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• Fortnite Season X: Finding 5 Lost Spray Cans Guide | Spray & Play Challenges

  15-08-2019 23:59 via gamespot.com
  
  In the "Spray and Pray" challenge, you're on the hunt for five different spray cans scattered throughout the map. This guide will direct you to 5 of the 9 available cans. Season X is live now across all platforms.
  
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• Fortnite Season X: Cube Statues Near Desert And Lake Location Guide | Worlds Collide Challenges

  15-08-2019 23:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite's World Collide challenges send you across the map in search of various relics or areas. In this challenge guide, we show you where to find the Cube statue located near the Desert which should fulfill the entire challenge.
  
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• Fortnite Season X: Spray Painting Gas Stations Guide | Spray & Pray Challenges

  15-08-2019 23:53 via gamespot.com
  
  As part of the Spray & Pray Challenge of Season X, you need to locate and spray down three different gas stations. Follow along with our location guide for some quick results!
  
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• Fortnite Season X: Rift Zones Location Guide | Worlds Collide Challenges

  15-08-2019 23:52 via gamespot.com
  
  This week's Worlds Collide challenges have you enter old locations through Rift Zones. Here's where to find both of them! Captured on PC.
  
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• So...Why Is It Raining Plastic in the Rocky Mountains?

  15-08-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Microplastics are just part of nature now.
  
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• Creepshow: Everything We Know About Shudder's Horror Anthology Show

  15-08-2019 23:37 via gamespot.com
  
  In 1982, two of the biggest names in horror joined forces, and the movie Creepshow was the result. The film was written by Stephen King, who at that point was already one of the most successful authors in the world, with classics such as The Shining, Carrie, Salem's Lot, and The Dead Zone selling millions of copies. The director was George A. Romero, who had revolutionized horror with the 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead, followed it with cult favorites The Crazies and Martin, and then rel
  
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• Nintendo World Championships Set To Air On CBS This Month

  15-08-2019 23:10 via gamespot.com
  
  If you missed the Nintendo World Championships that streamed ahead of E3 2019, then you're in luck. CBS has partnered with television show ELeague to bring the championship series directly to your TV screen later this month.The Nintendo World Championship series, which streamed on June 8, will air on Sunday, August 25 at 10 AM PT / 12 PM CST / 1 PM ET / 6 PM BST. Two more episodes of the series will broadcast a couple weeks later on September 7 at 11 AM PT / 1 PM CST / 2 PM ET / 7 PM BST and Sep
  
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• Philly Mayor Peddles False Narrative for Gun Control After a Man with a Long Criminal History Shoots Six Police Officers

  15-08-2019 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  All eyes were on North Philadelphia last night after a gunman fired on police serving a narcotics warrant. At around 4:30 p.m., the suspect barricaded himself in a North Philadelphia home and began a standoff that would last for almost eight hours. During the ordeal, six officers were shot and two were trapped inside the house. Thankfully, the injuries to the police officers were not life-threatening and the two officers trapped inside were evacuated by a SWAT team several hours before the suspe
  
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• Woman calls cops to say her car is stolen — as she speeds away from them, Iowa cops say

  15-08-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  A woman called 911 to report her car was stolen – while she was leading cops on a chase in the same car, police say.
  
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• Everything We Know About Avatar And Its Sequels

  15-08-2019 22:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Remember when Avatar was the highest grossing movie of all time? Before Avengers: Endgame toppled James Cameron's 2009 sci-fi movie, Avatar was the champion of the box office, bringing in $2.7 billion worldwide. It was a cultural phenomenon, and people wanted more, at the time.However, a decade later, sequels to Avatar still haven't hit theaters, though there are plenty planned. How much longer do we have to wait to see the magical world of Pandora and the Na'vi, USBing their way into our heart
  
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• Autopsy finds Epstein suffered broken neck bones, reports say

  15-08-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Jeffrey Epstein, who died last weekend, suffered multiple breaks to his neck bones, including  the hyoid bone near the Adam's apple, reports say.
  
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• Dozens of US teens hospitalized with lung disease after vaping

  15-08-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  US health officials are investigating the cases of dozens of people, mainly teens, who were hospitalized with severe lung injuries in recent weeks after vaping, though the precise cause of their illnesses remains a mystery.Health departments in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin have issued statements describing cases involving patients who exhibited coughs, shortness of breath, dizziness and fatigue, symptoms that led them to hospitals where they had to be intubated.Officials in the three states
  
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• AEW's TNT Show Will Not Be The End Of Being The Elite's YouTube Series

  15-08-2019 22:41 via gamespot.com
  
  When the Being the Elite YouTube series first launched in May 2016, it was mostly a travelogue for professional wrestlers The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega. However, as the show evolved, storylines and new characters were introduced--including the likes of Cody Rhodes, "Hangman" Adam Page, and several other faces familiar to fans of All Elite Wrestling.In fact, as far as AEW is concerned, a big part of how the promotion is coming together is due to the popularity of AEW and the notoriety it's brou
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell spotted out in public for the first time since 2016

  15-08-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was spotted in Los Angeles on Monday, photographed reading a book on the history of the CIA at a popular fast food restaurant. The 57-year-old's whereabouts have been the subject of intense attention since the unsealing last week of court documents alleging she played a key role in assisting Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of young girls. That attention has only heightened with Epstein's death on Saturday, in jail awaiting trial. Two days after her former lover
  
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• Trump accuses media of crashing the economy to ruin his presidency amid recession concerns

  15-08-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has once again lashed out at the media, but this time to blame reporters for trying to tank the US economy in a conspiracy to deny him a second term in the White House.The president’s attack comes after Mr Trump delayed imposing some further tariffs on China as the two countries engage in an ongoing trade war, and as some economists have warned of a looming recession that could drag down the president’s re-election prospects.“The Fake News Media is doing everything
  
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• 'Nothing short of a miracle': Dramatic standoff with Philadelphia gunman ends with no loss of life

  15-08-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Throughout a seven-hour gun battle that turned a Philadelphia neighborhood into a war zone, the goal was 'preservation of life.'
  
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• 'Trump is exporting his bigotry': AOC blasts Israel for banning Omar and Tlaib

  15-08-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Lawmakers and activists on both sides of the aisle blasted the Israeli government’s decision to bar Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering the country after Trump urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do so.
  
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• Correction: Steve King-Abortion story

  15-08-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Rep. Steve King on Wednesday defended his call for a ban on all abortions by questioning whether there would be "any population of the world left" if not for births due to rape and incest.Speaking before a conservative group in the Des Moines suburb of Urbandale, the Iowa congressman reviewed legislation he has sought that would outlaw abortions without exceptions for rape and incest.
  
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• A Michigan woman died in jail after eating stuffing from cell's mattress. Her son is suing

  15-08-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Skylir Kosiorek is suing the city of Southgate over his mother's death in April 2017.
  
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• Preacher Season 4 Episode 3 "Deviant" Best Easter Eggs

  15-08-2019 21:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Cassidy's backstory, Jesus DeSade's House of Entertainment and the Sex Detectives! Ryan shares his favorite comic book Easter Eggs from Episode 3 of Preacher's final season.
  
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• Today Only: Mario Rabbids, Starlink Bundled For $30 At Best Buy (Switch)

  15-08-2019 21:50 via gamespot.com
  
  If you've held off on picking up Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle or Starlink: Battle for Atlas Starter Pack, you'll want to take advantage of what might be the best Nintendo Switch deal we've seen all week: a bundle with both products selling for only $30 at Best Buy right now. Normally listed at $120 ($60 for each product), that's a whopping $90 savings. This daily deal won't be around long, however--according to the countdown timer, the deal ends at 10 PM PT / 1 AM ET.Starlink: Battle for Atlas
  
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• Federal prosecutor blames shootout on 'rhetoric' of Philadelphia DA

  15-08-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  In the wake of a shootout that injured six police officers, the U.S. attorney in Philadelphia denounced the city’s chief prosecutor for fostering a toxic atmosphere regarding the police.
  
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• Wisconsin fugitive survives 3 years in makeshift bunker

  15-08-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  A Wisconsin fugitive wanted on child sexual assault and child pornography charges hid out for more than three years in a makeshift bunker before a hunter stumbled onto him last week, police said.
  
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• Mexico Cuts Rate for First Time in 5 Years as Economy Staggers

  15-08-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. Mexico’s central bank reduced borrowing costs for the first time in five years after inflation slowed, the economy faltered and the U.S. cut its own rate. The peso weakened before paring declines to post gains.Led by Governor Alejandro Diaz de Leon, the bank’s board voted 4 to 1 to lower rates a quarter point to 8% from a ten-year high. The decision was forecast by 1
  
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• Al Qaeda releases 'blooper reel' of Islamic State videos amid jihadi spat

  15-08-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Al-Qaeda has released embarrassing outtakes from an Islamic State propaganda video of fighters in Yemen, in an attempt to undermine its bitter rival. The blooper reel, released by Al-Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula’s Hidayah Media Productions, shows a kneeling militant trying to renew his pledge of allegiance to Isil leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi but repeatedly being interrupted by a squawking bird in the tree above. The jihadi, identified as Abu Muhammad al-Adeni, appears to be distracted by th
  
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• Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness: Everything We Know About The MCU's First Horror Movie

  15-08-2019 21:11 via gamespot.com
  
  Stephen Strange is back and is primed to go on a gothic adventure across the recently confirmed multiverse.This year at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Studios blew the roof off of Hall H with a two-hour panel that featured announcement after announcement of their upcoming Phase 4 plans, from theatrical releases like Black Widow and The Eternals to Disney+ streaming TV shows like The Falcon And The Winter Soldier and Loki--but one of the upcoming projects stood apart from the rest, both as the only
  
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• Planet 10 times Earth's mass may have smacked Jupiter long ago

  15-08-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet, may have been smacked head-on by an embryonic planet 10 times Earth's mass not long after being formed, a monumental crash with apparent lasting effects on the Jovian core, scientists said on Thursday.The violent collision, hypothesized by astronomers to explain data collected by NASA's Juno spacecraft, may have occurred just several million years after the birth of the sun roughly 4.5 billion years ago following the dispersal of the primordial disk of
  
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• New PS4 Controllers Are Coming This Fall, And They Look Amazing

  15-08-2019 21:09 via gamespot.com
  
  There have been no shortage of colours released for the PS4's DualShock 4, but it appears that Sony isn't quite finished yet. The company announced via the PlayStation Blog that a handful more are coming this fall, and while I thought it couldn't get any better than the translucent models from a couple years back, it seems I forgot all about my favourite colour: PURPLE!The four colours coming are Electric Purple, Titanium Blue, Rose Gold, and Red Camouflage--I'm guessing the latter will come in
  
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• Advocates: Mississippi plant fires workers left after raid

  15-08-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  A Mississippi chicken processing plant fired most of its remaining workers after nearly 100 accused of immigration violations were arrested last week, witnesses said, an indication that the crackdown could make finding work in the state's poultry industry more difficult for Latino immigrants.Terry Truett, a volunteer with the Mississippi Immigration Coalition, said she and others were called Tuesday to a Morton park where former PH Food workers were staging a protest, saying the company had abru
  
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• Israel Bars Two U.S. Muslim Lawmakers After Trump Calls for Move

  15-08-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Israel barred entry to two Muslim members of the U.S. Congress after President Donald Trump asserted that letting them into the country would be a sign of weakness and that the pair “hate Israel & all Jewish people.”The Interior Ministry said Thursday that Democratic Representatives Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan wouldn’t be allowed into Israel because of their support for a boycott of the country. The two had planned to begin their vis
  
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• The Latest: Philly police: Gunman had AR-15, handgun

  15-08-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Philadelphia's police commissioner says a gunman who barricaded himself in a rowhouse and exchanged gunfire with police for hours had a military-style AR-15 and a handgun.Richard Ross told reporters Thursday that police still do not have access to the crime scene because tear gas was used there, so he is not sure if there were other weapons.Philadelphia's top federal prosecutor says the shooting of six police officers during a 7 1/2-hour standoff was precipitated by a disrespect for law enforcem
  
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• A man was found living in a bunker more than 3 years after he disappeared while out on bail on child sexual assault charges

  15-08-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  On August 9, 44-year-old Jeremiah Button was found living in a claustrophobic bunker in the woods of rural Wisconsin.
  
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• Fortnite Week 3 Worlds Collide Challenges (Season 10): Visit Cube Memorial, Rift Zones, And More

  15-08-2019 20:40 via gamespot.com
  
  Week 3 of Fortnite Season X has arrived, which means there's a new set of challenges for players to complete in Epic's popular battle royale game. This week's batch of missions is called Worlds Collide, and as its name suggests, many of its challenges hearken back to Season 5, revolving around Rifts and even the infamous purple cube.As has been the trend this season, only three of the Worlds Collide challenges are available from the outset, with additional missions unlocking as you complete them
  
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• Fan-Made Mod Brings The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Into Skyrim Engine

  15-08-2019 20:40 via gamespot.com
  
  The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remains one of the most beloved entries in the long-running open-world RPG franchise. Now, some decade later, a new fan-made mod seeks to capitalize on this adoration, bringing the world of Cyrodiil into the The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim engine.Skyblivion, a mod created by a group of volunteers known as TESRenewal, is a project aiming to bring Oblivion "to a new generation of gamers and re-introduce it to long time fans of the series" by rebuilding and baking Cyrodii
  
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• The powerful pro-Israel lobby and leading Democrats tear into Trump for pressuring Israel to bar Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from visiting

  15-08-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Both Democrats and Republicans condemned the Israeli government's decision to bar Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering Israel.
  
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• Students caught in visa sting at fake university may sue U.S., court rules

  15-08-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal appeals court said foreign-born students may sue the U.S. government over claims it wrongfully canceled their visas, following a sting where it set up a fake university to entrap corrupt visa brokers.The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia revived a proposed class action on behalf of more than 500 students who said they were deprived of due process when the government revoked their lawful immigration status after ensnaring them in the sting.Writing for a three-judge panel
  
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• Gibraltar releases Iran supertanker that US sought to seize

  15-08-2019 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The British overseas territory of Gibraltar released a seized Iranian supertanker Thursday over last-minute objections from the U.S., potentially easing tensions between London and Tehran, which still holds a British-flagged vessel.The release of the Grace 1 comes amid a growing confrontation between Iran and the West after U.S. President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers over a year ago.In past weeks, the Persian Gulf region has seen six attacks on oi
  
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• Rep. Ilhan Omar responds to being denied entry to Israel

  15-08-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Progressive 'Squad' member calls Israel's decision to deny entry to representatives of the U.S. government an affront.
  
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• Star Wars: Resistance Season 2 Trailer Released, Will Be Final Season

  15-08-2019 20:25 via gamespot.com
  
  The first trailer for Star Wars: Resistance Season 2 has been released. The second season of the animated Star Wars show premieres in October, and it has also been announced that this will be the final season.Star Wars Resistance focuses on a young pilot named Kaz, who is recruited by the Resistance in their fight against the First Order. While Season 1 was set before the movie The Force Awakens, Season 2 takes place during the events of The Last Jedi and will lead up to the upcoming Rise of Sky
  
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• Star Wars: Resistance Season 2 Trailer 2 Released, Will Be Final Season

  15-08-2019 20:25 via gamespot.com
  
  The first trailer for Star Wars: Resistance Season 2 has been released. The second season of the animated Star Wars show premieres in October, and it has also been announced that this will be the final season.Star Wars Resistance focuses on a young pilot named Kaz, who is recruited by the Resistance in their fight against the First Order. While Season 1 was set before the movie The Force Awakens, Season 2 takes place during the events of The Last Jedi and will lead up to the upcoming Rise of Sky
  
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• Cuban government imposes price controls as it seeks to keep lid on inflation

  15-08-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Communist-run Cuba has imposed price controls on goods and services ranging from lemons and pork to haircuts and taxi fares in what it says is an effort to tame inflation as it increases state wages and pensions.On Thursday, prices in Havana were set for some basic foods such as beans, pork, lemons, bananas, onions and cabbage.In recent weeks, regional authorities have slapped price controls on taxi fares, beverages and haircuts, among other items.
  
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• A Third of Americans Avoid Certain Places Because They Fear Mass Shootings

  15-08-2019 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Such as public events and malls
  
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• Mystery ‘hero’ saved baby and others in El Paso shooting. Cops need help finding him

  15-08-2019 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Can you help El Paso police find this man?
  
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• Gibraltar defies U.S. intervention and releases Iran oil tanker

  15-08-2019 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States applied to seize an Iranian oil supertanker impounded in Gibraltar. The ship has been released.
  
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• 2020 Democrat Andrew Yang says Trump is 'so fat' and that the only thing Trump could beat him at is an 'eating contest'

  15-08-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  "I challenge Donald Trump to any physical or mental feat under the sun. I mean, gosh, what could that guy beat me at, being a slob?" Yang wondered.
  
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• Bethesda Updates Doom Ports To Address Annoying Login Requirements

  15-08-2019 19:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Bethesda surprised gamers with releases of Doom, Doom 2, and Doom 3 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One during QuakeCon 2019. While exciting, fans quickly discovered that all three re-releases required a Bethesda.net account to access the game and/or certain features. A new patch now provides the option to skip the login altogether.Bethesda tweeted that a new update for Doom and Doom 2 lets you skip the Bethesda login screen. The patch will also remove the message that you have disc
  
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• 2 Palestinians in knife attack on Israel police, one shot dead: officials

  15-08-2019 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Two Palestinian youths attacked Israeli police with knives in Jerusalem's Old City on Thursday before being shot by officers, leaving one of the assailants dead, officials said.Israeli police said an officer was moderately wounded and that the two assailants were shot.The Palestinian health ministry said one was killed, while Israel's Shaare Tzedek hospital said the second was left in critical condition.
  
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• Here's Everything We Know So Far About Storm Area 51's 'Alienstock' Festival

  15-08-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  "They can't stop us from gathering and celebrating aliens!"
  
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• Trump accuses news media of trying to crash the economy

  15-08-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The president offered no evidence to support his claim that the media, a frequent target of his ire, is working to weaken the U.S. economy.
  
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• Iraq takes security measures following mysterious blasts

  15-08-2019 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Iraq on Thursday banned unauthorized flights and ordered all military camps and munitions warehouses to be moved outside Iraqi cities following a massive explosion at a munitions depot southwest of Baghdad that killed one civilian and wounded 13 earlier this week.The blast shook the Iraqi capital and sent explosives and mortar shells shooting into the sky, damaging nearby homes and terrifying residents who ran into the streets with their cellphones.The federal police base houses a weapons depot
  
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