograph of Oscar Alberto Martinez, 25, and his 24-month-old daughter Angie Valeria lying face down on the muddy banks of the Rio Grande river between the United States and Mexico ricocheted across social media this week.Speaking with R
  
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• Deescalation Wanted: How Trump Can Steer Clear of a War

  26-06-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The escalation of tensions between Iran and the United States over the past weeks has the world on edge, with observers wondering how the contest will play out: will there be war? Or will there be some type of negotiated settlement—perhaps even one designed to merely avoid conflict for now? Or will both countries continue to live in a stalemate, forcing its citizens to wonder whenever they hear of a new incident whether it will lead to a war.The United States and Iran have engaged in a con
  
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• Destiny 2 Treasure Map Guide: Golden Experience

  26-06-2019 19:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Upgrading your Chalice of Opulence in Destiny 2's Season of Opulence is something of a tall order. Luckily, Emperor Calus's emissary on Nessus, Werner 99-40, offers weekly bounties that can help speed you along on that path--but to complete them, you need to go on a treasure hunt. The Golden Experience bounty is one of the easier ones to clear, requiring you to earn a bunch of experience points in other activities to unlock its Treasure Map.Where To Find The TreasureOnce you have the Golden Expe
  
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• Samurai Shodown Review In Progress - New Blood

  26-06-2019 19:24 via gamespot.com
  
  It might seem like the fighting game market of the current day is crowded with games looking to stand out, but it’s nothing compared to the early '90s. While Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat ruled the roost, everyone was trying to find a way to set their game apart. Among the competition was SNK’s Samurai Shodown, a weapons-based fighting game that emphasized careful movement, high damage, and rewarding patient, careful reading and reacting to your foe’s attacks--along with som
  
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• Supreme Court’s Conservative Justices Weigh Scrapping Another Precedent

  26-06-2019 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority may be ready to overturn a longstanding precedent for the third time in recent weeks -- perhaps foreshadowing the vulnerability of its rulings on abortion rights.The justices will rule as early as Wednesday on a business-backed bid to overturn decades-old decisions that give federal agencies broad power to say what their regulations mean.The case is one of eight rulings due before the justices’ term ends this week. The cou
  
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• 2 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan; Taliban says they died in an ambush

  26-06-2019 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Two U.S. service members were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the American-led NATO mission in Afghanistan said in a statement.
  
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