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• US diplomat gets 40 months in jail over Chinese agent ties

  09-07-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  A US diplomat was sentenced to 40 months in prison Tuesday for lying to investigators about money she received from Chinese intelligence agents in exchange for US documents.The US Justice Department said Candace Marie Claiborne, 63, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States in one of several high-profile cases involving Beijing spies' recruitment of US officials with access to classified intelligence.Claiborne was a Department of State office management specialist based in Beijin
  
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• UK envoy's leaked views inspire more insults in Trump tweets

  09-07-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at Britain's ambassador to the United States for a second day, describing him as "wacky" and a "pompous fool" after leaked documents revealed the envoy's dim view of Trump's administration.Trump fired off a series of tweets about Ambassador Kim Darroch hours after British Prime Minister Theresa May gave the veteran diplomat her continued support."The wacky Ambassador that the U.K. foisted upon the United States is not someone we are thrilled with, a very st
  
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• China demands US cancel arms sale to Taiwan

  09-07-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  China demanded Tuesday that the United States "immediately cancel" a potential sale of $2.2 billion in arms to self-ruled Taiwan, including battle tanks and anti-aircraft missiles, adding fuel to tensions between the two powers.The US later shrugged off China's complaints, responding that the equipment would contribute to "peace and stability" in Asia.The sale would be the first transfer of big-ticket US military gear to the democratically-governed island in decades, and comes as ties between Wa
  
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• ‘Middle Class Joe’ Biden’s Income Surged to $15 Million in Two Years

  09-07-2019 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Democratic front-runner Joe Biden is building his presidential campaign around the middle class values he shares with his core voters. Now he may need to convince them he’s still one of them.New financial disclosures show that Biden has become a multimillionaire in the two years since he left the Obama administration. The former vice president and his wife, Jill, earned more than $15.6 million in 2017 and 2018, according to tax returns for those years released by his campaig
  
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• Pokemon Go Entei Raid Day Announced, New Global Rewards Available

  09-07-2019 23:33 via gamespot.com
  
  The second Pokemon Go Fest event of the summer took place this past weekend in Dortmund, Germany, and as usual, developer Niantic held a series of Global Challenges during the event that players around the world could participate in. As a reward for completing enough of these challenges, the studio has made some more bonuses available within the game for a limited time, and it's bringing the Legendary Pokemon Entei back for a special Raid Day soon.From now until 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET / 9 PM BST on J
  
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• McConnell Compares Himself to Obama on Reparations for Slavery

  09-07-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell compared himself to former President Barack Obama in response to an NBC News report that his ancestors owned slaves. The article cited McConnell’s opposition to reparation proposals that have become a hot topic in the Democratic presidential campaign.“I find myself once again in the same position as President Obama,” the Kentucky Republican said Tuesday. “We both opposed reparations and we both are the descendants of s
  
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• Vice President Pence to visit border amid outcry over conditions at migrant detention centers

  09-07-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Vice President Mike Pence is traveling to the southern border Friday, the same day that House Democrats are holding a hearing on migrant detention centers.
  
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• The Blair Witch Project, 20 Years Later: Why This Horror Classic Would Not Work Today

  09-07-2019 23:07 via gamespot.com
  
  There are few genres so centered around individual movie releases as horror. The popularity of the different horror subgenres--whether zombies, slashers, possession films, killer dolls, or haunted houses--are almost always created by the huge success of a single film. From Night of the Living Dead and Halloween to The Exorcist and Scream, these genre classics inspired dozens and dozens of imitators over the following years, before their popularity waned and something else took their place.Someti
  
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• Fact: America Has No Way to Attack Venezula Using Navy Aircraft Carriers

  09-07-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  It’s true that U.S. Southern Command permanently controls none of the U.S. Navy’s 11 aircraft carrier and few other major forces.A failed coup attempt targeting Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro on April 30 ended in confusion and failure. Russian and Cuban advisors and a strong core of the Venezuelan military continues to support Maduro amid economic collapse and widespread protests.(This first appeared several weeks ago.)U.S. president Donald Trump in 2018 threatened military acti
  
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• Pelosi and Schumer: Trump Labor Secretary Acosta must resign over plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein

  09-07-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Vice President Joe Biden also called on Acosta to resign, writing on Twitter that "The abuse of a child is one of the most heinous, despicable abuses of power imaginable."
  
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• Dell Enters The Prime Day Fray With Its Black Friday In July Sale

  09-07-2019 22:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Amazon Prime Day 2019 is nearly upon us, and this year more than ever, that means sales at a wide variety of non-Amazon retailers. The latest to throw its hat into the ring is PC manufacturer Dell, whose response to Prime Day is to host Black Friday in July from now through July 15 at 5 AM PT / 8 AM ET. The sale includes some serious discounts on items across every section of the store, including gaming PCs and laptops, monitors, and accessories. Signing up for Dell's loyalty program (which has
  
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• Tom Steyer Brings $100 Million to the Democratic Primary. That May Not Be Enough

  09-07-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Tom Steyer has support from his efforts to impeach President Donald Trump and a willingness to spend $100 million of his own money.
  
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• Best PS4 Game Deals On PSN This Week (US)

  09-07-2019 22:47 via gamespot.com
  
  The latest set of weekly deals on PSN (North America only) has gone up, offering loads of discounts on big games and compilations. You can snag some great prices on retro PlayStation 4 games as long as you act fast.This week's discounts include a PlayStation Retro sale, so the store has plenty of old-school action up for grabs. The sale seems especially primed toward compilations of games, like a Spyro + Crash Remastered Bundle for $41, the BioShock Collection for $15, and the Mega Man 30th Anni
  
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• Boeing falls behind Airbus in deliveries as 737 MAX crisis bites

  09-07-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Airbus is on track to overtake Boeing in commercial plane deliveries for 2019 after outpacing its US rival at mid-year following the 737 MAX grounding, according to data released Tuesday.Boeing, which has halted deliveries of the top-selling plane since mid-March, reported 239 commercial plane deliveries in 2019 through the year's midpoint, down 37 percent from the year-ago period.Airbus reported 389 deliveries for the same period, up 28 percent from the same period in 2018, according to data on
  
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• Second person accused of licking Blue Bell ice cream at store

  09-07-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Another apparent incident of someone licking ice cream at a store has surfaced. This time it's in Louisiana.
  
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• Israel shoots down drone, discovers tunnel from Gaza

  09-07-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel's military shot down a drone on Monday that crossed into its territory from the Gaza Strip and found an attack tunnel running under the Gaza perimeter fence.
  
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• Saudi princess tried in absentia for alleged Paris beating

  09-07-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The only daughter of Saudi Arabia's King Salman was put on trial in absentia Tuesday in Paris for allegedly ordering her bodyguard to strike a plumber she suspected of taking photos and video at the Saudi royal family's apartment in the French capital.Prosecutors allege Princess Hessa bint Salman became enraged when she saw the plumber allegedly capturing her image, fearing the pictures could be used to harm her as the Saudi monarch's daughter due to her country's conservative traditions.The pri
  
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• Huge Black Ops 4 Update Out Now For PS4, Other Platforms Soon

  09-07-2019 22:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Though Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is on the horizon, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is still receiving updates. A new Black Ops 4 update has arrived on PlayStation 4 and with it comes an assortment of additions and features, including a new multiplayer mode, an added Specialist, and more.Operation Apocalypse Z is the latest update for the first-person shooter and it launches first on PlayStation 4 on July 9, with PC and Xbox One to follow soon. On the PlayStation Blog, Activision outlined the conte
  
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• Two active-duty Marines accused of smuggling migrants from Mexico for cash

  09-07-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Lance Cpls. Byron Darnell Law II and David Salazar-Quintero, both active-duty Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton, were arrested by Border Patrol agents.
  
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• McConnell: I’m with Obama on reparations

  09-07-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  The former president also opposed the idea.
  
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• The Latest: Finalists in UK leader vote trade Brexit barbs

  09-07-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  The two men vying to be Britain's next leader have traded verbal blows during a televised debate over which of them is more likely to deliver a successful exit from the European Union.Conservative Party politicians Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt both claimed during the Tuesday night debate that they were best placed to negotiate the U.K. to Brexit day, which was postponed twice and currently is scheduled for Oct. 31.Johnson says Britain leaving on schedule, with or without a divorce deal with the
  
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• Drugmakers Boost Prices Up to 909%, Defying Political Pressure

  09-07-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Bipartisan efforts to lower drug prices in Washington have not prevented drugmakers from going about their business and raising drug prices, according to Wells Fargo & Co.In fact, analysts at the firm found that pharmaceutical companies are getting aggressive in their price hikes again. Wells Fargo’s analysis of Wolters Kluwer PriceRx data found that companies have raised medicine costs by 27% on average last month, with a subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
  
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• Delta airlines flight makes emergency landing after broken plane part flies into engine after takeoff

  09-07-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  A flight made an emergency landing after a piece of the plane broke off and flew into the engine. The malfunction occurred nearly an hour into Delta flight number 1425, after the plane had departed from Atlanta to Baltimore on Monday. Passengers described smoke filling the cabin area before a tense emergency landing in North Carolina.“After we heard the boom, we just saw all this smoke come up into the cabin and that’s when we really started freaking out,” one passenger told Ba
  
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• Pokemon Sword Vs. Shield: What Are The Version Differences?

  09-07-2019 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The eighth generation of Pokemon games kicks off this November with the release of Pokemon Sword and Shield for Nintendo Switch. Regardless of which version you decide to pick up, the core adventure will be the same across both titles, so you can generally expect to encounter the same characters, Gen 8 Pokemon, and story beats whether you're playing Sword or Shield. However, as has been the case since the series' inception, each version will also boast some distinct elements, so the experience w
  
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• McConnell cites Obama in reparations debate: 'We both are the descendants of slave owners'

  09-07-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell responds to reports that his great-great-grandfathers owned slaves.
  
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• Iran Guards commander says U.S. bases are in range of its missiles: Tasnim

  09-07-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  A commander in Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesdaythat U.S. regional bases and its aircraft carriers in the Gulf are within the range of Iranian missiles, the Tasnim news agency reported, amid heightened tension between Tehran and Washington."American bases are within the range of our missiles ... Our missiles will destroy their aircraft carriers if they make a mistake," said Hossein Nejat.
  
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• Colorful self-made billionaire H. Ross Perot dies at 89

  09-07-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice mounted outsider campaigns for president, has died.Perot, whose 19% of the vote in 1992 stands among the best showings by an independent candidate in the past century, died early Tuesday at his home in Dallas surrounded by his family, said the spokesman, James Fuller.As a boy in Texarkana, Texas, Perot delivered newspapers from the back of a pony.
  
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• Bad Juju, And Everything New In Destiny 2 Today

  09-07-2019 21:46 via gamespot.com
  
  Bungie has done a good job of giving Destiny 2 players something new to do on a regular basis lately, and this week is particularly notable in that regard. While we knew the latest weekly reset would bring with it the Moments of Triumph for 2019, that coincided with both a new update and the release of a new Exotic weapon questline. Here's what to be ready for next time you log in.Bad Juju Is HereThe beloved Exotic pulse rifle from the first Destiny, Bad Juju, is now in Destiny 2. If you, like m
  
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• Destiny 2 - How To Start Bad Juju Exotic Quest And Reach The Tribute Hall

  09-07-2019 21:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Destiny 2's Moments of Triumph event is live with a special surprise. The Bad Juju Exotic pulse rifle is available in a secret quest! Here's how to start the quest and reach the tribute hall before you fulfill Calus's requirements on your journey to secure the weapon.
  
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• Chloe Wiegand: Family of toddler who fell 11 stories to her death blame cruise liner

  09-07-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The family of Chloe Wiegand, the toddler who fell 11 stories to her death on a cruise ship, have spoken out blaming the cruise liner for her death. While initial reports from police claimed that baby Chloe had fallen out of her grandfathers arms, the family claims that Chloe was sat on a railing near a wall in a children’s area while on a cruise to Puerto Rico.The family alleges that one of the windows in the wall had been opened, and when the young child went to press herself against it,
  
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• AEW Fight For The Fallen: How To Stream The PPV, Time, And Full Match Card

  09-07-2019 21:14 via gamespot.com
  
  After a really fun--and completely free--Fyter Fest PPV a few weeks back, All Elite Wrestling is ready for its next show, Fight for the Fallen. While AEW's weekly programming doesn't begin until later this year on TNT, the promotion has been steadily pumping out quality events, with Fight for the Fallen being the third one since the company's inception.Most importantly, this is a wrestling event for a good cause, with proceeds from the gate going to the Jacksonville’s Victim Assistance Adv
  
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• Former British Diplomats Say Trump's Dispute With the Ambassador Has Come at the Worst Possible Time

  09-07-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  A diplomatic rift between the U.S. and the U.K. has left former officials worried over the U.K.'s ability to conduct business in Washington.
  
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• Destiny 2 Bad Juju: How To Start The Exotic Quest

  09-07-2019 21:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Destiny 2's latest patch, Update 2.5.1.1, added something unexpected to the game in addition to Moments of Triumph and killing the Menagerie chest glitch: Bad Juju. The Exotic pulse rifle is the latest to appear in the game, following Lumina, a new hand cannon that can heal your teammates, and Truth, the Destiny 1 rocket launcher. Getting Bad Juju isn't too difficult if you're dedicated (or carrying a lot of resources); here's where to start on the path to unlock the new gun.Bad Juju is tied to
  
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• Destiny 2 Moments Of Triumph 2019 Guide: Rewards And Objectives

  09-07-2019 20:59 via gamespot.com
  
  The 2019 Moments of Triumph in Destiny 2 are now live, kicking off a seven-week celebration of Year 2 of Bungie's MMO shooter. As with previous Moments of Triumph, these essentially commemorate various tasks--some of which you may have already completed--and are tied to a set of new rewards, including a ship and sparrow. Here's what you need to know.The full slate of Moments of Triumph are now available. You can view them in-game by browsing to the Triumphs section of the director and looking fo
  
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• Destiny 2 Moments Of Triumph 2019 Guide

  09-07-2019 20:59 via gamespot.com
  
  The 2019 Moments of Triumph in Destiny 2 are now live, kicking off a seven-week celebration of Year 2 of Bungie's MMO shooter. As with previous Moments of Triumph, these essentially commemorate various tasks--some of which you may have already completed--and are tied to a set of new rewards, including a ship and sparrow. Here's what you need to know.The full slate of Moments of Triumph are now available. You can view them in-game by browsing to the Triumphs section of the director and looking fo
  
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• California quakes left a crack in the Earth so big it can be seen from space

  09-07-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Satellite images show a massive rupture in the Earth's surface left behind by the two earthquakes that rocked southern California last week.
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein: How the sex-trafficking investigation could shed light on corruption

  09-07-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The wealthy financier pleaded not guilty to sex-trafficking charges, but revelations about his past have sparked accusations of corruption.
  
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• New Mortal Kombat Movie Finds Its Sub-Zero

  09-07-2019 20:54 via gamespot.com
  
  With screenwriter Greg Russo confirming the existence of a new Mortal Kombat movie script back in February, fans are clamoring for more details about the forthcoming action flick. Though information is scarce, we've finally learned that recurring ninja Sub-Zero has been cast.Actor and martial artist Joe Taslim (Fast & Furious 6, The Raid) will don Sub-Zero's black and blue ninja garb, according to The Hollywood Reporter. No other casting announcements have been made, as Taslim is the first t
  
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• Two Marines Arrested for Allegedly Smuggling Migrants Across Border

  09-07-2019 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Two U.S. Marines in California were arrested last week and charged with smuggling undocumented immigrants across the southern border, according to reports.Border Patrol agents arrested Marine Lance Corporals Byron Law II and David Salazar-Quintero of Camp Pendleton on July 3, after apprehending them in their car with three undocumented immigrants, who informed authorities they were citizens of Mexico without documentation.Border authorities had observed the three migrants getting into
  
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• Attack On Titan 2: Final Fight | Cinematic Combat Gameplay

  09-07-2019 20:44 via gamespot.com
  
  We go through character episodes and get an A ranking in this high flying, high octane cinematic combat gameplay clip. Attack On Titan 2: Final Fight is available now on Xbox One, PS4, PC, and Switch.
  
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• Batman And The Outsiders #3: The Dark Knight's Most Dangerous Enemy Takes Center Stage In Preview

  09-07-2019 20:33 via gamespot.com
  
  For superheroes, saving the day isn't always the end of the story--and sometimes not even Batman's protection can guarantee a happy ending. That's where The Outsiders, a brand new team formed by Bruce himself, come in. When Bruce rescued a family from horrific experiments and placed them into hiding personally, the nightmare should have been over--but, now, years later, members of the Barrera family are turning up dead and Bruce has called in the cleverly to see them to safety. With Black Lightn
  
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• Senate leader McConnell says no chance of U.S. default on debt

  09-07-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declined on Tuesday to predict when the U.S. Congress would act to approve a new U.S. debt ceiling, but said he saw no chance of default on debt payments."There will not be any question that we will raise the debt ceiling," McConnell told reporters.Meanwhile, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday discussed ways to reach agreement on extending U.S. borrowing authority and spending limits for the 2020 f
  
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• Ecuadorans end Chevron pollution lawsuit in Canada

  09-07-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Indigenous Ecuadoran villagers hoping to make oil giant Chevron pay for pollution in the country's rainforest have formally withdrawn a lawsuit in Canada.Patricio Salazar, a lawyer for some of the plaintiffs, said in a statement on Tuesday his clients made the decision after "much soul searching" and were considering their options.The move comes three months after Canada's Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from the Amazon villagers, effectively bringing their legal action in that country t
  
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• Judge's order on government lawyer shake-up adds hurdle for Trump in U.S. Census dispute

  09-07-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  A judge in New York on Tuesday denied the U.S. Department of Justice's request to shake up the legal team that was handling cases on the 2020 Census, adding another hurdle to the Trump administration's bid to put a contentious citizenship question on the survey."Defendants provide no reasons, let alone ‘satisfactory reasons,’ for the substitution of counsel,” Furman wrote in his order.
  
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• For Donald Trump, Courts Are Another 2020 Battleground

  09-07-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  As he heads into re-election, Donald Trump is again seeking to turn federal courts into a hot topic.
  
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• Trump to 'unlawfully' demand citizenship question included on census despite Supreme Court ruling

  09-07-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump will insist that 2020 census respondents are made to declare whether they are citizens, despite the Supreme Court ruling the question could not be included on forms, according to a US government official.The president is expected to issue a memorandum instructing his Commerce Department to include the question, a move critics warned would be “illegal” and could trigger “a constitutional crisis”.The US Census Bureau has said requiring respondents to declare if
  
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• Destiny 2 Bad Juju Exotic Quest Is Live, According To Moments Of Triumph

  09-07-2019 19:58 via gamespot.com
  
  There's another hidden Exotic weapon to chase in Destiny 2. It seems that the latest update to the game has added Bad Juju, another well-loved Destiny 1 weapon, and players are searching for how to start the quest to unlock it.Bad Juju's existence in the game was revealed in the Moments of Triumph added to Destiny 2 with Update 2.5.1.1, which also added a fix to the Season of Opulence's Menagerie activity. It's listed in the "Exotic Arsenal" Triumph, alongside two other guns: Whisper of the Worm
  
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• Destiny 2 Bad Juju Exotic Quest Is Live

  09-07-2019 19:58 via gamespot.com
  
  There's another hidden Exotic weapon to chase in Destiny 2. Among the many new things today, the latest update to the game has added Bad Juju, another well-loved Destiny 1 weapon. Don't expect it to be shoved right in your face; you'll need to know where to go, and it all starts with a chest on Nessus. We've put together a guide on how to start the Bad Juju quest to help you understand how the process works.Bad Juju's existence in the game was revealed in the Moments of Triumph added to Destiny
  
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• San Diego Comic-Con Schedules, Panels, And News Roundup

  09-07-2019 19:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Between July 17-21, the city of San Diego will host its 50th Comic-Con. That's right, the biggest pop culture convention has been around for half a century. This year's convention should be a fun one, as we already know a lot about what's coming down the line. That includes Marvel returning to the show and more information about the upcoming Netflix The Witcher series.Aside from the convention itself, San Diego's Gaslamp district transforms for the event, so while the hall and panel rooms hold m
  
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• Trump derides May's 'foolish policies,' 'pompous' envoy

  09-07-2019 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump assailed Britain's ambassador to the United States as a "pompous fool" and slammed outgoing premier Theresa May's "foolish" policies Tuesday in a second straight day of virulent attacks triggered by the leak of unflattering diplomatic cables.The missives threaten to plunge Washington and London into a rare diplomatic crisis and have landed their author, British envoy Kim Darroch -- and by default his prime minister -- in the US president's crosshairs.Britain's Foreign Secretary Jere
  
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