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• US warns Venezuela that 'no option is off the table' if it goes ahead with vote for new assembly

  18-07-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House has threatened Venezuela with “strong and swift” action unless President Nicolas Maduro calls off a July 30 “constitutional congress”, which the US believes will push the South American country further towards a dictatorship. Mr Maduro, who has now faced more than 100 days of protests, killing around 100 people, insists that the congress to rewrite the constitution is the only way to restore calm to the troubled country – which has the largest oil re
  
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• Russia says ready to retaliate after U.S. talks end without deal

  18-07-2017 23:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Russia said on Tuesday that it reserved the right to retaliate against the United States after a meeting in Washington ended without an agreement to return Russian diplomatic property the U.S. had seized.
  
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• GOP Rep. Rohrabacher gets to the bottom of Martian civilization: There wasn’t any

  18-07-2017 23:48 via yahoo.com
  
  A Republican lawmaker asked a panel of NASA scientists Tuesday for opinions on whether Mars could have had civilized life “thousands of years ago.”
  
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• Newly Revealed Audio Sheds Light on Final Moments of Yoga Teacher Shot Dead by Cop

  18-07-2017 23:41 via yahoo.com
  
  It has also been revealed that Justine Damond was shot at least twice by police officer Mohammed Noor.
  
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• U.S. prepares to sanction Venezuela officials, Maduro defies threat

  18-07-2017 23:38 via yahoo.com
  
  By Matt Spetalnick and Andrew CawthorneWASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) - The Trump administration is preparing sanctions against several senior Venezuelan officials, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, to pressure President Nicolas Maduro to abort plans for a controversial congress foes say would cement dictatorship.Maduro's leftist government vowed to proceed with the July 30 vote for the new Constituent Assembly despite what it called a "brutal interventionist" threat from its ideological foe.
  
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• Man Who Killed 4 on Pennsylvania Farm Says He Killed Others

  18-07-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  
  Philadelphia's police commissioner called the information 'sketchy'
  
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• House Republicans Have a New Budget. Here Are 3 Ways it Could Affect You

  18-07-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  
  It would cut Medicare and Medicaid and could pave the way to tax reform
  
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• Frontier Airlines Beefs Up Destinations In Anticipation Of IPO

  18-07-2017 23:21 via yahoo.com
  
  Looking for cheap flights? Your next trip might be with Frontier.
  
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• Illinois teenager arrested in Uber slaying could face more charges

  18-07-2017 23:11 via yahoo.com
  
  An Illinois teenager arrested for fatally stabbing an Uber [UBER.UL] driver may face additional criminal charges for her violent behavior while detained, prosecutors said on Tuesday.Eliza Wasni, 16, who was charged in June with murdering Grant Nelson, has been involved in 40 reported incidents at the Chicago juvenile detention facility where she is being held, Diann Sheridan, a lawyer with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, said during a court hearing.Nelson, 34, was killed early on May
  
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• NATO, Russian Troops Rattle Swords Along Hundreds of Miles of Borderland

  18-07-2017 23:09 via yahoo.com
  
  Across Eastern Europe, Moscow and the transatlantic alliance are staging large-scale exercises to show they mean business
  
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• After healthcare failure, Republicans face similar divisions on tax reform

  18-07-2017 23:07 via yahoo.com
  
  By David MorganWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in Congress unveiled a fiscal 2018 budget plan as a first step to major U.S. tax reform on Tuesday, only to face the same divisions between conservatives and moderates that helped killed their efforts to replace Obamacare.The $4 trillion spending blueprint, released by the House of Representatives budget committee, could become a new flashpoint for Republican in-fighting because it links future tax cuts for businesses and individuals with $203 bi
  
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• Non-Citizens Used to Be Able to Vote in U.S. Elections. Here's What Changed

  18-07-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  
  The Commission on Election Integrity may be meeting for the first time, but voter-fraud claims about immigrants have a long history
  
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• Charlie Gard doctors remain 'unconvinced' after flying visit by US neurosurgeon who said he could treat him

  18-07-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  
  The British doctors caring for Charlie Gard are understood to remain unconvinced by an American neurosurgeon who claimed he could treat the little boy. Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) staff spent five and half hours on Tuesday locked in discussions with Dr Michio Hirano, a US specialist who flew back to the US on Tuesday night. Charlie’s mother Connie Yates was also present at the meeting to determine the best course of action for her 11-month-old son. Dr Hirano had flown to London on
  
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• America’s Not First. It’s Third.

  18-07-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  
  The United States slips behind France and the U.K. in this year’s soft-power ranking.
  
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• The Afghan Vice President Was Just Denied Entry to Afghanistan

  18-07-2017 22:05 via yahoo.com
  
  It’s the latest sign of a political crisis roiling the country.
  
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• Iraqis hold suspected militants in cramped, stifling prison

  18-07-2017 22:05 via yahoo.com
  
  MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Hundreds of suspected Islamic State members swept up by Iraqi forces in Mosul are being held in a cramped and stifling prison just outside the city.
  
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• US senator criticizes Pruitt in Oklahoma ethics probe

  18-07-2017 21:57 via yahoo.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Democratic member of the U.S. Senate committee that conducted confirmation hearings for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said in a letter Tuesday that Oklahoma's former attorney general presented "inconsistent and contradictory statements" to the panel.
  
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• Everything You Need to Know About the Chipotle Outbreak

  18-07-2017 21:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Is it safe to eat at Chipotle?Customers reported experiencing painful norovirus symptoms ranging from severe stomach discomfort, nausea, dizziness, and dehydration to vomiting and diarrhea—which even drove two victims to the hospital."We are working with health authorities to understand what the cause may be and to resolve the situation as quickly as possible," Jim Marsden, Chipotle's executive director of food safety, told Business Insider.
  
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• Ann Coulter Claims Delta Incident Was Politically Motivated

  18-07-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Ann Coulter believes Delta Air Lines targeted her for political reasons.
  
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• U.S. banks pay up for big deposits as consumers get pennies

  18-07-2017 21:32
  
  (Reuters) - Big U.S. banks are starting to pay corporations, financial firms and rich people more to hold on to their deposits, but ordinary consumers will have to wait longer to see more than a few...
  
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• Minneapolis officer who allegedly shot Justine Damond offers condolences

  18-07-2017 21:18 via yahoo.com
  
  Mohamed Noor confirmed to the Guardian as Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot unarmed Australian woman Justine Damond on Saturday.The officer implicated in the fatal police shooting of Australian national Justine Damond in Minneapolis has issued a statement extending his condolences to her family, as senior local law enforcement sources confirmed to the Guardian that Mohamed Noor, an officer with only two years’ experience, opened fire on the unarmed 40-year-old.
  
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• Putin shows off Russian advances at MAKS-2017 Aviation and Space Salon

  18-07-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  
  The MAKS airshow and exhibition is a major international event in the aerospace business. Here are photos from the first day of this year’s gathering.
  
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• MAKS-2017 International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky, Russia

  18-07-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  
  The MAKS airshow and exhibition is a major international event in the aerospace business. Here are photos from the first day of this year’s gathering.
  
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• 8th person in Trump Jr. meeting identified as Ike Kaveladze

  18-07-2017 21:06 via yahoo.com
  
  Ike Kaveladze’s attorney confirmed that his client was the eighth person at the June 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya. Kaveladze, who believed he was attending the meeting as a translator, is senior vice president at Crocus Group, the real estate development company run by Russian oligarch Aras Agalarov.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S9 Release Date Could Come With Design Similar To Galaxy S8, Galaxy Note 8

  18-07-2017 21:05 via yahoo.com
  
  The Galaxy S9 may have a familiar design so that an on-screen fingerprint sensor could be the device's stand out feature.
  
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• More Americans want Trump's impeachment than Nixon's amid Watergate, poll finds

  18-07-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  
  More Americans would like to see Donald Trump impeached than wanted Richard Nixon impeached amid the Watergate scandal that led to that that president’s resignation.For Republicans, 12 per cent support Mr Trump’s impeachment, compared to 7 per cent who supported the same for Nixon six months into his second term.Just 34 per cent of Democrats wanted to impeach Nixon, compared to a whopping 70 per cent who want to see Mr Trump impeached, according to a poll from the Monmouth University
  
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• Could Trump Jr., Kushner, or Manafort Be Charged Under the Espionage Act?

  18-07-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  
  If the meeting at Trump Tower feels to you like treason, that's probably because it may actually be espionage.
  
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• Ford Powershift Class Action Settlement

  18-07-2017 20:29 via yahoo.com
  
  The class action settlement should be rather good for owners and previous owners of Fords equipped with the troublesome Powershift gearbox.
  
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• Trump disowns Obamacare again as GOP repeal plan effectively collapses

  18-07-2017 20:28 via yahoo.com
  
  The president says that neither he nor Republicans are going to take the blame for problems related to America’s current health care law hours after the bill to repeal and replace it was rendered dead in the Senate.
  
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• Fugitive on the Lam for 4 Years Gets Arrested After Flagging Down Cop for a Ride

  18-07-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  
  Jansen Simon, 30, had been wanted for aggravated second-degree battery since 2013.
  
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• Fidelity shows how unicorns hurt performance at popular funds

  18-07-2017 20:19
  
  BOSTON (Reuters) - Fidelity's bets on unicorn companies, the rare private firm or startup that grows in value to at least $1 billion, put a dent in the stellar performance of some of the company's...
  
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• Community awaits answers in fatal Minnesota police shooting

  18-07-2017 20:17 via yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An Australian woman who called 911 to report what she believed to be an active sexual assault was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer in a case that has left many relatives and neighbors searching for answers.
  
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• Woman Comforts Boy Who Has Meltdown on 8-Hour Flight: 'I Just Put Out My Hand'

  18-07-2017 20:06 via yahoo.com
  
  They sat in the aisle together and played.
  
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• Callista Gingrich casts Trump as guardian of the environment

  18-07-2017 20:03 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Callista Gingrich, Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to the Vatican, told skeptical Democrats on Tuesday that the president wants the United States to be an environmental leader even after pulling the country out of the landmark accord aimed at combatting global warming.
  
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• Ericsson plans more cost cuts as shares plunge after poor Q2

  18-07-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  HELSINKI (AP) — Ericsson shares plunged more than 15 percent Tuesday after the Swedish mobile networks company posted a second-quarter loss on falling sales and warned that there was unlikely to be any improvement soon.
  
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• Boy, 10, Who Died After Trip to Neighborhood Pool Had Fentanyl in His System

  18-07-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Alton Banks started vomiting at his Overtown home after a trip to the neighborhood pool on June 23. He died that night.
  
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• Babysitter Breaks Kid's Arm for Wetting Pants: Cops

  18-07-2017 19:52 via yahoo.com
  
  The babysitter, 21-year-old Haillee Howell, allegedly twisted the boy's arm and hit him with a spatula.
  
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• Amazon is selling prepackaged meal kits because groceries are so 2016

  18-07-2017 19:38 via yahoo.com
  
  Amazon is expanding its war against all other forms of retail onto a new front: food. The internet giant has already announced its intention to acquire Whole Foods, but its foray into groceries won't stop there.
  It's also rolling out a line of prepackaged Meal Kits, taking a concept that's already becoming popular and giving it the 'ole Amazon treatment.The Meal Kits are an expansion of Amazon's existing Amazon Fresh grocery delivery service, and right now they're only showing up for Fresh membe
  
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• 15 Foods A Nutritionist Keeps in Her Fridge

  18-07-2017 19:20 via yahoo.com
  
  Watch the video to learn the 15 essential foods a registered dietitian always likes to have on hand.
  
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• Dallas Cowboys Star Reunites With Dog That Was Held for Ransom: 'Look Who Made It Home'

  18-07-2017 19:16 via yahoo.com
  
  Lucky Whitehead took to Snapchat on Tuesday morning to confirm that his dog, Blitz, was found safely.
  
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• Goldman execs scrutinize bond trading after revenue nosedives

  18-07-2017 19:06
  
  (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc's management team is looking for ways to revive the bank's bond trading business and drum up more revenue from existing clients who have lately become less...
  
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• Pro-Russian rebel leader in east Ukraine unveils plan for new state

  18-07-2017 19:03 via yahoo.com
  
  By Andrew Osborn and Natalia ZinetsMOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) - The pro-Russian rebel leader of a breakaway region in eastern Ukraine proposed on Tuesday replacing Ukraine with a new federal state, in comments that could further undermine a 2015 peace deal that is already faltering.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko rejected the idea, describing Alexander Zakharchenko, leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR), as part of "a puppet show", with Russia pulling his strings in order
  
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• Ukraine rebels announce new 'state'

  18-07-2017 18:57 via yahoo.com
  
  Russian-backed rebels fighting against Kiev on Tuesday announced a plan to create a new "state" they said would take the place of Ukraine and have its capital in their territory.Ukraine's pro-Western authorities immediately ridiculed the idea as a Kremlin project that they would never allow to get off the ground.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in turn called the plan the "personal initiative" of rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko and said that "Moscow learnt about it this morning from media", i
  
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• Bank of America profit rises as consumer bank hits profit 'milestone'

  18-07-2017 18:56
  
  (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on strength in its consumer bank and cost cuts that are beginning to bear fruit after years of branch closures, staff...
  
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• London delivery drivers protest against rise in acid attacks

  18-07-2017 18:53 via yahoo.com
  
  Distressed over a rise in acid attacks, some 200 delivery drivers protested in front of the British parliament on Tuesday, demanding the government takes action.The protest was organised after five people, including delivery driver Jabed Hussain, were attacked with acid in the space of just 90 minutes on the night of July 13.London has seen a sharp rise in acid attacks in recent years.
  
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• House's Budget Increases Military Spending, Slashes Medicare and Medicaid

  18-07-2017 18:50 via yahoo.com
  
  The plan hopes to deliver on the Republican plan to overhaul the tax code
  
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• Lebanese PM says army to carry out operation at Syrian border

  18-07-2017 18:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Tuesday the army would carry out an operation in an area of the border with Syria that has been a base of operations for militants including jihadist groups.Speaking in parliament, Hariri described the operation planned for the Juroud Arsal area as carefully studied, the National News Agency reported.Juroud Arsal, a barren area in the mountains between Syria and Lebanon, has been a base of operations for insurgents fighting in the Syrian civil war,
  
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• Sorry, Jurassic Park fans: New research says the T. rex actually couldn't run

  18-07-2017 18:37 via yahoo.com
  
  It turns out those Tyrannosaurus Rex chase scenes inJurassic Park may not be so realistic after all.  We hate to break it to you but: the famed dinosaur couldn't run, according to new research from Manchester University. In other words, everything you thought you knew about the T. rex chasing down its prey could be wrong.  The study, which used multi-body dynamic analysis and skeletal stress analysis — two bio-mechanical techniques — found that the T. rex's legs wouldn't ha
  
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• Trump Is More Popular Than Hillary Clinton

  18-07-2017 18:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Trump was viewed favorably by two percent more than his former opponent.
  
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• Cosmo DiNardo Says He Killed Others Before Murdering Missing Pennsylvania Men

  18-07-2017 18:25 via yahoo.com
  
  Philadelphia Police want to find out if there is any truth to his claims.
  
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