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• Senator Who Warned Of An Anti-Trump 'Secret Society' Has A New Theory On FBI Texts

  07-02-2018 23:53 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― A September 2016 briefing for President Barack Obama mentioned in newly disclosed FBI text messages was about Russian interference in the election and not ― as a Republican senator and Fox News suggested ― the Clinton email investigation that was closed two months before that briefing.
  
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• John Kelly Calls Aide Facing Abuse Allegations A 'Man Of True Integrity'

  07-02-2018 23:49 via yahoo.com
  White House Chief of Staff John Kelly knew about a protective order against staff secretary Rob Porter well before Porter resigned Wednesday over allegations that he had abused his two ex-wives, Politico reports.
  
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• Through multiple teams and sports, Tim Tebow's dog Bronco is always by his side

  07-02-2018 23:42 via yahoo.com
  The 2010 NFL Draft changed Tim Tebow's life forever, and not just because it was the start of his NFL career.
  
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• 24 Gifts 'Black Panther' Fans Will Love To Ring In The Release

  07-02-2018 23:42 via yahoo.com
  The reviews are in, and it looks as if “Black Panther” is being hailed as one of the best Marvel films yet.
  
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• Cornell University Fraternity on Probation for 'Pig Roast' Sex Competition

  07-02-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity is on probation for two years
  
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• Cuba Is Making the Crisis in Venezuela Worse

  07-02-2018 23:35 via yahoo.com
  Putting pressure on Caracas means holding Havana accountable.
  
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• Tim Tebow praises former coach Josh McDaniels as a 'very bright mind'

  07-02-2018 23:32 via yahoo.com
  Former quarterback Tim Tebow is speaking out about his old coach Josh McDaniels amid controversy surrounding the New England Patriots offensive coordinator's decision to turn down the head coaching position with the Indianapolis Colts.
  
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• Deputy fatally shoots homicide suspect on Florida interstate

  07-02-2018 23:03 via yahoo.com
  LANTANA, Fla. (AP) — A man killed a woman in a Florida shopping center parking lot Wednesday, dragged her into his SUV and then drove the wrong-way on a Florida interstate before he was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy, officials said.
  
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• The Latest: Florida interstate reopens 6 hours after mayhem

  07-02-2018 23:02 via yahoo.com
  LANTANA, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting and wrong-way drive in south Florida that ended when law officers killed a homicide suspect: (all times local):
  
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• A 2-Year-Old Girl’s Eyebrows Were Waxed at Daycare, Mother Says

  07-02-2018 23:01 via yahoo.com
  Officials are investigating the complaint over the toddler's eyebrows
  
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• Pentagon preparing options for Trump's military parade critics pan as 'fantastic waste of money'

  07-02-2018 22:41 via yahoo.com
  The US Defence Department has said it is exploring potential options for Donald Trump’s proposed military parade, which a top Democrat called a “fantastic waste of money to amuse the President”.“I think we’re all aware, in this country, of the President’s affection and respect for the military.
  
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• Congressional Leaders Reach Spending Deal, But Passage Is Still In Doubt

  07-02-2018 22:38 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Republicans think they have a bill to avert a government shutdown and significantly raise spending caps ― a bipartisan deal months in the making.
  
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• Black Lives Matter activist shot, killed in New Orleans

  07-02-2018 22:14 via yahoo.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man fatally shot in New Orleans has been identified as a Black Lives Matter activist known for his leap through police tape at a South Carolina demonstration last year as he attempted to seize a Confederate battle flag from a protester.
  
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• Tillerson Says Russia Is Already Trying To Meddle In 2018 Midterms

  07-02-2018 22:06 via yahoo.com
  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Russia is already trying to meddle in the 2018 midterm elections and the U.S. isn’t prepared to counter the threat.
  
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• Senators to investigate USA Gymnastics and Olympic committee after Larry Nasser sex abuse conviction

  07-02-2018 22:00 via yahoo.com
  A bipartisan group of Senators has called for an investigation into the US Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics after former team doctor Larry Nasser was convicted of several counts of sex abuse.A special committee is set to be established to carry out the investigation after allegations from young and aspiring athletes that the groups knew about the abuse but ignored it.
  
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• US mulls how to shield Caribbean if Venezuela oil cut

  07-02-2018 21:54 via yahoo.com
  After preparing Latin American allies for possible US oil sanctions against Venezuela, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited the Caribbean on Wednesday to discuss the aftermath of such a move.Many of the island nations in the region depend to one degree or another on cheap oil imports from Venezuela, a fact that the Caracas government has used as a diplomatic bargaining chip.
  
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• Ex-British spy Christopher Steele 'interviewed by Russia election investigators for two days'

  07-02-2018 21:34 via yahoo.com
  The former British spy behind a controversial dossier about Donald Trump’s Russian links has spent two days talking to US investigators, it was reported on Wednesday.  Christopher Steele met behind closed doors with colleagues of Robert Mueller, the special counsel looking into Russian election meddling, according to The Washington Post. It means that investigators will be able to judge firsthand whether they think claims reported by Mr Steele in the dossier are trustworthy.  Mr
  
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• At US outpost in Syria, US general backs Kurdish fighters

  07-02-2018 21:25 via yahoo.com
  MANBIJ, Syria (AP) — On the ground in Syria, the top U.S. general in the coalition fighting the Islamic State group pledged on Wednesday that American troops would remain in the northern Syrian town of Manbij despite Ankara's demands for a U.S. pullout.
  
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• Prosecutor: Trump's comments on fatal crash 'ghoulish'

  07-02-2018 21:20 via yahoo.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana prosecutor blasted President Donald Trump on Wednesday for politicizing the case of an immigrant illegally living in the U.S. and charged in a drunken crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and another man, saying his and others' comments were "ghoulish and inappropriate."
  
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• The Internet can't get enough of the video of Trump's hair

  07-02-2018 21:15 via yahoo.com
  A video clip of President Trump's hair flapping in the wind is going viral.The clip started making its rounds on Twitter on Tuesday, February 7.
  
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• Senate leaders strike long-term budget deal as they look to end threat of shutdown

  07-02-2018 21:14 via yahoo.com
  Senate leaders have struck a deal on a long-term budget to raise spending over the next two years, seeking to end what has become the regular threat of a government shutdown and providing a rare moment of bipartisanship in Congress.“I hope we can build on this bipartisan momentum and make 2018 a year of significant achievement for Congress, for our constituents and for the country that we all love,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer wa
  
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• Hillary Clinton urges people to vote in midterm elections: 'We are in the midst of a war on truth, facts and reason'

  07-02-2018 21:08 via yahoo.com
  Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said she is "committed" to urging American voters to participate in 2018 midterm elections to "get the sexism out of politics."
  
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• Indicting a President Not Settled Law

  07-02-2018 21:04 via yahoo.com
  Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder talks with Rachel Maddow about whether Donald Trump could be charged with obstruction of justice, and the failure of Jeff Sessions to stand up for DoJ and FBI employees under attack.
  
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• Myanmar army ‘continuing to force Rohingya out of the country’ through rape and starvation says Amnesty

  07-02-2018 21:03 via yahoo.com
  The Burmese military is still pushing the Rohingya minority out of their homes through forced starvation, the fear of abduction, and the looting of their property, according to new evidence from Amnesty International. The tactics of ethnic cleansing are still widespread, despite Burma signing a recent repatriation deal with Bangladesh, where close to 700,000 Rohingya refugees have sheltered since the start of a brutal military crackdown in August, the human rights group said. Aid agencies d
  
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• Mother Says She Has Forgiven Son Who Stabbed His 4-Year-Old Sister 17 Times: 'I Can't Hate My Son'

  07-02-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  Paris Bennett, who killed his little sister Ella when he was 13 years old, also spoke to Inside Edition from prison.
  
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• The Latest: DNA sought from immigrant in NFL player's death

  07-02-2018 20:52 via yahoo.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on a suspected drunken-driving crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and another man (all times local):
  
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• Washington state mom: Toddler's eyebrows waxed at daycare

  07-02-2018 20:40 via yahoo.com
  PASCO, Wash. (AP) — Officials are investigating a mother's complaint that her toddler's eyebrows were waxed without permission at a daycare facility in Washington state.
  
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• 14 Blueberry Cobblers You Can't Make It Through Summer Without

  07-02-2018 20:39 via yahoo.com
  It's cobbler season! From Delish
  
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• The Latest: Iran's Rouhani discusses Syria with Turkish FM

  07-02-2018 20:28 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the situation in Syria (all times local):
  
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• Gay Olympian Adam Rippon Reportedly Refused Meeting With Mike Pence

  07-02-2018 20:28 via yahoo.com
  Openly gay Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon apparently gave Mike Pence the cold shoulder last month when the vice president asked for a meeting.
  
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• Death toll soars as Syria regime pounds rebel enclave

  07-02-2018 20:23 via yahoo.com
  Renewed government strikes killed 34 civilians on Wednesday in a rebel-held enclave near Damascus, where overwhelmed medics were still treating survivors of the Syrian conflict's bloodiest day in months.The district of Eastern Ghouta, controlled by rebel factions including Islamists, suffered some of its worst bloodshed in years on Tuesday, when 80 civilians were killed.Regime warplanes returned Wednesday morning for fresh strikes on the enclave, with the death toll climbing to 34 civilians incl
  
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• Lebanon labels Israeli border wall an 'aggression'

  07-02-2018 20:15 via yahoo.com
  NAQOURA, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon's top security body on Wednesday instructed the military to confront Israel if it goes ahead with plans to build a cement border wall along the country's boundary, labeling it as an "aggression" against its sovereignty.
  
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• The Senate Budget Deal Shows That Not Everything In Washington Is Broken

  07-02-2018 20:09 via yahoo.com
  In a rare moment of bipartisanship, Senate leaders from both parties have put together a two-year budget deal.
  
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• Eric Holder: Trump Is Lying About Being Pro-Law Enforcement, And His FBI Attacks Prove It

  07-02-2018 20:05 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Former Attorney General Eric Holder, who Republicans portrayed as anti-law enforcement for discussing police racial bias and investigating troubled police departments, said GOP attacks on the FBI and the Justice Department show the Trump administration’s claimed support for law enforcement is hollow.
  
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• White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter Resigns Over Abuse Allegations

  07-02-2018 19:56 via yahoo.com
  White House staff secretary Rob Porter has resigned following newly published reports alleging that he physically abused his two ex-wives.
  
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• US slaps more sanctions on Pakistan-based militants

  07-02-2018 19:55 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration imposed sanctions Wednesday on three individuals linked to Pakistan-based militant networks as it pushes Islamabad to crack down on perpetrators of attacks on Afghanistan.
  
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• US senate approves deal to avoid government shutdown

  07-02-2018 19:46 via yahoo.com
  The US Senate has agreed a sweeping two-year budget agreement in a bid to avoid government funding running out on Thursday evening. In a rare bipartisan breakthrough, the Democratic and Republican Senate leaders agreed on a funding deal which could see funding approved for the next two years. The deal does not include immigration proposals, leaving that issue up for debate at a later date. The deal increases federal spending by hundreds of billions of dollars for various areas, including defence
  
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• Melania Trump only follows 5 people on Twitter — and one won't make her husband happy

  07-02-2018 19:43 via yahoo.com
  First lady Melania Trump may have over 9.7 million followers on her @FLOTUS twitter account, but she only follows five people — one of whom may surprise you.
  
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• Trump sees 'BOMBSHELLS' in FBI texts about Clinton email probe

  07-02-2018 19:33 via yahoo.com
  President Trump turned his Twitter attention on Wednesday to newly released 2016 text messages between a pair FBI agents who claim President Obama wanted “to know everything we’re doing.”
  
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• Senate announces two-year budget deal but House could stall over Dreamers

  07-02-2018 19:29 via yahoo.com
  Senate leaders on Wednesday announced a far-reaching agreement that would set federal spending levels for the next two years, a major victory for both parties after years of lamenting Congress’s reliance on short-term solutions to avert financial crises.The bipartisan plan would raise defense and non-defense spending by $300bn and provide billions of additional dollars in disaster relief funding for areas ravaged by wildfires and hurricanes last year.“I am pleased to announce that ou
  
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• Southwest Airlines jet slides on taxiway in Maryland

  07-02-2018 19:22 via yahoo.com
  LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) — A Southwest Airlines jet slid on a taxiway while preparing to take off from Baltimore-Washington International Airport on Wednesday, but no injuries were reported, officials said.
  
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• Former Afghan leader urges sanctions on Pakistan officials

  07-02-2018 19:16 via yahoo.com
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Saying that Afghanistan is in "terrible shape" 16 years after the collapse of the Taliban, former President Hamid Karzai accused the United States and Pakistan of using the Afghan war to further their own national interests.
  
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• Russia sends North Korean 'slave' labourers home

  07-02-2018 19:15 via yahoo.com
  Russia has begun sending home thousands of North Korean labourers who have worked in “slave-like” conditions to fund Kim Jong-un's regime. In a volte-face on a practice dating to Soviet times, Moscow's ambassador to Pyongyang said on Wednesday several Russian regions had started sending back North Korean workers. The new ban will be a “blow to the Russian economy,” ambassador Alexander Matsegora told state news agency RIA Novosti.  He said it was being done to c
  
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• Mercedes apologises to China after quoting Dalai Lama

  07-02-2018 18:59 via yahoo.com
  Mercedes-Benz has apologised for "hurting the feelings" of the people of China for quoting the Dalai Lama on Instagram. The German auto giant became the latest of several international companies that have backpedalled recently for offending Chinese consumers with advertising or information that clashes with Beijing's official position on Tibet and other Chinese-claimed regions. Mercedes' seemingly benign post to its official Instagram account showed a Benz on a beach before rolling white-capped
  
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• How To Handle A Stock Market Drop When You’re Retired

  07-02-2018 18:37 via yahoo.com
  There may be no worse feeling in the world for a retiree ― or someone hoping to retire soon ― than when the stock market takes a nosedive as it did this week.
  
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• Black Lives Matter Activist Who Snatched Confederate Flag Killed In New Orleans

  07-02-2018 18:37 via yahoo.com
  A Black Lives Matter activist who made headlines last year when he leaped through police tape to grab a Confederate flag away from a protester was fatally shot in New Orleans early Tuesday morning.
  
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• 'African Mona Lisa' mesmerises after surprise rediscovery

  07-02-2018 18:26 via yahoo.com
  London (AFP) - "I think of it as the African Mona Lisa," said award-winning novelist Ben Okri, gazing at the long-lost portrait of a Nigerian princess which recently turned up in a London flat.Ben Enwonwu's 1974 painting of Adetutu "Tutu" Ademiluyi, daughter of a Yoruba king, has taken on almost mythical status in the painter's native Nigeria."It has been a legendary painting for 40 years, everybody keeps talking about Tutu, saying 'where is Tutu?'," the Booker Prize-winning writer Okri told AFP
  
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• Undocumented Immigrant Charged in Crash That Killed Colts Player Edwin Jackson

  07-02-2018 18:22 via yahoo.com
  President Trump used the crash as evidence of the need for immigration reform
  
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• President Trump Claims New GOP Report on FBI's Clinton Investigation Is a 'Bombshell'

  07-02-2018 18:13 via yahoo.com
  The report renews questions about bias in the Obama administration's handling of the case
  
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• Nancy Pelosi conducts rare House 'filibuster' lasting more than eight hours in defence of immigrants

  07-02-2018 18:03 via yahoo.com
  Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has conducted a rare House “filibuster” to try and force Republicans to bring up an immigration bill in the chamber.Ms Pelosi stood in the House chambers Wednesday to defend so-called Dreamers — undocumented immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children — saying that Democrats would oppose any funding bill unless House Speaker Paul Ryan agrees to bring a bipartisan immigration bill to the House floor for a vote.The filibuster,
  
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