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• Trump era throws wrench into grad students' hopes for unions

  04-02-2018 23:56 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Graduate teaching assistants at private universities had high hopes 18 months ago when a federal labor board ruled that they had a right to collective bargaining, but after the election of President Donald Trump, some schools are taking another shot at halting the burgeoning unionization movement.
  
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• Two dead, more than 100 injured in Amtrak crash in South Carolina

  04-02-2018 23:45 via yahoo.com
  An Amtrak passenger train that was diverted onto a side track slammed into a parked freight train in South Carolina on Sunday, killing two crew members and injuring at least 116 others in the railroad's third fatal crash in as many months.Amtrak Train 91, carrying nine crew members and 136 passengers, was traveling from New York to Miami when it hit the CSX Corp freight train that was stopped on a side track, or siding, at about 2:35 a.m. local time (0735 GMT).The section of track was operated b
  
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• The Latest: 'Screams and crying' followed Amtrak train crash

  04-02-2018 23:42 via yahoo.com
  CAYCE, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on a deadly Amtrak train crash in South Carolina (all times local):
  
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• South Africa's ANC meets Zuma as pressure mounts for him to quit

  04-02-2018 23:30 via yahoo.com
  Top officials from South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) met President Jacob Zuma late on Sunday, amid growing pressure for the 75-year old leader to step down as head of state.Zuma, who is battling corruption allegations, has been in a weakened position since he was replaced as leader of the ANC in December by Cyril Ramaphosa, the deputy president.The ANC did not say what had been decided at the meeting between Zuma and the party's "top six" leadership team at Zuma's residence i
  
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• Hitler book, supremacist flag found in Italy suspect's home

  04-02-2018 23:18 via yahoo.com
  MILAN (AP) — A right-wing extremist suspected in the shooting rampage that wounded six Africans in central Italy was "lucid and determined, aware of what he had done" and exhibited no remorse for his actions, an Italian law enforcement official said Sunday.
  
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• "Sex and the City" actress Cattrall says brother is dead

  04-02-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  Appeals by "Sex and the City" actress Kim Cattrall for help in finding her missing brother ended in sadness on Sunday when she announced his death."It is with great sadness that myself and my family announce the unexpected passing of our son and brother, Chris Cattrall," she said in a tweet, less than 24 hours after publicly appealing for help in finding him."MISSING! This is my brother Christopher Cattrall or Chris as we call him," she wrote in an Instagram post that accompanied a picture of th
  
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• Colts: Linebacker Edwin Jackson among 2 killed on highway

  04-02-2018 23:10 via yahoo.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson was one of two men killed early Sunday when a suspected drunken driver struck them as they stood outside their car along a highway in Indianapolis, the team and police said.
  
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• Survey: Most residents in struggling US areas respect police

  04-02-2018 23:02 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Americans living in struggling communities say they have respect for and confidence in the police who patrol their neighborhoods, according to a survey released Sunday.
  
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• Guinea opposition cries foul in long-delayed local elections

  04-02-2018 22:48 via yahoo.com
  Guinean opposition leaders on Sunday denounced the west African country's long-delayed local elections as fraudulent, citing vote rigging in polling stations across the west African country."There is fraud at the national level," said former prime minister Sidya Toure after polls closed at 1800 GMT."We are seeing problems, especially concerning ink, in a lot of polling stations," added Toure, who heads the opposition Union of Republican Forces (UFR).
  
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• South Korean appeals court to rule on Samsung scion Lee's conviction and jail term

  04-02-2018 22:43 via yahoo.com
  A South Korean appeals court will rule on Monday on Samsung Group scion Jay Y. Lee's conviction and jail term for corruption in a case that led to the ouster of the nation's president last year.Seoul High Court is due to decide the fate of the 49-year-old Samsung Electronics vice chairman, who has been detained for a year on charges arising from a scandal that shone a light on cozy ties between family-run conglomerates and political powers, as well as bringing down President Park Geun-hye.A lowe
  
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• US lawmakers caution Trump against firing DOJ, FBI chiefs over memo

  04-02-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  Democrats on Sunday cautioned President Donald Trump that firing top law enforcement officials over the investigation into his campaign's links to Russia could spark a dangerous "confrontation," as Republican lawmakers broke ranks to say the probe should go on unhindered.The warnings came two days after the Republican-led House intelligence committee released a declassified memo that claims Democrat-funded research prompted the FBI to spy on a former Trump campaign aide, Carter Page.Democrats st
  
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• Sudan devalues pound to 30 against US dollar

  04-02-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  Sudan's central bank Sunday announced it will devalue the local currency to 30 Sudanese pounds against the US dollar, the second such move in weeks amid soaring inflation.The new official exchange rate will go into effect on Monday, the central bank said on its website.The Sudanese pound has been trading at an official rate of 18 to the dollar but on the black market it has hit an all-time low and was selling for between 40 and 43 to the dollar on Sunday.
  
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• Father, 42, and Daughter, 20, Arrested After Allegedly Having Baby Together

  04-02-2018 21:32 via yahoo.com
  The daughter was adopted at birth and recently reunited with her biological father.
  
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• 2-year-old found frozen to death on porch

  04-02-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  A 2-year-old Ohio girl was found frozen to death on her front porch, according to police.
  
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• Two dead, more than 100 hurt in South Carolina train crash

  04-02-2018 20:32 via yahoo.com
  Two Amtrak employees were killed and more than 100 other people were injured early Sunday when a passenger train carrying 147 people hit a freight train in the US state of South Carolina, authorities said.Amtrak train 91 -- traveling from New York to Miami -- derailed in Cayce, outside the state capital Columbia, after colliding with a CSX freight train at around 2:30 am (0730 GMT).It was the third deadly incident involving an Amtrak train since December, raising questions about the safety of th
  
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• Turkish president heads to Italy to discuss Jerusalem with pope

  04-02-2018 20:25 via yahoo.com
  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan flew to Italy on Sunday ahead of talks with Pope Francis that are expected to center on Jerusalem after U.S. President Donald Trump recognized the holy city as the capital of Israel.Jerusalem is home to sites holy to the Muslim, Jewish and Christian religions, and Trump's recent announcement that he would move the U.S. embassy to the city alarmed many allies, who say the decision could doom Middle East peace efforts.Erdogan previously clashed with the pope when F
  
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• Republicans Split From Trump, Say Memo Doesn't Mean Russia Probe Should End

  04-02-2018 19:40 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Several Republican lawmakers on Sunday said that despite claims by President Donald Trump and some of their colleagues, a GOP-authored memo critical of the Russia investigation doesn’t undermine the need for the probe to continue.
  
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• Hottest wings in coldest city to host Super Bowl

  04-02-2018 19:36 via yahoo.com
  ABC News producers enjoy some of the hottest wings in Minneapolis, a city that once served as home to The Mighty Ducks.
  
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• 2 Amtrak workers killed, 116 hurt when train from New York crashes in South Carolina

  04-02-2018 19:30 via yahoo.com
  The Amtrak train was heading from New York to Miami with about 140 people on board when the crash happened around 2:45 a.m. near Cayce, authorities said.
  
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• Son Arrested After Stabbing Father During Fight Over Where to Find Cheapest Gas

  04-02-2018 19:05 via yahoo.com
  A man in Oklahoma is behind bars after a fight with his father over where to get cheap gas led to a stabbing.
  
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• In Their Own Words - Women Speak on the Grid Girl Ban

  04-02-2018 18:57 via yahoo.com
  In Their Own Words - Women Speak on the Grid Girl Ban After F1’s recent ban on grid girls many feel MotoGP should follow suit, though not everyone shares that sentiment. Last Wednesday Formula 1 announced that it was ending the practice of using grid girls.
  
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• Dreamers Need More Cities And States Ready To Defy Trump

  04-02-2018 18:35 via yahoo.com
  Earlier this week, President Donald Trump sucker punched beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program by reminding them that he considers them to be nothing more than “illegal immigrants,” simultaneously declaring that American citizens are the ones worthy of being called “Dreamers.”
  
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• Europe must brake mounting nuclear arms race: Germany

  04-02-2018 18:33 via yahoo.com
  Europe must lead the way in pushing for nuclear disarmament after Washington proposed upgrading and expanding the United States' nuclear arsenal, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Sunday."As in the times of the Cold War, we in Europe are especially endangered" by "a renewed nuclear arms race", Gabriel said.Gabriel was responding to a so-called Nuclear Posture Review released Friday by the Pentagon that details the US military's vision of nuclear threats and its response in the coming d
  
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• Police say extremist shows no remorse for shooting Africans

  04-02-2018 18:27 via yahoo.com
  MILAN (AP) — A right-wing extremist suspected in the shooting rampage that wounded six Africans in central Italy was "lucid and determined, aware of what he had done" and exhibited no remorse for his actions, an Italian law enforcement official said Sunday.
  
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• Greeks rally in Athens over Macedonia name row

  04-02-2018 18:21 via yahoo.com
  By Lefteris Papadimas and Vassilis TriandafyllouATHENS (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Greeks rallied outside parliament in Athens on Sunday to protest against the use of the term Macedonia in any settlement the government pursues with the ex-Yugoslav Republic to end a decades-old name row.The two countries have agreed to step up negotiations, mediated by the United Nations, this year to settle the dispute, which has frustrated the aspirations of Greece's small northern neighbor to join NAT
  
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• President Trump declassifies controversial GOP memo despite warning from the FBI

  04-02-2018 18:20 via yahoo.com
  The president claimed the memo "totally vindicates" him in the Russia investigation.
  
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• Oil tanker with 22 Indian crew missing in Gulf of Guinea since Friday

  04-02-2018 18:17 via yahoo.com
  By Edward McAllister and Rajendra JadhavDAKAR/MUMBAI (Reuters) - A ship carrying 22 Indian crew and 13,500 tons of gasoline is missing in the Gulf of Guinea after contact was lost in Benin on Friday, the company and India's minister of external affairs said on Sunday.The Gulf of Guinea has become an increasing target for pirates who steal cargo and demand ransoms, even as piracy incidents fall worldwide, experts say.The Marine Express tanker, managed by Hong Kong-based Anglo-Eastern, was last se
  
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• Thousands of Greeks protest against Macedonia name compromise

  04-02-2018 18:14 via yahoo.com
  Tens of thousands of Greeks staged a mass rally in Athens on Sunday, urging the government not to compromise in a festering name row with neighbouring Macedonia.Organisers claimed some 1.5 million people from across Greece and the Greek diaspora turned out to express their opposition to attempts by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' government to broker a deal."The million protesters that the organisers imagined was wishful thinking," Tsipras said in a statement released by his office.
  
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• Seoul: N. Korea to send nominal head of state to S. Korea

  04-02-2018 18:05 via yahoo.com
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — North Korea will send its nominal head of state and other senior officials to South Korea this week, Seoul officials said Sunday, as the rivals push through with rare rapprochement steps ahead of this month's Winter Olympics in the South.
  
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• SpaceX's hot new monster rocket ready for first test flight

  04-02-2018 17:59 via yahoo.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX's hot new monster rocket makes its launch debut this week, blasting off from the same pad that hoisted men to the moon a half-century ago.
  
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• Rumors Of Prince Hologram At Super Bowl Halftime Show Spark Backlash

  04-02-2018 17:48 via yahoo.com
  Prince fans are up in arms over rumors that Minnesota’s beloved music icon could make a posthumous appearance as a hologram during the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday.
  
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• Iran accuses US of 'shamelessly threatening' Russia with nuclear weapons

  04-02-2018 17:46 via yahoo.com
  The Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, said the US was ‘talking about new weapons to threaten or use against rivals’.Iran accused the US on Sunday of threatening Russia with new atomic weapons, after the Trump administration published a document outlining plans to expand its nuclear capabilities in order to deter others.Greg Weaver, deputy director of strategic capabilities for the military’s joint staff, told reporters on Friday the “US and Nato require a wider range of
  
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• What's in a name? The Greek protest over Macedonia

  04-02-2018 17:45 via yahoo.com
  Hundreds of thousands of Greeks protest at the parliament in Athens over a dispute with northern neighbor Macedonia over its name. David Doyle reports.
  
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• Facebook boss Nicola Mendelsohn reveals she has incurable cancer

  04-02-2018 17:21 via yahoo.com
  The head of Facebook in Europe has revealed that she has incurable cancer in the hope that she can raise awareness of the disease and prompt research into a cure.  Mother-of-four Nicola Mendelsohn, 46, was diagnosed with  follicular lymphoma more than a year ago and has decided not to "watch and wait" rather than treat her tumours with chemotherapy.   Facebook's vice-president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa has joined forces with other sufferers on the social network
  
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• Iraq lists 60 most-wanted jihadists and Baathists

  04-02-2018 17:17 via yahoo.com
  Iraqi security services on Sunday published the names of 60 people wanted on suspicion of belonging to the Islamic State group, Al-Qaeda or the Baath Party of late dictator Saddam Hussein.The list, seen by AFP, includes the name of Saddam's daughter Raghad, who lives in Jordan.It also features 28 suspected IS jihadists, 12 from Al-Qaeda and 20 Baathists, giving details of the roles they allegedly play in their organisations, crimes of which they are suspected and in most cases, photographs.
  
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• 2 dead, 116 hurt when Amtrak train and freight train collide in South Carolina

  04-02-2018 17:16 via yahoo.com
  A crash between an Amtrak passenger train and a CSX freight train near South Carolina's capital killed two people and injured 116.
  
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• Ex-Virginia Tech student to go on trial in girl's killing

  04-02-2018 17:00 via yahoo.com
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — It's been just over two years since 13-year-old Nicole Lovell was found stabbed to death after climbing out her bedroom window in Blacksburg, Virginia, to meet a much-older teenager whom she thought of as her boyfriend.
  
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• Young Couple, Infant Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide

  04-02-2018 16:47 via yahoo.com
  A quiet neighborhood in St. Louis is in shock after a young couple and their three-month-old daughter were killed in a murder-suicide.
  
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• Friends Hold Vigil to Mark Five Years Since Disappearance of Pregnant Woman

  04-02-2018 16:46 via yahoo.com
  Kelsie Schelling was last seen five years ago, now her boyfriend is facing murder charges in connection with her disappearance.
  
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• Former Mississippi Police Officer, Family Arrested in Drug Raid

  04-02-2018 16:41 via yahoo.com
  A couple and their teenage son are facing drug charges following a raid at their home Friday afternoon.
  
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• Mike Pence to stop North Korea 'hijacking' Winter Olympics, aide says

  04-02-2018 16:30 via yahoo.com
  North and South Korea will march under one flag at the Games.The vice-president, Mike Pence, will stop North Korea “hijacking” the Winter Olympics, an aide said on Sunday, by using his own presence at the Games to remind the world “everything the North Koreans do at the Olympics is a charade to cover up the fact that they are the most tyrannical and oppressive regime on the planet”.
  
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• Four civilians killed in Mali as army imposes traffic restrictions

  04-02-2018 16:28 via yahoo.com
  At least four civilians have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack in northern Mali over the weekend, local officials said Sunday.An unknown number of the attackers were also killed in fighting as the "suspected jihadists killed at least four civilians around Talataye," a northeastern town of around 14,000 people, regionals official told AFP.Mali's deteriorating security situation is of growing concern as Al-Qaeda-linked groups mount increasingly deadly attacks on domestic and foreign force
  
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• Italy migrant shooting spree 'triggered by woman's murder'

  04-02-2018 16:05 via yahoo.com
  A far-right supporter suspected of wounding six Africans in a shooting spree in central Italy said the "trigger" for his attacks was the murder of an Italian woman, allegedly by a Nigerian asylum seeker, according to media reports Sunday.Luca Traini was arrested and taken into custody after drive-by attacks in the town of Macerata wounded five men and one woman from Ghana, Mali and Nigeria on Saturday.After the shootings, Traini, 28, allegedly got out of his car, made a fascist salute with a tri
  
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• I tried living like Tom Brady for a week

  04-02-2018 16:00 via yahoo.com
  Every product here is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our work. In honor of the Super Bowl, an event during which America watches two teams play a sport and I eat nachos, I've decided to try to eat like the insane football legend Tom Brady for a week. OK, it's hisdiet that's insane. But if you want to play 15 seasons of football, I guess not consuming dairy, coffee, yogurt, nightshades, or iodi
  
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• 2 Dead, At Least 70 injured After Amtrak Train and Freight Train Collide

  04-02-2018 15:55 via yahoo.com
  It happened early Sunday.
  
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• The Latest: Africans planned vigil for slain woman in Italy

  04-02-2018 15:41 via yahoo.com
  MILAN (AP) — The Latest on the shooting rampage Saturday in Italy in which police say a far-right gunman targeted African migrants. (all times local):
  
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• Leon Panetta on fallout from the Nunes memo

  04-02-2018 15:37 via yahoo.com
  Former CIA director and former secretary of defense offers perspective on the Republican memo from the House Intelligence Committee that alleges bias and abuse in the Russia probe.
  
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• Reps. Stewart and Swalwell debate significance of Nunes memo

  04-02-2018 15:26 via yahoo.com
  Two key members of the House Intelligence Committee that released the memo alleging surveillance abuse in the investigation of the Trump campaign join the debate on 'Fox News Sunday.'
  
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• North Korea slams Trump's State of the Union address

  04-02-2018 15:26 via yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Sunday slammed President Donald Trump's State of the Union address and said its nuclear capabilities would "deter Trump and his lackeys from showing off on the Korean peninsula."
  
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• Iran's Rouhani raps new U.S. nuclear plan as threat to Russia

  04-02-2018 15:16 via yahoo.com
  Iran accused the United States on Sunday of threatening Russia with new atomic weapons after Washington published a document outlining plans to expand its nuclear capabilities to deter others.The review of U.S. nuclear policy published on Friday has riled Russia, which viewed the document as confrontational, and raised fears that it could increase the risk of miscalculation between the two world powers."The Americans are shamelessly threatening Russia with a new atomic weapon," Iranian President
  
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