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• U.S. scientist to file whistleblower complaint after agency halts his climate work

  14-08-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  A climate scientist for the Trump administration's health protection agency who was ordered to drop work on climate issues will file a whistleblower complaint this week with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, his lawyers said on Wednesday.George Luber, who ran the climate and health program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is an expert on the health impacts of climate change including risks to hospitals and public health infrastructure and of diseases borne by mosquitoes and t
  
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• A raccoon was ‘living his best life’ in a school’s snack machine. Then came the cops.

  14-08-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Deputies from the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office were called to a Deltona, Florida, high school on Wednesday over an issue that had nothing to do with the student body.
  
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• Trump's New Taxes That Could Make Game Consoles More Expensive Are Delayed

  14-08-2019 23:11 via gamespot.com
  
  If video game consoles really are going to get more expensive in America due to Trump's tariffs, it might now take a little longer for it to happen. The United States Trade Representative announced this week that the proposed taxes on some electronics made in China, including video game consoles, is being delayed until December 15.In a statement, the USTR said it pushed the start date back from September 1 as part of the "public comment and hearing process." This is typically understood to be a
  
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• As protests in Hong Kong escalate, expert explains possible impact on US

  14-08-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Protesters in Hong Kong have already impacted air travel so what could be next?
  
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• 3 killed when small plane crashes in backyard of home

  14-08-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  A small plane has crashed in the backyard of an eastern Pennsylvania home, killing all three people aboard the aircraft.
  
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• Family of Dayton gunman apologizes for writing 'insensitive' obituary

  14-08-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  An obituary for Connor Betts, the gunman in Dayton, Ohio, who killed nine, was removed from a funeral home's website at the request of the family.
  
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• China asks for U.N. Security Council to discuss Kashmir this week -diplomats

  14-08-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  China on Wednesday backed Pakistan's request for the United Nations Security Council to discuss India's decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, asking for the body to meet behind closed doors on Thursday or Friday, diplomats said.The Aug. 5 decision by India blocks the right of the state of Jammu and Kashmir to frame its own laws and allows non-residents to buy property there."Pakistan will not provoke a conflict.
  
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• Spelunky 2 Won't Be Spelunking This Year; "Density And Detail" Cause Delay

  14-08-2019 22:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Spelunky 2 won't make it out of its development cave this year after all. Developer Derek Yu announced on Twitter that the follow-up to the original roguelike is just a little off the mark due to its level of complexity, and as a result the team needs more time to finish it."Development is still going well and we're not far off target, but the density and detail of the game is demanding more time," Yu said in a series of tweets. "As soon as we have a release date for Spelunky 2, we'll make sure
  
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• Destiny 2 Armor Changes: Here's What You Need To Know

  14-08-2019 22:42 via gamespot.com
  
  We know a huge amount of changes are coming to Destiny 2's gear systems in its upcoming Shadowkeep expansion. Armor in the expansion will be completely different as compared to its current system, offering more customization for character builds and cosmetic customization. Bungie is calling it Armor 2.0, and the studio just dropped a bunch of details about how it'll work.Bungie previewed the new armor system in a livestream that gave a close look at the gear you'll be chasing when Shadowkeep is
  
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• Fortnite Admits Releasing New Dog Was A Mistake; Refunds Available

  14-08-2019 22:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Epic Games recently released a new Pet named Gunner in Fortnite: Battle Royale, and fans quickly pointed out that the little doggo is basically a reskinned version of a previously released dog, Bonesy. Now, Epic has responded to the news, saying it made a mistake in releasing Gunner.The company will give out refunds to everyone who bought Gunner, and in an attempt to make up for the problem, Epic is also giving players who purchased Gunner 200 free V-bucks. What's more, Gunner is being erased fr
  
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• Epic Apologizes For The Reskinned Dog Pet, Refunds Available

  14-08-2019 22:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Developer Epic Games recently released a new Pet named Gunner in Fortnite: Battle Royale, and fans quickly pointed out that the little doggo is basically a reskinned version of a previously released dog, Bonesy. Now, Epic has responded to the news, saying it made a mistake in releasing Gunner.The company will give out refunds to everyone who bought Gunner, and in an attempt to make up for the problem, Epic is also giving players who purchased Gunner 200 free V-bucks. What's more, Gunner is being
  
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• Planned Parenthood sets exit from family planning program

  14-08-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Raising the stakes in an ideologically charged standoff over women's health, Planned Parenthood said Wednesday it will soon leave the federal family planning program unless a court puts a hold on Trump administration rules that bar clinics from referring patients for abortions. The administration responded that it is ready to operate the Title X family planning program without the organization that has been the largest provider. About 4 million women are served nationwide under the program, whic
  
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• Glacier National Park death: Utah teen killed by falling rocks during family vacation

  14-08-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  A 14-year-old girl was killed in Montana's Glacier National Park on Mondayafter large rocks fell from a mountainside and struck her family's vehicle
  
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• Ex-Blackwater contractor sentenced to life in Iraq shootings

  14-08-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  A former Blackwater security contractor was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for his role in the 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians in Iraq that left 14 people dead.Federal judge Royce Lamberth issued the sentence after a succession of friends and relatives requested leniency for Nicholas Slatten, who was found guilty of first-degree murder by a jury in December.Prosecutors charged that Slatten, 35, was the first to fire shots in the September 2007 massacre of Iraqi civilians at a crowded t
  
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• Ask the Captain: Why would an airline fly a plane with just one passenger?

  14-08-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  While it may seem silly to fly a nearly-empty plane, airlines do it anyway because the flight needs to be somewhere the next day or to move cargo.
  
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• A man with no family lost his wife in the El Paso shooting. So he invited the public to her funeral

  14-08-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Margie Reckard, 63, was one of the victims of a mass shooting by a 21-year-old who targeted customers and employees who were Hispanic.
  
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• Tens of thousands of women march in Brazil against Bolsonaro

  14-08-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Brasília (AFP) - Tens of thousands of women took to the streets of Brazil's capital Wednesday to denounce President Jair Bolsonaro, in the third anti-government protest in the city in two days.The huge demonstration in Brasilia comes as Bolsonaro faces increasing heat over rampant deforestation in the Amazon rainforest as well as education funding cuts, which have sparked nationwide protests by students and professors in recent months, including one in the capital on Tuesday.The "March of
  
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• Ex-lover of dead woman stuffed in suitcase is being hunted by FBI, Mo. officials say

  14-08-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The suspect is charged with kidnapping the children of a woman found dead by a Missouri highway, federal prosecutors say.
  
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• 2020 Dodge Charger SRT Daytona 50th Anniversary Gets a 717-HP Hellcat V-8

  14-08-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Production will be limited to 501 units, just like the 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona that inspired it.
  
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• Fresno man dies after competing in taco eating contest at Grizzlies baseball game

  14-08-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday.
  
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• Harry and Meghan go on first holiday as family of three to celebrate Duchess's birthday

  14-08-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have taken baby Archie on his first family holiday, it has been reported, as they flew to Ibiza for a five day summer break.  The family of three, reported by the local media to be on the Balearic island, are said to have flown by private jet for the trip, timed around the Duchess’s birthday in August.  They are understood to have stayed in a secluded villa away from the cameras, accompanied as usual by their protection officers but without the inpu
  
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• China slams HK airport protesters, US 'deeply concerned'

  14-08-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Beijing on Wednesday slammed "terrorist-like" attacks on its citizens by pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong during a second day of chaos at the city's airport, as the United States expressed concern over apparent Chinese troop movements at the border.The rallies, which had paralysed one of the world's busiest travel hubs, ended with ugly clashes on Tuesday night that included protesters beating two men.The Chinese government immediately seized on the attacks to intensify its drumbeat of anger
  
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• Officials blame 'political rhetoric and misinformation' after shots fired at San Antonio ICE office

  14-08-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  An ICE spokesman said that "political rhetoric and misinformation" from politicians, media outlets, and activists were to blame for the shooting.
  
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• Migrant rescue ship heads for Italy after judge overrules Salvini

  14-08-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Spanish humanitarian ship Open Arms headed for the Italian island of Lampedusa on Wednesday with 147 rescued migrants on board after a judge in Rome suspended far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's decree banning them from Italy's territorial waters.The Proactiva Open Arms charity which operates the ship said it would not try to force entry to Lampedusa port, as another rescue vessel, the Sea-Watch 3 did in June, prompting its seizure and the arrest of its captain.The Open Arms is seeking
  
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• Democratic Dishonesty on Assault-Weapon Bans

  14-08-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  ‘The 1994 assault weapons and high-capacity magazines bans worked. And if I am elected president, we’re going to pass them again — and this time, we’ll make them even stronger,” Joe Biden promised this week.The only thing stopping the assault-weapon ban from getting through the Republican-controlled Senate, Biden wrote in a New York Times op-ed on Monday, is “weak-willed leaders who care more about their campaign coffers than children in coffins.”Accusin
  
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• Greenland's ice is melting at the rate scientists thought would be our worst-case scenario in 2070

  14-08-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Summer heat waves have caused Greenland's ice to melt at rates scientists didn't expect to see for another 50 years.
  
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• Warren Catches Up to Biden in New National Poll

  14-08-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Joe Biden and Senator Elizabeth Warren are polling within just one percentage point of each other as Warren catches up to the former vice president, who has led the pack of Democratic presidential candidates nationally for weeks.Biden stands at 21 percent support, while Warren is right behind him at 20 percent, up four points from last week, according to the latest national Economist–YouGov poll.Trailing them are Senator Bernie Sanders, who gained three points from last week to clock in at
  
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• Key Mexico Lawmaker Recommends Narrowing 2020 Primary Surplus

  14-08-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- A key lower house lawmaker is recommending that Mexico narrow its primary budget surplus by half next year to alleviate fiscal pressure on the government and send more resources to strengthen Petroleos Mexicanos. The peso extended its decline.Mario Delgado, the lower house majority leader for President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s Morena party, said in an interview Wednesday that targeting a surplus of 0.5%, instead of the 1.3% outlined by the Finance Ministry in April, wou
  
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• The black hole at the center of our galaxy just lit up twice as bright as ever. Who knows why

  14-08-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Astronomers observing the black hole at the center of our galaxy watched it light up with "unprecedented brightness." And they aren't sure why.
  
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• Inmate asks for electric chair death in Thursday execution

  14-08-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  A Tennessee inmate has made a last-minute request to be put to death in the electric chair, an option his lawyer described as "also unconstitutional, yet still less painful" than the state's preference of a three-drug lethal injection. The state Department of Correction on Wednesday confirmed 56-year-old Stephen West made the request and said the Thursday execution will be carried out by electrocution. West previously opted against selecting a preference, which would have resulted in lethal inje
  
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• After His Wife's Death in Walmart Mass Shooting, El Paso Man With No Other Immediate Family Invites Public to Her Funeral

  14-08-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  A man whose wife of 22 years was killed in the El Paso, Texas shooting is inviting the public to her funeral services because he has no other family in the area, a funeral home said Tuesday
  
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• More than 1 million people had their fingerprint data exposed by a huge security hole

  14-08-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The easiest thing you can do to protect yourself after a data breach is to change the exposed password, preferably to something unique and more secure than the previous one. However, if hackers steal your actual fingerprint -- mind you, not an encrypted version of it -- then there's really nothing you can do to prevent anyone from abusing it since you obviously can't change your fingerprints. And that's precisely what could have easily happened with Suprema's Biostar 2 biometrics lock systems.Re
  
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• Rep. Steve King on abortion stance: We're all products of rape and incest

  14-08-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  The Iowa Republican offered a bizarre defense for his opposition to anti-abortion legislation that allows exceptions in cases of rape and incest.
  
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• Trump Plans to End Methane Curbs That Oil Companies Want to Keep

  14-08-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration is readying a plan to end direct federal regulation of methane leaks from oil and gas facilities, even as some energy companies insist they don’t want the relief.A draft proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency would prevent the federal government from directly targeting that potent greenhouse gas as it restricts emissions from oil wells and infrastructure, despite fears that time is running out to avert catastrophic consequences of climate
  
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• Fortnite Update 10.10 Patch Notes: Retail Row, BRUTE Adjustments, And More

  14-08-2019 20:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Epic has rolled out another new update for Fortnite: Battle Royale. Following a slight delay, patch 10.10 is now live across PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices, and it brings back another classic area of the island and makes some welcome changes to the game's overpowered mech suits. Here are the patch notes.First, a Rift Zone has caused Mega Mall to revert to Retail Row. This time, however, the shopping center is overrun by zombie-like Fiends, making it a dangerous place to v
  
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• Fortnite Patch Notes For 10.10 Update: Retail Row, BRUTE Changes, And More

  14-08-2019 20:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Epic has rolled out another new update for Fortnite: Battle Royale. Following a slight delay, patch 10.10 is now live across PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices, and it brings back another classic area of the island and makes some welcome changes to the game's overpowered mech suits. Here are the patch notes.First, a Rift Zone has caused Mega Mall to revert to Retail Row. This time, however, the shopping center is overrun by zombie-like Fiends, making it a dangerous place to v
  
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• River City Girls' Kyoko Kicks Hard In New Trailer

  14-08-2019 20:04 via gamespot.com
  
  After showcasing the hot-blooded Misako in a recent character spotlight, developer WayForward Technologies has shone a light on River City Girls' second playable character, the cute and bubbly Kyoko. And she's ready to batter the boys and girls who touch her precious boyfriend Riki.Kyoko's character spotlight shows the breadth of her moveset, which includes a plethora of kicks reminiscent of One Piece's Sanji or Street Fighter's Chun-Li. Similar to Misako, Kyoko's moveset is customizable with an
  
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• Huawei technicians have been helping governments in Uganda and Zambia spy on their political opponents, a new report says

  14-08-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The Ugandan and Zambian governments reportedly enlisted help from Huawei employees to spy on their political opponents.
  
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• Flights resume at Hong Kong airport as protesters apologize

  14-08-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Flights resumed Wednesday at Hong Kong's airport after two days of disruptions that descended into clashes with police, highlighting the hardening positions of pro-democracy protesters and the authorities in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.There was soul-searching in the protest movement, including the three dozen demonstrators who remained camped at the airport arrivals area.Protesters spread pamphlets and posters on the floor in one section of the terminal but were not impeding travelers.
  
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• Julian Castro says 'Americans were killed' because of Trump in new ad

  14-08-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  2020 Democrat Julian Castro releases a new TV ad blaming President Trump for the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.
  
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• Montel Williams: Trump has gone off a narcissistic cliff. Does anything matter anymore?

  14-08-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  We are likely stuck with an incompetent, emotionally unstable president through 2020. Please treat voting like our country’s future depends on it.
  
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• White Mississippi sheriff calls lawmaker ‘worse than a black person’ in text

  14-08-2019 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  White Mississippi Sheriff Jim Johnson made a racist remark in a text message, a public records request by a local newspaper reveals.
  
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• Widows sue over troopers' deaths in helicopter crash

  14-08-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The widows of two Virginia state troopers killed in a helicopter crash the day of a violent white nationalist rally have sued the state and others over their husbands' deaths, alleging the aircraft was not properly maintained or repaired.Amanda Bates and Karen Cullen filed wrongful death lawsuits Monday.H. Jay Cullen and Berke M.M. Bates were aboard the Bell 407 single-engine helicopter on Aug. 12, 2017, to provide video surveillance of public demonstrations in Charlottesville.
  
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• What to Know About Ghislaine Maxwell, the U.K. Socialite Who Became Jeffrey Epstein's Confidante

  14-08-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  After Jeffrey Epstein's death, focus has shifted to the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, accused of helping him groom underage girls.
  
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• What a Deadly Nuclear Explosion In Russia Tells Us About the World's New Arms Race

  14-08-2019 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  "Accidents happen," said Vladimir Putin. But this wasn't simply a case of rotten luck
  
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• Satellite photos: Chinese armored vehicles near Hong Kong

  14-08-2019 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Satellite photos show what appear to be armored personnel carriers and other vehicles belonging to the China's paramilitary People's Armed Police parked in a sports complex in the city of Shenzhen, in what some have interpreted as a threat from Beijing to use increased force against pro-democracy protesters across the border in Hong Kong.The pictures collected on Monday by Maxar's WorldView show 500 or more vehicles sitting on and around the soccer stadium at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center just
  
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• Fox Host Compares Migrants to Nazis: ‘We’ve Been Invaded by a Horde’

  14-08-2019 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox Nation/ScreenshotLess than two weeks after 22 people were killed in El Paso by an accused shooter who told officials he targeted Mexicans and apparently posted a racist manifesto complaining about a “Hispanic invasion,” Fox Nation host Todd Starnes likened migrants to Nazis while claiming America has been invaded by a “rampaging horde of illegal aliens.”During Wednesday’s broadcast of Fox Nation’s Starnes Country, first spotted by Media Matters, the conser
  
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• China requests removal of additional tariffs as per Osaka consensus -Global Times editor in chief

  14-08-2019 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  China is asking that it and the United States remove all additional tariffs in line with a consensus reached between the two sides in Osaka, Japan, at the G20 summit at the end of June, the editor in chief of China's Global Times newspaper wrote on Wednesday."As far as I know, the Chinese side requests that both sides respect the consensus reached at Osaka summit, which is removing all additional tariffs, not delaying some.
  
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• Mugshot released of suspect in attack of woman outside San Francisco apartment building

  14-08-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  We are getting a first look at the man accused of attacking a women outside her San Francisco apartment building. Austin James Vincent was taken into custody after a terrifying incident.
  
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