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• 5 dead, 2 injured in residential shootings in Wisconsin

  29-07-2019 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  A shooter killed three family members at a home in a small Wisconsin town, then went to a residence in a nearby community and opened fire on more people, sheriff's officials said Monday.The shootings some 9 miles (14.5 kilometers) apart in northwestern Wisconsin left a total of five people dead, including the suspect, and two others wounded, authorities said.Authorities found the shooter and another person dead while responding to a 911 call in Lake Hallie in about 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Sheriff Jam
  
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• New Jersey crash leaves car pinned in near vertical position

  29-07-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The crash happened at 12:30 p.m. between exits 82 and 81 in the southbound lanes of the Garden State Parkway.
  
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• Boris Johnson Issues Ultimatum to EU Over Brexit Talks as Pound Slumps

  29-07-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not start talks with European Union leaders over Brexit unless they first agree to his demand to reopen the divorce deal they struck with his predecessor, Theresa May, his office warned Monday. So far, EU leaders have refused.The pound fell to its lowest in two years on growing fears the new premier will steer Britain into an economically damaging no-deal split. Johnson stepped up the government’s preparations for leaving the EU without an a
  
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• 1987 Pontiac Fiero GT: GM's Other Mid-Engine Coupe

  29-07-2019 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Here's a Fiero that you can be "very proud" to own!With all of the talk about the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8, it's hard not to think about GM's last mid-engine car: the Pontiac Fiero. While many cars from the '80s have soared in prices, the Fiero remains a surprisingly affordable classic from this time period, which is proven by this low-mileage 1987 Pontiac Fiero GT being sold by Streetside Classics of Phoenix for just $13,995.The term time capsule probably gets thrown around a little too much
  
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• California has strict gun laws. Here's how the Gilroy gunman evaded them

  29-07-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  US lawmakers renew calls for federal gun reform after shooter purchased weapon legally in NevadaPolice officers escort people from Christmas Hill Park following the shooting. Photograph: Noah Berger/APCalifornia has some of the most stringent gun laws in the country, including a ban on the type of rifle that a shooter used to kill three and wound 15 at the garlic food festival in Gilroy on Sunday.But the gunman had legally purchased the “assault-type rifle”, in the style of an AK-47,
  
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• Family cries foul play as teen who accused Indian politician of rape battles for life after accident

  29-07-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  A woman who accused an Indian politician of rape was fighting for her life on Monday after a car crash which her family claim was part of an assassination plot. The woman, who accused Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Kuldeep Singh Sengar of raping her in 2017, was in a critical condition in hospital alongside her lawyer, who was also injured in the crash. Two of her aunts died in the collision between their car and a lorry. Relatives of the 19-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal reaso
  
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• Follow the law, get pulled over: Why a police plan to 'ticket' drivers backfired in Arizona

  29-07-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Tempe Police Department started a "Positive Ticketing Campaign" initiative to hand out Circle K drink coupons for following traffic laws.
  
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• Trump Pals Pushed Nuke Firm That Wanted to Undercut Protections Against a Saudi Bomb

  29-07-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos GettyTwo of President Trump’s closest advisers pushed hard for a firm trying to circumvent the safeguards meant to keep Saudi Arabia from building a nuclear weapon. That’s one of the many conclusions of a year-long investigation by the House Oversight Committee, which found that Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and former inaugural committee chair Tom Barrack worked to enrich themselves and their colleagues in the nucl
  
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• Hong Kong Police Strain Under Pressure to Solve Political Crisis

  29-07-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- When thousands of black-clad protesters flooded a Hong Kong suburb Saturday to express anger over mob violence on their fellow activists, the police found themselves under attack.Mask-wearing demonstrators surrounded a police van, breaking a window while officers were still trapped inside. They spray-painted “dirty cops” and the names of local triad gangs on the vehicle before some protesters eventually convinced the crowd to let it escape.The tense episode in the nort
  
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• Dragon Ball FighterZ New DLC Character Leaked By Nintendo UK

  29-07-2019 22:57 via gamespot.com
  
  It seems a new fighter may enter the Dragon Ball FighterZ ring. Rounding out the six-character FighterZ Pass 2, a new leak suggests Janemba, the demon of pure evil, is the 2D fighter's latest DLC character.The leak comes via Nintendo UK, who posted a description of the character. That page has since been removed, but Google crawled the page and confirms that Janemba was mentioned on Nintendo's website. According to the description, Janemba "joins the fight from the Underworld," and the content i
  
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• Pokemon Go Adding Shiny Rayquaza This Week

  29-07-2019 22:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Armored Mewtwo may be leaving Raid Battles in Pokemon Go in only a few days, but a new Legendary is set to take its place. Rayquaza, the Legendary Dragon Pokemon from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, is returning to Raids beginning Wednesday, July 31, and this time around, you'll have your first chance to capture its Shiny form.Rayquaza will begin appearing in five-star Raids at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET / 9 PM BST and will remain in the game until the same time on September 2, giving you a little over a mo
  
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• President Trump's Attacks on Baltimore Came as Elijah Cummings Quietly Built Effective Investigations Into the Administration

  29-07-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump's Twitter tirade against Elijah Cummings highlighted the effectiveness of the Congressman's oversight strategy
  
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• Mitch McConnell: Top Trump ally angrily hits back at 'modern-day McCarthyism' amid row over election security and Russia

  29-07-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has angrily hit out at critics who accused of him ignoring threats to US elections from Russia, claiming the “unhinged smears” amounted to “modern-day McCarthyism”.Last week, Mr McConnell, a leading Republican ally of the president, blocked two measures designed to strengthen election security.He claimed the bills, proposed by Democrats, were being tabled for the party’s political benefits. But a number of people accused of ign
  
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• McConnell accuses media outlets of 'modern-day McCarthyism'

  29-07-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  McConnell also defended his opposition to the election security bill.
  
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• Life is Strange 2 Devs Don't Know Where Franchise Will Go Next, But They Want To Keep Making Games Like It

  29-07-2019 22:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Developer Dontnod's choice-focused, narrative Life is Strange games have come to occupy a specific niche on the video game industry landscape. Life is Strange and Life is Strange 2 tell stories about coming of age and growing up, and while both seasons of the franchise also include kids with fantastic supernatural powers, they also try to focus on getting at subjects that are relatable in everyday life. Life is Strange 2 is particularly interesting for its setting in the current US political cli
  
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• 11 Star Trek Picard Theories, Based on What We Know So Far

  29-07-2019 22:10 via gamespot.com
  
  It's nearly time to engage.The buzz around Star Trek: Picard is running high. It will be Trek fans' first, in-depth look at a post-Voyager universe. It will debut on CBS All-Access in early 2020, with 10 one-hour episodes.Picard is completely separate from J.J. Abrams' rebooted Star Trek franchise, which takes place in an alternate "Kelvin" timeline apart from the majority of Trek media. Those Kelvin movies re-envisioned Star Trek as an action-adventure series, with straightforward ethical quest
  
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• Woman who dated suspect in Ole Miss student Ally Kostial's murder: 'That could have been me'

  29-07-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  A woman who briefly dated the man suspected of killing Ally Kostial says she fears she may not be here if she continued seeing him. 
  
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• Dan Coats resignation: Trump values leaders who protect him over those who defend America

  29-07-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  By pushing John Ratcliffe to replace Dan Coats, Trump is signaling, again, that he values leaders who protect him over those who defend America.
  
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• Coalition says strike kills 5 IS jihadists in Syria

  29-07-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  A US-led coalition air strike killed five jihadists in eastern Syria on Monday, a spokesman said, in the first such raid since the collapse of the Islamic State group's "caliphate"."Coalition forces conducted a strike against a Daesh cell near Busayrah", a town in Deir Ezzor province, said coalition spokesman James Rawlinson, using an Arabic acronym for IS.The five jihadists were all Syrian, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor.
  
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• Battlefield 5 Adding New Free Map Tomorrow

  29-07-2019 21:53 via gamespot.com
  
  A new map is coming to Battlefield V very soon. Marita, the next free map to arrive as part of the game's Chapter 4: Defying the Odds expansion, will roll out on PS4, Xbox One, and PC tomorrow, July 30. The map will go live on all platforms alongside the game's 4.2.1 update at 3 AM PT / 6 AM ET / 11 AM BST / 12 PM CEST.Set in Greece, Marita emphasizes verticality and firefights, making for an intense addition to the rotation. As developer DICE describes: "Deploy on a sloping mountain ridge and w
  
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• Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell defends himself from criticism for blocking election security bills

  29-07-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Speaking on the Senate floor, Mitch McConnell vows not to be intimidated by liars and bullies.
  
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• School Shooter Dies in Car Crash, 21 Years After Opening Fire at Arkansas Middle School

  29-07-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Drew Grant and a friend shot and killed five people at Westside Middle School in 1998
  
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• Deputy who plays bailiff on courtroom TV show hurt in weekend shooting that killed his wife

  29-07-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The deputy, who also does acting work, was hurt in the shooting that killed his wife in southeast Houston.
  
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• He wrote the Christian case against dating. Now he's splitting from his wife and faith.

  29-07-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Joshua Harris, author of "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" and a former megachurch pastor,  wrote that he "lived in repentance" for his prior teachings.
  
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• New York reduces penalties for marijuana possession

  29-07-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  New York's governor signed a bill Monday that softens penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana and allows for the expungement of some past offenses.The law changes an unlawful possession of marijuana statute into a violation that's similar to a traffic ticket, instead of a criminal charge.The law also requires that records tied to low-level marijuana cases be automatically sealed and creates a process for expungement.
  
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• Donald Trump Just Granted 5 Full Pardons. Check Out to Who.

  29-07-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump granted five full pardons Monday to John Richard Bubala, Roy Wayne McKeever, Rodney Takumi, Michael Tedesco and Chalmer Lee Williams.The president decided each man was worthy of Executive Grants of Clemency after “a careful review of the files” of each individual, according to an official statement from the Office of the Press Secretary.John Richard BubalaBubala pled guilty to improper use of Federal Government in 1990 in an effort to transport automo
  
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• New Blair Witch Gameplay Shows Good Dog And Good Scares

  29-07-2019 20:48 via gamespot.com
  
  During Microsoft's E3 2019 press conference, developer Bloober Team announced Blair Witch, a first-person survival horror video game based on the 20-year-old movie franchise headed to PC and Xbox One. Details have been kept close to the chest since then, but we've now gotten a quick look at some gameplay ahead of the game's August 30 release.The gameplay footage features the protagonist Ellis talking to someone named Jess about the "missing person case" he's investigating. You can walk around th
  
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• This Ancient Roman Joke Pen From Thousands of Years Ago Was All About Thrifty Gifting

  29-07-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  A 2,000 year old stylus reveals that ancient Romans had a good sense of humor.
  
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• Venezuela Faces the Loss of Citgo -- and Desperately Needed Dollars

  29-07-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela could lose its largest U.S. asset after a court allowed a Canadian gold miner to seize shares of Citgo Petroleum Corp.’s parent to satisfy an arbitration award.A U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday that Crystallex International Corp. may seize U.S.-based stock of Citgo’s parent, which is part of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, to cover a $1.4 billion award over the nationalization of gold fields.Unless reversed on appeal or blocked by the Trump admi
  
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• 'Pink Lady Bandit' and her accomplice arrested in Charlotte

  29-07-2019 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Circe Baez, 35, and Alexis Morales, 38, were arrested in connection with multiple bank robberies in three different states.
  
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• Israelis cleared of rape to sue British accuser in Cyprus

  29-07-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli tourists released from custody in Cyprus after having been cleared of gang rape charges plan to sue the British woman who accused them, their lawyer said Monday.Twelve Israeli youths were arrested on July 12 after a 19-year-old British tourist said she was raped in a hotel in the resort town of Ayia Napa, in southeast Cyprus.Five of the accused were released last Thursday and the other seven on Sunday, as a police source said the Briton was "facing charges of giving a false statement ove
  
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• Gilroy Garlic Festival shooter is 19-year-old Santino Legan, police confirm

  29-07-2019 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Law enforcement officials say they have yet to find a motive or confirmation of a second suspect in their investigation into the deadly shooting at California's Gilroy Garlic Festival.
  
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• Another tourist injured by bison at a national park; second such incident in a week

  29-07-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Park regulations require that visitors stay at least 25 yards away from large animals such as bison, elk, deer and horses.
  
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• Suspect arrested in case of innocent 62-year-old woman killed while riding in SUV

  29-07-2019 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  A 19-year-old man has been found in Mississippi and arrested, days after he was charged with the murder of an innocent 62-year-old woman.
  
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• Hitman 3 Could Be Happening

  29-07-2019 19:27 via gamespot.com
  
  IO Interactive, the Danish developer responsible for the Hitman franchise, opened a new studio in January 2019. This new studio was established to "strengthen IOI's commitment to [delivering] exceptional content to the Hitman franchise." It’s been around seven months since then, and it seems that commitment may manifest in a new Hitman title.In a documentary from NoClip, IOI talks about the challenges and triumphs of developing the Hitman games. Toward the end of the 40-minute video, host
  
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• Hitman 3 Could Already Be In Development

  29-07-2019 19:27 via gamespot.com
  
  IO Interactive, the Danish developer responsible for the Hitman franchise, opened a new studio in January 2019. This new studio was established to "strengthen IOI's commitment to [delivering] exceptional content to the Hitman franchise." It’s been around seven months since then, and it seems that commitment may manifest in a new Hitman title.In a documentary from NoClip, IOI talks about the challenges and triumphs of developing the Hitman games. Toward the end of the 40-minute video, host
  
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• Donald Trump’s spy chief nominee is fierce critic of British former agent's role in Russia probe

  29-07-2019 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s new nominee for the top US intelligence role has repeatedly called into question the motives and actions of a former British spy who helped trigger the Russian links investigation.  John Ratcliffe, the Texan congressman proposed for US director of national intelligence, criticised former MI6 agent Christopher Steele’s collection of memos about the Trump campaign's ties to the Kremlin.  Mr Ratcliffe has called the memos a “false dossier&rd
  
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• Executive Director of House Dems’ Campaign Arm Resigns amid Backlash over Lack of Diversity

  29-07-2019 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) resigned Monday after Democratic lawmakers and DCCC staffers lashed out publicly at the organization's leadership over their failure to prioritize racial diversity.Allison Jaslow announced her resignation during an emergency meeting that was held on Monday morning in response to calls from staffers and lawmakers for an “immediate restructuring” of the group's senior leadership, Politico reporte
  
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• Trump news: President jokes about stage collapsing with 9/11 first responders as congress hints at looming impeachment

  29-07-2019 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  A senior Democrat has said congress should consider impeachment against Donald Trump “whatever timeframe there is”, in his strongest hint yet that proceedings will be launched.Jerry Nadler, the House Judiciary Committee chair, was asked if the panel should abandon its investigation into the president, as election season approaches.“We have to do this, whatever time frame there is and we’re doing it now,” he said.This live article has now ended. Here's how we covered
  
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• UPDATE 4-Death toll in Brazil prison massacre rises to 57 with over a dozen decapitated

  29-07-2019 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO, July 29 (Reuters) - A bloody clash between two prison gangs on Monday left at least 57 inmates dead with 16 of them decapitated, authorities in the state of Para said, the latest deadly clash as Brazil's government struggles to control the country's overcrowded jails.Prisoners belonging to the Comando Classe A gang set fire to a cell containing inmates from the rival Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, gang, Para's state government said in a statement.Videos circulating o
  
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• Flight from Philadelphia to London lands in Boston after reports of odor in cabin

  29-07-2019 18:52 via news.yahoo.com
  American Airlines said a report of a possible odor in the cabin has diverted a plane bound for London from Philadelphia to land in Boston.
  
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• Death toll in Brazil prison massacre rises to 57 with over a dozen decapitated

  29-07-2019 18:39 via news.yahoo.com
  SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A bloody clash between two prison gangs on Monday left at least 57 inmates dead with 16 of them decapitated, authorities in the state of Para said, the latest deadly clash as Brazil's government struggles to control the country's overcrowded jails.Prisoners belonging to the Comando Classe A gang set fire to a cell containing inmates from the rival Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, gang, Para's state government said in a statement."It was a targeted act," stat
  
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• Top 10 UK Games Chart - Switch Exclusive Fire Emblem: Three Houses Beats Wolfenstein: Youngblood

  29-07-2019 18:38 via gamespot.com
  
  Fire Emblem: Three Houses has finished at the top of the UK all-format physical sales chart, beating the multiplatform shooter Wolfenstein: Youngblood in the two games' debut week.Sales monitor Chart-Track says the Switch exclusive was the best-selling boxed game in the UK for the week ending July 27. With Wolfenstein finishing at No.2, it means last week's No.1, Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled, falls to No.3. Besides the top two, the only other new game this week was Kill La Kill: If, which ent
  
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• It Chapter 2's Epic Running Time Revealed By Director

  29-07-2019 18:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Of all the many Stephen King adaptation that have been released over the past few years, the biggest box office winner was 2017's It. The adaptation of King's classic 1987 novel made $327 million worldwide, and expectations are high for the sequel, which arrives in September. The running time for It: Chapter 2 has now been revealed--and it's long.In an interview with Digital Spy, director Andy Muschietti revealed that the film will run for a whopping 2 hours and 45 minutes. That's a full 30 minu
  
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• 'There was no clown': Cruise company, police deny reports that fight broke out because of a clown

  29-07-2019 18:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Following reports that six people were assaulted on a cruise ship in a brawl with a clown, police and P&O; Cruises are setting the record straight.
  
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• Trump signs 9/11 compensation bill, declines to claim credit as a 'first responder'

  29-07-2019 17:52 via news.yahoo.com
  At a Rose Garden signing ceremony reauthorizing the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, the president rehashed his claim that he, too, was involved in the cleanup efforts at Ground Zero.
  
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• At signing ceremony to extend 9/11 victim fund, Trump says he spent a lot of time Ground Zero

  29-07-2019 17:51 via news.yahoo.com
  At a signing ceremony for legislation to extend the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, President Trump said he was “down there” at the World Trade Center in the aftermath of 9/11, but added he doesn’t consider himself a first responder.
  
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• Fortnite Season 10 Teasers Point To The Visitor, Dusty Depot

  29-07-2019 17:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Season 10 of Fortnite is almost upon us. The next season of Epic's popular battle royale game officially kicks off on all platforms this Thursday, August 1, and as the developer traditionally does before each seasonal changeover, it has begun dropping a few teaser images, which seem to hint at some kind of time warp theme for the new season.The first teaser, which you can see below, was shared ahead of the finals of the Fortnite World Cup. The tweet simply reads, "Think Back," and features an im
  
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• Fortnite Season 10 Teaser Images Hint At Dusty Depot's Return And New Mechs

  29-07-2019 17:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Season 10 of Fortnite is almost upon us. The next season of Epic's popular battle royale game officially kicks off on all platforms this Thursday, August 1, and as the developer traditionally does before each seasonal changeover, it has begun dropping a few teaser images, which seem to hint at some kind of time warp theme for the new season.The first teaser, which you can see below, was shared ahead of the finals of the Fortnite World Cup. The tweet simply reads, "Think Back," and features an im
  
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• National Chicken Wing Day 2019: Where to get free wings and more deals

  29-07-2019 17:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Another day, another weird made-up holiday you've never heard of that's actually so much better than most of the made-up holidays you have heard of. Hot on the heels of National Tequila Day last week... National Ice Cream Day and National Hot Dog Day the week before that... and National French Fry Day the week before that... comes National Chicken Wing Day 2019. We're not going to pretend we know the origin of this annual holiday and to be frank, it's not even worth the time it would take to sea
  
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