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• The Latest: Envoy says Qatar feeling no economic pressure

  23-06-2017 23:57 via yahoo.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The latest on the crisis between Gulf Arab states and Qatar (all times local):
  
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• Trump’s Cuba Policy and the Return of the American Boogeyman

  23-06-2017 23:47 via yahoo.com
  
  The president is a master of political theater.
  
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• 16-Month-Old Infant Allegedly Assaulted by Her Dad on Father's Day Dies of Her Injuries

  23-06-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  
  Nylah Lewis died at a Coney Island hospital after sustaining two skull fractures and other bruises.
  
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• Venezuela: death of a protester

  23-06-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Over months of protests Carlos Garcia Rawlins has been on Venezuela's streets daily, documenting increasingly violent clashes with security forces, experience that helped put him within eyeshot of a soldier who fatally wounded a young activist at close range.Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have taken to the streets across the country since April to demand elections, solutions to hunger and shortages, and an end to President Nicolas Maduro's plan to overhaul the constitution.On Thursday, a t
  
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• Police officer who killed unarmed black man Sam DuBose cleared of murder

  23-06-2017 23:37 via yahoo.com
  
  A mistrial has been declared over the case of a white Ohio police officer shooting an unarmed black man.A jury was unable to come to a consensus on whether Cincinnati officer Ray Tensing, 27, was guilty of charges of murder and voluntary manslaughter after he shot and killed Sam DuBose, 43.It is the fourth time that courts haven’t convicted police officers charged with the death of black men.
  
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• Senate panel seeks details on Lynch role in Clinton probe

  23-06-2017 23:31 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are seeking information about alleged political interference by former Attorney General Loretta Lynch into the FBI's investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.
  
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• Nevada senator becomes fifth Republican to oppose healthcare bill

  23-06-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  
  Nevada senator Dean Heller said he ‘cannot support’ healthcare legislation in which millions of Americans would lose their insurance.Nevada senator Dean Heller has become the fifth Republican to come out in opposition to the current draft version of the Senate healthcare bill.
  
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• Another mistrial in case of US officer who shot black man

  23-06-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  
  The second murder trial of a white Ohio policeman who shot a black man during a routine traffic stop ended Friday in a mistrial, just as the first had a year earlier.Former University of Cincinnati campus police officer Ray Tensing was accused of killing Sam DuBose in a case tinged with the same overtones of racial discrimination and heavy-handed tactics as other recent high-profile US police shooting cases.Tensing, 27, told investigators that he opened fire out of fear for his life after DuBose
  
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• Grandmother, 81, Sparks Police Chase After Driving Wrong Way While on Coffee Run

  23-06-2017 23:16 via yahoo.com
  
  Nancy Strader was arrested and spent 14 hours in jail.
  
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• White House dubs Gulf crisis 'a family issue'

  23-06-2017 23:04 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House said Friday it considers the deepening crisis in the Gulf to be primarily "a family issue," urging regional leaders to chart a way out while offering US help in enabling talks.When asked about a list of demands placed on Doha by Saudi Arabia and its allies as the price for lifting an almost three-week "blockade" on Qatar, press secretary Sean Spicer declined to comment directly."We believe it's a family issue," he said.
  
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• Inside the Sprawling Compound That Polygamist Leader Warren Jeffs and His 79 Wives Called Home

  23-06-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  
  Jeffs' 65th wife, Brielle Decker, took Inside Edition on a tour of the Utah compound.
  
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• Trump administration sides with Texas on sanctuary city law court fight

  23-06-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration filed court papers on Friday to support a Texas state law that would punish so-called "sanctuary cities" and is seeking to argue in court hearings next week in favor of the legislation it says will help keep America safe.On Monday, a Texas border town and some of the state's biggest cities will ask a U.S. federal judge to halt the state law known as Senate Bill 4, arguing it is unconstitutional, violates human rights and illegally diverts police resources from fighting l
  
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• The Latest: Black groups in Cincinnati upset by 2nd mistrial

  23-06-2017 22:56 via yahoo.com
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on the murder retrial of a white former police officer in Ohio (all times local):
  
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• Dennis Rodman Takes Credit for Otto Warmbier's Release, Cries Over Backlash About North Korea Trips

  23-06-2017 22:53 via yahoo.com
  
  The former NBA star said he's making the trips to North Korea out of the 'kindness of my heart."
  
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• Egypt's Sisi pardons 502 prisoners including well-known tycoon

  23-06-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned 502 prisoners before the Eid al-Fitr holiday including prominent businessman Hesham Talaat Moustafa, according to a presidential decree issued on Friday.Since seizing power in mid-2013 from the Muslim Brotherhood, Sisi has presided over a crackdown on Islamist opponents that has seen hundreds killed and many thousands jailed.Activists and liberal opponents have also been imprisoned.
  
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• Protesters to target Gay Pride marches

  23-06-2017 22:37 via yahoo.com
  
  Protesters plan to demonstrate at Gay Pride marches this weekend in order to shine a light on minority groups in the LQBT community.
  
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• Cosby Aides Defend Post-Sexual Assault Trial Tour: 'He Deserves the Opportunity to Speak'

  23-06-2017 22:36 via yahoo.com
  
  Reps for the disgraced comedian are calling it his "Restoration of Legacy" tour.
  
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• Bumbling Ex-CIA Officer Charged With Selling Secrets to China

  23-06-2017 22:24 via yahoo.com
  
  A prestigious Chinese think tank provided cover for the intelligence operation that ensnared Kevin Mallory.
  
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• Second mistrial declared in killing of black man by ex-Cincinnati cop

  23-06-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  
  CINCINNATI (Reuters) - For the second time, a mistrial was declared in the murder trial of a white former University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot a black motorist during a traffic stop.
  
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• The Galaxy Note 8 will cost nearly $1,000 when it launches in September, insider claims

  23-06-2017 22:11 via yahoo.com
  
  Evan Blass, better known by his Twitter handle @evleaks, is one of the most reliable and longest-serving cellphone leakers in the business. So when he puts out a report with two big claims about the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, you bet we sit up and listen.
  Blass's report has two things of, ahem, note that are different to other rumors we've been hearing.The first is the launch date. Thus far, most of the rumors have pointed towards a late August launch. That's a little earlier than Samsung's traditio
  
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• Man arrested over baseball bat death of dad on Father's Day

  23-06-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A man accused of beating his dad to death with a baseball bat on Father's Day was arrested Friday on a Jersey shore boardwalk, officials said.
  
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• Twin Cities Pride officials apologize, will let police march

  23-06-2017 21:55 via yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Twin Cities Pride Parade organizers apologized Friday for asking law enforcement to minimize their participation in Sunday's annual event in downtown Minneapolis due to tensions over the shooting of Philando Castile, and said officers are welcome to march after all.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Military heads want transgender enlistment hold

  23-06-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Military chiefs will seek a six-month delay before letting transgender people enlist in their services, officials said Friday.
  
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• The Knives Are Out for South Korea’s Robber Barons

  23-06-2017 21:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Business clans have dominated the country's economy for decades — but their time may finally be up.
  
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• Rep. Scalise, wounded in Virginia shooting, is out of ICU

  23-06-2017 21:50 via yahoo.com
  
  Steve Scalise, the Louisiana lawmaker shot last week at a U.S. congressional baseball team practice, is no longer in the intensive care unit of the hospital where he is being treated and remains in fair condition, the hospital said on Friday.Scalise was shot in the hip on June 14 when a lone gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers practicing for an annual charity game against the Democrats."Congressman Steve Scalise’s continued good progress allowed him to be transferred out of the Inte
  
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• EU Underwhelmed by U.K.’s Brexit Offer for EU Nationals

  23-06-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  
  "It was not a breakthrough," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
  
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• Qatar weighs demands to end crisis amid threat of long siege

  23-06-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With just days to decide, Qatar on Friday weighed an onerous list of demands by its neighbors as a way out of a regional crisis, and a top Emirati official warned the tiny country to brace for a long-term economic squeeze unless it is willing to acquiesce.
  
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• White House wants more ‘outrage’ over Johnny Depp comments

  23-06-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House spoke against suggestions of violence by an actor and a play but said less against similar remarks last year by a campaign supporter.
  
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• ‘Little Women LA’ Star Briana Renee To Divorce Matt?

  23-06-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  
  “You’re sick!” she responded. “We’re getting divorced!”
  
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• More than 50 people killed in multiple Pakistan attacks

  23-06-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  
  Multiple blasts and a gun attack killed more than 50 people and wounded at least 170 in three Pakistani cities on the last Friday of Ramadan, Islam's holiest month, as officials warned the toll could rise.Authorities said 37 people were killed and more than 150 wounded when twin blasts tore through a market in Parachinar, capital of Kurram district, a mainly Shiite area of Pakistan's tribal belt.Local official Nasrullah Khan told AFP that the first blast detonated as the market was crowded with
  
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• Casey Anthony’s Parents Counter Sue Over Family Home Foreclosure

  23-06-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  
  Caylee Anthony lived with her mother and grandparents at the home at the time of her death in 2008.
  
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• Egypt tycoon jailed for diva murder freed after presidential pardon

  23-06-2017 21:19 via yahoo.com
  
  An Egyptian real estate tycoon jailed for the murder of a Lebanese pop diva was freed Friday as part of a presidential pardon for hundreds of detainees, security officials said.State television said President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned a total of 502 prisoners to mark Eid al-Fitr holiday at the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.Hisham Talaat Moustafa, who was sentenced to 15 years in jail in 2010 for the murder of Suzanne Tamim, was among those pardoned on health grounds, an interior
  
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• Key GOP senator on health care law: ‘This bill is not the answer’

  23-06-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., announced at a Friday press conference that he’d vote against the Republican bill to repeal Obamacare.
  
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• Trump vs. Medicaid

  23-06-2017 21:16 via yahoo.com
  
  Despite repeated campaign promises not to cut Medcaid, Trump supports the Senate health care bill, which one GOP senator said cuts health care for "tens of millions."
  
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• Obama official says they didn't do enough about Russian election hacking: 'We choked'

  23-06-2017 20:55 via yahoo.com
  
  A former White House official has said that they think the Obama administration mishandled its response to Russia’s efforts to meddle in the 2016 election.“It is the hardest thing about my entire time in government to defend”, the official from Barack Obama’s White House told the Washington Post of his role in determining how the White House should handle their knowledge that the Kremlin was trying to undermine the integrity of the US electoral process.The Obama White Hou
  
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• Health Care Declassified No. 4: Was the Obamacare process really more transparent?

  23-06-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Yahoo News peeks behind the curtain of secrecy surrounding the Republican health care bill to learn what we can about what it may contain.
  
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• Black off-duty cop shot by colleague while responding to car crash

  23-06-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  
  A complex situation involving a car crash and three sets of police led to the shooting of a black officer by a white one in St. Louis.
  
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• Russian Visa Requests Spiked Before Election

  23-06-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Ned Price, former NSC spokesman and senior director, shares with Rachel Maddow insights on the reporting by the Washington Post of an uptick in visa applications from Russia ahead of the 2016 election.
  
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• State Street appoints Steve Cook senior vice president of U.S. investor services

  23-06-2017 20:45
  
  (Reuters) - Financial services provider State Street Corp said on Friday it appointed Steve Cook as senior vice president within its U.S. investment services business.
  
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• Supreme Court limits rights of property owners

  23-06-2017 20:41 via yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday narrowed the rights of property owners in disputes with governments and laid out a formula for determining when landowners are owed compensation in a case involving a vacant lot in Wisconsin on the picturesque St. Croix River.The court decided that government officials can combine separate parcels of private land in determining whether public officials have effectively taken private property through zoning laws and must pay compensation.
  
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• My Son Is Terrified of Food & Will Only Eat Crackers & Chips

  23-06-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  
  Most kids are picky eaters now and then, but for Sandra’s son Michael, he is afraid of almost every food imaginable.
  
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• Are Addicts Abusing Their Pets to Get Pills?

  23-06-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  
  Veterinarian Dr. Arvid Edward, star of Amazon’s “Pet Doctors of Atlanta” joins The Doctors to discuss the disturbing reports of pet owners abusing their pets in order to get their hands on the painkiller Tramadol, which they then take themselves.Watch: Can Your Pet Make You Sick?
  
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• State Department to Scrap Afghanistan-Pakistan Envoy

  23-06-2017 20:24 via yahoo.com
  
  The administration aims to streamline diplomatic outreach to South Asia just as it ramps up the military presence there.
  
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• Mom Pleads to Save Her Nearly 300 Pound 11-Year-Old Daughter

  23-06-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  
  Miranda and her mother Julie have come to The Doctors seeking guidance and help to transform their eating habits in hopes of reversing their health issues.Miranda says the bullying from other kids has become a “daily routine” for her.
  
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• Senate Judiciary Questions Kushner Clearance

  23-06-2017 20:17 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow reports that the bipartisan leadership of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary has sent a letter to the FBI and the White House questioning Jared Kushner's security clearance and Donald Trump's role in his clearance process.
  
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• Al-Jazeera manager denounces Gulf demands for its shutdown

  23-06-2017 19:49 via yahoo.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A top Al-Jazeera official on Friday denounced demands to shut down the network by countries involved in a dispute with its host nation Qatar as an attempt to suppress free expression.
  
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• Slain Venezuela protester a son of Maduro ex-supervisor

  23-06-2017 19:46 via yahoo.com
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest youth to die during Venezuela's crackdown on anti-government protests has a unique connection to President Nicolas Maduro: His father once worked with the socialist leader.
  
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• Syria hotline for US and Russia still in use: US

  23-06-2017 19:34 via yahoo.com
  
  Russian and US military officials are still using a special hotline to communicate about operations in Syria, a US official said Friday, days after Moscow said it was severing the connection.Russia on Monday said it would stop using the so-called "deconfliction" line in response to a US pilot shooting down a regime war plane in northern Syria, with Moscow accusing Washington of failing to issue a warning."It is in use to make sure that... our air crews and ground forces are safe," he said.
  
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• Ferguson Attorney: Brown Family Settlement $1.5 Million

  23-06-2017 19:33 via yahoo.com
  
  The insurance company for the city of Ferguson, Missouri, paid $1.5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Michael Brown's parents, reports the Associated Press.
  
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• Biggest U.S. banks clear first hurdle in Fed's annual stress tests

  23-06-2017 19:24
  
  WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 34 largest U.S. banks have all cleared the first stage of an annual stress test, showing they would be able to maintain enough capital in an extreme recession to...
  
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