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• Boredom, not public persuasion, is the goal in Judiciary phase of impeachment

  04-12-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing of President Trump proved a mostly dull affair — and that may have been the point.
  
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• Postal worker shot at a Virginia post office

  04-12-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Authorities say a postal worker has been shot at a northern Virginia post office by an agent for the Postal Service's Inspector General's office.News outletsreport that it happened Wednesday morning at the parking lot of the Lovettsville post office in Loudoun County.The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is investigating the shooting along with the inspector general's office.
  
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• Xbox Boss Is Already Using Project Scarlett At Home, As Rumors Of Cheaper, Disc-Free Console Swirl

  04-12-2019 23:48
  
  Microsoft's new Xbox console, codenamed Project Scarlett, is set to launch to the public in Holiday 2020. Some people inside Xbox are already using the console at home, however.Xbox boss Phil Spencer said on Twitter that he brought his Project Scarlett console home this week. "It's become my primary console, playing my games, connecting with the community, and yes, using my Elite Series 2 controller, having a blast," he said. "2020 is going to be an incredible year."And it’s started&hellip
  
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• Rep. Matt Gaetz suggested impeaching Obama during Wednesday's Trump impeachment-inquiry hearing

  04-12-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gaetz made a reference to "wiretapping political opponents" during the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
  
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• Joe Biden said 'of course' he would consider Kamala Harris as his Vice President pick

  04-12-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Harris, once seen as a front-runner for the White House, left the race Tuesday, stating the shortfall of "financial resources" needed to continue.
  
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• UN says 58 migrants dead as boat capsizes off Mauritania

  04-12-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least 58 people are dead after a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off the West African nation of Mauritania, the U.N. migration agency said Wednesday.It was one of the deadliest disasters this year among migrants trying to make the perilous journey to Europe.The boat carrying at least 150 people had been low on fuel while approaching Mauritania, the International Organization for Migration said in a statement.
  
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• Transgender teen charged in fatal school shooting will be tried as an adult

  04-12-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A transgender teenager who told police that he and a friend opened fire at a suburban Denver high school to exact revenge on classmates who bullied him should be tried on murder charges as an adult, a judge ruled on Wednesday.Alec McKinney, 16, was ordered along with Devon Erickson, 19, to stand trial on first-degree murder, attempted murder and weapons charges in the May 7 shooting rampage at the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, in which one
  
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• NATO allies just want the United States to subsidize European defense

  04-12-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reform NATO. China is our foremost adversary, not Russia, writes Jordan Schachtel, an investigative journalist based in Washington, D.C.
  
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• Mike Bloomberg Just Made Trump Look Reasonable

  04-12-2019 23:10 via politico.com
  
  Their spat makes the case against moguls running our civic life.
  
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• It Looks Like Snoop Dogg Is Coming To NHL 20

  04-12-2019 23:10
  
  It appears NHL 20 is adding its first celebrity commentator. The game's Twitter account posted a silhouetted image of a person bearing the resemblance of Snoop Dogg. The caption says, "It's about to go down, fo' shizzle," so this is all but certainly a reference to the rapper and actor.When EA Sports announced NHL 20 in June, the company said it would be looking to introduce celebrity commentators over time, and it appears Snoop Dogg will be the first.Snoop Dogg has experience in the broadcast b
  
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• Transgender teen charged in school shooting will be tried as an adult

  04-12-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A 16-year-old transgender teenager should be tried as an adult on murder charges stemming from a shooting rampage at a suburban Denver high school in which one student was killed and eight others wounded, a Colorado judge ruled on Wednesday.Alec McKinney, 16, was ordered along with Devon Erickson, 19, to stand trial on first-degree murder, attempted murder and weapons charges in the May 7 shooting at the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, on May
  
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• Apple Reveals Its Game Of The Year For iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV

  04-12-2019 23:08
  
  With December presenting the opportunity to reflect on the year's releases, Apple's hopping onto the trend by gathering its best of the best for 2019. The company has announced its best games and apps of 2019, with Journey developer thatgamecompany securing the iPhone Game of the Year award.In a blog post, Apple announced that thatgamecompany's Sky: Children of the Light was awarded the iPhone Game of the Year accolade. The adventure game about life's various stages launched on July 18 for Andro
  
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• New Pokemon Go Event Makes It Much Easier To Get Evolution Items

  04-12-2019 23:04
  
  Pokemon Go's Friend Fest has come to an end, but a new event is set to begin very soon. Niantic has announced the game's first evolution-themed event, which kicks off this week and makes it easier to find Pokemon that evolve in unique ways--as well as another new Shiny Pokemon.The evolution event runs from December 5-12. During that time, Pokemon with unique evolution methods--such as Onix, Eevee, and Roselia--will appear more frequently in the wild, Raid Battles, and Field Research tasks. Licki
  
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• William Barr Is Making It Harder to Protect the 2020 Election

  04-12-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg Opinion) -- The attorney general of the United States is commonly described as the nation’s “chief law enforcement officer.” Yet the current attorney general, William Barr, seems to have a pronounced aversion to enforcing certain laws.Since February, when he became attorney general for the second time in his long career, Barr’s most notable priority has been undermining his own department’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Now
  
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• Battle of Stealth: America's F-22 Raptor vs. Russia's Su-57 (Who Dies?)

  04-12-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Who comes out on top?
  
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• Surprising 1st results from NASA's sun-skimming spacecraft

  04-12-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASA's sun-skimming spacecraft, the Parker Solar Probe, is surprising scientists with its unprecedented close views of our star.NASA's Nicola Fox compared this unexpected switchback phenomenon to the cracking of a whip.“They're striking and it's hard to not think that they're somehow important in the whole problem," said Stuart Bale of the University of California, Berkeley, who was part of the team.
  
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• GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz yells at the impeachment witnesses for mentioning Barron Trump

  04-12-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) five minutes of questioning are apparently for him to talk and for witnesses to listen.On Wednesday, legal experts gathered before the House Judiciary Committee for an impeachment hearing, during which Gaetz didn't do much hearing at all. Instead, he used most of his questioning opportunity to bring up the witnesses' apparent liberal bias, and then devolved into a one-sided shouting match once they started to answer his question.Gaetz first tried to trap Harvard Law Pr
  
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• Former Trump housekeepers revealed some of his odd habits involving Tic Tacs, soap, and straws

  04-12-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's no secret President Trump has some peculiar habits.Several undocumented workers who spoke to The Washington Post about their time employed by the Trump organization's properties in Florida, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia, provided a closer look at some of his stranger practices, to which they attended.For starters, he reportedly needed two full containers of white Tic Tacs in his bedroom bureau at all times, along with -- for some reason -- a container that was half full. His meals were
  
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• Navy warship seizes suspected Iran missile parts set for Yemen

  04-12-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Navy warship has seized a “significant cache” of suspected Iranian guided missile parts headed to rebels in Yemen, U.S. officials said Wednesday, marking the first time that such sophisticated components have been taken en route to the war there.
  
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• Democrats face prospect of no black candidates on December debate stage

  04-12-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The most diverse Democratic candidate field will likely be represented by no black candidates in the next televised debate.
  
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• Florida Republican: 'We should hang’ treasonous Democrats

  04-12-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Local and national GOP leaders distanced themselves Wednesday from a Florida congressional candidate who sent a fundraising letter stating that “anti-American radical Democrats” should be hung for treason.Omar was born in Somalia and came to the U.S. as a child.In the recent letter to potential donors, he said that “we should hang” Omar and other “traitors” for “abusing our system to destroy our country.” He mentioned “tinfoil hat accusations
  
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• The Division 2 Adding Santa Hats, Snowball-Shooting Gun, And Permadeath Mode

  04-12-2019 22:37
  
  The Division 2 is getting a big new update that, among other things, gives the post-apocalyptic shooter a wintry makeover, complete with Santa hats and a weapon that shoots snowballs.Title update 6.1 launches on December 10 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, and the winter-themed event is called Situation: Snowball. As part of the update, a number of the game's enemies are now wearing red Santa hats, and taking them down will reward you with a special weapon that shoots snowballs. You can see the hat an
  
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• New York City sued over 'unlawful' programme sending homeless families to live in 'uninhabitable' conditions in New Jersey

  04-12-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Warning that vulnerable households are bracing for brutal winter conditions, the city of Newark, New Jersey is suing New York City to shut down a controversial programme that provides families in the city's homeless shelters with a year of rent. But a lawsuit says the initiative has sent hundreds of people into substandard housing outside the city's jurisdiction.A lawsuit filed in US District Court on Monday describes squalid conditions in homes rented to people through the programme, from resid
  
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• JJ Abrams Discusses Putting Carrie Fisher In Star Wars: Rise Of Skywalker

  04-12-2019 22:35
  
  In just a few weeks, it's the end of the Skywalker Saga when Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker comes to theaters. And while we sadly lost Carrie Fisher--who plays Leia Organa--in 2018, she will still be included in the final movie of this trilogy.During a Star Wars press conference on December 4, director JJ Abrams discussed the decision to put Fisher into the movie and utilizing unused footage from Episode VII. "Like everyone here, who knew her, loved Carrie," explained Abrams. "I kne
  
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• UPDATE 2-U.S. warship in Gulf seizes missile parts of suspected Iran origin

  04-12-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A U.S. Navy warship seized advanced missile parts believed to be linked to Iran from a boat it had stopped in the Arabian Sea, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, as Trump's administration pressures Tehran to curb its activities in the region.In a statement, the Pentagon confirmed that on Nov. 25 a U.S. warship found "advanced missile components" on a stateless vessel and an initial investigation indicated the parts were of Iranian origin.U.S. officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, sai
  
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• Judge dismisses lawsuit in 1930s gangster John Dillinger case

  04-12-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A judge dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday by a nephew of 1930s gangster John Dillinger who wants to exhume the notorious criminal's Indianapolis gravesite to prove whether he's actually buried there, ruling that he must get the cemetery's permission.
  
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• Ukrainian gas chief meets with prosecutors probing Giuliani

  04-12-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Federal prosecutors have interviewed the head of Ukraine’s state-owned gas company as part of an investigation into the business dealings of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and two of Giuliani’s business associates.Andriy Kobolyev met voluntarily with representatives of the Justice Department, according lawyer Lanny Breuer, who represents the chief executive officer of Naftogaz, Ukraine's biggest natural gas provider.
  
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• Jim Banks Asks Graham to Subpoena Adam Schiff’s Call Records in Letter

  04-12-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Representative Jim Banks (R., Ind.) sent a letter to Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) on Wednesday asking the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman to subpoena the call records of House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D., Calif.), a day after Democrats revealed they subpoenaed AT&T phone records showing contact between Representative Devin Nunes (R., Calif.) and Lev Parnas.Banks also called for the phone records of Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, and the whistleblower’s lawyer Mark Zaid, in
  
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• London Bridge terrorist was upgraded to a 'high risk' category A prisoner after threats to staff

  04-12-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan was upgraded to a “high risk” category A prisoner after making threats to senior prison staff, The Telegraph can reveal. Prison officials increased the convicted terrorist’s threat level in prison from “standard risk” after he breached security and put staff in danger.  Only the most serious offenders have such a classification, requiring a constant watch and armed police escort when moved from prison. Prison sources clai
  
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• Democrats See USMCA Deal Near, Urge Mexico to Accept Compromise

  04-12-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- House Democrats said Wednesday that a deal on the stalled U.S.-Mexico-Canada free-trade agreement is within reach and urged Mexico to accept a compromise on labor-rights enforcement.“We are on the 2 1/2-yard line,“ Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal said about efforts to wrap up negotiations on the replacement for Nafta and clear the way for approval in Congress.Mexico’s top trade negotiator, Jesus Seade, was meeting Wednesday with his Trump administration coun
  
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• Brazil to Review Third-Quarter Growth After Export Data Debacle

  04-12-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Explore what’s moving the global economy in the new season of the Stephanomics podcast. Subscribe via Apple Podcast, Spotify or Pocket Cast.Brazil will review gross domestic product data for the third quarter to account for billions of dollars of exports that were underreported by the economy ministry in a serious calculation error.The nation’s statistics institute known as IBGE will publish its review in March next year, to coincide with the releas
  
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• New Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Update Arrives Tomorrow

  04-12-2019 21:57
  
  Capcom is back with another huge update for Monster Hunter World: Iceborne. Arriving for free tomorrow on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the action-RPG's 12.01 update will add new weapon trees, a plethora of adjustments and tweaks, the Stygian Zinogre monster, and more.The headlining feature of the 12.01 patch is the inclusion of the Stygian Zinogre, a fanged wyvern found in Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. Additionally, a tempered version of the Ruiner Nergigante monster is available to hunt. Of course,
  
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• Psychiatrists: Trump’s mental state is deteriorating dangerously due to impeachment with potentially ‘catastrophic outcomes’

  04-12-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A group of mental health professionals led by a trio of preeminent psychiatrists is urging the House Judiciary Committee to consider President Trump‘s “dangerous” mental state arising from his “brittle sense of self-worth” as part of its inquiry into whether to approve articles of impeachment against him.
  
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• George Zimmerman sues family of Trayvon Martin, and police, for $100 million

  04-12-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  George Zimmerman, who was acquitted of murder after fatally shooting unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, is suing the dead teenager's family and police for $100 million. On Feb 26, 2012, Mr Zimmerman, who was then a neighbourhood watch captain in a gated community in Sanford, Florida, shot the black youth. He was arrested and charged. During the 2013 trial, prosecutors argued Mr Zimmerman profiled, pursued and confronted the teenager. Mr Zimmerman claimed he shot him in self defence. He was f
  
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• New Overwatch Patch 1.43, Winter Event Coming Next Week

  04-12-2019 21:41
  
  Blizzard has announced a clarification for Overwatch's upcoming Patch 1.43. There's been speculation that the patch will release this week, but Blizzard has confirmed that it is, in fact, scheduled for next week."We've been seeing quite a bit of misinformation being spread about our December patch (1.43)," Overwatch head Jeff Kaplan wrote in a blog post. "The patch is scheduled to go live next week. Short of some unforeseen circumstance causing a delay, we're expecting to go live with the patch
  
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• The Expanse: 27 Photos From Season 4

  04-12-2019 21:40
  
  The Expanse Season 4 arrives December 13.
  The Expanse is about to return for Season 4, and for the first time, it will debut on Amazon--the series' new home after last year's cancellation by Syfy. Unsurprisingly, being on Amazon has changed the show, though it sounds like it's for the better.In our Expanse Season 4 review, we said, "With the greater visibility that being on Amazon brings, this show might live or die based on its upcoming fourth season, the first to debut on its new home. Luckily
  
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• George Zimmerman is suing Trayvon Martin's family

  04-12-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  George Zimmerman, who in 2013 was acquitted of charges in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, is suing Martin's family and others for $100 million, the Miami Herald reports.Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, is the lead defendant in Zimmerman's lawsuit filed in Polk County Circuit Court. Also being sued are the former prosecutors in the previous Zimmerman case, and Harper Collins, which published a book written by Ben Crump, the attorney who represented Martin's family.Prosecutors during the 201
  
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• Judge Blocks Construction of Privately-Funded Border Wall to Protect Butterfly Sanctuary

  04-12-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Texas state judge ordered a temporary halt to the construction of a privately-funded section of border wall on Wednesday, saying the construction would infringe on land owned by a butterfly sanctuary.State District Judge Keno Vasquez of Hidalgo County granted a temporary restraining order against We Build the Wall to stop construction of the group's wall on border land owned by the National Butterfly Center.The 100-acre wild butterfly sanctuary sued We Build the Wall, calling "illegal" th
  
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• Trump Campaign Uses Footage from Poland, South Africa in ‘American Dream’ Thanksgiving Ad

  04-12-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump’s campaign released a Thanksgiving-themed ad earlier this week celebrating America’s inherent greatness. But some of the video’s Americana imagery was taken from foreign countries.The 43-second video displayed various, traditionally patriotic scenes: families gathering in the kitchen, a kid looking into a telescope, a game of catch, and steelworkers leaving a steel mill. However, two of those vignettes were filmed in, respectively, Poland and South Africa
  
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• Zack Snyder Confirms The Existence Of The Snyder Cut

  04-12-2019 21:24
  
  The never-ending saga of the Snyder Cut, the rumored extended, original version of DC's 2017 Justice League, just got a bit more interesting. Today, Zack Snyder himself took to Vero--a social media website everyone thought was dead long ago--to post an apparent confirmation. "Is it real? Does it exist? Of course it does" written overtop of film canisters labeled "JL Director's Cut" with a runtime of a whopping 214 minutes, which clocks in at a little over three and a half hours. For those of yo
  
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• Former UAW official pleads guilty to accepting kickbacks

  04-12-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former United Auto Workers vice president Joseph Ashton pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy to commit money laundering and wire fraud as part of a wide-ranging federal corruption probe into the union.Ashton, a former General Motors Co board member, was charged last month with conspiring with other union officials to receive "hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks" according to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit.Ashton, when asked by the judge whether he was
  
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• Best White Elephant And Secret Santa Gift Ideas 2019

  04-12-2019 21:17
  
  White Elephant and Secret Santa are great ways to spread the gift-giving fun this holiday season without the stress and pressure of finding that perfect fit. And yet, even White Elephant and Secret Santa come with their own set of challenges. You want a gift that's appropriate for the setting (whether it's an office, family party, community event, or just among friends) and still appealing for a wide variety of people. Depending on the group, you may want something that will be funny to open in
  
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• Zimmerman sues Trayvon Martin's family, attorneys

  04-12-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who was acquitted of the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin, is suing the teen's parents, family attorney, the attorney's book publisher and prosecutors who tried his case, claiming he was defamed when they allowed a witness to give false testimony in an attempt to incriminate him.Zimmerman's lawsuit, filed Wednesday, said a trial witness pretended to be the last person to talk to Martin by phone before he was killed when the witness was actually the ha
  
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• Trump’s Commonsensical Food-Stamp Rule

  04-12-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Our food-stamp program has some bizarre loopholes in it, and the Trump administration is trying to close them. A new rule finalized today attacks one in particular.In theory, the program has a strict time limit for "ABAWDs," or able-bodied adults without dependents: If they don't meet their work requirement or receive a case-by-case exemption from their state, they may receive food stamps for at most three months in any 36-month period. But in practice, the executive branch has broad discretion
  
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• UPDATE 3-George Zimmerman, who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, sues Martin family in Florida

  04-12-2019 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Florida volunteer community watchman George Zimmerman, whose 2012 killing of unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin drew attention across the United States, sued Martin's family and lawyers on Wednesday, saying they used a fake witness against him.Zimmerman is seeking at least $100 million in damages from Martin's parents, state prosecutors and two women, who are accused in a Polk County, Florida, lawsuit of helping provide false statements to investigators and during the trial, according to c
  
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• George Zimmerman, who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, sues Martin family in Florida

  04-12-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Florida volunteer community watchman George Zimmerman, whose 2012 killing of unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin drew attention across the United States, sued Martin's family and lawyers on Wednesday, saying they used a fake witness against him.Zimmerman is seeking at least $100 million in damages from Martin's parents, state prosecutors and two women, who are accused in a Polk County, Florida, lawsuit of helping provide false statements to investigators and during the trial, according to c
  
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• Fox News Legal Analysts: GOP Impeachment Witness Is ‘Simply Wrong’

  04-12-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  During a break in Wednesday’s House Judiciary impeachment hearing, two Fox News analysts who have largely been on opposite sides of the impeachment fence found themselves in agreement on one thing: Republican witness Jonathan Turley was “simply wrong” to argue that Congress was abusing its power by impeaching the president.In his opening statement and throughout his early testimony, Turley—a George Washington University law professor—pointed the finger at House Demo
  
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• Fox News Legal Analysts: GOP Impeachment Witness Is 'Simply Wrong'

  04-12-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  During a break in Wednesday’s House Judiciary impeachment hearing, two Fox News analysts who have largely been on opposite sides of the impeachment fence found themselves in agreement on one thing: Republican witness Jonathan Turley was “simply wrong” to argue that Congress was abusing its power by impeaching the president.In his opening statement and throughout his early testimony, Turley—a George Washington University law professor—pointed the finger at House Demo
  
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• 1.4 Million More Cars Are Recalled Due to Faulty Takata Airbags

  04-12-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Five automakers announced more recalls of vehicles because they have faulty Takata airbags that can cause serious or fatal injuries to vehicle occupants. The recall is for older vehicles equipped...
  
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• Sun yields its secrets to Parker Solar Probe

  04-12-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASA's Parker Solar Probe, having survived its closest encounter so far with the Sun, has sent back a "spectacular trove" of data on its corona, the super-hot outer edge of its atmosphere, scientists said Wednesday.The car-sized probe, launched in August last year, will come within some four million miles (six million kilometres) of the sun's surface during a series of fly-bys at other distances and trajectories over seven years.It is hoped it will allow a better understanding of the solar wind
  
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