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• U.S. court rejects Georgia inmate's bid to die by firing squad

  16-05-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  
  A U.S. appeals court has rejected a Georgia death row inmate's motion that his scheduled Tuesday execution by lethal injection be halted and that he be put to death instead by a firing squad, which his lawyers said would be less painful for him.J.W. Ledford, 45, has spent about a quarter century on death row after being convicted of the 1992 robbery and murder of a doctor who lived near him.Lawyers for Ledford said he wanted to be executed by firing squad because a drug he takes for nerve pain w
  
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• Washington sets new sanctions on Syria regime

  16-05-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration targeted five individuals for sanctions in response to Bashar Assad's “continuing violent attacks” on his own citizens.
  
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• St. Louis mayor wants Confederate monument removed

  16-05-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis may soon join the growing list of cities removing monuments to the Confederacy, city officials said Tuesday.
  
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• Mysterious flashes of light above Earth have a less-than-alien origin

  16-05-2017 23:43 via yahoo.com
  
  You can see a lot from 1 million miles away. The blues, greens and browns of Earth's oceans and land masses stand out against the blackness of space as clouds move above the planet's surface. And sometimes you see something you may not expect.  SEE ALSO: The planet Donald Trump doesn't want you to see Scientists working with NASA's EPIC camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft (DSCOVR), located about 1 million miles from Earth, have caught sight of hundreds of mysterious flas
  
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• Who is Seth Rich – and was his death really connected to Hillary Clinton?

  16-05-2017 23:30 via yahoo.com
  
  The death of 27-year-old DNC staffer Seth Rich has been the source of a myriad of conspiracy theories from people who claim he was killed in July because of his connection to Wikileaks — which the police have denied.
  
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• Family Says Their Dog Willingly Spends His Time on Roof: 'We Know He's Up There'

  16-05-2017 23:28 via yahoo.com
  
  Passing motorists often pass by to let Huck's owners know he's up there, but he does it all the time.
  
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• Donald Trump 'asked James Comey to shut down Michael Flynn investigation'

  16-05-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey to end an investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn during an Oval Office visit in February, the New York Times has reported."I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go," the President said to Mr Comey during that meeting, according to the memo.The existence of the memo, which was reportedly written by Mr Comey himself, is the latest piece of evidence to suggest that Mr Trump had attempted t
  
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• This is the Retina MacBook Apple needs to make

  16-05-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  
  A new report suggests that Apple is planning on upgrading the entire MacBook line at WWDC, its big developer conference held at the end of May. Some upgrades we can already call: the new MacBook Pro and old MacBook Air line will probably get Intel's latest version of Core i7 processor, and new iMacs are almost a lock. But beyond a minor spec bump, it's difficult to know exactly what Apple plans to do with the Retina MacBook.Right now, the Retina MacBook is sitting in a weird place. In many ways,
  
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• Nasdaq launches machine intelligence-enhanced data service

  16-05-2017 23:12
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq Incon Tuesday launched a service to help fund managers and quantitative traders better use data from social media, central bank announcements, retail sentiment and other...
  
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• Donald Trump 'does not know enough about intelligence to leak anything damaging', US officials say in his defence

  16-05-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump does not have the “interest or knowledge” of details of American intelligence gathering required to leak any specifics that might do harm, three administration officials say.Aides and associates of Mr Trump spoke with the New York Times following the shocking revelation the president had revealed highly classified information to Russian officials.The information is reported to have come from a secretive intelligence-sharing partnership with Israel, where Mr Tru
  
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• The wireless over-ear headphones that beat Beats are back on sale on Amazon

  16-05-2017 22:54 via yahoo.com
  
  If you have an extra $250-$300 lying around and brand names area really important to you, Beats over-ear headphones are a fantastic option. If you're looking for headphones that look and sound just as good but cost a small fraction of what Apple charges for Beats headphones, you've come to the right place. There's a reason the Ghostek soDrop 2 Series aptX Over-Ear Wireless Headphones by Ghostek have a 4.6-star rating from more than 600 user reviews on Amazon, and the reason is they're awesome. T
  
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• Doctor Explains Teen's Caffeine Overdose Death: 'A Perfect Storm of Stimulation'

  16-05-2017 22:54 via yahoo.com
  
  Davis Cripe collapsed in the classroom of his South Carolina high school after consuming too much caffeine.
  
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• White officer seeks recusal of black judge in police slaying

  16-05-2017 22:49 via yahoo.com
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A white Alabama police officer charged with murder in the killing a black man is asking the black judge hearing the case to step aside, with a hearing on the request set for Thursday.
  
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• Virginia governor orders cap-and-trade regulation for power plants

  16-05-2017 22:46 via yahoo.com
  
  By Valerie VolcoviciWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Virginia's governor issued an order on Tuesday to lay the groundwork for a cap-and-trade system to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, saying it would "fill the void" left by the Trump administration which has been rolling back federal climate rules.Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe signed Executive Directive 11 instructing Virginia's environmental regulators to craft rules targeting power sector carbon emissions by Dec. 31.McAuliffe speci
  
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• Donald Trump tries to brush off Russia leak scandal as nations begin to question US trust

  16-05-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump and the White House have sought to brush off the controversy over his sharing of highly sensitive material with Russia, as concerns grew that nations may decide to stop their intelligence cooperation.As it was reported that Israel was the source of the information about an Isis terror plot that Mr Trump passed to the Russian Foreign Minister, the White House tried to insist the President had every right to act as he did.Mr Trump, who had apparently “spontaneously” decide
  
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• Trump, waterfall, Sharapova and more — it happened today: May 16 in pictures

  16-05-2017 22:38 via yahoo.com
  
  President’s Trump and Erdogan deliver statements; Sharapova at the Rome Open and more of today’s news from around the world in pictures.
  
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• 'Wolf of Wall Street' Jordan Belfort Still Living Life of Luxury While Owing His Victims Millions

  16-05-2017 22:37 via yahoo.com
  
  Jordan Belfort told Inside Edition three years ago that he would pay his victims back that year.
  
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• Guam residents cast wary eye at North Korea after launch

  16-05-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  
  HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — While most of the United States is still out of reach of a missile launched by North Korea, the U.S. territory of Guam, a key military hub in the Pacific, could be within range.
  
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• Aaron Hernandez's Fiancee Shayanna Jenkins Denies Rumors He Was Gay

  16-05-2017 22:25 via yahoo.com
  
  Shayanna Jenkins denied rumors he had intimate relationships with other men before his suicide in April.
  
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• Investors expect PDVSA to make bond payments

  16-05-2017 22:06
  
  NEW YORK (IFR) - Bonds issued by PDVSA were largely drifting on Tuesday as investors showed scant concern over some US$539m in debt payments owed this week by the embattled Venezuelan oil company.
  
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• Apple Granted Patents For Bezel-Less Screen Display, Embedded Touch ID

  16-05-2017 22:06 via yahoo.com
  
  Apple was granted patents for two features that are rumored to be included in the upcoming iPhone 8: bezel-less screen display and embedded Touch ID.
  
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• Syria talks restart as regime denies 'crematorium' charge

  16-05-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  
  A new round of Syria peace talks got under way Tuesday in Geneva as the Damascus regime fiercely denied it used a prison crematorium to hide evidence of thousands of murdered detainees.UN envoy Staffan de Mistura met twice on Tuesday with both the Syrian government delegation and the opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC), with meetings at the UN headquarters running late into the evening.De Mistura also met with deputy Russian foreign minister Gennady Gatilov earlier in the day, Moscow's
  
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• N.Y. Times: Israel is source of classified intel Trump disclosed to Russians

  16-05-2017 21:55 via yahoo.com
  
  The New York Times reported that Israel is the source of the classified intelligence President Trump disclosed to the Russian foreign minister and the Russian ambassador during a meeting at the White House last week. The revelation comes ahead of Trump’s first trip abroad, which includes a stop in Israel.
  
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• Cyber kid stuns experts showing toys can be 'weapons'

  16-05-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  
  An 11-year-old "cyber ninja" stunned an audience of security experts Tuesday by hacking into their Bluetooth devices to manipulate a teddy bear and show how interconnected smart toys "can be weaponised".American wunderkind Reuben Paul, may be still only in 6th grade at his school in Austin, Texas, but he and his teddy bear Bob wowed hundreds at a timely cyber security conference in The Netherlands.Plugging into his laptop a rogue device known as a "raspberry pi" -- a small credit card size compu
  
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• Bragging about our intel to Russia? Trump is too needy to be president | Richard Wolffe

  16-05-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  
  So desperate is Trump to impress the Russians, it seems he’s giving away our most classified information. The only winner here is Vladimir Putin President Trump with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian ambassador to the US Sergei Kislyak at the White House. Photograph: HO/AFP/Getty Images
  
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• Kellyanne Conway rips ‘Morning Joe’ hosts for saying she secretly hates Trump

  16-05-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  
  The counselor to the president has responded to claims made by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski that she would privately complain about having to defend the Republican candidate during the 2016 campaign.
  
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• Cosby says he will not testify at his sexual assault trial

  16-05-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  
  By Joseph AxNEW YORK (Reuters) - Comedian Bill Cosby does not plan to testify in his defense at his sexual assault trial in June, he said on Tuesday in his first extended public comments in two years.The 79-year-old told Sirius-XM radio host Michael Smerconish that the dozens of women who have come forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct were "piling on" and suggested that racism has played a role in his treatment because he is black.Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in a Pennsylvan
  
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• Intel and AMD are going to war with next-gen CPUs

  16-05-2017 21:25 via yahoo.com
  
  For the longest time, Intel has been the only name that matters when it comes to the processor inside your PC. AMD, the company that used to provide a genuine challenge, just couldn't produce CPUs of the same quality for a comparable price.
  But with its latest generation of Ryzen chips, AMD changed the game. They don't blow Intel's CPUs out of the water, but they provide real competition for the first time in a long time. The result from Intel has been swift, and awesome: a rumored new line of s
  
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• Trump talk with Russians 'wholly appropriate,' adviser says

  16-05-2017 21:23 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Tuesday defended President Donald Trump's disclosure of classified information to senior Russian officials as "wholly appropriate," as officials tried to beat back criticism from fellow Republicans and concerns from international allies.
  
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• Why the Future Air Force One Will Be a Boeing 747-8

  16-05-2017 21:16 via yahoo.com
  
  Popular Mechanics sat down to talk with Air Mobility Command about the new jets that will become the primary presidential aircraft of the future.
  
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• South Carolina voters make Republican congressional choice

  16-05-2017 21:10 via yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican voters in South Carolina's 5th Congressional District runoff election face a stark contrast in deciding which candidate they should choose to try and hang on to the seat given up when Mick Mulvaney resigned earlier this year to become White House Budget director.
  
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• What Donald Trump Doesn't Know About the Comey Memo

  16-05-2017 21:05 via yahoo.com
  
  Lawrence O'Donnell explains the thing everyone working in government knows – but Donald Trump doesn't. That's the real story of the James Comey memo about his conversation with President Trump.
  
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• The entire MacBook line is getting updated this month, report claims

  16-05-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  
  Over the past few years, Apple's WWDC event has been a decidedly software-only affair, with nearly all the focus centering on upcoming iterations of iOS, macOS, and more recently, watchOS and tvOS. This year, however, WWDC will be a tad more exciting.Amid reports that Apple has plans to introduce a brand new Siri-based smart speaker and iPad Pro at WWDC next month, we're now getting word that Apple in just a few weeks may also unveil a revamped MacBook Pro and a few other surprises. According to
  
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• A look back at Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan

  16-05-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  
  Is he running a dictatorship or a democracy? That’s the question many are asking after a referendum in Turkey gave the country’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan unprecedented power. As President Trump meets with him for first time, here’s a look at who he is and how he rose to power.
  
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• The Latest: Spicer unauthorized leaks 'frankly dangerous'

  16-05-2017 20:54 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the report that President Donald Trump shared classified information with Russian officials (all times EDT):
  
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• Woman Dies in Everglades Boat Crash, One Day After Graduating College

  16-05-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  
  Elizabeth Goldenberg had graduated from the University of Miami the day before she was killed in a boating accident.
  
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• Republicans Not Moved to Action On Trump

  16-05-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Congressman Jim Himes, member of the House Intelligence Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about the significance of the news that Donald Trump may have tried to pressure James Comey into ending the investigation into Mike Flynn.
  
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• White House's repeated falsehoods lead to credibility gaps

  16-05-2017 20:34 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has been two-stepping with the truth.
  
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• In first interview, Sally Yates says Russians had ‘real leverage’ over Flynn

  16-05-2017 20:33 via yahoo.com
  
  Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates said in a CNN interview that aired Tuesday morning that Russians had “serious leverage” over former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and that her office had expected the administration to act quickly after she alerted White House counsel Don McGahn on Jan. 26.
  
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• Analyzing Trump's meeting with Turkey's president, reports of intel disclosure

  16-05-2017 20:29 via yahoo.com
  
  ABC News reports on the president's recent meeting with Turkish President Erdogan and the report that he shared classified information with Russian officials.
  
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• Reaction to Trump's meeting with Turkish President Erdogan

  16-05-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  
  ABC News' Molly Hunter and Amna Nawaz recap the president's meeting with the Turkish president.
  
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• Top Trump aide won't say if Western Wall is part of Israel

  16-05-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's national security adviser on Tuesday sidestepped questions about whether Jerusalem's Western Wall is part of Israel ahead of Trump's planned visit to the Old City.
  
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• Susan Rice: ‘We can’t allow Twitter wars to become shooting wars’ 

  16-05-2017 20:21 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON — Former national security advisor Susan Rice strongly defended the Democratic foreign policy worldview and denounced the Trump White House as weakening America’s position in the world Tuesday morning in remarks at the Center for American Progress 2017 Ideas Conference.
  
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• Groups quietly bypass Venezuela's ban on humanitarian aid

  16-05-2017 20:19 via yahoo.com
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — In a stuffy, second-floor store room, a volunteer sorts through boxes of imported medicines and arranges them one by one on metallic shelves in alphabetical order. There's Euthyrox for thyroid problems, Clexane to stop blood clots and over-the-counter painkillers like ibuprofen.
  
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• 6 children reportedly injured by blast during science experiment in west Houston

  16-05-2017 20:17 via yahoo.com
  
  According to the Houston Fire Department, students at a school in the 240 block of Blalock Road were conducting some type of science experiment outside when an explosion occurred. Some students reportedly suffered chemical burns.
  
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• Kimberly Guilfoyle Responds To White House Press Secretary Rumors

  16-05-2017 20:14 via yahoo.com
  
  "I'm a patriot and it would be an honor to serve the country," she told the Bay Area News Group.
  
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• Trump defends 'absolute right' to share 'facts' with Russia

  16-05-2017 20:08 via yahoo.com
  
  Embattled US President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday he had the right to share "facts" with Russia, one day after bombshell allegations that he divulged highly classified intelligence to Russian diplomats in the Oval Office.According to an explosive report from the Washington Post, Trump revealed highly classified information on the Islamic State group during a meeting last week with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Moscow's man in Washington Sergey Kislyak.In a shock twist, the inform
  
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• Iran reformist drops out of election, supports Rouhani

  16-05-2017 19:56 via yahoo.com
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A reformist candidate dropped out of Iran's presidential election on Tuesday and threw his support behind President Hassan Rouhani, in a widely expected move that will strengthen the incumbent's campaign against a hard-liner.
  
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• The Latest: UN suspects cruel treatment in Syrian prisons

  16-05-2017 19:50 via yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):
  
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• More Americans Want Trump Impeached Than Don't

  16-05-2017 19:42 via yahoo.com
  
  There is growing sentiment for impeachment, with 48 percent of Americans supporting the removal of President Donald Trump.
  
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