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• Destiny 2 Cross-Save Is Terrific, Once You Get It Working

  21-08-2019 23:54 via gamespot.com
  
  The much-anticipated ability to move your Destiny 2 progress between multiple platforms has finally arrived. Destiny 2 cross-save launched a couple of hours later than originally scheduled, but it is here--and it really does work as promised, provided you can get through the setup process in the first place.Cross-save's launch coincided with maintenance to Bungie.net. Bungie was forced to delay the launch several hours due to maintenance, which has now concluded. As detailed in Bungie's cross-sa
  
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• Destiny 2 Cross-Save Is Great, Once You Get It Working

  21-08-2019 23:54 via gamespot.com
  
  The much-anticipated ability to move your Destiny 2 progress between multiple platforms has finally arrived. Destiny 2 cross-save launched a couple of hours later than originally scheduled, but it is here--and it really does work as promised, provided you can get through the setup process in the first place.Cross-save's launch coincided with maintenance to Bungie.net. Bungie was forced to delay the launch several hours due to maintenance, which has now concluded.As detailed in Bungie's cross-sav
  
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• Destiny 2 Cross-Save Is Great, If You Can Get It Working

  21-08-2019 23:54 via gamespot.com
  
  The much-anticipated ability to move your Destiny 2 progress between multiple platforms has finally arrived. Destiny 2 cross-save launched a couple of hours later than originally scheduled, but it is here--and it really does work as promised, provided you can get through the setup process in the first place.Cross-save's launch coincided with maintenance to Bungie.net. Bungie was forced to delay the launch several hours due to maintenance, which is still ongoing at the time of this writing. Despi
  
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• Trump revives suggestion he'd end birthright citizenship

  21-08-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was looking "very seriously" at ending the right to citizenship for babies born to non-U.S. citizens on American soil.Trump spoke to reporters as he departed the White House for a speech in Louisville, Kentucky.This isn't the first time Trump has claimed he'd do away with it — he said something similar in October.
  
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• Florida Family in Virginia Searching for Missing Mother

  21-08-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  A Florida family is in Virginia Beach searching for a loved one who has been missing for months.
  
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• Newark man faces child sex charges; mummified remains found

  21-08-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Police responding to a call about child sexual abuse said they found mummified remains and an altar to an unknown deity in the home of a man who is now facing multiple charges.Robert Williams is scheduled for an initial court appearance Friday.According to the Essex County prosecutor's office, Newark police investigated after receiving reports that the 53-year-old Williams had been abusing a 13-year-old child for several months.
  
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• Pokemon Go Jirachi Guide: How To Complete Thousand-Year Slumber Special Research

  21-08-2019 23:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Pokemon Go's Ultra Bonus rewards have been revealed, and there are a lot of exciting things coming to the game over the next few weeks. Not only will players soon have their first opportunity to capture Gen 5 Pokemon, the Mythical Jirachi is also making its official debut in Go through the new Special Research questline called "A Thousand-Year Slumber."To catch the Mythical Pokemon, you'll first need to complete a variety of Research tasks. There are seven sets of tasks in total, and many of the
  
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• Pokemon Go Jirachi Guide - How To Complete A Thousand-Year Slumber Special Research

  21-08-2019 23:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Pokemon Go's Ultra Bonus rewards have been revealed, and there are a lot of exciting things coming to the game over the next few weeks. Not only will players soon have their first opportunity to capture Gen 5 Pokemon, the Mythical Jirachi is also making its official debut in Go through the new Special Research questline called "A Thousand-Year Slumber."To catch the Mythical Pokemon, you'll first need to complete a variety of Research tasks. There are seven sets of tasks in total, and many of the
  
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• Gruesome Pixel-Art Action Game Blasphemous Release Date Revealed

  21-08-2019 22:59 via gamespot.com
  
  As Gamescom kicked off earlier this week, a handful of indie games got official release dates. This includes Creature in the Well, Skellboy, and the action-platformer Blasphemous, which launches on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on September 10.Publisher Team17, responsible for games like The Escapists and Yoku's Island Express, announced the game's release date in a blog post. According to the post, you play as The Penitent One who must free the gothic underworld of Cvstodia f
  
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• WWE's Braun Strowman Loves To Flip Stuff And Be A Goof On TV

  21-08-2019 22:56 via gamespot.com
  
  WWE's Braun Strowman is a complex character, believe it or not. Sure, on his surface, he's a monster who flips things over and destroys everything in his path. But there's another side to Strowman, a man who is constantly involved in comedic segments and hilarious storylines--and he doesn't get enough credit for it.This more comedic version of Strowman surfaced in April 2017, when the Monster Among Men flipped over an ambulance on Raw. It was a shocking segment meant to show off the power of the
  
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• Trial starts in case of fatal shooting over parking spot

  21-08-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  A prosecutor told jurors Wednesday that a white Florida man who fatally shot an unarmed black man during a dispute over a parking space had initiated a similar confrontation just months before, while his defense attorney said the shooting was in self-defense.Prosecutor Fred Schaub said during opening statements of Michael Drejka's manslaughter trial in Clearwater that five months before he fatally shot Markeis McGlockton in July 2018, the defendant had threatened another driver about parking in
  
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• Invader Zim: The 10 Most Disturbing Body Horror Moments In The Classic Nickelodeon Series

  21-08-2019 22:51 via gamespot.com
  
  Invader Zim is back! This early-‘00s Nickelodeon classic is back thanks to the new Netflix original film Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus. While this particular animated series may not have been as scary as some of the most horrifying kids shows of the '90s, it did introduce many children to the disgusting, scary, fascinating concept of the human body.A bit of an outlier when it came to Nickelodeon cartoons at the time, Invader Zim followed a villain--an alien tasked with conquering Earth,
  
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• Parkland students unveil gun violence prevention plan: 'Policymakers have failed, so survivors are stepping up'

  21-08-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  March For Our Lives, the group formed by the Parkland students in the wake of the mass shooting at their school in February 2018, has unveiled a new plan for gun control.The Peace Plan is a six-step proposal focused on changing gun laws in America to prevent mass shootings, which continue to ravage the country. The students call their steps C.H.A.N.G.E., with each letter spelling out a goal.
  
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• Iceland's leader won't be around to welcome Pence

  21-08-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Iceland's leader has announced that she will skip U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's visit to her Nordic nation, opting instead to keep "prior commitments" by attending a trade union conference and meetings in Sweden.Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir said that she's planned for months to give the keynote speech for the Council of Nordic Trade Unions' annual meeting in Malmo, Sweden, on Sept. 3 — the day before Pence's arrival.
  
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• Police: Child unknowingly brings cocaine to kindergarten

  21-08-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  A 5-year-old boy unknowingly brought cocaine to a kindergarten in a New Orleans suburb, leading to the arrest of a man and a woman, police said Wednesday.A teacher saw the child holding a bag of a white powder Tuesday and called in the school resource officer, who found one bag of powdered cocaine and two of crack cocaine, Slidell police spokesman Daniel Seuzeneau said.Angelica Stanley, 23, and Ellis Cousin, 51, were arrested on charges of cruelty to a juvenile, possessing drugs with intent to d
  
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• Death Stranding Gets Reimagined As Mario 64

  21-08-2019 22:39 via gamespot.com
  
  Death Stranding has no shortage of Hideo Kojima's oddball sense of humor, but on the whole it appears to deal with fairly serious subject matter. A video from GameXplain takes the edge off of some of that dire seriousness by mixing and matching it with the bright and colorful world of Super Mario 64.More precisely, it mixes in the music and sound effects of Mario 64, but that's enough to drastically change the tone of the game. Instead of the quiet serenity of nature, we get the Whomp's Fortress
  
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• Ghostrunner - 7 Minutes Of Cyberpunk Slashing | Gamescom 2019

  21-08-2019 22:38 via gamespot.com
  
  We get our hands on the demo for the cyberpunk slasher Ghostrunner at Gamescom 2019.
  
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• Star Trek: Picard -- Here's Everything We Know, From Release Date To Returning Cast

  21-08-2019 22:25 via gamespot.com
  
  The legendary captain's retirement is still shrouded in mystery.The Star Trek franchise is full of series that introduce and flesh out legendary characters. Usually, though, those series come to their ends, and we never see most of the characters again. Occasionally those influential commanding officers get off-hand mentions in future Star Trek runs or become characters in the stories of other protagonists--but Patrick Stewart's Captain Jean-Luc Picard is breaking the mold with Star Trek: Picard
  
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• Former Massachusetts police union president used dues as 'personal piggy bank,' feds say

  21-08-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Dana Pullman, feds say, paid for flowers, iTunes purchases and a romantic trip to Miami using a debit card from the Massachusetts state police union.
  
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• A Michigan Court Case Shows the Right of Armed Self-Defense Is Broader Than You Might Think

  21-08-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Yesterday the Michigan Court of Appeals handed down a decision in a highly public and very controversial case that gun owners across the United States should applaud. In short, it demonstrates and validates the value of armed self-defense even when you do not pull the trigger and -- crucially -- have no cause to pull the trigger. It justifies the brandishing of a gun as pre-emptive measure to block the use of unlawful force.What do I mean? Hang with me for a moment, because this case is a bit co
  
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• Netflix's Big Mouth Season 3 Returns This October

  21-08-2019 22:03 via gamespot.com
  
  While everyone's busy with Gamescom, things are still happening over at Netflix. The streaming platform's puberty-focused comedy Big Mouth is set to finally return, as Netflix has confirmed Big Mouth Season 3 will air on Friday, October 4.The show's official Twitter account shared the news and a photo with the words "equal parts shock and aww" written above hormone monster Maurice's hand. The tweet, captioned with a simple "shook," features nothing else apart from the October 4 release date for
  
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• All The Switch Games Shown During Nintendo's Indie Gamescom Showcase

  21-08-2019 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Gamescom 2019 is officially underway, and it's brought a ton of exciting news and announcements for gaming fans. Not only did we get a look at a number of new and upcoming titles during the Gamescom: Opening Night Live presentation, but some of the industry's biggest publishers also hosted their own livestream broadcasts ahead of the expo, including Nintendo.Just before Gamescom proper began, Nintendo aired an indie-focused "Indie World" presentation, which spotlighted an array of unique and ey
  
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• A Mexican judge says 2 people can legally use cocaine — but they can't buy or sell it

  21-08-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  A court in Mexico ordered the government to allow plaintiffs to "possess, transport and use cocaine," but not to sell or buy it.
  
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• Trump: other countries must shoulder fight against jihadists

  21-08-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that other countries must assume the battle against Islamic extremists as the US negotiates a withdrawal from Afghanistan.Asked by journalists if he is concerned about the reemergence of the Islamic State group in Iraq, Trump said forces under his lead had wiped out the extremists' caliphate.
  
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• Pentagon conducts its first test of previously banned missile

  21-08-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. military has conducted a test of a type of missile banned for more than 30 years by a treaty that both the U.S. and Russia abandoned this month, according to the Pentagon.
  
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• India's ex-finance minister arrested at home in dramatic raid

  21-08-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  High drama unfolded in New Delhi late Wednesday as officers from India's equivalent of the FBI scaled the walls of a former finance minister's home to arrest him on corruption charges, local media reported.Earlier in the day, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had alerted airports to prevent Palaniappan Chidambaram, finance minister from 2004-2008 and again from 2012-2014, from leaving the country.Chidambaram, 73, earlier this week failed to secure bail and had not been seen since Tuesday
  
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• Syria regime forces take full control of key town

  21-08-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Syrian regime forces took full control of a key northwestern town Wednesday, surrounding rebel-backing Turkish forces at a nearby observation post, a war monitor said.The advance on the town of Khan Sheikhun in Idlib province comes after months of air strikes on the area by the Syrian regime and its Russian ally."Regime forces took full control of the town of Khan Sheikhun and are currently clearing it of mines," said Syrian Observatory for Human Rights chief Rami Abdel Rahman.
  
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• Brexit: Boris Johnson warned US trade deal 'highly unlikely' if Ireland has hard border

  21-08-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A post-Brexit trade deal with the US would be "highly unlikely" if there is a hard border on the island of Ireland, Boris Johnson has been warned.The Congressional Friends of Ireland, a group in the US Congress which supports and promotes peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland, has written to the prime minister warning that it will oppose any US-UK trade deal if it risks undermining the Good Friday Agreement.
  
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• The Best Nintendo Switch Controllers We've Tried So Far

  21-08-2019 21:40 via gamespot.com
  
  Since shortly after the Nintendo Switch's launch, I've been on the hunt for new Switch controllers. It's a versatile little console, allowing for a wide range of different controller options, from playing with your PS4 and Xbox One controller to pads that resemble the classic controllers of the past. The Switch Pro controller is an obvious and great choice, but it's also expensive, and in my experience, the D-Pad leaves a lot to be desired.Thankfully, there are a ton of options from third-party
  
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• Trump again says he is 'very seriously' looking to end birthright citizenship

  21-08-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Eight months after first raising the idea, the president said his administration is again “very seriously” looking into ending the practice of conferring U.S. citizenship on anyone born in the United States.
  
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• Here's How Aliens Might See Earth

  21-08-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  It looks a bit different from the pale blue dot.
  
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• Ford's "Mustang-Inspired" Mach E Electric SUV Steps Out in Prototype Form

  21-08-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Said to arrive next year, this new battery-powered crossover promises 300 miles of range and a relatively affordable starting price.
  
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• Are Max 737s closer to flying? FAA 'looks forward' to international panel's findings as grounding drags on

  21-08-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  The FAA "looks forward" to a panel's findings on the Boeing 737 Max jets but stands by the process that certified a key component of the aircraft.
  
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• Drivers in Idaho keep harassing busloads of immigrants' children on their way to pre-school

  21-08-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  One driver reported experiencing threatening incidents with other drivers while she was driving a busload of children under the age of five.
  
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• Russia, China ask U.N. Security Council to meet Thursday over U.S. missile developments

  21-08-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Russia and China have asked the United Nations Security Council to meet on Thursday over "statements by U.S. officials on their plans to develop and deploy medium-range missiles," according to the request seen by Reuters.Moscow and Beijing want to convene the 15-member council under the agenda item "threats to international peace and security" and have requested that U.N. disarmament affairs chief Izumi Nakamitsu brief the body.The Pentagon said on Monday it had tested a conventionally-configure
  
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• During Johnson visit, Merkel voices hope on avoiding Brexit chaos

  21-08-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday offered a glimmer of hope to visiting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the EU and UK could reach an agreement to avoid a chaotic no-deal Brexit.Merkel said perhaps an agreement would be possible within "30 days" for Britain to leave the EU, if a solution could be found to the thorny issue of the Irish border.The British prime minister has been adamant that he will not accept the "backstop" border plan agreed under his predecessor Theresa May
  
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• Baltimore teen gets life in prison in police officer slaying

  21-08-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  A Baltimore teenager was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday, more than a year after he accelerated a stolen Jeep and fatally struck a Maryland police officer in a suburban cul-de-sac.Dawnta Harris, 17, was tried as an adult earlier this year and convicted of felony murder in the slaying of Baltimore County police Officer Amy Caprio.A judge in the suburban county that surrounds the city of Baltimore also sentenced Harris to 20 years in prison for burglary.
  
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• Ivanka Trump, Kellyanne Conway, and other top Trump aides have had their White House offices relocated to remove potential asbestos

  21-08-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Part of the White House is undergoing construction to remove potentially dangerous materials and several top Trump advisers have been relocated.
  
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• Monster Hunter World Is Getting Another Horizon Zero Dawn Crossover

  21-08-2019 20:47 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the first crossover events for Monster Hunter World was with the PlayStation 4 exclusive Horizon Zero Dawn. Now with MHW's Iceborne coming soon, Capcom is crossing over with Horizon again with PS4-exclusive content modeled after the Horizon DLC, The Frozen Wilds.A brief trailer shows off the crossover. It transitions from Aloy skulking in a snowy forest--which could be at home at either game--to close-up shots of her armor and a projectile weapon. The teaser didn't suggest exactly how you
  
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• Detectives: 1994 technology slowed search for serial killer

  21-08-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  It wasn't hard for Daytona Beach police to figure out who killed John Hardy Roberts in March 1994: Gary Ray Bowles left a probation document at the scene and also was caught on an ATM camera trying to withdraw money from Roberts' account."One of the things that's always stayed in the back of my mind is how horrible we feel that we didn't solve it quickly when we were the first," said Alison Sylvester, a former Daytona Beach police detective who investigated Roberts' death.Bowles is scheduled to
  
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• Denmark reacts with shock and anger as 'disrespectful' Trump cancels trip over Greenland sale row

  21-08-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Denmark’s political leaders and royal family have expressed shock after Donald Trump cancelled a state visit to the country over their refusal to consider selling Greenland. Mette Frederikse, the Danish prime minister, said she was “disappointed” by the decision while a spokesman for the Danish royal palace admitted it had been taken by “surprise”. Less diplomatic responses came from former politicians and opposition figures who said the US president's behaviour was
  
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• Man set to be executed for killing of Texas college student

  21-08-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  A Texas death row inmate who has always maintained his innocence and contends his conviction was based on junk science is set to be executed for the abduction, rape and murder of a suburban Houston college student more than 20 years ago.Larry Swearingen, 48, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Wednesday evening for the December 1998 killing of Melissa Trotter.Prosecutors said they stand behind the "mountain of evidence" used to convict Swearingen in 2000.
  
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• Trump dismisses criticism of his dual loyalty comments: 'It's only anti-Semitic in your head'

  21-08-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump Wednesday expanded on his views about how Jews who vote for Democrats are “disloyal” and dismissed any criticism of his comments.
  
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• 2016 Ford Mustang Roush Stage 3 Is A Wild Pony

  21-08-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Here's your chance to get a babied, one-owner Roush Mustang at no reserve.Before Ford announced the return of the Shelby GT500 for the 2020 model year, the most performance you could squeeze out of a Mustang was from the aftermarket tuning world. The 2016 Ford Mustang Roush Stage 3 is a perfect example of how far the modern Mustang can be pushed, and this gorgeous, one-owner Roush Mustang will be auctioned off at no reserve by GAA Classic Cars.The highest of the Roush tuning levels, the Stage 3
  
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• Trump says administration is 'seriously' considering abolishing birthright citizenship

  21-08-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has once again suggested that his administration is considering ways to deny citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States, which is a right laid out in the US Constitution.The president floated the idea on Wednesday while speaking to reporters on the White House lawn, where he called giving those children citizenship "ridiculous".
  
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• Marvel Cinematic Universe: Does Zemo's Return Pave Way For A New Team?

  21-08-2019 19:54 via gamespot.com
  
  There's a bit of a power vacuum in the MCU right now. The Avengers as we knew them are no more; either dead, retired, or somewhere in between. Though there's no real shortage of superpowered individuals hanging around Earth, in one way or another (there's a whole city of Asgardians out there, after all), there's no real organization. That's why poor, put-upon Peter Parker was summoned by Nick Fury and company to save the world in Spider-Man: Far From Home even though he really, really wanted to
  
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• France's Macron says no-deal Brexit would be Britain's fault

  21-08-2019 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said a no-deal Brexit would be of Britain's own making and not the European Union's, adding that any trade pact London cut with Washington would not mitigate the cost of leaving the bloc without a deal.The French leader said the demands made by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for a renegotiation of the divorce deal, including the removal of the Irish backstop, were not workable.
  
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• Trump Claims He Is ‘Seriously’ Considering Ending Birthright Citizenship for Children of Illegal Immigrants

  21-08-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump said Wednesday that he is “seriously” considering issuing an executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants.Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump argued that it is “frankly ridiculous” that the U.S. affords citizenship to babies born to immigrants who entered the country illegally.“We’re looking at that very seriously, birthright citizenship, where you have a baby on our land — you
  
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• Syrian army besieges insurgents and Turkish troops in Hama

  21-08-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Syrian government forces marching from different directions in southern parts of the opposition-controlled province of Idlib met around sunset Wednesday, laying siege to several rebel-held towns and villages as well as a Turkish army post, a Syrian opposition war monitor and pro-government activists said.The rapid advance by the Syrian army in the northwestern province marks a major blow for insurgents in their last remaining stronghold in Idlib, which has been subjected to a government offensiv
  
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• Indian investigators arrest key opposition leader

  21-08-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Federal investigators on Wednesday arrested a key opposition Indian National Congress party leader at his home in the Indian capital in a suspected money laundering case.Palaniappan Chidambaram was taken into custody on suspicion of conspiring with a Mauritius-based firm to illegally obtain money for his son's company while he was India's finance minister in 2006.Abhishek Dayal, a spokesman for the Central Bureau of Investigation, confirmed the arrest.
  
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