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• The Latest: Ex-lawmaker died from multiple stab wounds

  30-07-2019 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Police documents say a woman charged in the fatal stabbing of a former Arkansas lawmaker last month was captured on video removing security cameras inside the victim's home.An arrest affidavit that was released Tuesday says former state Sen. Linda Collins died of multiple stab wounds.It says Collins' son and father found her body June 4 wrapped in a blanket and hidden under a tarp outside her home in Pocahontas, about 130 miles (210 kilometers) northeast of Little Rock.
  
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• Senate leaders scramble to lift Republican support for budget deal

  30-07-2019 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Senate Republican leaders, pushing for passage of a two-year federal spending and debt deal, scrambled on Tuesday to pump up support among their membership despite President Donald Trump's backing.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said a planned long summer recess would not begin at week's end without the approval of a budget deal suspending the U.S. debt limit through July 2021 and adding billions of dollars in deficit-spending.The measure passed the Democratic-controlled House of Rep
  
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• Police: 2 Chicago moms killed in shooting likely not targets

  30-07-2019 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Two women who worked with a group called Mothers Against Senseless Killings to try to stop gun violence in their South Side Chicago neighborhood were killed by bullets that police don't believe were intended for them on the same corner where they would often hand out food and bring children to play.The gunfire on Friday night was instead meant for a man who is affiliated with a Chicago street gang and recently got out of prison, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.The deaths of 26-year-old C
  
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• Sega Mega Drive Mini Delayed In Europe And Middle East

  30-07-2019 23:19 via gamespot.com
  
  The Sega Mega Drive Mini, expected to arrive worldwide on September 19, has been delayed in Europe and the Middle East. Sega Europe now says the mini redux will launch on October 4, two weeks later.In a tweet posted on Monday, July 29, Sega Europe said "unavoidable logistical challenges" are what is causing the short delay. Whatever these challenges are only affect Europe and the Middle East, as the Sega America Twitter account has not responded to the news.Unfortunately due to unavoidable logis
  
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• Suspect arrested in murder of 24-year-old Russian Instagram influencer found stuffed in suitcase

  30-07-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Russian police have arrested a suspect in the murder of a 24-year-old Instagram influencer found dead in a suitcase in her Moscow apartment. Yekaterina Karaglanova, who had recently graduated as a doctor, was known as @Katti_loves_life to her 86,000 followers on the image-sharing website.  Her body was discovered by her landlord last week after he had been contacted by her alarmed parents, who had not been able to reach their daughter for several days.  Stab wounds were evident on the
  
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• Suspect arrested after Russian Instagram influencer is found dead in a suitcase

  30-07-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Russian police have arrested a suspect in the murder of a 24-year-old Instagram influencer found dead in a suitcase in her Moscow apartment. Ekaterina Karaglanova , who had recently graduated as a doctor, was known as @Katti_loves_life to her 86,000 followers on the image-sharing website.  Her body was discovered by her landlord last week after he had been contacted by her alarmed parents, who had not been able to reach their daughter for several days.  Stab wounds were evident on the
  
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• Andrew Yang's campaign blasted the DNC for not allowing him to use 2 polls from same source for fall Democratic debates

  30-07-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The Yang campaign was unhappy the DNC only let them use either an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll or an NBC/SurveyMonkey poll but not both.
  
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• Alabama sued in transgender driver's license case

  30-07-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson held a hearing in the 2018 lawsuit filed by three transgender women seeking to change the gender of their state license.The American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing the plaintiffs, said the requirement to show proof of sex-altering surgery is an unconstitutional violation of privacy and a person's ability to make their own medical decisions.
  
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• Mario Maker 2 Switch Sales Off To An Impressive Start

  30-07-2019 22:25 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo has released its earnings report for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2019, which covers the period from April to June 30. Not only did the company move another 2.13 million Switch consoles worldwide during that time frame, bringing the system's lifetime total close to 37 million, it also launched one of the system's most anticipated releases this year, Super Mario Maker 2, and the game is off to an impressive start.According to Nintendo's earnings report, Super Mario Maker 2 sold 2
  
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• New Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Grand Prix Update Goes Back In Time

  30-07-2019 22:23 via gamespot.com
  
  Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled has a new Grand Prix coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Starting early this August, you will go back in time to race with and against baby versions of both Crash and Coco on prehistoric tracks reminiscent of the Stone Age.Back N. Time is the second piece of free DLC for the kart racing game. Running from Friday, August 2 at 7 AM PT / 9 AM CST / 10 AM ET / 3 PM BST to Sunday, August 25, this Grand Prix gives you access to a plethora of unlockab
  
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• Guatemalan villagers recognize viral photo of mother pleading at U.S. border

  30-07-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Lolinda Amaya cried last week when she saw a viral photograph of a Guatemalan mother imploring Mexico's National Guard to let her enter the United States.It was her niece, Ledy Perez, who had borrowed money weeks earlier and fled her village under cover of night, seeking a better life for her only child.The widely shared photo https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/guatemalan-mother-begs-soldier-to-let-her-enter-us showed her crouched meters away from Mexico's border with the United States, clingi
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein served with fresh court documents alleging rape of 15-year-old girl

  30-07-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein found out he was facing further legal peril last week, the day before he was found unconscious in his cell with neck injuries. Epstein, 66, was presented with court documents relating to accusations made by Jennifer Araoz, who claimed he raped her when she was 15. Miss Araoz, now 32, made her accusations on July 10 – shortly after Epstein was arrested by police on charges filed by New York prosecutors. She claimed that, in the autumn of 2002, when she ha
  
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• Trump blames 'fake news' for poll showing African-Americans think he's racist

  30-07-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The president disputes the findings of a poll showing that 80 percent of African-Americans believe him to be a racist.
  
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• Destiny 2 Solstice Of Heroes Guide: Upgrading Armor, EAZ Tips

  30-07-2019 21:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Solstice of Heroes 2019 is live in Destiny 2, marking the final big event to take place before the Shadowkeep expansion arrives in September. This year's event again centers around obtaining and upgrading a series of Solstice armor for Titans, Hunters, and Warlocks, but it also involves partaking in a brand-new mode called the European Aerial Zone. We're still digging into everything the event has to offer following the release of the new update, but based on our experience so far, we have some
  
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• Missouri school shooter Drew Grant killed in car crash 21 years after attack

  30-07-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  A Missouri man, who, along with an accomplice, shot and killed four studentsand a teacher at an Arkansas middle school 21 years ago, died in a car crashlast Saturday, KAIT reports
  
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• ‘Disgruntled’ Employee Kills Two Co-Workers Inside Mississippi Walmart: Police

  30-07-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesA “disgruntled employee” at a Mississippi Walmart killed two co-workers and wounded a police officer in a deadly Tuesday shootout inside the superstore, authorities said.Martez Abram, 39, a recently-terminated employee of the Southaven store, was charged with two counts of murder Tuesday afternoon, DeSoto County District Attorney John Champion said. The deadly incident began around 6:30 a.m., when Southaven police responded to reports of an active shooter
  
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• American Horror Story Season 9 Trailer Teases A Summer Camp Slasher

  30-07-2019 21:40 via gamespot.com
  
  The new trailer for American Horror Story: 1984 is here. As the title suggests, the ninth season of the hit horror anthology series is influenced by horror movies of the 1980s, and it's set to premiere on September 18 on FX.While the trailer doesn't reveal much about the story--or stories--of the new season, it definitely captures the '80s slasher movie vibe. It opens with a group of partying teens heading down the highway towards Camp Redwood--unfortunately there's a knife-wielding killer hangi
  
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• Who Are Marvel's Eternals?

  30-07-2019 21:37 via gamespot.com
  
  The Eternals movie is coming to the MCU in 2020 starring Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Richard Madden and Kumail Nanjiani. But who exactly are The Eternals? Let's break down their Marvel Comics origins.
  
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• Princess Haya, Dubai ruler’s wife, urges UK court to grant a forced marriage protection order

  30-07-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, the youngest wife of the multi-billionaire ruler of Dubai, has urged a British court to protect one of her ­children by granting a forced marriage ­protection order. The Jordanian princess, who fled to Britain in May with her two children “in fear for her life”, is fighting an ­application from her husband, Sheikh Mohammed, for the “summary return” of the youngsters to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Jordanian
  
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• Princess Haya, Dubai ruler’s wife, urges court to grant her a forced marriage protection order for child

  30-07-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, the youngest wife of the multi-billionaire ruler of Dubai, has urged a British court to protect one of her ­children by granting a forced marriage ­protection order. The Jordanian princess, who fled to Britain in May with her two children “in fear for her life”, is fighting an ­application from her husband, Sheikh Mohammed, for the “summary return” of the youngsters to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Jordanian
  
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• Heeeere's Joe Biden: Today's Toon

  30-07-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
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• Taiwan is firing off more than 100 missiles as the Chinese military holds drills nearby

  30-07-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  China warned in its latest defense report that it is willing to use military force to unify with Taiwan, which Beijing views as a breakaway province.
  
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• Army Soldiers Will Use Special M-2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle to Control Robots

  30-07-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Army soldiers riding in a specially-modified M-2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle will control a platoon of ground robots during an upcoming exercise in Colorado.The planned 2020 test “moves beyond the basic ‘robotic wingman’ pursuits that have so far led how the mechanized community of the Army is getting at using semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles,” Army Times reporter Todd South explained.Army officials intend for the month-long exercise at Fort Carson to ga
  
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• Prince Harry: ‘Unconscious Bias’ Feeds Racism. ‘You Can Only Be Taught to Hate.’

  30-07-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Chris Jackson/GettyPrince Harry has said “an unconscious bias” can help foster a person’s racism, “something which so many people don’t understand, why they feel the way that they do.”Harry revealed his views in a conversation with primatologist and anthropologist Dr. Jane Goodall in the September issue of British Vogue, guest-edited by his wife Meghan Markle. In the same interview, he said he would have a “maximum” of two children.Meghan Markle&rs
  
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• More than 200 reindeer found dead of starvation in the Arctic, scientists say

  30-07-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The cause of the reindeer deaths, according to the Norwegian Polar Institute, was starvation induced by altered conditions in the Arctic.
  
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• A 33-year-old woman who used to work for Amazon is the suspect in the massive Capital One hack — meet Paige Thompson

  30-07-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Thompson is accused of stealing data from millions of Capital One customers, including Social Security numbers and linked bank accounts.
  
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• Inmates behind Brazil deadly prison riot transferred: official

  30-07-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Forty-six inmates involved in one of Brazil's deadliest prison riots were being transferred to other jails Tuesday, an official said.At least 57 people were killed on Monday when fighting broke out between rival drug gang factions in the Altamira Regional Recovery Centre in the northern state of Para.Sixteen were decapitated in the hours-long battle, but most died in a fire that engulfed part of the overcrowded facility that used converted shipping containers to house some of the inmates.
  
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• Hurricane Erick Has Formed Off Hawaii. Here's What to Know About the Path and Strength of the Storm

  30-07-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Hurricane Erick is now a category three "major" hurricane
  
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• XCOM Spiritual Successor Phoenix Point Has Been Delayed

  30-07-2019 20:35 via gamespot.com
  
  Snapshot Games has announced that Phoenix Point has been delayed. Instead of releasing on September 3, the XCOM-like strategy game is now scheduled to launch in December."While the development team is working hard, and Phoenix Point is shaping up really well, we now know we're going to need more time to get it to meet our very high standards," Snapshot Games wrote in a backer update. "As you probably know, Snapshot has a commitment to keep crunch to a minimum--and that is a commitment we take ve
  
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• How a City-Killing Asteroid Got So Uncomfortably Close to Earth

  30-07-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Scientists only realized its trajectory hours before it happened.
  
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• Police investigate after man says he found baby in freezer

  30-07-2019 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  A St. Louis man says a box that had been in his mother's freezer for decades contained the mummified remains of a newborn baby, which he discovered while cleaning out her home after she died.Adam Smith told St. Louis media outlets that he opened the cardboard box Sunday expecting to find something like the top of his mother's first wedding cake or money because she never had a bank account.St. Louis police confirmed that they are investigating a "suspicious death" involving an "unknown infant" f
  
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• Division 2 Update Makes Episode 1 Available To All

  30-07-2019 20:19 via gamespot.com
  
  We were introduced to The Division 2's new Expeditions feature during Ubsioft's E3 2019 press conference. The first of a three-part episode series, titled Episode 1: DC Outskirts - Expeditions, went live last week for those who own a Year One Pass. Now, Ubisoft has announced that Episode 1 is available to all The Division 2 owners.Episode 1 adds two new main missions and a new Expeditions experience, which introduces weekly, exploration-driven challenges. You will travel to two new settings: Man
  
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• Legion Season 3 Episode 6 "Chapter 25" Breakdown

  30-07-2019 20:02 via gamespot.com
  
  Legion travels to the astral plane where a Big Bad Wolf named Jerome takes center stage...in a rap battle. Watch our breakdown of Legion Season 3 Episode 6's fun fairy tale.
  
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• The Latest: Wisconsin sheriff draws parallel with Closs case

  30-07-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities in Wisconsin say a man suspected of killing four people may have been imitating the abduction last year of teenager Jayme Closs.Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk said Tuesday that investigators may never know exactly what led to the Sunday attacks.Kowalczyk says German used a shotgun to blast his way into the woman's home, and then shot and wounded her parents.
  
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• Dubai ruler's wife seeks UK forced marriage protection order for children

  30-07-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The estranged wife of the ruler of Dubai has applied for a UK forced marriage protection order relating to their children, a London court heard Tuesday.Princess Haya, 45, a wife of 70-year-old United Arab Emirates Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, has applied for the order, as well as for wardship of their children, and a non-molestation order relating to herself, the High Court heard.
  
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• Destiny 2 Update Kicks Off Solstice Of Heroes; Patch Notes Released

  30-07-2019 19:43 via gamespot.com
  
  The final major event of Year 2 of Destiny 2 is now live, as is a new update. Patch 2.5.2 is out now and coincides with the start of Solstice of Heroes 2019, which features a limited-time mode and a variety of cosmetics (including sparrows, emotes, and ghosts, among other things). Here's what's new in the update itself and a look at the full patch notes.While the update's release marks the start of a big event, the patch itself doesn't feature much in the way of significant new features. Instead
  
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• Ilhan Omar hits back at Rand Paul with retweet mocking assault on senator

  30-07-2019 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  After Sen. Rand Paul offers to buy Rep. Ilhan Omar a ticket to Somalia so she can 'appreciate America more,' the Democrat congresswoman responds with a retweet mocking the violent assault on the Republican senator by a neighbor in 2017.
  
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• 'This Is a Distraction.' Republicans Worry Trump's Racist Comments Will Hurt Him in 2020

  30-07-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Some Republicans worry that will cost him votes
  
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• New Fortnite Season 10 Teaser Image Hints At Another Returning Skin

  30-07-2019 19:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Season 10 of Fortnite: Battle Royale is fast approaching. The new season kicks off this Thursday, August 1, and in the lead up to it, developer Epic Games has been sharing cryptic images that seem to tease that some older content will be returning to the game. The studio has now released the third Season 10 teaser so far, and it looks like another skin from the past will be making a comeback--albeit with a twist.The teaser, which you can see below, showcases what appear to be two skins. The one
  
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• Gang database made up mostly of young black, Latino men

  30-07-2019 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Boston police are tracking nearly 5,000 people — almost all of them young black and Latino men — through a secretive gang database, newly released data from the department shows.Black people comprise about 25% of all Boston residents, Latinos about 20% and white people more than 50%.The racial disparity is "stark and troublesome," said Adriana Lafaille, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, which, along with other civil rights groups, sued the department i
  
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• Florida man accused of threatening President Trump

  30-07-2019 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  A Florida man accused of trying to slash a Walmart employee with scissors now faces federal charges after allegedly threatening President Donald Trump while he was being arrested.Federal court records show Mohammed Omar Haji Mohammed, 36, is charged with making threats against the president during the July 8 altercation.A Secret Service affidavit says Mohammed tried to slash a Walmart employee during a disagreement at the customer service desk, then yelled threats in Arabic that were recorded on
  
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• 'Send him back': Angry reactions to Trump at Virginia event honoring foundations of democracy

  30-07-2019 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  A Virginia legislator interrupted President Trump as he delivered remarks at an event in Jamestown commemorating the 400th anniversary of the first representative legislative assembly in America.
  
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• Another Nintendo Switch Game Gets VR Support

  30-07-2019 19:07 via gamespot.com
  
  If you happen to own Nintendo's new VR Kit, Captain Toad has an adventure for you. Nintendo Europe has announced that Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker has a free software update which uses the virtual reality goggles--and it's available now.Captain Toad's new mini VR adventure lets you view courses in 360 degrees and explore four courses in virtual reality. One lets you pan around the stage to better gauge what's around pillars and obstacles, while another puts you in a minecart to hunt for treasu
  
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• The Purge Producers' New Survival Horror The Hunt Gets Gory First Trailer

  30-07-2019 19:05 via gamespot.com
  
  From Battle Royale to The Hunger Games, the concept of people being hunted for sport by the rich or powerful is a familiar one. The latest movie to use this idea is The Hunt, which comes from Us and Purge producers Blumhouse Productions and Lost writer Damon Lindleoff, and stars GLOW's Betty Gilpin. The first trailer has been released.The trailer opens with Gilpin's character seemingly lost and confused about where she is. But as a violent payoff quickly reveals, she knows exactly what's going o
  
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• Russia declares state of emergency as wildfires rage across area size of Belgium

  30-07-2019 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Russia on Monday declared a state of emergency in two regions of Siberia as wildfires rage across 12,000 square miles of countryside. Terrified residents in the Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions called on the state to act as flames engulfed an area the size of Belgium.  There are few inhabited zones in the path of the inferno but smoke has blanketed major cities in Siberia and the Far East, making it hard to breathe and posing health risks for the population.  Over 720,000 people ha
  
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• UK's Johnson promises Irish PM no physical border checks

  30-07-2019 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain will never impose physical checks on its border with Ireland, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised his Irish counterpart on Tuesday, while repeating that current plans for the frontier after Brexit were unacceptable.The land border between British Northern Ireland and EU member Ireland will become part of the bloc's external frontier once Britain leaves the European Union, and how it is managed is hugely controversial.
  
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• Polls show Biden bounced back from first Democratic debate, holds comfortable lead heading into Detroit

  30-07-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Biden still has a wide lead over the field, with more than twice the support of Warren or Sanders in the RealClearPolitics polling average.
  
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• Trump condemns slavery in Jamestown speech amid controversy over prior incendiary remarks

  30-07-2019 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump, under fire in Washington for verbal attacks on racial minority lawmakers, condemned American slavery on Tuesday at the 400th anniversary of the first legislative assembly in Virginia and was briefly interrupted by a protesting state legislator.Trump gave a scripted speech at the site of the first legislative assembly in Jamestown, Virginia, after touring the Jamestown church and a mock 1619 village.
  
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• The Russo Brothers Seem To Have Forgotten What The Captain America Movies Were About

  30-07-2019 18:53 via gamespot.com
  
  Avengers: Endgame is finally available to watch from the comfort of your living room and, naturally, in addition to the three-and-a-half-hours of confusing time travel and "hey remember that?" MCU wink-nods, it also comes packed to the gills with special bonus features and commentary. Bizarrely, however, one of said bonus features is actually only available on the digital release of the film as opposed to the more expensive Blu-Ray. (Perhaps some sort of deadline was missed here? Who can say.)
  
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• Let This 1978 Porsche 928 Be Your Pot Of Gold

  30-07-2019 18:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Who needs a rainbow when you can drive a beautiful front-engine Porsche?The 911 might be Porsche's most iconic model and the Boxster/Cayman are the most fun to drive, but it's the front-engine models that currently dominate the sales chart. A little over 20 years ago, Porsche had just dipped its toes in the front-engine market with the 924, and that entry-level coupe was followed up by a more performance-minded grand touring car, the 1978 Porsche 928.It's getting difficult to find someone who is
  
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