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• New Dauntless Update Adds Trials, Brand-New Hunt Pass, And More

  16-07-2019 23:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Phoenix Labs has announced the latest update for Dauntless is now live. The free-to-play Monster Hunter-like game's newest expansion is called Fortune & Glory, and it adds a bunch of new content to Dauntless--including Trials, a brand-new Hunt Pass, and more cosmetic rewards."Fortune & Glory provides Slayers with a formidable new challenge in the form of Trials," Phoenix Labs press contact Andy Burt wrote in a press release. "The Trials experience is a new gameplay offering from Lady Luc
  
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• Planned Parenthood president forced out after only 8 months

  16-07-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The president of Planned Parenthood, Dr. Leana Wen, was ousted Tuesday after just eight months on the job as the organization faced unprecedented challenges related to its role as the leading abortion provider in the U.S. Wen, in a Twitter post, said she learned that Planned Parenthood's board "ended my employment at a secret meeting." She indicated the board wanted more emphasis on political advocacy, while she sought to prioritize Planned Parenthood's role as a provider of health care services
  
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• In crowded 2020 Democratic field, a clear top tier emerges

  16-07-2019 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  No votes have been cast in the Democratic presidential nominating contest, but the winnowing has begun.A distinct top tier of candidates is breaking away from the pack in early polling and fundraising, building distance between themselves and the rest of the bloated field.Although the first nominating contest in Iowa is still more than six months away, tighter qualifying standards for the fall debates and cash flow problems have prompted questions about how many campaigns will still be operation
  
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• Utah Police Find New Evidence in MacKenzie Lueck Case

  16-07-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Ayoola Ajayi made his first court appearance in connection to the murder of University of Utah student MacKenzie Lueck.
  
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• Fewer kids die from guns in states with stricter laws, study says

  16-07-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Children living in states with more restrictions on firearms are less likely to die from them, a new study says.
  
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• The Latest: Phoenix reaches hottest temperature of the year

  16-07-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Phoenix is having its hottest day of the year.The National Weather Service in Phoenix confirmed on social media Tuesday afternoon that the city's high temperature has hit 115 degrees.The sweltering conditions prompted the agency to issue an excessive heat warning earlier in the day.
  
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• America and Iran: On a Path Towards War?

  16-07-2019 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran’s leader has taken a defiant stance against the United States and its allies, signalling a potential “fraying” of the 2015 deal limiting Iran’s nuclear program, The New York Times reported.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on July 16, 2019 denounced “the vicious British” after U.K. forces earlier in the month seized an Iranian oil tanker off Gibraltar.In a speech to clerics, Khamenei “appeared to signal his intention to ignore diplomacy for the moment and stok
  
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• What If America Lost a Carrier in a War with Iran?

  16-07-2019 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The Navy simply lacks enough ships and aircraft to meet the increasing demands of its global mission. The recent oil tanker attacks in the Gulf of Oman reinforce the need to reestablish a highly visible U.S. naval deterrent in the Middle East. For eight months last year, no aircraft carrier strike group plied the region, the longest such interruption this millennium. With the United States needing a more robust posture against Iran and confronting renewed challenges in Asia a
  
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• 'What am I supposed to do with you?' Judge bars Roger Stone from social media for breaking gag order

  16-07-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge ordered former Trump adviser Roger Stone to stop using social media after saying he had violated a gag order in his criminal case.
  
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• 'Poison of America': Bill on slavery reparations gains backing from Sen. Chuck Schumer

  16-07-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Charles Schumer said Tuesday he will support a bill proposed by Sen. Cory Booker in the Senate to set up a commission to study reparations.
  
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• Pelosi Runs Afoul of House Rules in Calling Trump Tweets Racist

  16-07-2019 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suffered an embarrassing setback Tuesday after Republicans called her out for violating the chamber’s rules by saying President Donald Trump’s comments about four freshman House members were racist.”These comments from the White House are disgraceful and disgusting and those comments are racist,” Pelosi had said on the House floor during debate on a proposed resolution condemning the president’s remarks as racist.The Democra
  
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• Landlords Sue NYC Over New Rent Caps on a Million Apartments

  16-07-2019 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- New York City’s rent-stabilization law is under attack after a group of real-estate trade groups and landlords sued to overturn regulations that cover more than 1 million apartments.The decades-old law that limits rent increases violates the U.S. Constitution by placing an unfair burden on property owners, particularly those who own pre-1974 buildings with six or more units, according to the suit, filed Monday in federal court in Brooklyn.The state legislature, now under ful
  
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• U.S. Justice Department asks appeals court to pause antitrust ruling against Qualcomm

  16-07-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  "For DoD, Qualcomm is a key player both in terms of its trusted supply chain and as a leader in innovation, and it would be impossible to replace Qualcomm's critical role in 5G technology in the short term," Ellen M. Lord, Under Secretary for Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, wrote in a filing made in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.Qualcomm, the largest supplier of modem chips that connect smartphones to wireless data networks, on May 21 lost in an antitrust lawsuit brought by the Feder
  
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• How Virtual Reality Helped To Create The Lion King

  16-07-2019 22:59 via gamespot.com
  
  While on the surface, Disney's latest live-action remake looks a lot like the 2016 adaptation of The Jungle Book--and even has the same director in Jon Favreau--the new Lion King was actually crafted very differently. That's due, in large part, to the technology used to make the film.During a press conference to promote the film, Favreau revealed that his take on Jungle Book owed a lot of its technique and style to James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar. "In Jungle Book, we were essentially using the
  
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• Fortnite 9.40 Update, New Tactical Shotguns Coming Tomorrow

  16-07-2019 22:55 via gamespot.com
  
  After three weeks of 9.30 content updates, a new patch is on the way for Fortnite. The v9.40 update will arrive on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices tomorrow, July 17, and it looks set to introduce some new weapon variants to the battle royale shooter.Downtime for the v9.40 update is scheduled to begin at 1 AM PT / 4 AM ET / 9 AM BST, developer Epic announced on Twitter. The studio didn't discuss what new content will arrive as part of the update, but Fortnite's in-game news
  
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• Humane Society SOS: Dogs swim for their lives as Ark. shelter floods. Community comes to the rescue.

  16-07-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  An Arkansas animal shelter issued an SOS as flash flooding poured in and a puppy drowned. Then the community came to the rescue.
  
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• Ten dead, at least 10 feared trapped in Mumbai building collapse

  16-07-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Ten people were killed and at least 10 others were feared trapped under rubble after a building collapsed during heavy monsoon rains which lashed India's financial capital Mumbai on Tuesday, officials said, the second such tragedy in two weeks."Ten dead bodies have been recovered and nine injured have been sent to hospital," disaster management spokesman Tanaji Kamble told AFP of the building collapse in southern Mumbai's congested Dongri area."Rescue operations will continue till everyone stuck
  
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• Trump administration blasts WTO ruling on China

  16-07-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The Trump administration blasted a World Trade Organization decision Tuesday that could let China levy sanctions on the United States.The 2-1 decision by the WTO's appellate body was actually a mixed verdict in a case that dates back to 2007 and is unrelated to the tariffs the administration has slapped on $250 billion in Chinese goods.In its final decision, the WTO agreed with the U.S. that China lets state-owned enterprises (SOEs) subsidize Chinese firms by providing components at unfairly low
  
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• Fortnite's Next Event Might Be A Giant Monster Fight This Weekend

  16-07-2019 22:28 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite is preparing to wrap up Season 9 in a few weeks, and it appears this weekend could start the events that will lead into Season 10. Data miners have found evidence of an large-scale battle that could kick off on Saturday evening.The giant eyeball from Polar Peak, apparently belonging to a monster nicknamed Cattus, has vanished. It has been roaming around the island and causing havoc. Meanwhile, a giant robot called Doggus is under construction at Pressure Plant. The two seem likely for a
  
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• Texas fossil uncovers new species of duckbilled dinosaur

  16-07-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  The fossil discovered at the Big Bend National Park in Texas led to the classification of the Aquilarhinus palilmentus.
  
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• Resolution to condemn Trump held up after Rep. Collins demands Nancy Pelosi's remarks be taken down

  16-07-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Republican Congressman Doug Collins says Pelosi's remarks crossed the line; Chad Pergram reports from Capitol Hill.
  
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• Pictures of teen's death go viral on Instagram

  16-07-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  17-year-old Bianca Devins was killed by a New York man on Sunday after attending a concert, authorities said.
  
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• McConnell says Trump is 'not a racist' and calls for Washington to 'tone down' rhetoric

  16-07-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that he doesn’t believe Donald Trump is a racist despite the president’s calls for four Democratic lawmakers to “go back” to the “crime infested places from which they came.”
  
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• Legion Season 3 Episode 4 "Chapter 23" Breakdown

  16-07-2019 22:13 via gamespot.com
  
  David and company come face-to-face with the consequences of time travel in Episode 4 of Legion Season 3. Join Ryan and Greg for a breakdown of another mind-bending episode of Legion.
  
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• UPDATE 1-Iran says it came to help of disabled foreign oil tanker in the Gulf

  16-07-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Iranian navy vessels came to the assistance of a disabled foreign oil tanker in the Gulf that needed repairs, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying on Tuesday by the semi-official news agency ISNA."(Spokesman) Abbas Mousavi said... that an international oil tanker was in trouble due to a technical fault in the Persian Gulf... After receiving a request for assistance, Iranian forces approached it and used a tugboat to pull it towards Iranian waters for the necessary repairs to be
  
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• Iran Says Missing Tanker Had Problems and Was Towed for Repairs

  16-07-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- A small oil tanker that had gone missing in the Persian Gulf had technical difficulties and was towed into Iranian waters for repairs, an Iranian foreign ministry official said, according to the ISNA news agency.Further details on the ship, the Panamanian-flagged Riah, will be announced later, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said, according to the semi-offficial ISNA. Iran responded after a request for assistance from the tanker, the report said.The Iranian comments did l
  
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• Schumer on ending filibuster: 'Nothing's off the table'

  16-07-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer opened the door on Tuesday to ending the procedural rule that requires 60 votes to steer most bills through the chamber if Democrats take the Senate and White House in 2020 — a boon to presidential candidates and activists in his party who have called for that change.Schumer told reporters that "nothing's off the table" if Democrats defeat President Donald Trump and take back the Senate in 2020.It wasn't the first time Schumer has signaled that he would
  
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• Boxy and Beautiful: 2004 Mercedes-Benz G55 AMG

  16-07-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Tear up the urban jungle in this high-powered SUV!The Mercedes-Benz G-Class was born from a rugged, off-road military truck, but today's versions of this legendary SUV are more likely to terrify unsuspecting sports cars than to traverse rugged terrain. That's especially the case when it comes to the AMG-tuned G-Class SUVs, which is what Dallas Motor Collection is offering up for sale with this lovely 2004 Mercedes-Benz G55 AMG.Although the G-Wagen dates back to 1979 and the second-gen model went
  
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• European sites where US nuclear weapons held inadvertently revealed in Nato-linked document

  16-07-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The European sites where America's nuclear weapons are stored has been inadvertently revealed in a document published by a Nato-linked body, according to Belgian media reports.  The document written by for the Defense and Security Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly made passing reference to the roughly 150 US nuclear weapons being stored in Europe. “These bombs are stored at six US and European bases - Kleine Brogel in Belgium, Büchel in Germany, Aviano and Ghedi-Torre
  
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• Former tenant charged in killing of Louisiana civil rights activist

  16-07-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Baton Rouge detectives arrested Ron Jermaine Bell in the killing of Sadie Roberts-Joseph, 75, whose body was found stuffed in the trunk of her car on Friday afternoon, Police Chief Murphy Paul told a news conference.The suspect was already in jail in East Baton Rouge Parish for failing to register as a sex offender when police linked him to the murder, said Sheriff Sid J. Gautreaux, III, at the same news conference.Roberts-Joseph's death was ruled a homicide by the East Baton Rouge Parish Corone
  
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• FACTBOX-U.S. police officers who kill unarmed black men often avoid criminal liability

  16-07-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  A New York City policeman became the latest example of a law enforcement officer to face no criminal liability for killing an unarmed black man when the U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday it would not prosecute him in the July 17, 2014 killing of Eric Garner with a prohibited chokehold.Garner, 43, died after Daniel Pantaleo, a white police officer, used a chokehold as police attempted to arrest him on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes on a sidewalk.The following are outcomes
  
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• Beloved Yosemite landmarks' original names restored after trademark dispute

  16-07-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Visitors were unhappy when a changeover in services prompted the national park to change the names of hotels and attractionsThe iconic Ahwahnee hotel in Yosemite national park has its name back after briefly being called the Majestic Yosemite Hotel.Photograph: John Walker/Associated PressSome of Yosemite’s most well-known and beloved attractions will get their original names back, following a settlement in an intellectual property dispute that briefly changed the monikers of the national p
  
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• Iran says it came to help of disabled foreign oil tanker in the Gulf

  16-07-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Iranian navy vessels came to the assistance of a disabled foreign oil tanker in the Gulf that needed repairs, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying on Tuesday by the semi-official news agency ISNA."(Spokesman) Abbas Mousavi said... that an international oil tanker was in trouble due to a technical fault in the Persian Gulf... After receiving a request for assistance, Iranian forces approached it and used a tugboat to pull it towards Iranian waters for the necessary repairs to be
  
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• Overwatch Summer Games Event Begins: New Legendary Skins, Weekly Challenges, And More

  16-07-2019 21:12 via gamespot.com
  
  The annual limited-time Summer Games event has returned to Overwatch. The event continues until early August, offering three weeks of challenges to complete, new cosmetics to unlock, and the return of a beloved arcade mode.The Summer Games have been divided into three segments this year, with challenges to complete during each week. Every week offers the same three challenges: win three games, win six games, and win nine games. The rewards for each week are outlined below.July 16 - July 22Win 3
  
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• FFXIV Shadowbringers First Raid And Update Are Live, Here Are The Details

  16-07-2019 21:12 via gamespot.com
  
  The first update for Final Fantasy XIV's latest expansion, Shadowbringers, is now live and gives players their first wave of post-release content. Patch 5.01 introduces additional quests for those who finished the Shadowbringers main scenario questline under the umbrella of Chronicles of a New Era. There are also a handful of tweaks to many of the jobs and bug fixes, but the most substantial addition is the new 8-player raid dungeon called Eden's Gate.You can access the raid by finishing the new
  
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• Pokemon Go Crossing Over With One Piece For Special Event

  16-07-2019 21:05 via gamespot.com
  
  A special event has been announced for Pokemon Go. Niantic's hit Pokemon mobile game is teaming up with the popular manga series One Piece for a collaboration event next week, which will give players around the world a chance to capture a special Pikachu.Beginning July 22, Pikachu wearing One Piece hero Luffy's iconic straw hat will begin spawning worldwide for a limited time. A straw hat avatar item will also be available from the in-game Style Shop, while players in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
  
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• Xbox Game Pass For PC, Xbox One Bringing Gears 5 And More Games For July

  16-07-2019 21:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft has announced even more additions to Xbox Game Pass for PC and console coming throughout the rest of July. On top of the usual suite of additions, this month will also bring access to the Gears 5 technical test.The Gears 5 test is otherwise reserved for those who preorder Gears 5, but since the game is included with Game Pass, so is the test. It will kick off on Friday, July 19, but you can download the client starting Wednesday, July 17. This test will cover the PvP portion of multipl
  
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• Anti-Defamation League blasts Trump for 'invoking support for Israel to defend this racism'

  16-07-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The president's attack on Democratic lawmakers is panned by the Jewish civil rights group.
  
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• 'Dangerous': Air Force responds to plans to 'storm Area 51' and 'see them aliens'

  16-07-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  As more than a million people on Facebook say they're "going" to a joke event to "storm Area 51," the U.S. military has responded to the plans.
  
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• What first-hand government reports say about conditions at migrant detention centers

  16-07-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  USA TODAY assembled accounts from government officials as well as pediatricians who have toured border facilities. Here's what they said.
  
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• Man charged with sex assault on fellow nursing home resident

  16-07-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Police say a New Hampshire man has been charged with sexually assaulting a female stroke victim at a nursing home where both were residents. Milford Police Capt. Shawn Pelletier says 74-year-old Robert Champigny was arrested Monday night at a Manchester hotel for assaulting the 83-year-old woman at Crestwood Nursing Home in June. Champigny was released on personal recognizance.
  
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• Taika Waititi Will Direct Thor 4, But There's A Major Catch - Report

  16-07-2019 20:26 via gamespot.com
  
  As Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to come more into focus, it looks as though Chris Hemsworth isn't leaving the franchise anytime soon. It's being reported that a follow-up to Thor: Ragnarok is happening, with Taika Waititi returning to direct the film.The news comes from The Hollywood Reporter, which claims a deal has been signed by Waititi to write and direct the film. The report includes bad news about another of Waititi's upcoming projects. His live-action adaptation of t
  
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• Over 100 PC Games Will Launch On Ubisoft's Uplay Plus Subscription

  16-07-2019 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft has revealed the full list of games that will be available on Uplay+ when the service launches. First teased at E3 2019, Uplay+ is a subscription-based service that gives you access to a library of games--think along the same lines as EA Access or Xbox Game Pass."The value of Uplay+ is that you not only get access to our catalog of more than 100 games and DLC, but you also will be able to enjoy our upcoming releases," Ubisoft VP of platform and product management Brenda Panagrossi said i
  
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• Battle for the Grid - Season 1 Pass Characters!

  16-07-2019 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Clockwork joins Persia to break down the new DLC and patch update for Battle for the Grid! Both free and paid DLC is now available!
  
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• Apollo 11 astronaut returns to launch pad 50 years later

  16-07-2019 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.Collins said he wished his two moonwalking colleagues could have shared the moment at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A, the departure point for humanity's first moon landing."Wonderful feeling to be back," the 88-year-old command module pilot said on NASA TV.
  
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• The Latest: Judge bars Roger Stone from social media

  16-07-2019 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge has restricted Roger Stone's use of social media after finding that the longtime friend of President Donald Trump violated her gag order. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson told Stone on Tuesday that he could not use Instagram or other social media platforms while the case against him moves forward. Stone is charged in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, accused of lying to lawmakers and witness tampering.
  
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• Kellyanne Conway challenges reporter who questioned Trump's tweet: 'What's your ethnicity?'

  16-07-2019 19:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The counselor to the president lashed out at a White House reporter who pressed her on President Trump’s tweets saying four Democratic congresswomen of color should “go back” to their home countries.
  
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• Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin recalls first moments on the moon on 50th anniversary of mission

  16-07-2019 19:28 via news.yahoo.com
  "To me, it was the dream we had all signed up to chase, what we had imagined, worked and trained for, the apex of national service to a country we unabashedly loved," Buzz Aldrin said.
  
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• Odd Man Out: How the Independent Justin Amash Could Shake Up the 2020 Presidential Election

  16-07-2019 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Washington circles are abuzz with the suggestion that Justin Amash, the ex-Republican congressman from Michigan, may mount a third-party presidential campaign in 2020. In the few days since leaving the GOP, he’s talked about “room for a third party” and refused to rule out running for president. But sources close to Amash and the Libertarian Party deny that a presidential run is in the works—although the door is still open. For the time being, the Libertarian-leaning repr
  
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• Ebola patient in DR Congo city of Goma has died: governor

  16-07-2019 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma has died, the governor of North Kivu province said on Tuesday.The case -- the first in a major urban hub in the region's nearly year-old epidemic of the disease -- has sparked deep concern in neighbouring Rwanda and at the UN.The UN's World Health Organization will convene its emergency response board on Wednesday to assess whether the outbreak should be declared a "public health emergency of international concern"
  
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