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• New Star Wars Vader Immortal: Episode 2 Story Details Revealed

  23-07-2019 23:57 via gamespot.com
  
  New story details and images for Vader Immortal: Episode II have been revealed. The Star Wars VR experience sees you take control of a nameless salvager who's been captured by Darth Vader."You will get to use the Force in Episode II," Vader Immortal director Ben Snow said in an interview with StarWars.com. "The way we thought about this was, we wanted to give you the Vader equivalent of Yoda teaching Luke about the Force in Empire Strikes Back. So we wanted it to be slightly darker and more twis
  
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• Fortnite Season 9 Overtime Challenges: Visit Loot Lake; Eliminate Opponents With A Friend; And More

  23-07-2019 23:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite Season 9 is coming to a close very soon. The final set of weekly challenges from this season rolled out earlier this month, and a giant robot recently did battle with the monster that was once encased in ice beneath Polar Peak, changing the landscape of the island and setting the stage for Season 10 to begin in August.Before we get there, however, developer Epic Games still has some Season 9 content in store for players. Not only is there a Fortnite birthday event coming up this week (w
  
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• Ole Miss student from Fort Worth arrested for murder after classmate was found dead near campus

  23-07-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Brandon Theesfeld, 22, is charged with the murder of 21-year-old Alexandria Kostial. Her body was found 30 miles from the University of Mississippi.
  
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• Puerto Ricans gather for largest protest yet to oust Gov. Ricardo Rossello

  23-07-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands of Puerto Rican flags fluttered in the morning breeze as demonstrators arrived from across the island Monday for what many expected to be one of the biggest protests ever seen in the U.S. territory.
  
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• When ICE Tried to Arrest an Undocumented Man in Tennessee, Neighbors and a Network of Volunteers Formed a Human Chain to Protect Him

  23-07-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  The man was with his 12-year-old son
  
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• They exist: rare clip shows uncontacted tribe under threat in Brazil

  23-07-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Rare video of one of Brazil's last uncontacted indigenous tribes has been released to help raise awareness about threats to their survival, campaigners said on Tuesday.The footage, shot by indigenous filmmaker Flay Guajajara and lasting about 1 minute, shows an Awa tribe member in the woods holding a knife, seemingly unaware he is being filmed."This video shows that they do not want to be contacted, not even by the Guajajara," said the filmmaker, himself a member of the Guajajara tribe and part
  
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• Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Review: Not The Movie You Expect

  23-07-2019 23:21 via gamespot.com
  
  The less you know about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the easier it will be to simply sit back and enjoy it--up to a point. Here's a quick summary that, honestly, should tell you everything you need: OUATIH is Quentin Tarantino's ninth film, it follows a washed-up TV cowboy and his stunt double in Hollywood during the late 1960s, and it's a love letter to what Tarantino clearly believes is the golden age of Hollywood. If you enjoy Tarantino movies, go see Once Upon a Time in Hollywood--full sto
  
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• US spars with key allies at UN over Mideast peace approach

  23-07-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. derided the viability of reaching "international consensus" on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Tuesday, further distancing itself from the two-state solution preferred by most of the world and drawing rebukes from its European allies.President Donald Trump's Mideast negotiator, Jason Greenblatt, delivered the harsh assessment during a U.N. Security Council debate as the White House says it is preparing to unveil the political portion of its Mideast peace plan.Greenblatt dismissed the p
  
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• Hate crime charges possible after Hindu priest attacked in Queens

  23-07-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Police are investigating a violent attack on a Hindu priest in Queens, and Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered the state Hate Crimes Task Force to assist.
  
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• UPDATE 1-Iran vows to secure Strait of Hormuz, urges diplomacy

  23-07-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran will secure the Strait of Hormuz and not allow anydisturbance in shipping in the key oil transport waterway, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday during a visit to Paris, the state new agency IRNA reported.France, Italy, the Netherlands and Denmark support a European-led naval mission to ensure safe shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, three senior EU diplomats said on Tuesday, after Britain proposed the idea following Iran's seizure of a British-flagged oil tanke
  
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• Jon Stewart's face as Mitch McConnell walks by him is priceless

  23-07-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Every so often a photograph captures a facial expression so priceless that you feel compelled to print it out, frame it, and do something really dramatic like sneak it into the Louvre. Today I am pleased to announce that I had one of those moments.The museum-worthy photograph to which I'm referring was taken on Tuesday afternoon by Roll Call photojournalist Bill Clark. He happened to be standing by the Ohio Clock Corridor in the Capitol at the absolute perfect time, and was able to capture
  
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• The Latest: CSX agrees on blame for deadly 2018 Amtrak crash

  23-07-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  CSX is agreeing with federal officials who say the company and one of its train crews were responsible for an Amtrak crash that killed two people and hurt nearly 100 passengers in South Carolina in 2018.CSX spokeswoman Cindy Schild says the company's rules and procedures were not followed when a CSX crew parked a train on a side track near Columbia and then didn't flip a switch to move the tracks back to the main line.The Amtrak train then went down that side track at full speed and hit the park
  
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• Poll: Percentage of Americans Who Cite Immigration as Nation’s Top Problem Hits Record High

  23-07-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The percentage of Americans who cite immigration as the nation's "most important problem" has hit a record high as the Trump administration continues to struggle with an unprecedented influx of migrants streaming across the southern border.27 percent of Americans said they saw immigration as the "most important problem" facing the country in the latest Gallup poll, up four points from the previous month's poll. Immigration has loomed larger in Americans' minds this year as the crisis at the bord
  
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• 2021 Cadillac Escalade's Interior Spied for Real

  23-07-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The next-gen SUV will be getting a large curved touchscreen atop the dashboard.
  
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• Iraq exhumes bodies thought to be Kurds killed by Saddam

  23-07-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Iraq on Tuesday began exhuming the remains of dozens of victims, including children, likely killed during ex-dictator Saddam Hussein's campaign against the country's Kurds, a forensics official told AFP.The mass grave was uncovered in Tal al-Sheikhiya, about 300 kilometres (200 miles) south of Baghdad, said Zaid al-Youssef, the head of Baghdad's Medico-Legal Directorate which is tasked with identifying the remains."More than 70 bodies including women and children, ranging from newborns to 10 yea
  
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• CEO: Schools reject offer to pay students' late lunch bills

  23-07-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  The president of a Pennsylvania school board whose district had warned parents behind on lunch bills that their children could end up in foster care has rejected a CEO's offer to cover the cost, the businessman said Tuesday.Todd Carmichael, chief executive and co-founder of Philadelphia-based La Colombe Coffee, said he offered to give Wyoming Valley West School District $22,000 to wipe out bills that generated the recent warning letter to parents.
  
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• Fortnite Birthday Event Starts Soon With Special Rewards

  23-07-2019 22:27 via gamespot.com
  
  It's been about two years since the initial release of Fortnite, and as it did last year, Epic Games plans to celebrate with an in-game birthday event. For Battle Royale players, this will kick off soon and run for one week, adding some birthday-themed elements and offering special rewards--and presumably challenges--for a limited time.The Fortnite Birthday Celebration event begins on July 24 and runs until July 31 (coinciding with the end of Season 9). As referenced in the newest Fortnite patch
  
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• House Democrats Unveil Climate Goal Short of Ocasio-Cortez’s

  23-07-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- House Democrats unveiled a target to stave off climate change Tuesday, one that is a far cry from the controversial Green New Deal being championed by New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives.Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced they would pursue legislation this year that calls for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, a less ambitious but politically, and technologically, achievable alternative to Ocasio-Cortez’s
  
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• DC Universe's Harley Quinn Cartoon Will Tackle Abusive Joker Relationship

  23-07-2019 22:23 via gamespot.com
  
  As long as the character of Harley Quinn has been around, there's been a discussion among Batman fans about her relationship with Joker, which is incredibly abusive. It was revealed in the 1994 comic The Batman Adventures: Mad Love that Harley was a former psychiatrist that fell in love with the Clown Prince of Crime, even though he regularly insulted and demeaned her--and held very little regard for her life.That's an aspect of Harley's history that was largely ignored in 2016's Suicide Squad,
  
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• Star Trek Discovery Cast On What To Expect In Season 3 and Short Treks | SDCC 2019

  23-07-2019 22:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Star Trek: Discovery stars Sonequa Martin-Green (Michael Burnham), Ethan Peck (Spock) Rebecca Romijn (Number One) and new cast member David Ajala (Cleveland Booker) talked to us at San Diego Comic-Con about what to expect in season 3 as well as the new Short Treks!
  
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• Immigration agent gives up after man aided by neighbors

  23-07-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  An immigration agent gave up trying to arrest a Tennessee man who, aided by neighbors, refused to leave his vehicle for four hours.WTVF-TV reports an Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicle blocked the unnamed man's van in his driveway in Nashville and attempted to take him into custody Monday, but he refused to get out.As he sat in the van with his 12-year-old son, neighbors decided to help.
  
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• New Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Video Introduces Another Subspecies

  23-07-2019 22:14 via gamespot.com
  
  If you thought Monster Hunter Generations' Glavenus species were mean, try adding some acid to their DNA. That's exactly what Capcom has done in the new Monster Hunter World: Iceborne expansion, introducing the new Acidic Glavenus subspecies to the third-person action-RPG.A video posted to the official Monster Hunter YouTube channel states that the Acidic Glavenus "will test all aspects of your hunting skills and readiness." The new subspecies now has more precise control of its huge tail and de
  
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• Shadow Pokemon In Pokemon Go: Guide To Catching And Purifying

  23-07-2019 22:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Team Rocket has invaded Pokemon Go. After weeks of teases, the villainous trainers have begun appearing in the hit Pokemon mobile game following its latest update, and they come with Shadow Pokemon in tow--dark versions of monsters that feature glowing red eyes and a sinister aura.Just as in GameCube's Pokemon Colosseum, you can rescue these Shadow Pokemon from their trainers and "purify" them, but first you'll need to find the invading Team Rocket grunts and defeat them in a Pokemon battle. If
  
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• Pokemon Go Shadow Pokemon Guide: How To Catch And Purify

  23-07-2019 22:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Team Rocket has invaded Pokemon Go. After weeks of teases, the villainous trainers have begun appearing in the hit Pokemon mobile game following its latest update, and they come with Shadow Pokemon in tow--dark versions of monsters that feature glowing red eyes and a sinister aura.Just as in GameCube's Pokemon Colosseum, you can rescue these Shadow Pokemon from their trainers and "purify" them, but first you'll need to find the invading Team Rocket grunts and defeat them in a Pokemon battle. If
  
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• Sorry, AOC: Moderate House Democrats Have Their Own Climate Plan

  23-07-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats rolled out a climate agenda Tuesday as their caucus attempts to draw a distinction between New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s approach to tackling global warming and a more moderate plan.Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee announced they would pursue legislation calling for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, a far less ambitious plan than the Green New Deal, which aims to complete the emissions target by 2030. Democrats criticized Ocasio-C
  
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• Fact: U.S. and Israeli F-15s Went to War in a Simulated Fight. Who Won?

  23-07-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Noteworthy according to Times of Israel IAF Red Air gave the Blue forces a tough time during defensive missions to protect Blue forces and installations.Twelve F-15Es assigned to 494th Fighter Squadron from Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, England recently completed biannual training in Israel in support of exercise Juniper Falcon. As told by Tech. Sgt. Matthew Plew, 48th Fighter Wing Public Affairs, in the article U.S. Forces complete Juniper Falcon 17-2, the Strike Eagles flew missions with t
  
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• Send in the F-22s: Why Iran's F-14s Are No Joke

  23-07-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Navy retired its last Tomcat in 2006. But with its long range and powerful radar, the F-14 remains one of the world’s most capable fighters. For that reason, the Americans for many years have been trying to ground the Ayatollah’s F-14s.Tensions have escalated in the Persian Gulf region in the aftermath of U.S. president Donald Trump’s decision unilaterally to withdraw the United States from the agreement limiting Iran’s nuclear program.The U.S. military has impli
  
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• Disney employee punched in face by park guest angry over FastPass at Tower of Terror

  23-07-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  It's a brawl world, after all
  
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• Trump calls Rep. Tlaib a 'crazed lunatic' and rails against 'Squad' in fiery speech

  23-07-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump took his feud with four progressive congresswomen to a new level in a speech on Tuesday afternoon, with incendiary attacks that included false accusations.
  
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• Thanks to climate change, parts of the Arctic are on fire. Scientists are concerned

  23-07-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Satellite images are showing that areas of the Arctic have been catching fire. These wildfires, while not uncommon, are concerning scientists.
  
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• France seeks European surveillance to secure Gulf traffic

  23-07-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  France says it's working with its European partners on an observation mission to ensure maritime security in the Persian Gulf, where tensions have climbed with Iran's seizure last week of a U.K.-flagged oil tanker.Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian made no mention of a Europe-led "maritime protection mission" announced a day earlier by his British counterpart, Jeremy Hunt, offering instead what seems to be a softer version.France is working "at this moment on a European initiative" with Britain
  
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• Videos of water being dumped on police officers create stir

  23-07-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Cellphone videos of people brazenly dousing uniformed New York Police Department patrolmen with water have sparked outrage and led police officials to urge the force not to tolerate the behavior.Asked about the dousings in an interview Monday with local news channel NY1, de Blasio responded that "they are two very different incidents, one of which was not confrontational, the other of which was.
  
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• A Closer Look at North Korea's "New" Missile Submarine

  23-07-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The sub is designed to launch nuclear-tipped missiles.
  
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• Lawmaker, conservative group seek ethics probes of Rep. Omar

  23-07-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  A Minnesota state legislator and a conservative group announced Tuesday that they are seeking ethics investigations into U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar for a range of alleged offenses.Steve Drazkowski, a Republican, and Judicial Watch both say Omar may have committed immigration fraud by marrying someone they say is her brother.Omar, a Minnesota Democrat who came to the U.S. as a refugee from Somalia, previously denied the allegation and called such claims "disgusting lies." A spokesman didn't immediately
  
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• 'Racist'? UPenn Prof. Amy Wax says U.S. better with more white than non-white immigrants

  23-07-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Amy Wax said more immigration leads to dirtier cities. Penn Law's dean said comments were bigoted and possibly racist, but didn't address her tenure.
  
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• Iowa couple receives 3-year probation after dehydrated infant found with cocaine in system

  23-07-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  An Iowa couple was sentenced to three years of probation last Thursday aftertheir then-3-month-old baby girl tested positive for cocaine, according to theDes Moines Register
  
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• Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit Trailer Shows His Take On Hitler

  23-07-2019 21:06 via gamespot.com
  
  Academy Award nominee Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok) seems to be getting busier. While voicing a brand new Rick and Morty character and taking the Thor: Love and Thunder director/writer reigns, the New Zealand filmmaker is closing 2019 strong with the satirical dark comedy Jojo Rabbit, which finally has a teaser trailer.Waititi took to Twitter to post the teaser while seemingly poking fun at both the language and nature of "teezer traylor[s]." The minute-long trailer shows a bunch of boy scouts
  
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• The Latest: McConnell won't be watching Mueller testimony

  23-07-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he doesn't intend to watch former special counsel Robert Mueller testify before Congress on Russia's interference in the 2016 election.The Republican told reporters Tuesday the public already has a "pretty full picture" of Mueller's report.The former special counsel is set to appear Wednesday in his first extended public remarks since being appointed more than two years ago to lead the probe.
  
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• FBI Director: White-Supremacist Violence Accounts for Majority of Domestic-Terrorism Arrests Since Last October

  23-07-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  FBI director Christopher Wray told Congress on Tuesday that the majority of domestic-terrorism arrests since last October have been linked to white supremacy."I will say that a majority of the domestic-terrorism cases that we’ve investigated are motivated by some version of what you might call white-supremacist violence, but it does include other things as well," the FBI chief said in testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee.Wray explained that since October, the FBI has arrested a
  
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• PS4 Summer Sale Launches With 400+ Deals--And They're Good (US)

  23-07-2019 20:45 via gamespot.com
  
  The summer heat is reason enough to stay indoors now that we're nearing August, but the PlayStation Store just dropped an even bigger incentive to spend some quality time with your PS4 this season: its annual Summer Sale with four weeks of deals. The sale includes markdowns on everything from AAA titles to critically acclaimed indies, and it's live now through August 20 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET.You'll find some of this year's biggest games included, like Devil May Cry 5 for $39.59, Resident Evil 2
  
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• Massive PS4 Summer Sale Launches With 400+ Deals--And They're Good (US)

  23-07-2019 20:45 via gamespot.com
  
  The summer heat is reason enough to stay indoors now that we're nearing August, but the PlayStation Store just dropped an even bigger incentive to spend some quality time with your PS4 this season: its annual Summer Sale with four weeks of deals. The sale includes markdowns on everything from AAA titles to critically acclaimed indies, and it's live now through August 20 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET.You'll find some of this year's biggest games included, like Devil May Cry 5 for $39.59, Resident Evil 2
  
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• Ukraine president's party gets solid parliament majority

  23-07-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The anti-corruption party of Ukraine's new president has won a commanding majority of seats in the national parliament, near-complete election results showed Tuesday, giving him leverage to try to enact his promised reforms.The national election commission reported Tuesday that with 98% of ballots counted, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's Servant of the People party had 43% of the vote for the 225 seats in parliament that are allocated proportionally.Party candidates also led in races for 176 of
  
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• Videos of people dousing NYPD officers with water cause outrage

  23-07-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Videos of people dousing New York City police officers with water have sparked outrage and led police officials to urge the force not to tolerate the behavior. Police on Tuesday were looking into two recent instances in which people on video dump buckets of water on uniformed NYPD patrolmen.
  
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• Kyoto Animation arson killings didn't get much attention because we couldn't demonize guns

  23-07-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The Kyoto Animation killing left 34 dead, but it didn't have much impact because we don't pay attention to mass killings without guns. We should.
  
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• Republicans Aren’t Happy: Mueller Makes Last-Minute Request Ahead Of Testimony

  23-07-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Former special counsel Robert Mueller asked Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee to swear in his longtime deputy as a witness at a congressional hearing Wednesday, according to multiple reports.Mueller asked that Aaron Zebley, who served as deputy on the special counsel’s probe, be sworn in as a witness in order to address any questions that he is not able to answer, according to sources familiar with the matter, The New York Times and CNN reported.Mueller is sche
  
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• NAACP calls for impeaching Trump

  23-07-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Delegates at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s annual convention in Detroit voted unanimously to pass a resolution calling for the president’s impeachment.
  
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• Agreement affirms North Carolina transgender restroom rights

  23-07-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge approved a legal settlement Tuesday affirming transgender people's right to use restrooms matching their gender identity in many North Carolina public buildings.The consent decree between the state's Democratic governor and transgender plaintiffs covers numerous state-owned buildings including facilities run by executive branch agencies that oversee the environment, transportation and Medicaid, among others.In return, the plaintiffs have agreed to drop pending legal action agains
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein Confronts Legal One-Two Punch in Bid to Get Out of Jail

  23-07-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Freeing Jeffrey Epstein on bail might be a strategic shot in the arm for the accused child sex trafficker’s defense -- but it’s a long shot for his legal team.The advantage: freedom to help marshal a complicated case against charges that could put the 66-year-old money manager in prison for the rest of his life if he’s convicted.But “the facts are against them, the law is against them and the appellate standard is against them. They are running uphill again
  
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• Call Of Duty Modern Warfare Teases New Weapon Customization System

  23-07-2019 19:57 via gamespot.com
  
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is just a few months away, but more information about the upcoming first-person shooter keeps trickling out. Ahead of next month's multiplayer gameplay reveal, Activision pulled the curtain back on a new "robust weapon customization" system.A blog post on the official Activision website details the breadth of options available once the Modern Warfare reboot launches on October 25 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The system is called "gunsmithing" and it allows yo
  
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• The Pentagon Finally Has a Permanent Defense Secretary. Here's What to Know About Mark Esper

  23-07-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Here's what to know about Mark Esper
  
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