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• U.N. expands North Korea blacklist in first U.S., China sanctions deal under Trump

  02-06-2017 23:57 via yahoo.com
  
  By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Friday expanded targeted sanctions against North Korea after its repeated missile tests, adopting the first such resolution agreed by the United States and Pyongyang's only major ally China since President Donald Trump took office.The Trump administration has been pressing China aggressively to rein in its reclusive neighbor, warning that all options are on the table if Pyongyang persists with its nuclear and missile deve
  
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• British PM, rival face angry voters as election nears

  02-06-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  
  The Conservative leader was accused of "broken promises" for calling an early election for June 8 after she had repeatedly said she would not, and for a U-turn on a key manifesto pledge on elderly social care.The prime minister called the election three years early, warning that opposition parties threatened to derail her plans to take Britain out of the European Union following last year's referendum vote.
  
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• Apple set to expand Siri, taking different route from Amazon's Alexa

  02-06-2017 23:48 via yahoo.com
  
  Apple Incis expected to announce plans next week to make its Siri voice assistant work with a larger variety of apps, as the technology company looks to counter the runaway success of Amazon.com Inc'scompeting Alexa service.Some industry-watchers have also predicted Apple will announce hardware similar to Amazon's Echo device for the home, which has been a hot-seller recently.Apple declined comment.
  
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• This Month You Can See 3 Planets With No Telescope

  02-06-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Jupiter, Saturn and Venus will be clearly visible this month with no telescope.
  
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• Puerto Rican nationalist to march, but not as parade honoree

  02-06-2017 23:41 via yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Puerto Rican nationalist recently freed from prison will still march in a Manhattan parade — even though he has stepped aside from a formal role as "Procer de la Libertad," or National Freedom Hero.
  
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• Lawyer withdraws from consideration for US Justice Dept post

  02-06-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  
  By Karen FreifeldNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York lawyer George Conway, who had been expected to be nominated to head the U.S. Department of Justice's civil division, has withdrawn from consideration.Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, said in a statement received on Friday that he was "profoundly grateful to the President and to the Attorney General" for selecting him to serve in the Justice Department.A White House spokeswoman referred a request for comment to the Justi
  
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• Aaron Hernandez's Estate Reportedly Owes $93K In Unpaid Taxes

  02-06-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Hernandez’s Westwood Estates home in Massachusetts owes tens of thousands in unpaid real estate taxes.
  
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• France helpfully corrects Trump's video on climate change

  02-06-2017 23:15 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House released an animated explainer to go with Donald Trump's speech about pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement Thursday. A day later, the French Ministry countered with its own version of the video. SEE ALSO: 8 things Trump said about the Paris Climate Agreement that are total BS The French version goes through the White House video (embedded above) frame by frame with corrections and fact-checks — and it manages to do so in only 40 seconds.We’ve seen the @WhiteHous
  
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• Colossal crack in Antartica ice shelf about to drop state-sized iceberg into the ocean

  02-06-2017 23:13 via yahoo.com
  
  With President Donald Trump announcing that the United States won't be joining a huge number of its allies in supporting the Paris Agreement on climate change rules just a day ago, an extremely troubling development in Antarctica is helping to underscore just how bad of a decision that really was. A crack in the Larsen C ice shelf on the frigid continent has grown rapidly in the past week, and a complete break is expected imminently. When that happens, a chunk of ice as large as the state of Del
  
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• Police arrest man after theft from Oregon train stabbing victim

  02-06-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  
  Police in Portland, Oregon, arrested a homeless man on Friday morning for stealing the wedding ring and backpack of Ricky Best, one of two men fatally stabbed to death last week on a commuter train while defending two women.George Tschaggeny, 51, was arrested at a homeless encampment under an overpass after a tip from an employee of a Domino's Pizza restaurant in the area, Portland Police Bureau officials said at a Friday press conference.Police had released surveillance footage on Thursday of a
  
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• Is Ivanka Trump America's Most Powerful Jewish Woman?

  02-06-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  
  RBG, anyone? Twitter users pushed back on CNN's declaration with their own nominations.
  
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• Lowest of the Low: Cops Say Thief Steals Bag, Ring Belonging to Army Vet Killed in Train Attack

  02-06-2017 22:50 via yahoo.com
  
  The thief was quickly identified after Portland police released video of him leaving the train.
  
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• Tearful Kathy Griffin Claims Trump Family Is 'Personally Trying to Ruin My Life'

  02-06-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  
  Griffin says she's the victim after photo controversy earlier this week.
  
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• Fears for Brandy After Pop Star Falls Unconscious on Plane

  02-06-2017 22:32 via yahoo.com
  
  The New York-bound flight returned to the gate at LAX after 38-year-old fell ill.
  
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• Teen Writes Her Personal College Essay About Pizza - and She's Accepted to Yale

  02-06-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Her acceptance came with a personal, handwritten note from the admissions officer.
  
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• Galaxy S8's Bixby Finally Gets Voice-Activated Payments

  02-06-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  
  Samsung's virtual personal assistant Bixby has added a key new feature that could change the way you make payments for products.Samsung on Friday (June 2) announced that Bixby Voice now supports voice-activated payments.With the feature, you'll be able to tell Bixby Voice to access a bank account and send money to others.
  
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• Republican senator accused of trying to 'erase' history of CIA torture

  02-06-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  
  Democrats on Friday accused a powerful Republican senator of seeking to erase the history of the CIA's torture program in the 2000s by demanding copies of a highly classified report be handed over to him.An estimated eight copies were distributed to the White House and various agencies, and Burr said Friday he wanted them back to ensure the sensitive information within remained secret.
  
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• The Video Riling Russia's Billionaires, Politicians and Activists

  02-06-2017 22:09 via yahoo.com
  
  An investigative video about Russia's prime minister drew millions of viewers on YouTube, helped spark street demonstrations across Russia and became the center of a legal case involving a Russian billionaire and President Vladimir Putin's leading political critic, Alexei Navalny. WSJ's Niki Blasina reports.
  
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• Ex-Kosovo president banned from book promotion in Serbia

  02-06-2017 22:09 via yahoo.com
  
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian authorities have banned a former Kosovo president from entering the country to participate in an event designed to boost dialogue between the former war foes, the ex-official and a rights group said Friday.
  
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• White House scrambles to defend Trump’s use of climate data, disputed by the authors themselves

  02-06-2017 22:07 via yahoo.com
  
  MIT scientists say that Trump has “badly misunderstood” their study, but EPA administrator Scott Pruitt says other studies back up the president’s position.
  
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• French forces battle militants in northern Mali

  02-06-2017 22:07 via yahoo.com
  
  N'Djamena (AFP) - French forces operating in northern Mali said Friday that they had taken "out of action" around 20 militants in operations against jihadist groups this week."The Barkhane force carried out a new operation in the Serma forest...taking around 20 terrorists out of action," Barkhane said in a statement.Barkhane added that a series of operations carried out with Mali and Burkina Faso forces since the end of April, along with air and land surveillance of local activity had "produced
  
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• Will Trump block Comey testimony? White House does not know yet

  02-06-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  
  White House officials said on Friday they did not know yet whether President Donald Trump will seek to block former FBI Director James Comey from testifying to Congress next week, a move that could spark a political backlash.Comey was leading a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe into alleged Russian meddling in last year's U.S. presidential election and possible collusion by Trump's campaign when the president fired him last month.Critics have charged that Trump was seeking to hinder the FBI'
  
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• MIT scientists say White House doesn't understand their study on climate change

  02-06-2017 21:57 via yahoo.com
  
  At a press briefing on Friday, EPA chair Scott Pruitt repeated a climate change statistic mentioned by President Trump as one reason the White House was pulling out of the Paris climate accord. The only problem for the White House is that the MIT scientists behind the study said the administration did not understand the study and was "probably immune to fact.
  
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• Instagram Sensation Justin Casquejo, Arrested Again For Climbing New York Skycraper

  02-06-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  
  Justin Casquejo has been climbing skyscrapers in New York City for years, Thursday he was arrested.
  
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• Three ex-Penn State officials get jail in Sandusky child sex abuse coverup

  02-06-2017 21:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Three former Pennsylvania State University officials were sentenced to jail on Friday for covering up ex-coach Jerry Sandusky's sexual predations and effectively letting him victimize more boys.In sentencing all three men for child endangerment, Judge John Boccabella in Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas also harshly criticized the late, revered football coach Joe Paterno for failing to alert authorities.Graham Spanier, 68, once the nation's highest-paid public university president, was ordere
  
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• Mexico ruling party risks nasty upset in governor's race

  02-06-2017 21:50 via yahoo.com
  
  Mexico's ruling party risks losing the governorship of the country's largest state Sunday in elections that observers say are fueling a fiery left-wing populist's prospects of becoming president next year.Losing the bellwether election in the state of Mexico -- President Enrique Pena Nieto's home state -- would spell disaster for the once-mighty Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, as its own candidate has admitted.Political analysts say the tight race has given a huge boost to Morena's fo
  
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• Trump Doesn’t Actually Care About U.S. Sovereignty

  02-06-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  
  The Republicans have forsaken the planet and their role in protecting America.
  
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• Man arrested in theft of Portland train victim's ring

  02-06-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A homeless man took the wedding ring off the finger of a man who died in last week's knife attack aboard a Portland train, city police said Friday.
  
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• Just a 100 miles from the White House, Tangier Island is disappearing into the sea

  02-06-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  
  On Virginia’s Tangier Island, about 100 miles and a ferry ride from Washington, the waters of the Chesapeake Bay are edging dangerously close to William Eskridge’s house.The island is under threat from rapid erosion that is being accelerated by rising water scientists believe to be caused by climate change.Tangier Island is wedged between the eastern shore of Maryland and the Virginia coast.
  
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• Just 100 miles from the White House, Tangier Island is disappearing into the sea

  02-06-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  
  Erosion accelerated by a rising ocean is threatening an island off the coast of Virginia. Inhabitants doubt that climate change has anything to do with it.
  
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• Broadening Mueller Probe Could Gain Resources

  02-06-2017 21:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow reacts to news that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is expanding his investigation to include Mike Flynn's dealings with Turkey and could include Jeff Sessions and Rod Rosenstein, and will also take over the Paul Manafort investigation.
  
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• AT&T Offers Live Streaming DirecTV Now Plan For $10 Extra

  02-06-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  
  AT&T is offering its mobile customers DirectTV Now plan for an extra $10 a month.
  
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• EPA chief Pruitt repeatedly refuses to say whether Trump still denies climate change

  02-06-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  
  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt refused to say whether President Trump believes in climate change during the White House briefing on Friday.
  
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• Black bear kills, eats Connecticut family's donkey

  02-06-2017 21:13 via yahoo.com
  
  KENT, Conn. (AP) — An attack by a black bear that killed and ate a donkey is part of a growing problem linked to an expanding bear population in Connecticut, state wildlife officials said.
  
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• Michael Moore brands Donald Trump's decision to pull out of Paris Agreement 'a crime against humanity'

  02-06-2017 21:12 via yahoo.com
  
  Filmmaker Michael Moore has branded President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement a “crime against humanity”.“America First! Earth last! My name is Michael Moore.Trump just committed a crime against humanity.
  
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• Everyone is going nuts over these fidget spinners

  02-06-2017 21:10 via yahoo.com
  
  There is no hotter trend in kids toys than fidget spinners. Period. Also referred to as hand spinners, these tiny little gadgets are huge right now. Kids love them and teachers hate them (because they can be distracting), but there's pretty much no escaping them at this point. Of course, fidget spinners can also be pretty expensive if you buy them in brick and mortar stores, since retailers are doing everything they can to capitalize on the craze.
  If you have tons of expendable income and you wa
  
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• Democrats Warn Trump: Do Not Obstruct

  02-06-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  
  Robert Mueller widens the Russia probe's scope and may even focus on the role AG Sessions & Deputy AG Rosenstein played in firing Comey. Plus, the WH weighs blocking Comey's testimony and Democrats have a warning.
  
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• Where to see 12 iconic buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright

  02-06-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  
  American architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed more than 1,000 structures over a 70-year career.More than 500 of those were completed and range from private homes to major museums to skyscrapers.In honor of his 150th birthday on June 8 (Wright died in 1959), below are 12 of his best-known contributions to architecture.
  
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• White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer holds the daily press briefing on June 2, 2017

  02-06-2017 20:41 via yahoo.com
  
  On Friday, June 2, 2017, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is joined by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to address the White House press corp, specifically addressing President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.
  
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• We finally have an idea of how many Alexa smart speakers Amazon sells

  02-06-2017 20:41 via yahoo.com
  
  Amazon's lineup of Alexa-enabled smart speakers is just a few years old now, but it's already one of the hottest new device lines in the world. The secret sauce behind Amazon's smart speakers is Alexa, the company's virtual personal assistant that can answer questions, order products from Amazon, and even control smart home devices like thermostats, light bulbs, and plenty more. In fact, Alexa can even control "dumb" devices that aren't connected.
  Special discounts like the ones Amazon has avail
  
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• Mom Charged With Murder After Son, 3, Drowns in Pool After Being Left Alone for 14 Hours: Cops

  02-06-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  
  Bobbie Jessica Prather, 32, was arrested and charged with felony murder.
  
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• Trump Blabbing Would Hurt Executive Privilege

  02-06-2017 20:30 via yahoo.com
  
  Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney, talks about Donald Trump would have a hard time asserting executive privilege to prevent former FBI Director James Comey from testifying.
  
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• Republican Sen. Burr pours cold water on GOP health care bill’s chances in 2017

  02-06-2017 20:21 via yahoo.com
  
  The vote to repeal Obamacare was just the beginning of a long road ahead for Republicans to deliver on their long-held campaign promise to overhaul the policy.
  
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• Varadkar becomes Irish PM-in-waiting in social, generational shift

  02-06-2017 20:01 via yahoo.com
  
  By Padraic Halpin and Conor HumphriesDUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's governing Fine Gael party elected Leo Varadkar as its new leader on Friday, choosing the gay, 38-year-old son of an Indian immigrant to succeed Enda Kenny as prime minister in a striking sign of the country's rapid social change.Bar an unexpected development, Varadkar will be voted in as prime minister when parliament next sits on June 13 and become the once-staunchly Catholic country's first openly gay premier and the youngest pe
  
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• American Businesses And 4 More Group's Affected By Trump's Paris Climate Decision

  02-06-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  
  A panel of academics and scientists analyzed what withdrawing the United States from the landmark global agreement means for the planet, businesses and the world’s poor.
  
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• World reaction to Trump’s decision to exit the Paris climate accord

  02-06-2017 19:55 via yahoo.com
  
  Cities across the world protested President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris Agreement.
  
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• Spelling bee champ stumped by the word 'covfefe'

  02-06-2017 19:47 via yahoo.com
  
  It's that time of year again where Scripps holds its National Spelling Bee, and adults around the world can revel at how smart the young contestants are while simultaneously feeling bad about themselves. This year's winner is Ananya Vinay, a sixth grader from Fresno, California. Vinay appeared on CNN'sNew Day on Friday after winning the contest, and during her appearance, the anchors asked her to spell the word of the week: Donald Trump's made up covfefe.  After getting a full explanation a
  
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• A wander through Old Tbilisi

  02-06-2017 19:47 via yahoo.com
  
  The buildings of Old Tbilisi, the Georgian capital’s historic quarter, for centuries reflected the city’s rule by Mongols, Arabs, Turks and Russians.Tbilisi is the capital of the country of Georgia. Its cobblestoned old town reflects a long, complicated history, with periods under Persian and Russian rule. Its diverse architecture encompasses Eastern Orthodox churches, ornate art nouveau buildings and Soviet Modernist structures. (Reuters)Photography by David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters
  
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• Amazon is offering a rare discount on Google Wifi, Google’s mesh wireless system

  02-06-2017 19:43 via yahoo.com
  
  We tested every single popular Mesh Wi-Fi system out there, and we concluded that the single best option in terms of both range and speed is the AmpliFi HD Home Wi-Fi System. Of course, not everyone has a huge house that needs so much coverage, and not everyone wants to spend over $300. If you're more of a Google fan and you've been waiting for a price drop to upgrade your home network with Google's mesh offering, today is the day you've been waiting for because Amazon has a rare discount on the
  
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• 5 ways Trump's Paris Agreement decision will affect you

  02-06-2017 19:40 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump has done what most people on the planet had hoped he wouldn’t: decide to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. On Thursday, before a group of cabinet officials, congressional critics of the climate treaty, and fossil fuel proponents gathered in the Rose Garden, Trump said he would pull the U.S. from the landmark climate treaty and negotiate a deal that’s “fair” to the American people.  His decision will affect individuals
  
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