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• Police: Punch, drunk driving mom cause crash killing girl, 6

  30-05-2017 23:56 via yahoo.com
  
  MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A man punched his girlfriend as she was driving a van carrying him and her four children along an Indiana highway, causing a single-vehicle crash that killed her 6-year-old daughter, police said.
  
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• New Trump attack on Germany widens transatlantic rift

  30-05-2017 23:37 via yahoo.com
  
  Trump's spokesman Sean Spicer insisted that the leaders "get on very well" but -- as is often the case -- his warm words from the White House podium were overshadowed by the president's intemperate tweets.When Trump returned over the weekend from the first foreign trip of his presidency, his aides hailed the tour as a success and a sign of renewed and bolder US leadership on the world stage.
  
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• The Latest: Shooting suspect shows little emotion in court

  30-05-2017 23:33 via yahoo.com
  
  BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on a series of shootings in Mississippi that left eight people dead (all times local):
  
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• Husband of Mary Kay Letourneau, His Former Sixth Grade Teacher, Files for Separation

  30-05-2017 23:16 via yahoo.com
  
  The couple created a national scandal when their illicit relationship began when he was 12, and she was 34.
  
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• Dozens arrested after health-care protest in North Carolina

  30-05-2017 23:16 via yahoo.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The head of the North Carolina NAACP was among more than 30 people arrested Tuesday during a demonstration against Republican lawmakers' refusal to expand Medicaid coverage — the latest in a long string of protests the NAACP and members of the Moral Monday movement have waged since the GOP returned to power in 2013.
  
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• BlackRock expects windfall from insurers after new ETF regulations

  30-05-2017 23:09
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - BlackRock Incexpects $300 billion in new money from insurers to flood into the already booming bond exchange-traded fund sector over the next five years, a spokeswoman said on...
  
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• US tests interceptor designed to strike down incoming ballistic missiles amid growing North Korean threats

  30-05-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  
  The US has successfully tested a long-range weapon designed to shoot down intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) for the first time, the military reports.The interceptor missile – frequently described as a “high-speed effort to hit a bullet with another bullet” – was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.It met an ICBM fired by the US from the Marshall Islands somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.
  
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• Series of bombings kill nearly 40 people across Baghdad

  30-05-2017 23:05 via yahoo.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — A massive bombing by the Islamic State group outside a popular ice cream parlor in central Baghdad and a rush- hour car bomb in another downtown area killed at least 31 people Tuesday, Iraqi officials said.
  
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• Stranger Buys Plane Ticket So Soldier Can Go Home to His Family Over Memorial Day Weekend

  30-05-2017 23:04 via yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Army Mechanic, Keaton Tilson, was flying on standby, but chances of him flying out without a full fare ticket looked bleak.
  
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• Cuba Rollback Could Cost Trump On Jobs Front

  30-05-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Companies, farmers, and even many Cuban-Americans don’t want to see restrictions reimposed.
  
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• The Latest: Spicer says Trump, Merkel 'get along very well'

  30-05-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
  
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• Spicer tussles with reporters after Trump’s foreign trip

  30-05-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  
  Despite the condemnation of anonymous sources, Trump’s White House frequently puts out its own information anonymously or attributed to senior officials.
  
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• Uber just fired Anthony Levandowski, the employee accused of stealing Google’s self-driving tech

  30-05-2017 22:53 via yahoo.com
  
  Earlier this year, Waymo, Alphabet's self-driving car subsidiary, launched a surprise and somewhat sensational lawsuit against Uber. According to the suit, a former Waymo engineer named Anthony Levandowski allegedly misappropriated hundreds of gigabytes of proprietary technical information about Waymo's self-driving efforts and handed it over to Uber.
  While Uber initially claimed that the allegations were frivolous and baseless, early court proceedings were far from favorable for the ride sharin
  
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• US, China could decide this week on North Korea sanctions

  30-05-2017 22:47 via yahoo.com
  
  The United States and China are discussing next steps in response to North Korea's missile tests and could reach a decision on new sanctions this week, Washington's UN envoy Nikki Haley said Tuesday.China is pushing Pyongyang through back channels to change its behavior and discussing with the United States the timing of a possible new sanctions resolution, Haley told reporters.
  
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• Woman Killed by Tiger in England Zoo Identified, Mom Says She Loved Her Job

  30-05-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  
  The zoo has called her death a "freak accident."
  
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• Sheriff: Shooting suspect dodged officers by swapping cars

  30-05-2017 22:42 via yahoo.com
  
  BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A man accused of killing eight people at three houses in Mississippi swapped cars several times as he fled the crimes, eluding officers tracking him across the rural county, a sheriff said Tuesday.
  
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• US begins sending arms to Kurdish fighters in Syria

  30-05-2017 22:36 via yahoo.com
  
  The United States on Tuesday began providing small arms to Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State group in northern Syria, the Pentagon said, fulfilling a pledge that has infuriated Turkey.The weapons transfers have begun ahead of an upcoming offensive to recapture Raqa, the last major bastion for IS in Syria."We have begun to transfer small arms and vehicles to the Kurdish elements" of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Pentagon spokesman Major Adrian Rankine-Galloway said, referring to a
  
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• Jared Kushner: Trump's embattled son-in-law

  30-05-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump's shock White House win transformed his soft-spoken 36-year-old son-in-law into one of the world's most powerful men, but Jared Kushner's eyebrow-raising Kremlin contacts have put that status under threat.In the halcyon first days of his administration, Trump believed there was no challenge too confounding, no conflict too intractable for his son-in-law to tackle."I sort of stole her husband," an effusive Trump told roomful of guests on inauguration eve that included his favored dau
  
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• Twitter Erupts Over Kathy Griffin's Graphic Photo Of Beheaded Donald Trump

  30-05-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  
  The comedian defended the photo as an "expression of art."
  
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• U.S., China debating when U.N. should act on North Korea: Haley

  30-05-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  
  By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States and China are negotiating when they should push for further United Nations Security Council action on North Korea and could reach a decision this week, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Tuesday.Haley characterized the discussions between Washington and Beijing as "at what point ... do we say 'OK, now it's time for a resolution?'"U.N. diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, have said it appeared China w
  
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• WH Challenges Reporters on Fake News Stories

  30-05-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  
  White House daily briefing got a bit contentious Tuesday between White House press secretary Sean Spicer and the press corps over allegations of fake news. (May 30)
  
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• This Adorable Girl Has Questions for Barack Obama

  30-05-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  
  "Why did he go? Where did he go? Why did he leave it, anyway?"
  
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• The Pentagon Will Test Shooting Down An Intercontinental Missile for the First Time

  30-05-2017 21:53 via yahoo.com
  
  The goal is to more closely simulate a North Korean ICBM aimed at the U.S. homeland.
  
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• Russia's Newest Post-Soviet Airliner Is Ready to Fly

  30-05-2017 21:53 via yahoo.com
  
  There's a lot riding on the MC-21. With any luck, that includes passengers.
  
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• Here's What We Know About Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin's Secret AIrship

  30-05-2017 21:53 via yahoo.com
  
  Sergey Brin is secretly building an airship inside a NASA hangar. Here's what he's planning to do with it.
  
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• Feds Consider Banning All Laptops on Flights to and From U.S.

  30-05-2017 21:53 via yahoo.com
  
  "I might," said Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly.
  
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• Elon Musk's Boring Company Shows Off Its Weirdo Concept Car

  30-05-2017 21:53 via yahoo.com
  
  The concept car would ferry pedestrians through proposed tunnel networks, assuming any of this ever gets built.
  
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• Dozens of Android Apps Infected with Korean Adware

  30-05-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  
  One of the easiest ways to avoid malicious software on Android phones is to install apps only from the Google Play Store.Google vets every program that crosses into its storefront, and the vast majority of them are perfectly safe.Israeli security firm Check Point investigated what it called "The Judy Malware," although the "malware" label is debatable.
  
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• Sean Spicer says Trump's relationship with Angela Merkel is 'fairly unbelievable' amid dramatic fallout

  30-05-2017 21:48 via yahoo.com
  
  “We Europeans must really take our destiny into our own hands," Ms Merkel said at a campaign event in Bavaria after Mr Trump just returned to Washington from his first foreign trip.The comment appeared to be prompted by Mr Trump's continued indecisiveness on whether the US should remain in the Paris Agreement on climate change.“The entire discussion about climate was very difficult, if not to say very dissatisfying,” she said about the group of seven (G7) discussions on climate
  
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• Cleveland Police Officer Who Shot and Killed Tamir Rice Fired for Lying on Job Application

  30-05-2017 21:47 via yahoo.com
  
  Timothy Loehmann was fired for providing false information in his application join the police force, according to reports.
  
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• This Barista's Confessions About What Really Went Down At Work Will Horrify You

  30-05-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  
  Spoiler: There's nothing that mice can't get into.
  
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• The Kitchen Trend Flip Or Flop's Christina El Moussa Is Obsessed With Right Now

  30-05-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  
  Bet we'll be seeing a lot of it onFlip Or Flop next season.
  
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• Swineapples Are Exploding On Pinterest This Summer

  30-05-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  
  The trendiest grilling recipe on Pinterest.
  
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• People Are Furious About Ivanka Trump's Memorial Day Champagne Tweet

  30-05-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  
  What's your take?
  
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• Duck! Treasury will hit the debt limit soon unless Congress votes to raise it

  30-05-2017 21:36 via yahoo.com
  
  As Congress deals with battles over health care legislation and the budget, a fight over raising the country’s debt ceiling is looking more likely.
  
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• Wells Fargo makes more personnel changes in retail banking unit

  30-05-2017 21:31
  (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Cohas made more executive changes in its retail banking unit as it tries to recover from a sales scandal that harmed its once-enviable reputation.
  
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• Who's your mummy? Genetic secrets of ancient Egypt unwrapped

  30-05-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  
  By Will DunhamWASHINGTON (Reuters) - DNA from mummies found at a site once known for its cult to the Egyptian god of the afterlife is unwrapping intriguing insight into the people of ancient Egypt, including a surprise discovery that they had scant genetic ties to sub-Saharan Africa.Scientists on Tuesday said they examined genome data from 90 mummies from the Abusir el-Malek archaeological site, located about 70 miles (115 km) south of Cairo, in the most sophisticated genetic study of ancient Eg
  
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• White House communications director resigns amid tensions

  30-05-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House communications staffer has resigned as President Donald Trump considers a major staff overhaul amid intensifying inquiries into his campaign's dealings with Russia.
  
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• Lawrence On Trump White House 'demolition Derby'

  30-05-2017 21:23 via yahoo.com
  
  Trump loses his Communications Director after less than 4 months in office and reportedly wants to bring one of his most controversial campaign aides to his Russia White House war room.
  
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• Video Shows Pilots Testing Kitty Hawk Flying Vehicle

  30-05-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  
  Behind-the-scenes video shows pilots testing the Kitty Hawk Flyer, the flying vehicle project backed by Alphabet CEO and Google co-founder Larry Page.
  
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• Medicare plans to replace Social Security numbers on cards

  30-05-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Old Medicare cards will be going in the shredder.
  
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• New Jersey town to pay $3.25 million to end lawsuits over rejected mosque

  30-05-2017 20:37 via yahoo.com
  
  A New Jersey town will pay $3.25 million and provide anti-discrimination training to its officials to resolve allegations by the U.S. government and a Muslim group that the town illegally rejected plans for a mosque.The agreement between Bernards Township, which is located about 30 miles (48 km) west of New York City, and the U.S. Department of Justice will allow the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge to build a new prayer facility.The town's governing body voted 4-1 last week to approve settling
  
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• US-backed Arab fighters advance outside Syria's Raqa

  30-05-2017 20:35 via yahoo.com
  
  A US-backed battalion of Syrian Arab fighters edged closer to the outskirts of the Islamic State group stronghold of Raqa Tuesday, a spokesman for the unit and a monitor said."Our forces are 400 metres (yards) from Al-Mishleb", a neighbourhood in the eastern outskirts of Raqa city, said Syrian Elite Forces spokesman Mohammad Khaled Shaker.Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor, said the advance came after heavy air strikes from the US-led coalition fighting IS
  
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• Tengizchevroil restarts operations after toxic substance release

  30-05-2017 20:28 via yahoo.com
  
  Kazakhstan's biggest oil producer, Tengizchevroil, has restarted operations at its first-generation oil and gas separation plant which had been briefly suspended on Tuesday after a toxic substance was released, the company said.Chevron, ExxonMobil, Lukoil and KazMunayGas are partners in the venture, which said the event was caused by an unplanned power loss and there were no injuries, spills or equipment damage."KTL (oil and gas separation plant) start-up is proceeding safely."The Central A
  
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• Ukraine and Russia trade Twitter barbs, including a ‘Simpsons’ GIF

  30-05-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  
  In an odd development in the fast-paced world of digital diplomacy, the country of Ukraine took a swipe at Russia using its verified Twitter feed and ended the exchange with GIF taken from “The Simpsons.”
  
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• Trial opens for Minnesota officer in black motorist's death

  30-05-2017 20:18 via yahoo.com
  
  Jury selection began on Tuesday in the trial of a Minnesota police officer charged with fatally shooting a black motorist, an incident that sparked outrage after the driver's girlfriend broadcast the aftermath widely on social media.Jeronimo Yanez is facing second-degree manslaughter charges for the shooting death of Philando Castile, 32, who was killed in July 2016 in the St. Paul suburb of Falcon Heights during a traffic stop.
  
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• Ramadan celebrations around the world

  30-05-2017 20:13 via yahoo.com
  
  The holy month of Ramadan started on Saturday, May 27, as Muslims all over the world began their monthlong daytime religious fast.
  
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• Android creator unveils new phone, home assistant device

  30-05-2017 20:11 via yahoo.com
  
  By Stephen NellisSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Andy Rubin, the co-creator of the Android mobile phone operating system, has launched a new company called Essential Products to sell a high-end smartphone and a home assistant device.Palo Alto-based Essential said the new Essential Phone features an edge-to-edge screen, a titanium-and-ceramic case and dual cameras.The phone sells for $699 and will run the Android operating system.
  
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• Trump clashes with German leaders as transatlantic tensions boil over

  30-05-2017 20:09 via yahoo.com
  
  Angela Merkel and Donald Trump meet at the G7 summit in Taormina, Sicily.Donald Trump has escalated a row between the US and Germany in an early morning tweet accusing Berlin of unfair trade relations and not paying its way in the Nato alliance.
  
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• Trio Arrested After Allegedly Burglarizing Police Chief's Unlocked Home: Cops

  30-05-2017 20:09 via yahoo.com
  
  Blair Myhand was sworn in days earlier.
  
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