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• Boris Johnson Humiliated by Parliament in First Brexit Vote

  03-09-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  REUTERSLONDON—Theresa May’s abject humiliation over Brexit was three years in the making as she endured failed negotiations, misfiring political gambles, and a series of internal revolts. Boris Johnson got there in just one vote. The biographer of Winston Churchill entered Downing Street breathing rhetorical fire just one day before Parliament was closed for the summer. On his very first day back in Parliament, he lost his majority in the House of Commons and was then defeated by his
  
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• California Highway Patrol Shares Video of Alleged Drunk Driver Falling Out of Moving Truck Before Crash

  03-09-2019 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The California Highway Patrol shared surveillance video of a suspected drunken driver falling out of a delivery truck before it crashed into a sign.
  
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• The Latest: Source: Mental health reason for 2014 gun denial

  03-09-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The official tells The Associated Press on Tuesday that Seth Ator had attempted to purchase a firearm in 2014 but was denied after a federal background check.The official said Ator was able to obtain the rifle used in Saturday's rampage in West Texas through a private gun sale, skirting the background check process.
  
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• Everything We Know About His Dark Materials, HBO's Golden Compass Adaptation

  03-09-2019 23:14 via gamespot.com
  
  His Dark Materials' release date, where to watch, and more.
  Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" books are ripe for adaptation--in fact, they already got a big screen version in the 2007 film The Golden Compass. Unfortunately, that movie, despite starring big name actors like Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman, missed the mark significantly. That's why we're thrilled that we're getting another shot thanks to New Line, Bad Wolf, HBO, and the BBC.His Dark Materials is a fantasy book trilogy originall
  
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• One Piece Creator Sounds Prepared To End The Series

  03-09-2019 23:06 via gamespot.com
  
  Eiichiro Oda's long-running One Piece series has reached 900 episodes and 93 volumes after debuting more than 20 years ago. Now, after its widespread success, Oda seems intent on ending the series after just five more years.A YouTube comedy group named Fischer visited Oda at his home, where the famed manga creator was asked just how much longer Monkey D. Luffy will sail around looking for the elusive One Piece. Oda has a very set goal in mind. "I want to end it after five years," he told Fischer
  
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• North Carolina court strikes down state legislative map as unconstitutional gerrymander

  03-09-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  A three-judge panel in Wake County Superior Court said the state Senate and state House district lines discriminated against Democratic voters in violation of the state constitution's free elections, equal protection and free speech clauses.The decision is a victory for election reform advocates considering legal challenges to partisan gerrymandering in state courts despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this year blocking such cases in federal courts.State Senate Leader Phil Berger, a Repu
  
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• Devastation in Bahamas as Hurricane Dorian crawls towards US coast

  03-09-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Weakening slightly but still packing a powerful punch, Hurricane Dorian churned towards the southeastern coast of the United States on Tuesday after delivering a devastating blow to the Bahamas.Bahamas National Security Minister Marvin Dames said several children were among the five deaths reported in the Atlantic archipelago from the monster storm and predicted more fatalities.Aerial footage of Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas broadcast by CNN showed scenes of catastrophic damage, with hundred
  
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• Abby Huntsman is back on 'The View' after twins, shares love for fellow NICU parents

  03-09-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  "The View" season launched with the cutest guests—Abby Huntsman's twin babies. She spoke about being a mom of three and her daughter's scary time in the NICU.
  
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• Hurricane Dorian is slowly inching from the Bahamas toward the US, leaving devastation in its wake

  03-09-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Hurricane Dorian pulled away from the Bahamas as a Category 2 storm on Tuesday morning. Its effects could reach Florida by Tuesday evening.
  
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• The Taliban Scoff at Trump’s Afghan Peace Talks Bluff

  03-09-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/ReutersDOHA, Qatar—The American negotiator trying to cut a deal with the Taliban that might let Donald Trump get all uniformed troops out of Afghanistan before next year’s election says that the two sides have an “agreement in principle.”But Taliban officials and diplomats here in the capital of Qatar, where the talks have been held, told The Daily Beast that after Round 9 last week, there was still no deal the Taliban would sign. Trump’s ma
  
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• After Texas shooting, McConnell says gun control legislation is up to Trump to decide

  03-09-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  “Well, we’re in a discussion about what to do on the gun issue in the wake of these horrendous shootings,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told conservative radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt Tuesday.
  
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• California: shock and grief after at least 25 killed in boat fire off Santa Cruz Island

  03-09-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  * Nine people still missing after fire broke out on diving tour boat* Police say DNA testing required to identify some of the victimsA memorial at Sea Landing at Santa Barbara Harbor. Diving experts said this kind of fire appeared to be unprecedented. Photograph: Ringo Chiu/Zuma/Rex/ShutterstockA boat fire off Santa Cruz Island that left 25 people dead and nine missing sent shockwaves throughout the diving community and across California. Residents and divers said a tragedy of such scale seemed
  
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• Mattis: I will speak out 'when the time is right'

  03-09-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis said he would break his silence about the Trump administration 'when the time is right.' The retiredgeneral was speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York Tuesday to promote his new book. (Sept. 3)
  
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• California boat fire: Search suspended as 34 remaining victims presumed dead

  03-09-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  A marine biologist and two high school students are among those believed to have died after a fire erupted in the middle of the night on a boat off the Southern California coast.The US Coast Guard has suspended its search efforts after confirming that at least 25 people had died. Five of the six crew members who happened to be awake when the fire began escaped by jumping into an inflatable boat they then steered to a nearby vessel. The end of the search means the Coast Guard has presumed all 33
  
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• 7 fatally shot, 34 wounded in Chicago during Labor Day weekend gun violence

  03-09-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Gun violence over the Labor Day weekend has left seven people dead and another 34 wounded in Chicago.
  
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• WoW Classic Free Character Moves Coming Soon For Select Servers

  03-09-2019 22:07 via gamespot.com
  
  Blizzard is preparing to help adjust player counts on certain World of Warcraft Classic servers, and it'll allow some players to make the move for free.A World of Warcraft community manager shared the news in a forum post, specifying that free character server moves are coming to select WoW Classic realms in the coming days. Once the service opens, you'll see the option to start a transfer on either the character select screen or the realm queue screen. Currently, there are three restrictions ou
  
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• New Apex Legends Limited-Time Wraith-Themed Voidwalker Event Has Begun

  03-09-2019 22:01 via gamespot.com
  
  The newest limited-time event in Apex Legends has begun. The Wraith-themed event, Voidwalker, will only last a few weeks (similar to the Octane-themed Iron Crown event) and introduces a new town takeover, limited-time mode, and additional challenges to complete.In Iron Crown, Octane took over the small settlement outside Thunderdome and transformed it into a skate park complete with launch pads, ramps, and a ring of fire. Likewise, in Voidwalker, a portion of King's Canyon has transformed. If yo
  
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• Apex Legends Voidwalker Event Introduces Limited-Time Sniper/Shotgun Only Mode

  03-09-2019 22:01 via gamespot.com
  
  The newest limited-time event in Apex Legends has begun. Called Voidwalker, the event will only last a few weeks (similar to Iron Crown) and it introduces a new town takeover, limited-time mode, and additional in-game challenges.In Iron Crown, Octane took over the small settlement outside Thunderdome and transformed it into a skate park complete with launch pads, ramps, and a ring of fire. Likewise, in Voidwalker, a portion of King's Canyon has transformed. If you drop at the base camp behind Hy
  
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• Renewing or applying for airport fast pass Global Entry? Brace for lengthy delays

  03-09-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The Global Entry trusted traveler program has been plagued by lengthy application delays. Some travelers report over 100 days to renew.
  
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• Destiny 2 Patch Notes: New Update Makes These Hard-To-Earn Guns' Quests More Doable

  03-09-2019 21:44 via gamespot.com
  
  As promised, Bungie has released a new update for Destiny 2. Patch 2.5.2.2 makes a number of very welcome changes, addressing a variety of common complaints regarding some hard-to-obtain weapons (namely, Mountaintop), item management, Reckoning, and more. Here's a look at what's changed and the full patch notes.First and most notable are the changes to a pair of pinnacle weapon quests to make them a bit more reasonable. As first revealed last week, Mountaintop and Wendigo GL3 have seen their res
  
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• Pokemon Go's First Ultra Bonuses Now Live, Include Legendary Dog Raids And New Shiny Pokemon

  03-09-2019 21:41 via gamespot.com
  
  The first wave of Pokemon Go's Ultra Bonuses has arrived. This batch of rewards will be available until September 9, and it includes the return of three fan-favorite Legendary Pokemon, as well as the debut of a couple of new Shiny variants.First, the three Legendary dogs from Pokemon Gold and Silver--Entei, Raikou, and Suicune--are appearing again in Raid Battles, as are a few other monsters originally from the Johto region such as Tyranitar, Ursaring, and Skarmory. On top of that, you'll have a
  
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• Chris Hayes and Progressives’ Lack of Respect for the Constitution

  03-09-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Last week, conservatives in the Twitterverse had a good chuckle at the expense of MSNBC host Chris Hayes for something he said about the Electoral College on his show.“The weirdest thing about the Electoral College,” he offered, “is the fact that if it wasn't specifically in the Constitution for the presidency, it would be unconstitutional.”This is one of those things that sound a lot better in your head than they do coming out of your mouth! We’ve all been guilty o
  
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• Florida is ready, but where is the hurricane?

  03-09-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Houses and businesses are boarded up, bridges to barrier islands are blocked and many residents of Florida's beachside communities are long gone."The uncertainty is a little nerve wracking," says Drew Gabrielson, clutching his trembling Chihuahua Rodney as he looks across a beach at the roughening surf.On Tuesday, Dorian began moving at five miles per hour (eight kilometers per hour), a positively jaunty pace after being stuck at a near standstill for the better part of two days as it battered t
  
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• Upper atmosphere gridlock stalled Dorian

  03-09-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Hurricane Dorian is finally moving.Before Dorian picked up speed Tuesday morning, the upper atmosphere had been too calm.Its eyewall first hit Grand Bahama Island Sunday night, and into Tuesday morning part of the eye still lingered there, meteorologists said.
  
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• Iran oil tanker pursued by US turns off tracker near Syria

  03-09-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  An Iranian oil tanker blacklisted and pursued by the U.S. turned off its tracking beacon off the coast of Syria, leading to renewed speculation Tuesday that its oil will end up there, despite earlier assurances it wouldn't.The disappearance of the Adrian Darya 1, formerly known as the Grace 1, follows a pattern of Iranian oil tankers turning off their Automatic Identification System to try and mask where they deliver their cargo amid U.S. sanctions targeting Iran's energy industry.Its disappeara
  
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• Venezuela's Maduro warns of Colombia attack, orders military exercises

  03-09-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday ordered the armed forces to be on alert for a potential attack by Colombia's government and announced military exercises on the border amid the rearmament of a group of former guerrilla commanders.Former FARC guerillas on Thursday announced a rearmament in a video that Colombian authorities believe was filmed in Venezuela, spurring concern of a worsening of the Colombian armed conflict and expansion of armed groups in Venezuela."I've ordered the str
  
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• Parliament Debates Plan to Block No-Deal Split: Brexit Update

  03-09-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Follow @Brexit, sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, and tell us your Brexit story. Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost his House of Commons majority as he faces a showdown with members of his Conservative Party that will determine the U.K.’s exit from the European Union and the length of his premiership.Johnson has vowed to leave the bloc on Oct. 31, but his political enemies are fighting to stop him from doing so without a divorce deal. Tonight is the first of a series
  
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• Grand Bahama waterlogged in Hurricane Dorian before and after satellite photos

  03-09-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Next-generation satellite technology capable of penetrating cloud cover shows widespread flooding from slow-moving Hurricane Dorian.
  
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• HBO's Watchmen TV Show Premiere Date Confirmed

  03-09-2019 21:15 via gamespot.com
  
  Watchmen is one of the fall's most anticipated shows. The HBO series is based on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' classic graphic novel, which was published by DC in 1986, and the showrunner is Lost co-creator Damon Lindleof. The show's premiere date has now been announced.HBO has confirmed that Episode 1 of Watchmen will screen on Sunday, October 20. The news was revealed in a tweet that uses the comic's distinctive Doomsday Clock, which shows how far the world is from destruction, and the words "e
  
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• Shattering Taliban attack in Kabul even as US deal nears

  03-09-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The Taliban on Tuesday defended their suicide bombing against an international compound in the Afghan capital that killed at least 16 people and wounded 119, almost all local civilians, just hours after a U.S. envoy said he and the militant group had reached a deal "in principle" to end America's longest war.Angry Kabul residents whose homes were shredded in the explosion climbed over the buckled blast wall and set part of the compound, a frequent Taliban target, on fire.
  
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• Mississippi wedding venue cites 'Christian belief' in refusing interracial couple

  03-09-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The business owner has since apologized after being captured on video saying she wouldn't allow an interracial couple to get married at her venue.
  
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• Top New Blu-Ray & DVD Home Releases For September 2019

  03-09-2019 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  From John Wick Chapter 3 - Parabellum to Aladdin, here are the best Blu-rays, DVDs and Ultra HD release coming out in September.
  
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• The Biggest Obstacles Facing Cloud Gaming

  03-09-2019 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The industry is bracing itself for another seismic shift. This time the threat is twofold: both the massive, disruptive change possible with new cloud-based technologies, and a new entrant into the market as Google prepares to launch its Stadia platform. Microsoft has its own plans to offer streaming through a cloud service, xCloud, as a complement to its usual console services. But how much will cloud gaming shake up the industry, and how quickly?Currently, cloud gaming has three major hurdles
  
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• World War II Launched a New Age of Global Power. 80 Years After the War Began, That Era Is Ending

  03-09-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  On Sept. 3, 1939, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. Nearly everyone old enough to remember that time as an adult has passed
  
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• Mom arrested in connection to 5-year-old's body found decaying in hidden closet in Houston

  03-09-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Police say her mother confessed to hiding the child's body for nearly a week. She says the girl, identified as Sierra Patino, died from ingesting chemicals.
  
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• How to Spot a Serious Gun-Crime Proposal

  03-09-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  There was another massacre, this one in Midland and Odessa, Texas. As usual, tragedy was followed by stupidity.The New York Times, in its poetical mode, observed that the crime “clashed with the typically serene and dusty rural landscape of the region.” In reality, Odessa is the most dangerous city in Texas, with a murder rate about twice the national average. So much for “serene.” It is not particularly rural, either, though you pass through a good deal of rurality on th
  
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• A Free Code Vein Demo For PS4 And Xbox One Is Available Now

  03-09-2019 20:38 via gamespot.com
  
  Anime Souls-like Code Vein is slated to launch on consoles and PC later this month, and fans eagerly awaiting to wander the vampiric open-world will get the chance with a free demo that's available now on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.The free Code Vein demo lets you create a Revenant and dive into the game's beginning area. If you're looking for a challenge, the Code Vein demo also grants you access to a dungeon called The Depths. Bandai Namco shared an announcement video showcasing a variety of d
  
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• 'Hurricane Hunters' have been flying in and out of Dorian — here's what they've seen inside this powerful storm

  03-09-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Hurricane Dorian is a massive storm that is now threatening the US East Coast. Here's what it looks inside this devastating storm.
  
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• Walmart Asks Shoppers to Stop Openly Carrying Guns in Stores in Wake of El Paso Mass Shooting

  03-09-2019 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  The company will also halt sales of handgun and short-barrel rifle ammunition
  
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• What's New On Netflix This Week? Movies, Originals, And TV Shows

  03-09-2019 20:31 via gamespot.com
  
  While Netflix still holds the crown of the "King of Streaming"--a totally meaningless title I just made up--not every week is going to be jam-packed with tons of new content. Take this week, for example. Only Tuesday and Thursday have releases this week, but there are a couple original series you should keep your eye on.Coming on Thursday, Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, Bruno) stars in the new Netflix original limited series The Spy. Based on a true story, Cohen plays Eli Cohen, an Israeli spy who sp
  
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• We Played Zelda: Link's Awakening - It's As Fun As It Is Cute

  03-09-2019 20:30 via gamespot.com
  
  At PAX West 2019, we had the opportunity to play The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening, the remake of the Game Boy classic. It's a reimagining of the game that came out 26 years ago and maintains the original top-down 2D gameplay but with a new, vivid (and adorable) art style. You can get some of the highlights and our thoughts on Zelda: Link's Awakening in the video above.After 20 minutes with the game, it was clear that the game executes on the tried-and-true gameplay from the 2D Zelda games a
  
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• We Played Zelda: Link's Awakening And It's As Fun As It Is Cute

  03-09-2019 20:30 via gamespot.com
  
  At PAX West 2019, we had the opportunity to play The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening, the remake of the Game Boy classic. It's a reimagining of the game that came out 26 years ago and maintains the original top-down 2D gameplay but with a new, vivid (and adorable) art style. You can get some of the highlights and our thoughts on Zelda: Link's Awakening in the video above.After 20 minutes with the game, it was clear that the game executes on the tried-and-true gameplay from the 2D Zelda games a
  
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• Ford Recalling F-150 and Other Models for Potentially Dangerous Seat Defect

  03-09-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Nearly half a million vehicles are involved, including new and recent F-150, Super Duty, Explorer, and Expedition models.
  
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• Vegan Sues Neighbor for Barbecuing In Their Own Backyard Because She 'Can't Go Out There'

  03-09-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  To crib a line from psychoanalysis, sometimes a cigar is not just a cigar and sometimes a barbecue is not just a barbecue. That was the feeling of an Australian woman who sued her neighbor for barbecuing in their own backyard.
  
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• Hurricane Dorian: 'Catastrophic' damage in Bahamas leaves 60,000 needing drinking water

  03-09-2019 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Hurricane Dorian began lashing parts of Florida on Tuesday after carving a slow path across the Atlantic Ocean that claimed seven lives and caused "catastrophic" damage to the Bahamas. The storm whipped up gusts of 110 miles per hour as it tracked the US coastline and moved north at 6 miles per hour about 110 miles east of Cape Canaveral, the National Hurricane Center said. While Dorian was downgraded to a Category 2 storm on Tuesday, forecasters warned the system had grown in size and that its
  
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• New Smash Bros. Ultimate Freebie Available Now For Nintendo Switch Online Subscribers

  03-09-2019 20:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo is offering Switch Online subscribers another exclusive freebie for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The second Spirit Board Challenge Pack is live on the Switch Eshop, and it comes with an assortment of helpful items for the game's Spirit Board mode.Much like the previous Spirit Board Challenge Pack, you can only download this freebie if you have a paid NSO subscription; those trying the service via a free trial are ineligible to claim it. This pack contains a variety of items that should m
  
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• Israel claims to uncover Hezbollah missile plant in Lebanon

  03-09-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The Israeli military said Tuesday the militant group Hezbollah and Iran have built a precision-missile factory in neighboring Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.The army issued a statement saying that "in fear of strikes" by Israel, Hezbollah had moved key equipment from the site to "civilian locations in Beirut." It didn't specify when this happened.The military said the factory was of "superior importance" to Hezbollah.
  
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• Tropical Storm Fernand forms in Gulf as it moves toward Mexico

  03-09-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The low spinning in the Gulf near Mexico has intensified into a tropical storm.It is expected to move into Mexico Wednesday evening.
  
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• PHOTOS: Hurricane Dorian bashes the Bahamas

  03-09-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Strong winds move the palms of the palm trees at the first moment of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Sept. 1, 2019. (Photo: Ramon Espinosa/AP) Bahamians rescued victims of Hurricane Dorian with jet skis and a bulldozer as the U.S. Coast Guard, Britain's Royal Navy and a handful of aid groups tried to get food and medicine to survivors and take the most desperate people to safety. Airports were flooded and roads impassable after the most powerful storm to hit t
  
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• U.S. judge orders big drug companies to face opioid trial

  03-09-2019 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, who oversees roughly 2,000 opioid lawsuits by states, counties and cities, said the plaintiffs can try to prove that drugmakers' deceptive marketing of the painkillers caused a harmful, massive increase in supply that pharmacies and distributors did not do enough to stop."A factfinder could reasonably infer that these failures were a substantial factor in producing the alleged harm suffered by plaintiffs," the Cleveland-based judge wrote.
  
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