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• Leaked birth control rule would broaden religious exemption

  31-05-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Women's groups are threatening to take the Trump administration to court after a leaked, draft regulation revealed a plan to let employers opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women for religious and moral reasons.
  
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• 16-year-old girl accused of hacking Uber driver to death

  31-05-2017 23:33 via yahoo.com
  
  LINCOLNWOOD, Ill. (AP) — A 16-year-old girl walked out of a suburban Chicago Walmart holding a machete and knife she'd stolen, climbed into an Uber car and began hacking at the driver, prosecutors said at a hearing on Wednesday. The driver died of his wounds Tuesday after giving police a description of the attacker that led to her arrest.
  
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• Philippines President Duterte launches foul-mouthed tirade at Chelsea Clinton and mentions Monica Lewinsky

  31-05-2017 23:15 via yahoo.com
  
  Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has insulted Chelsea Clinton for criticising remarks he made about his soldiers potentially assaulting women.Mr Duterte had returned to his home city of Davao on Wednesday to celebrate the 119th anniversary of the Philippine Navy.“When your father, the president of the United States, was screwing Lewinsky and the girls there in the White House, how did you feel?
  
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• Letourneau And Vili Were Truly In Love: Source

  31-05-2017 23:12 via yahoo.com
  
  "One day, you wake up and realize that things are different with your partner."
  
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• U.S. infrastructure-focused mutual funds, ETFs attract inflows in May

  31-05-2017 23:09
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors poured an estimated $316.6 million into infrastructure-focused U.S. mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in May, according to preliminary data by fund-tracker...
  
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• Hillary Clinton says Russians had to have help from Americans to influence election

  31-05-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  
  At the Code Conference on Wednesday, Hillary Clinton made the forceful claim that Russia could not have influenced the 2016 election without help from Americans who knew how to release stolen campaign emails and fake news clips to greatest effect.
  
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• Clinton: Comey liked to talk about my emails but not investigation of Russians

  31-05-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  
  Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton opened up Wednesday in an appearance at a tech conference, arguing reports of Russian interference in the election was ignored and that her campaign was plagued by sexism.
  
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• With or without Trump, US businesses moving on climate

  31-05-2017 22:54 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump may be dragging out his decision on whether to ditch the Paris climate agreement, but major American corporations have not waited for a government signal to start cutting their carbon emissions.Before Trump had even raised the possibility of scrapping US involvement in the landmark 2015 treaty, Coca-Cola and the engineering giant General Electric already had pledged to reduce their carbon footprints by 25 percent and 20 percent, respectively, by 2020.Apple meanwhile boasts
  
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• Beat the Summer Heat with These No-Bake Cookie Recipes

  31-05-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  
  If the thought of turning on an oven and exposing yourself to more heat sounds simply unbearable, we've gathered nine no-bake cookie recipes to prevent you from sweating over your sweets.Just be sure to scarf them down before they melt! Get our No-Bake Oatmeal Cookies recipe.
  
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• European Commission head says Trump doesn’t understand how Paris Agreement works

  31-05-2017 22:46 via yahoo.com
  
  EC President Jean-Claude Juncker said he tried to explain to Trump how the Paris Agreement withdrawal process works, but that this attempt failed.
  
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• Elon Musk threatens to quit role advising Trump if he pulls US out of Paris Agreement on climate change

  31-05-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  
  Elon Musk has said he would have “no choice” but to leave his advisory role on a White House business council if Donald Trump pulls out of the Paris Agreement on climate change.Mr Musk has been a key tech industry advisor for the White House.
  
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• Spicer says president and ‘small group of people’ know what ‘covfefe’ means

  31-05-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  
  During the daily White House press briefing, Yahoo News’ Hunter Walker asked press secretary Sean Spicer if people should be concerned about President Trump’s somewhat incoherent late night tweet that stayed up for hours. Spicer said no and added, “I think the president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant.”
  
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• Now I Get It: What happens if Trump backs out of the Paris Agreement?

  31-05-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  
  It looks likely that President Trump is going to follow through on his campaign promise to “cancel” U.S. participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change. The accord, created to reduce the effects of climate change, was signed by nearly 200 nations — including the U.S. under the Obama administration. Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga takes a look the agreement and what it means if the U.S. officially backs out.
  
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• Tired of losing? Fox News expert says you too can have Trump’s ‘winning temperament’

  31-05-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  
  During the campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump famously declared, “I think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament.Dr. Keith Ablow, “a psychiatrist and member of the Fox News Medical A-Team,” per the latter’s website, has undertaken the task of advising readers about how to emulate the president.
  
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• In rare twist, cash may prove better portfolio protector than bonds: James Saft

  31-05-2017 22:26
  (Reuters) - With bond yields at historic lows, cash may now be in a rare period when it offers better portfolio protection and diversification than bonds.
  
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• It sounds like Apple’s Siri speaker will be worth the wait

  31-05-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  
  With WWDC just around the corner, we're just a few days away from Apple unveiling iOS 11 along with new versions of macOS, tvOS, and watchOS. While WWDC is typically a software-only affair, rumor has it that Apple at WWDC this year will have a slew of hardware announcements. In addition to a brand new edgeless 10.5-inch iPad and a refreshed MacBook line, there are rumblings that Apple will introduce a Siri-based speaker next week at WWDC.According to reports which surfaced over the past few week
  
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• California could let consumers sue banks, despite arbitration clauses

  31-05-2017 22:07
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - California lawmakers are making headway on legislation to allow state residents to sue financial institutions for fraud, rather than letting banks force customers to settle...
  
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• Donald Trump says his 11-year-old son Barron is having a 'hard time' with the 'sick' Kathy Griffin beheading photo

  31-05-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has labelled a picture of comedian Kathy Griffin holding a prop resembling his severed head as “sick” and said that his youngest son Barron is having a hard time processing it.Sandwiched in between tweets defending his 2016 campaign staff against alleged ties to Russia, and a plea to Congressional Republicans to quickly pass his healthcare bill, Mr Trump said Ms Griffin should be ashamed of herself.“Kathy Griffin should be ashamed of herself,” he wrote.
  
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• Q&A: Cyclical stocks set to boost Wall Street rally: Richard Bernstein

  31-05-2017 21:44
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street's rally is not nearly done, with cyclical stocks set to ride higher even as hopes dim that America's government can deliver business-friendly economic reforms, U.S....
  
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• Man who threw baby off bridge gets 70 years in prison

  31-05-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  
  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who killed his 7-month-old son when he threw the boy off a 90-foot-high bridge, then survived the plunge himself, was sentenced to 70 years in prison Wednesday.
  
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• Silk Road website founder loses appeal of conviction, life sentence

  31-05-2017 21:38 via yahoo.com
  
  By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - Ross Ulbricht, the accused mastermind behind the underground Silk Road website for the sale of illegal drugs to customers worldwide, failed to persuade a federal appeals court to overturn his conviction and life sentence.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on Wednesday rejected Ulbricht's claim that he was denied a fair trial because he could not introduce evidence of corruption by two federal agents involved in his probe.It also rejected th
  
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• Gal Gadot on growing up in Israel

  31-05-2017 21:36 via yahoo.com
  
  Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric spoke with the star of ‘Wonder Woman’ star Gal Gadot about growing up in Israel, and about some wise advice her grandfather once gave her.
  
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• Franken Breaks News On Addt'l Reported Sessions-Kislyak Meeting

  31-05-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Al Franken reacts to reports investigators are looking into another undisclosed meeting between Jeff Sessions and Russian diplomat Sergey Kislyak. He reveals lawmakers asked Comey to look into Sessions' contacts.
  
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• Serbia's new president calls for 'dialogue' over Kosovo

  31-05-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  
  Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic, who was sworn in as the country's president on Wednesday, wants to open a debate over the future of Kosovo, the breakaway province whose independence Belgrade has refused to recognise."I will preserve Serbia's integrity but I will always accept talks with Kosovo Albanians," Vucic told lawmakers after taking his oath of office in parliament.Its independence was declared a decade after the 1998-1999 war between ethnic Albanian Kosovo rebels and Serbian armed forces, a co
  
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• Sean Spicer says a ‘small group of people’ know what Trump’s ‘covfefe’ tweet meant

  31-05-2017 21:30 via yahoo.com
  
  According to White House press secretary Sean Spicer, the cryptic, now deleted tweet containing the word “covfefe” that President Trump sent in the wee hours of Wednesday morning actually meant something to a select group of people.“The president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant,” Spicer said after Yahoo News asked about the tweet in a briefing with reporters on Wednesday.Spicer’s answer prompted widespread laughter and incredulous qu
  
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• Macron vows to renegotiate sale of French shipyard

  31-05-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  
  Saint-Nazaire (France) (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that his government would seek to renegotiate the sale of the STX France shipyard to Italy's Fincantieri, in order to "guarantee job preservation" at the site.Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire will negotiate "a new shareholding structure" for the sale "in the coming weeks", Macron said during a visit to the Saint-Nazaire shipyard, the last gem in France's once-thriving shipbuilding industry.
  
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• Truck bomb kills at least 80, wounds hundreds in Afghan capital

  31-05-2017 21:23 via yahoo.com
  
  The blast, at the start of the holy month of Ramadan, was one of the deadliest seen in Kabul, killing 80 people and wounding another 463, Deputy Interior Minister Murad Ali said.A huge crater was caused at the blast site close to the German embassy compound, tearing the front off a building facing the street and shattering windows and blowing off doors in houses hundreds of meters away.German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said some embassy staff had been injured and at least one local security
  
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• Official: 9 local guards dead, 11 Americans wounded in Kabul

  31-05-2017 21:19 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine Afghan guards at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul were killed and 11 American contractors wounded in the massive suicide truck bomb attack that rocked the diplomatic quarter in Afghan capital on Wednesday, the State Department said. One other Afghan guard was reported missing.
  
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• Pro-Syrian forces staying in border area despite US warnings

  31-05-2017 21:18 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Forces backing the Syrian government haven't left a protected area near Syria's southern border with Jordan despite repeated warnings from the U.S.-led coalition, American military officials said Wednesday.
  
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• Russia fires cruise missiles, targets IS positions in Syria

  31-05-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russians warships in the Mediterranean Sea have fired four cruise missiles at the Islamic State group's positions in Syria, the Russian defense ministry said on Wednesday.
  
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• Kathy Griffin Fired by CNN After Disturbing Trump Beheading Stunt

  31-05-2017 21:12 via yahoo.com
  
  The president's 11-year-old son Barron thought something had happened to his dad when he saw the image.
  
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• Chelsea Clinton weighs in on Kathy Griffin debate

  31-05-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  
  Clinton said, "I hope we can all least agree that it's never funny to joke about violence toward anyone, and particularly in this political climate, toward our president."
  
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• Kathy Griffin faces backlash for beheaded Donald Trump photo

  31-05-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  
  "The View" co-hosts discuss whether the photo crossed the line.
  
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• Your Money: Creative caregiving solutions for the 'sandwich generation'

  31-05-2017 20:57
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stretched thin by the needs of your children and your elderly parents? Try this "sandwich generation" solution: Move your young adults in with their grandparents and let them...
  
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• Turkey says U.S. support for Syrian Kurdish YPG 'not befitting' of an ally

  31-05-2017 20:54 via yahoo.com
  
  Turkey's National Security Council said on Wednesday that the U.S. government's decision to arm the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia in Syria was "not befitting" of a friend.In a statement released after a 4-1/2-hour meeting chaired by President Tayyip Erdogan, the council said Turkey's expectations on the matter had been disregarded."It has been stressed that the policy of supporting the PKK/PYD-YPG terrorist organization, acting under the guise of the Syrian Democratic Forces, by disregarding Turkey
  
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• FBI arrests 19 accused New York mobsters linked to Lucchese family

  31-05-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Defendants with nicknames including "Paulie Roast Beef" and "Joey Glasses" were among 19 people charged with crimes ranging from murder to the illegal sale of cigarettes, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York said in a statement.The most prominent defendants were Matthew Madonna, 81, a suspected street boss for the Lucchese family, Steven Crea Sr., 69, also known as "Wonder Boy," who is a suspected underboss, and suspected consigliere Joseph DiNapoli, 81.
  
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• Never-Driven 964 RSR Sells for $2.25 Million

  31-05-2017 20:44 via yahoo.com
  
  The race-ready 911 RSR is one of the rarest 964 variants in existence. This example has only driven six miles since new.
  
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• Two Toddlers Died In a Hot Car In Texas This Memorial Day Weekend

  31-05-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Every summer brings a new list of children who die this way.
  
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• Elon Musk will stop advising Trump if the US withdraws from Paris climate agreement

  31-05-2017 20:36 via yahoo.com
  
  Tesla CEO Elon Musk stirred up a bit of controversy a few months ago when he joined President Trump's s economic and manufacturing advisory councils. While Musk's participation predictably generated no shortage of criticism, Musk maintained that he would use the position for "doing good" on a range of issues.As Musk explained via Twitter earlier this year: "Advisory councils simply provide advice and attending does not mean that I agree with actions by the Administration. My goals are to ac
  
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• Gordon Ramsay Spills 4 Ways To Cheat The System At Restaurants

  31-05-2017 20:34 via yahoo.com
  
  Are you brave enough to do number three?
  
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• Ryan Edwards’ Fiancée Mackenzie Standifer Seemingly Confirms Drug Rumors

  31-05-2017 20:33 via yahoo.com
  
  “Here’s a thought… maybe instead of making assumptions and tearing people down, you could spend that time praying for us instead,” she tweeted
  
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• Feeling insulted, Mexican to market 'Trump' toilet paper

  31-05-2017 20:32 via yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican businessman offended by President Donald Trump's insults to his countrymen is seizing on a possible oversight in the magnate's branding plans.
  
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• Pros and Cons of Induction Cooktops and Ranges

  31-05-2017 20:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. Every induction cooktop and range in Consumer Reports’ tests delivers fast cooktop heat and superb simmering. The power ...
  
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• Ohio sues five drug companies over opioid crisis

  31-05-2017 20:19 via yahoo.com
  
  The state of Ohio on Wednesday sued five major drug manufacturers, accusing them of misrepresenting the risks of prescription opioid painkillers that have fueled a sky-rocketing drug addiction epidemic.The suit, filed by Attorney General Mike DeWine, comes as a growing number of state and local governments are suing drugmakers and distributors, seeking to hold them accountable for a deadly and costly opioid crisis.Opioid drugs, including prescription painkillers and heroin, killed more than 33,0
  
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• As NKorea threat grows, US plans next anti-ICBM test in 2018

  31-05-2017 20:10 via yahoo.com
  
  The US military will follow up its experimental shoot-down of an intercontinental ballistic missile by firing two interceptors simultaneously at an incoming dummy warhead in a "real world" test next year, a Pentagon official said Wednesday.The high-tech, extremely costly tests of US missile defenses come as North Korea continues to push ahead with development of potentially nuclear-tipped ICBMs.Wednesday's first-ever success at knocking a mock-up ICBM out of the sky as it headed toward the Unite
  
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• Wild swings, lack of liquidity keeping U.S. funds out of bitcoin

  31-05-2017 20:05
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lack of liquidity is keeping U.S.-based mutual fund managers from investing in bitcoin even as the digital currency hits record highs.
  
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• Principal's Suicide in School Parking Lot Came Amid Adultery Allegations, Officials Say

  31-05-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  
  Dennis Reeves was allegedly having an affair with his secretary.
  
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• Here’s why you shouldn’t totally despair if the U.S. ditches the Paris Climate Agreement

  31-05-2017 19:37 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump could soon withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. But that doesn't mean the country will actually follow his lead. Mayors and governors across the U.S. are vowing to uphold the aims of the historic accord, even if the federal government is no longer officially involved. Cities and states have set their own ambitious targets for reducing emissions and boosting clean energy, and leaders say they aren't planning to pull back anytime soon.The Arc de Triom
  
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• Kenya inaugurates Chinese-built railway linking port to capital

  31-05-2017 19:34 via yahoo.com
  
  By Duncan MiririMOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya inaugurated a $3.2 billion railway funded by China linking the capital Nairobi to the port of Mombasa on Wednesday, the country's biggest infrastructure project since independence more than 50 years ago.The railway is part of China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative, a multi-billion dollar series of infrastructure projects upgrading land and maritime trade routes between China and Europe, Asia and Africa.The railway was finished well ahead of sched
  
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• James Comey 'to testify that Trump pushed him to end FBI's Russia investigation into top aide'

  31-05-2017 19:25 via yahoo.com
  
  Former FBI Director James Comey reportedly plans to publicly testify before a Senate committee to confirm reports that US President Donald Trump asked him to drop the bureau's investigation into a top Trump aide's alleged ties to Russia.According to CNN, Mr Comey "appears eager" to discuss his interactions with the President before his firing.There is the possibility that Mr Trump obstructed justice by asking Mr Comey to drop the FBI's inquiry into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.
  
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