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• DNC Chairman Tom Perez Asks For Staff Resignations

  28-03-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Perez is in the midst of trying to rebuild the party in the wake of November's stunning election defeat.
  
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• Trump signs order dismantling Obama-era climate policies

  28-03-2017 23:49 via yahoo.com
  
  By Valerie Volcovici and Jeff MasonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an order to undo Obama-era climate change regulations, keeping a campaign promise to support the coal industry and calling into question U.S. support for an international deal to fight global warming.Flanked by coal miners and coal company executives, Trump proclaimed his "Energy Independence" executive order at the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  
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• House intel panel chief Nunes says he will not divulge his sources

  28-03-2017 23:48 via yahoo.com
  
  U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said on Tuesday he will not divulge - even to other members of his panel - who gave him intelligence reports that indicated President Donald Trump and his associates may have been ensnared in incidental intelligence collection.
  
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• Man kills 3 home burglars; woman who aided robbers arrested

  28-03-2017 23:45 via yahoo.com
  
  A woman believed to have driven three burglars to an Oklahoma home where they were shot to death during a suspected home invasion has been arrested on murder and robbery warrants but the homeowner's son who shot them has not been arrested while police investigate whether he acted in self-defense under the state's "Stand Your Ground" law.
  
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• iOS 11’s big feature could be a massive Siri upgrade

  28-03-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  
  While there’s an abundance of iPhone 8 rumors to check out on a regular basis, we don’t see that many iOS 11 leaks. It's surprising, given that iOS represents one of the most important features of the iPhone and a reason why many people would not leave Apple’s platform for any competing mobile operating system. A new report out of Israel brings says that Siri will get a massive upgrade in iOS 11, revealing some of the new purported features of Apple’s smarter virtual assi
  
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• Photos of the day - March 28, 2017

  28-03-2017 23:42 via yahoo.com
  
  An Indian girl wearing a traditional clothe takes part in the procession to celebrate the Gudi Padwa, Maharashtrian’s New Year in Mumbai, India; Dust and smoke billows out from a residential house which was blown up during a gunfight between militants and Indian soldiers in Durbagh village of Chadoora, 15 km from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir; and, Tourists view cherry blossoms at Yuyuantan Park in Beijing, China.
  
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• Beijing urges France to protect Chinese community after police shooting

  28-03-2017 23:41 via yahoo.com
  
  China on Tuesday called on France to protect its citizens two days after police in Paris killed a Chinese father of five, sparking violent protests in which 35 people were arrested.Hundreds of members of the Asian community and supporters of anti-racism groups gathered outside a police station in the northeast of the capital for the second night on Tuesday, toprotest against the killing.The incident happened on Sunday night when police shot and killed a 56-year-old Chinese man, named as Shaoyo L
  
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• Trump's climate order puts 'China first' in clean energy

  28-03-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump is vowing to put "America First" — just not when it comes to the global clean energy race. The president on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive order that experts say could leave the United States lagging behind China and other nations as manufacturers and investors throw trillions of dollars into renewable energy projects. The order will start unraveling the Obama administration's key efforts to address climate change. Flanked by coal miners and cabinet officials, T
  
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• ‘Carlos the Jackal’ Receives Third Sentence to Life in Prison

  28-03-2017 23:39 via yahoo.com
  
  The final chapter in a legal battle against the man who was once the world’s most wanted fugitive.
  
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• Wells Fargo to pay $110 million to settle lawsuit over account abuses

  28-03-2017 23:38 via yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Cosaid it agreed in principle to pay $110 million to settle a lawsuit by customers challenging its opening of accounts without their permission, a practice that led to a scandal that cost the bank's chief executive his job.Customers said this saddled them with accounts they did not need or want, and fees they knew nothing about.The lawsuit dates from May 2015, sixteen months before Wells Fargo agreed to pay $185 million in penalties to settle regulatory charges over
  
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• Uber diversity: low on women, like other tech companies

  28-03-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Uber's first report on employee diversity shows low numbers for women, especially in technical positions. In that regard, the company is similar to other Silicon Valley giants such as Google, Facebook and Apple.
  
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• 14-Year-Old Dies After Being Pinned Under Log at Beach While Snapping Pictures With Friends

  28-03-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  
  Her family believes she broke her neck.
  
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• Trump signs order sweeping away Obama-era climate policies

  28-03-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  
  By Valerie Volcovici and Jeff MasonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an order to undo Obama-era regulations to curb climate change, keeping a campaign promise to support the coal industry while calling into question U.S. support for an international deal to fight global warming.Flanked by coal miners, Trump enacted his "Energy Independence" executive order at the Environmental Protection Agency.
  
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• FDA approves 1st drug for moderate & severe eczema cases

  28-03-2017 23:06 via yahoo.com
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. regulators have approved the first powerful, injected medicine to treat serious cases of the skin condition eczema.
  
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• 3 Iraqis living in US accused of hiding ties to kidnapper

  28-03-2017 23:06 via yahoo.com
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Adil Hasan and his wife, Enas Ibrahim, came to the U.S. in 2008 as refugees from Iraq, and have been living peacefully in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., ever since.
  
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• White House offers muddled message to states considering Medicaid expansion

  28-03-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House didn’t have a clear message for states looking to potentially expand Medicaid in the wake of the American Health Care Act’s (AHCA) failure, implying that the bill would have saved the program for low-income and disabled Americans by cutting nearly a trillion dollars from its funding.Press secretary Sean Spicer was asked during Tuesday’s briefing about possible expansions of Medicaid coverage in Kansas, Georgia and Virginia.The three states are in varyi
  
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• iOS 10.3 fixes a nasty Safari bug and includes hundreds of other security fixes

  28-03-2017 22:55 via yahoo.com
  
  Apple yesterday released iOS 10.3 for the iPhone and iPad, an update that brought with it a number of interesting new features, including a new "Find My AirPods" feature and a brand new file system dubbed APFS (complete with full disk encryption) that Apple originally introduced at WWDC last year.
  Lurking beneath the surface of iOS 10.3, however, are a number of important security updates worth highlighting. iOS has always been a rather robust OS, but as the recent CIA leak from Wikileaks demons
  
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• Schiff pressing hard to reschedule Yates testimony ‘soon’

  28-03-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  
  “It’s time to put that hearing back on track,” Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., told Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric on Tuesday.“If we take the White House at its word, it wants Sally Yates to testify now.Devin Nunes, R-Calif., the embattled chairman of the House intelligence committee, canceled the public hearing on Friday.
  
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• Senate to vote April 7 on US Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch

  28-03-2017 22:33 via yahoo.com
  
  The US Senate will vote April 7 on confirming Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, the chamber's Republican leader announced Tuesday, amid debate over whether President Donald Trump's pick will receive the necessary votes."We're going to get Judge Gorsuch confirmed," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters.After a one-week delay, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Gorsuch's nomination Monday, then sending it to the floor for a full Senate vote, McConnell said.
  
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• Woman Accused of Hiring Hitman to Kill Ex Found Dead in Apparent Suicide: Report

  28-03-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  
  The Harris County District Attorney's Office confirmed Valerie McDaniel's death to InsideEdition.com Tuesday, but declined to comment further.
  
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• Capturing the battle against ISIS in Mosul – photojournalist, Zohra Bensemra

  28-03-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  
  Algerian photojournalist Zohra Bensemra captured a series of heartbreaking images while covering the Battle of Mosul. From elderly individuals weary from the ongoing warfare in Iraq to children bloodied from early brushes with violence. Her pictures show people holding up a white flag to signal that they are non-combatants and others crying buses found for safer areas. She told Yahoo News she hopes her works shows that ‘the human being is the same’ regardless of ‘nationality or
  
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• Daughter of 'Full House' star on growing up in the public eye

  28-03-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  
  ABC News' Cameron Jones talks with singer and actress Natasha Bure about her new book, "Let's Be Real," which offers teenagers an honest approach to living life.
  
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• Hedge Fund Exec Swindled by Bernie Madoff Jumps to His Death From NYC Hotel

  28-03-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Charles Murphy's hedge fund lost $7 billion to Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
  
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• Spicer Confronts Reporter At Press Briefing

  28-03-2017 22:18 via yahoo.com
  
  April Ryan's line of questioning did not rub the White House press secretary the right way.
  
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• Female Honor Student Allegedly Plotted School Shooting: Cops

  28-03-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  
  Nichole Cevario's father told officials the teen posed a threat to student safety.
  
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• 'Dance Moms' Star Quits Show Amid Claims She Was 'Manipulated' by Producers

  28-03-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  
  Abby Lee Miller will be sentenced in May following a bankruptcy fraud conviction.
  
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• Teacher Who Vanished With Student Seen Singing Creepy Lyrics to Another Student in Unearthed Audio

  28-03-2017 22:07 via yahoo.com
  
  Destany Parrish says teacher Tad Cummins became her confidante when she was about the same age as Beth Thomas.
  
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• Lamborghini won't target Nürburgring SUV record with Urus

  28-03-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  
  It’s been a long time coming, but the Lamborghini Urus SUV is nearly a reality.Motoring reports Lamborghini doesn’t have much interest in proving the Urus around the Nürburgring, as the Italian brand did with the Huracán Performante which just set the lap record at the German track.In fact, the Urus will house a completely different set of objectives than the brand’s super cars.
  
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• Supreme Court nominee to face confirmation vote April 7: U.S. Senate leader

  28-03-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  
  By Lawrence Hurley and Richard CowanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that the Senate would have a final vote on April 7 on President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, even as more Democrats opposed his confirmationThe Gorsuch nomination, McConnell told reporters, will hit the Senate floor next week after the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday approves him.McConnell added that Gorsuch will be “confirmed on Friday"
  
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• Bill Nye On Trump's Climate Orders: 'Clean Coal Is a Myth'

  28-03-2017 21:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Bill Nye the Science Guy joins Lawrence to react to Trump's rollback of Obama climate change rules, Spicer's non-answer about whether the president still believes climate change is a hoax, and the Trump budget's proposed cuts to U.S. science agencies
  
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• Trump Lawyer Tries To Block Groping Suit

  28-03-2017 21:47 via yahoo.com
  
  Attorney Marc Kasowitz claims the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution protects the president from being sued in state court.
  
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• Rep. Schiff on the Russia investigation, Rep. Nunes, former AG Sally Yeats, and more

  28-03-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  
  On Tuesday, March 28, 2017, Yahoo News Global Anchor Katie Couric talks with Rep. Adam Schiff (D- Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee about the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, Rep. Devin Nunes's revelations to the press and White House staff, and more.
  
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• White House Blasts Sally Yates Washington Post Story

  28-03-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  
  The president has made no secret of his disdain for many print news outlets, but what exactly does he like to read?
  
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• Angry Sean Spicer tells April Ryan, a veteran black female journalist, to "stop shaking" her head

  28-03-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  
  It'd be nice if, for once, Sean Spicer could make it through a press conference without crushing one of the country's core values. Unfortunately, that day was not today. During Tuesday's press conference, the Press Secretary became incensed that April Ryan, the Washington Bureau Chief for American Urban Radio Networks, was shaking her head at an answer he gave. And, for some reason (likely a terrible one), Spicer decided to comment on it.SEE ALSO: Interview: Maxine Waters thinks millennials can
  
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• Watch Amazing Makeup Transformation of Model With Vitiligo

  28-03-2017 21:09 via yahoo.com
  
  Brooklyn-based beauty influencer Tameeca Dieujuste, better known as Khloe Dosh shared a stunning makeup transformation on Instagram that she did on a model named Carlene John, who has vitiligo.
  
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• Sean Spicer to journalist April Ryan: ‘stop shaking your head’

  28-03-2017 21:09 via yahoo.com
  
  During the daily White House press briefing Tuesday, press secretary Sean Spicer got into a heated exchange with April Ryan, a White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks. Ryan asked Spicer about the investigation into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, to which Spicer said, “At some point, April, you’re going to have to take no for an answer.”
  
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• SEC denies a second application to list bitcoin product

  28-03-2017 21:07
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday denied for the second time this month a request to bring to market a first-of-its-kind product tracking bitcoin, the...
  
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• Kremlin: Child Protesters Were Paid

  28-03-2017 20:44 via yahoo.com
  
  Russian officials trot out an old tactic to minimize protests
  
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• ‘Stop shaking your head’: Spicer scolds reporter who asked how Trump administration plans to revamp its image

  28-03-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Sean Spicer sparred with veteran reporter April Ryan after she asked him how the Trump administration can “revamp” its public image while several controversies swirl around it.
  
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• Authorities: Teen-teacher relationship not a 'romance'

  28-03-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee authorities say it is inaccurate to use the word "romance" to describe the relationship between a 15-year-old girl and a 50-year-old teacher who disappeared together two weeks ago.
  
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• Lafarge loses Paris 'beach' deal over support for Trump wall

  28-03-2017 20:33 via yahoo.com
  
  The city of Paris on Tuesday dumped French-Swiss group LafargeHolcim as supplier of sand for the makeshift "Paris Plages" beach over the company's readiness to supply cement for US President Donald Trump's controversial border wall."We will do without their services," Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo's deputy Bruno Julliard told the city council, citing Lafarge's readiness to "work on the nefarious project" of a wall along the US-Mexico border.
  
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• U.S. sanctuary cities weigh response to Trump's threat to curb funding

  28-03-2017 20:31 via yahoo.com
  
  By Hilary RussNEW YORK (Reuters) - Officials from so-called sanctuary cities met in New York on Tuesday to discuss their response to threats from the Trump administration to cut off some funding to cities and states that fail to assist federal authorities in arresting illegal immigrants.Attorney General Jeff Sessions threatened on Monday to strip U.S. Justice Department grants from cities and other local governments that choose to shield illegal immigrants fromdeportation efforts under President
  
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• Green groups denounce Trump’s ‘all-out assault’ on climate regulations

  28-03-2017 20:28 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday afternoon, following through on his campaign promise to roll back Obama-era environmental protections intended to combat climate change.The Trump administration’s “Energy Independence” order essentially begins the process of dismantling the Clean Power Plan (CPP), which limits greenhouse gas emissions from coal-burning power plants.It was former President Barack Obama’s signature legislation for restricting the carbon emis
  
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• Lawyer says Trump administration moved to squelch testimony

  28-03-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for former deputy Attorney General Sally Yates wrote in letters last week that the Trump administration was trying to limit her testimony at congressional hearings focused on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The hearing was later canceled by the House intelligence committee chairman.
  
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• Verizon wins another wireless speed test thanks to its last real advantage

  28-03-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  
  Verizon has long had a reputation for the best service in America, with prices to match. Things are changing these days: other networks are catching up, and Verizon even has a reasonably-priced unlimited plan, which is something I thought I'd never live to see.
  But some things never change, and the latest Tom's Guide network test of all the cell carriers shows why Verizon is likely to remain in first place.The Tom's Guide test used so-called drive testing to compare average download speeds
  
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• Spicer says he hopes Sally Yates testifies in Russia probe

  28-03-2017 20:05 via yahoo.com
  
  Press secretary Sean Spicer denied claims that the White House tried to prevent Sally Yates, the former acting attorney general, from testifying before the House intelligence committee on the Trump campaign's relations with Russian officials. He said, "I hope she testifies."
  
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• Trump White House a Poor Source for Facts

  28-03-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow looks at the facility with which the Donald Trump White House lied about their desire to produce a military spectacle as part of the inauguration ceremony.
  
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• Special Ed Teacher Arrested Over Alleged Relationship With Student at All-Boys Middle School: Cops

  28-03-2017 19:50 via yahoo.com
  
  Rebecca Goerdel, 28, was arrested Friday for the alleged relationship with an unnamed boy.
  
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• Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against Israel military service

  28-03-2017 19:30 via yahoo.com
  
  Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews took to the streets of Jerusalem on Tuesday to protest against compulsory military service at a time of increased tensions between them and Israeli authorities.The protesters dressed in the dark suits and hats typical of the ultra-Orthodox community held signs, including those saying "the state of Israel persecutes Jews".The protest was organised by particularly hardline ultra-Orthodox who completely reject the Israeli state.
  
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• Russia general claims US-led coalition hit dam in Syria

  28-03-2017 19:30 via yahoo.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A senior Russian general on Tuesday accused the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State of targeting Syria's infrastructure — including a key dam — in territory held by the Sunni extremist group.
  
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