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• Trump cancels Poland visit as hurricane heads for Florida

  29-08-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump on Thursday cancelled a trip to Poland as Hurricane Dorian bore down on Florida, where it could make landfall as a dangerous Category 4 storm.Trump, who had been scheduled to attend World War II anniversary commemorations in Poland this weekend, said he would focus instead on preparations for the approaching hurricane.Vice President Mike Pence would go to Poland in his place, Trump said.
  
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• The Pentagon was apparently blindsided by a Trump administration move that affects some children of deployed troops

  29-08-2019 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  A new policy affecting the citizenship of children born to some US service members appears to have surprised the Department of Defense.
  
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• Free Steam Game Available Now--But Only For A Short Time

  29-08-2019 23:34 via gamespot.com
  
  It's been a great week for deals, from Labor Day sales to free games and multiple free-to-play events available to take advantage of. Now Humble Bundle is throwing its hat into a ring with a solid deal of its own: For a short time, you can claim racing game Dirt Rally for free just by signing up for Humble's newsletter. As long as you redeem the game before the expiration date, it'll be yours to keep and play forever. The deal ends Sunday at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET, so there's not much time to claim
  
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• Exclusive: Second homicide identified in string of deaths at VA hospital; family 'floored'

  29-08-2019 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The death of veteran George Shaw, 81, in April 2018 was ruled a homicide, one of 10 suspicious deaths at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia.
  
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• The New Funko-Themed Gears Pop Game Is Off To A Strong Start

  29-08-2019 23:09 via gamespot.com
  
  After launching on Android, iOS, and Windows 10 PC for free a week ago, the cutesy Gears Pop has hit an impressive milestone, surpassing more than one million players in the short time it has been available on the market.The Coalition's studio head, Rod Fergusson, tweeted out a thank you for the one million players. Though he didn't clarify, Fergusson alludes to "more cool stuff" coming in the future for the mobile Gears spin-off title.Wow! 1+ Million Players! Thank you for a great first week wi
  
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• Surgeon General to teens and pregnant women: Weed is way too risky for developing brains

  29-08-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  'No amount of marijuana use in pregnancy or adolescence is safe,' said Surgeon General Jerome Adams.
  
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• Prosecutors are looking into the network of women they believe Jeffrey Epstein used to recruit underage girls for sex-trafficking

  29-08-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The convicted sex offender was charged with sex trafficking and accused of molesting dozens of underage girls. The case was dismissed after his death.
  
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• Israel: Iran, Hezbollah intensifying missile efforts

  29-08-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  "Today we uncovered part of Iran and Hezbollah's precision missile project.Hezbollah denies harboring missile factories.Israel considers Iran to be its greatest enemy and has identified Hezbollah as the most potent military threat on its borders.
  
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• Why President Trump Cut a Methane Regulation That Even Big Oil Companies Wanted to Keep

  29-08-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The decision to side with a group of smaller fossil fuel producers shows the influence these companies retain within the administration
  
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• One Of Destiny 2's Best, Toughest-To-Get Guns Is About To Be Much More Attainable

  29-08-2019 22:59 via gamespot.com
  
  If you've been chasing the Mountaintop grenade launcher, one of Destiny 2's toughest-to-get weapons, good news: the grind is about to get a whole lot easier. Bungie's next patch will greatly reduce the difficulty of the quest to unlock the Mountaintop, which should mean that one of the best guns in the game will be available to a lot more players by the release of Shadowkeep.For those unfamiliar, the Mountaintop is one of Destiny 2's "Pinnacle Weapons," which are high-quality guns that were rele
  
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• North Korea says it won't give up arms modernization

  29-08-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  North Korea accused the United Kingdom, France and Germany on Thursday of meddling in its "self-defensive measures for arms modernization," saying the West will make "no greater mistake" than thinking Pyongyang will give up its right to have weapons that it says are needed to ensure peace.The North's official Korean Central News Agency circulated a statement from Kim Son Gyong, an adviser at the Korea-Europe Association, in response to a joint statement Tuesday from the three important U.S. alli
  
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• Israel Is Escalating Its Shadow War With Iran. Here's What to Know

  29-08-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel-attributed attacks on targets in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq highlight the risks of a wider confrontation
  
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• Rep. Biggs: We've rarely seen somebody so delusional and self-serving as James Comey

  29-08-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs reacts to former FBI Director James Comey deeming himself vindicated after the DOJ declines to prosecute after the release of the IG report.
  
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• US targets Lebanon, Oman financiers for Hezbollah

  29-08-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States on Thursday announced sanctions in Lebanon and Oman aimed at shutting down financing to the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas militants.Powerful US financial sanctions were imposed on the Jammal Trust Bank in Lebanon, which was accused of acting as a key financial institution for Hezbollah, which opposes US ally Israel.
  
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• Woman cleared of murder charges after 35 years in prison gets $3 million

  29-08-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  A woman who spent 35 years in prison for a Nevada murder she didn't commit before she was exonerated by DNA evidence will get $3 million in a partial settlement of a federal civil rights lawsuit, her attorney said Wednesday.
  
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• Ohio man accused of planning to attack Jewish center faces federal charge

  29-08-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  James Reardon, 20, whose case is one of many thwarted potential mass shootings reported by U.S. law enforcement in recent weeks, faces one count of transmitting threatening communications via interstate commerce, federal prosecutors said as his indictment was unsealed on Thursday.Federal authorities said their investigation is ongoing.
  
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• Puerto Ricans who fled to Florida from storm face new storm

  29-08-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Jose Santiago was worried about his two adult daughters as Hurricane Dorian threatened Puerto Rico midweek."One of them told me, 'Daddy, this isn't going to hit Puerto Rico directly, but now I'm worried about you,'" said Santiago, who drives cars for an auction house in Orlando.Like Santiago, tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans moved to Florida after Hurricane Maria to escape the devastation of the Category 4 storm.
  
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• Israel says Iran seeking to build precision missiles in Lebanon

  29-08-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The Israeli army on Thursday accused Iran of collaborating with Lebanon's Hezbollah to assemble precision-guided missiles that could cause "massive" human casualties in Israel.Tehran and the Shiite movement plan to convert "stupid rockets into precision-guided missiles", Israeli army spokesman Jonathan Conricus told journalists in a conference call.Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria against what it says are Iranian and Hezbollah targets.
  
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• GameStop Just Relaunched Its Website--Here's What's New

  29-08-2019 22:04 via gamespot.com
  
  GameStop has officially re-launched its website. The retailer's new site promises to provide a "modern digital shopping experience" that aims to be "engaging, easier, and faster to use."In a press release, GameStop acknowledged that its legacy website became "increasingly difficult" to use and this was feedback it heard from users. You can check out the new website now and see all the changes for yourself.GameStop's chief merchandising officer, Chris Homeister (who joined the company back in Jun
  
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• Colombia FARC negotiators say they are taking up arms again

  29-08-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Colombian President Ivan Duque offered a nearly $1 million reward for the arrest of the top peace negotiator for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on Thursday after the rebel and a small cadre of hardliners vowed to resume their insurgency in a major reversal for the country's efforts to end decades of bloody fighting.In a televised address, Duque also accused Venezuela's socialist leadership of providing safe haven to the rebels — underscoring the risks to regional stability from
  
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• 'I'm On the Mend.' Alex Trebek Returns to Jeopardy! Just Months After Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis

  29-08-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  'I've gone through a lot of chemotherapy, and thankfully that is now over'
  
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• White House slams Comey for violating FBI policies and falsely claims the Russia investigation was launched because he 'shamefully leaked information to the press'

  29-08-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election was well underway by the time Comey shared his memos with the media.
  
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• Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey apologizes for participating in blackface skit in college

  29-08-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  "I offer my heartfelt apologies for the pain and embarrassment this causes," Ivey said.
  
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• Predator: Proving Grounds Is At Its Best When Playing As The Movie Monster

  29-08-2019 21:39 via gamespot.com
  
  Compared to other slasher villains like Jason Voorhees or Michael Meyers, the Predator has a particularly unique way of making its victims feel out of their depth, and this is exactly what Friday The 13th developer Illfonic wants to bring to Predator: Proving Grounds. It's another asymmetrical multiplayer game, but also very different from the team's previous game. In Proving Grounds, a heavily-armed squad of four players has to complete a covert mission in a remote jungle full of hostile forces
  
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• Predator: Hunting Grounds Is At Its Best When Playing As The Movie Monster

  29-08-2019 21:39 via gamespot.com
  
  Compared to other slasher villains like Jason Voorhees or Michael Meyers, the Predator has a particularly unique way of making its victims feel out of their depth, and this is exactly what Friday The 13th developer Illfonic wants to bring to Predator: Hunting Grounds. It's another asymmetrical multiplayer game, but also very different from the team's previous game. In Hunting Grounds, a heavily-armed squad of four players has to complete a covert mission in a remote jungle full of hostile forces
  
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• Woman Claims She Gave Birth Alone in Denver County Jail Cell with No Medical Treatment

  29-08-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  A woman has filed a lawsuit after she said she was forced to deliver a baby alone on a bench in a jail cell at the Denver County Jail.
  
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• Judge ends case against Epstein, with a nod to the accusers

  29-08-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  A judge formally ended the criminal case against Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, but not without a final tribute to the women who spoke out against the financier.
  
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• North Carolina student arrested with guns in his dorm room was planning shooting spree, police say

  29-08-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  A 19-year-old freshman arrested in his dorm room at a North Carolina university with two firearms was planning a shooting spree, police say.
  
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• Xbox One Games With Gold, September 2019: Don't Miss These Free Games

  29-08-2019 21:24 via gamespot.com
  
  The Xbox One's Games With Gold for next month have been revealed, and if you're a fan of silently--or not so silently--assassinating rich, powerful, and evil targets, then you're in luck. Hitman leads September's Games With Gold, and Xbox Live Gold subscribers have all month to claim it.Hitman: The Complete First Season is available September 1 until September 30 and includes every map and mission from, you guessed it, the first season. It's a game of stealth and assassination, where you can dis
  
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• Fortnite: Where To Search Between Basement Film Camera, Snowy Stone Head, And Gold Big Rig Guide

  29-08-2019 21:24 via gamespot.com
  
  We're in Week 5 of Fortnite Season 10, and this week's set of challenges is called Blockbuster--a throwback to Season 4 of the battle royale game. As usual, most of the challenges are fairly self-explanatory, but there are a couple that'll require you to go to specific locations, like the mission to search between a basement film camera, a snowy stone head, and a flashy gold big rig. If none of that made any sense to you, don't worry--we've put together a guide showing you exactly where to go.Wh
  
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• Brigitte Macron speaks out against sexism amid G7 Amazon fire funding row with Brazilian president

  29-08-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  France’s first lady, Brigitte Macron, hit back on Thursday at mockery of her age and appearance on Jair Bolsonaro’s Facebook page amid a war of words between the Brazilian president and her husband that has left £18m in emergency funding for the Amazon in limbo. Her comments came as Mr Bolsonaro, accused by critics of allowing tens of thousands of fires to rage unchecked in the Amazon rainforest, announced a two-month ban on fires deliberately started by farmers. Critics have a
  
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• Longest-ever wrongfully imprisoned woman in US history gets $3m in lawsuit settlement

  29-08-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  A woman who spent 35 years in prison for a murder she didn’t commit has been awarded $3m (£2.5m) as a partial settlement in her civil rights case, according to her lawyers.Cathy Woods, 68, was released from prison in 2015 after she was exonerated due to new DNA evidence found on a cigarette stub.
  
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• El Salvador busts alleged migrant smuggling network, nabs 25

  29-08-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  At least 25 people were arrested across El Salvador on Thursday, including businesspeople, lawyers and a former police officer, as part of an operation to break up an alleged migrant smuggling network.Authorities said they conducted raids in a number of municipalities and seized 23 vehicles and 14 properties with a collective value of about $1 million.The director of the attorney general's office anticorruption unit said 32 arrest warrants were issued.
  
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• Fortnite: Where To Land At Hero Mansion And Villain's Lair | Season 10 Challenges

  29-08-2019 21:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Here's where to go to land at both the hero's mansion and the abandoned villain's lair.
  
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• Fortnite: Where To Land At A Hero Mansion And Villain's Lair | Season 10 Challenges

  29-08-2019 21:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Here's where to go to land at both the hero's mansion and the abandoned villain's lair.
  
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• US intelligence suggests Russia was fishing Putin's doomsday missile out of the sea when it mysteriously exploded

  29-08-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Sources familiar with an intelligence report told CNBC that Russia was trying to recover the weapon after another unsuccessful flight test.
  
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• Fortnite: Search Between Basement Film Camera, Snowy Stone Head, And Gold Big Rig Guide | Secret Battle Star Challenge

  29-08-2019 21:07 via gamespot.com
  
  The normal secret battle stars we've grown accustomed to are gone, as Epic tries to figure out what it wants to do with the confusing new battle pass system. This week however if you search between a basement film camera, snowy stone head, and gold big rig you will be able to claim an extra battle star as a reward. Here's where to go.
  
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• Fortnite: Search Between A Basement Film Camera, Snowy Stone Head, And Gold Big Rig Guide | Season 10 Challenge

  29-08-2019 21:07 via gamespot.com
  
  The normal secret battle stars we've grown accustomed to are gone, as Epic tries to figure out what it wants to do with the confusing new battle pass system. This week, however, if you search between a basement film camera, snowy stone head, and gold big rig you will be able to claim a Battle Star as a reward. Here's where to go.
  
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• Destiny 2's New Seasons Will Change The Game World--And Then End

  29-08-2019 20:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Destiny 2's Annual Pass followed its Forsaken expansion with some solid new ideas for the game. Each one introduced new activities and loot, as well as slow-drip stories that expanded on both elements of Forsaken and the game world in general. It was a change of pace for how Bungie tells the game's story, and it sounds like when the Shadowkeep expansion arrives, Bungie will push that envelope even further.That's according to new details in a blog post from director Luke Smith, which outlined a l
  
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• The Latest: Colombia leader seeks arrest of rearmed rebels

  29-08-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Colombia's President Iván Duque is accusing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of providing safe haven to a cadre of demobilized rebel leaders who have just announced they are rearming.Duque also says he's offering a nearly $1 million reward for the arrest of the insurgents, who include the former chief negotiator of a 2016 deal between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.In a televised address Thursday, Duque accused Maduro of sheltering the rebels in vi
  
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• Watch Cyberpunk 2077's Gameplay Livestream Here

  29-08-2019 20:55 via gamespot.com
  
  PAX West kicks off this Friday, and with it, developers CD Projekt Red have confirmed that new Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay will debut on the same day.Cyberpunk 2077's gameplay livestream is set to air on August 30. You can catch the livestream here, or on Cyberpunk 2077's official Mixer and Twitch channels.Cyberpunk 2077 Stream Start Time11 AM PT1 PM CST2 PM ET7 PM BSTGPU manufacturer Nvidia recently dropped a teaser video on Twitter, showcasing the scope of Cyberpunk 2077's Night City. CD Projekt R
  
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• Pokemon Masters: What Are Scout Points, And How To Get Them

  29-08-2019 20:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Pokemon Masters is a broad collection of famous trainers from throughout the Pokemon series--representing both the games and anime. Much of the collection aspect is a traditional mobile gacha-style game, where you trade in-game currency for a randomized spin that will earn you a Sync Pair--one Trainer and their partner Pokemon. But if you have your eye on one Sync Pair in particular, that's where Scout Points come in.Scout Points are earned by Scouting, otherwise known as purchasing new Sync Pai
  
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• Democrat O'Rourke vows to end Trump's trade war with China under new plan

  29-08-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke released a plan on Thursday that would end Republican President Donald Trump's trade war with China, but would also demand that China stop unfair practices such as currency manipulation and corporate espionage.The former Texas congressman said that, if elected president he would immediately eliminate Trump's tariffs against Chinese goods, demanding in exchange that China revoke its retaliatory tariffs against American products including soybeans, b
  
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• Woman pleads guilty to shooting man in the head inside car while on Facebook Live

  29-08-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Sentencing is scheduled for a later date, which will include statements from the victim.
  
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• Idaho artifacts show human presence in Americas 16,600 years ago

  29-08-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Artifacts including stone tools and animal bone fragments found in Idaho dating back about 16,600 years represent what may be the oldest evidence of humans in the Americas and offer insight into the routes people took as they spread into the New World.Scientists on Thursday said they used a technique called radiocarbon dating to determine the age of artifacts unearthed at an archeological site called Cooper's Ferry along the Salmon River in western Idaho near the town of Cottonwood.People were p
  
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• A 360-pound alligator that snuck up on a kayaker was captured after a 3-hour hunt

  29-08-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  The alligator chased Bo Storey out of the pond. Hours later, it was caught because it was deemed to be a nuisance due to its size and demeanor.
  
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• Pokemon Masters Guide: How To Evolve And Mega Evolve

  29-08-2019 20:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Pokemon Masters has officially released, giving you a brand-new Pokemon experience to play on the go. Though Masters shares several similarities with previous Pokemon games, it does a lot differently too. One such difference is in how Pokemon can evolve. If you're having trouble, we've outlined the process below.First things first: not every sync pair you recruit features a Pokemon that can evolve. The Pikachu that you start with cannot be evolved into a Raichu, for example. As far as we can tel
  
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• Trump Wanted Puerto Rico Recovery Aid Tied to Anti-Corruption Measures

  29-08-2019 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  CARLOS BARRIA/GettyDonald Trump has made his animus towards the island of Puerto Rico no secret. The president has repeatedly objected to the amount of federal disaster aid spent to help the American citizens there recover from the hurricanes that have ravaged their home.But while the president has begrudgingly signed legislation to send billions of dollars to Puerto Rico, he has also privately tried to add conditions to that support. According to three people with direct knowledge of the discus
  
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• Senator: Trump Policy Is ‘Death Sentence’ For Sick Kids

  29-08-2019 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  JOHAN ORDONEZWhen Suhas Khamgaonkar came to the United States 14 years ago as the wife of a chemical engineer with an employer-sponsored visa, she thought that her legal immigration status in the country was assured. But when her husband died suddenly of a heart attack in 2015, Khamgaonkar was warned by her immigration attorney that she might be forced to leave the country—even though she had a pending application for permanent U.S. residency.On her attorney’s advice, Khamgaonkar, a
  
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• Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro: Dems Plotting to ‘Replace American Citizens With Illegals’

  29-08-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  MIKE THEILERNearly a month after an accused shooter reportedly said he deliberately targeted “Mexicans” while killing more than 20 people in El Paso, Fox News personalities are still echoing the same talking points from the gunman’s racist manifesto, in which he complained about a “Hispanic invasion” of America.Appearing on Fox Nation’s The Todd Starnes Show on Thursday, Fox News host Jeanine Pirro was asked by Starnes—who recently likened migrants to a
  
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