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• Santa Clara County supervisor proposes gun show ban after deadly Florida shooting

  05-03-2018 23:58 via yahoo.com
  A Santa Clara County supervisor is working to ban gun shows from all county properties following a mass shooting that left 17 dead at a high school in Parkland, Florida.
  
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• Building super testifies nanny accused of murdering young children on Upper West Side had 'eyes of the devil'

  05-03-2018 23:45 via yahoo.com
  Yoselyn Ortega, 55, is charged with stabbing 6-year-old Lulu and 2-year-old Leo Krim to death in their Upper West Side apartment in 2012.
  
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• The Latest: Oregon governor signs gun control law

  05-03-2018 23:42 via yahoo.com
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Latest on gun control legislation passed by Oregon lawmakers (all times local):
  
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• Teacher suspended from classroom after reports she hosted 'white nationalist podcast'

  05-03-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  A Florida school teacher has been removed from the classroom following reports that she hosted a white supremacist podcast in her spare time.Dayanna Volitich, a social studies teacher at Crystal River Middle School in Florida, was identified by the Huffington Post as the host of white supremacist podcast “Unapologetic,” where she argued that some races are smarter than others and bragged about bringing white supremacist views into the classroom under the pseudonym “Tiana Dalich
  
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• Two Children Killed, Pregnant Mother Injured After Driver Slams into Them Crossing the Street

  05-03-2018 23:34 via yahoo.com
  Witnesses say a driver tried to flee after hitting three pedestrians in Brooklyn, killing two children and injuring a pregnant woman.
  
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• The Latest: North Korea leader meets South Korean envoys

  05-03-2018 23:32 via yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on a South Korean delegation visiting North Korea for talks (all times local):
  
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• 2 young children killed, two women injured by driver in Brooklyn

  05-03-2018 23:32 via yahoo.com
  Two young children were killed and two women were injured when they were struck by a car in Brooklyn.
  
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• Workers remove Trump name from Panama hotel in property dispute

  05-03-2018 23:25 via yahoo.com
  A bitter commercial dispute is playing out in Panama, where the Trump Organization appears to have lost control of one of its properties. Nathan Frandino reports.
  
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• China boosts defense spending, rattling its neighbors' nerves

  05-03-2018 23:06 via yahoo.com
  By Christian Shepherd and Michael MartinaBEIJING (Reuters) - China on Monday unveiled its largest defense spending increase in three years, setting an 8.1 percent growth target this year, fuelling an ambitious military modernization program and making its neighbors nervous.The 2018 defense budget will be 1.11 trillion yuan ($175 billion), according to a report issued at the opening of China's annual meeting of parliament.The defense spending figure is closely watched worldwide for clues to China
  
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• White House says former Trump aide is 'incorrect' when he said Mueller may have something on Trump

  05-03-2018 22:57 via yahoo.com
  During Monday's briefing, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said ex-Trump aide Sam Nunberg was “incorrect” when he told MSNBC's Katy Tur that special counsel Robert Mueller may have something on President Trump.She also reiterated that there has been "absolutely no collusion" with Russia or any other foreign government.
  
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• Sen. Thad Cochran Announces Resignation, Citing Health Concerns

  05-03-2018 22:54 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) announced on Monday that he will be resigning from the Senate because of health issues.  
  
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• Trump 'may have done something during the election,' former aide says

  05-03-2018 22:52 via yahoo.com
  A former aide to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said on Monday that he will refuse to appear before the federal grand jury investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election — and that he believes special counsel Robert Mueller, who is leading the probe, may have damning evidence against Trump.
  
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• Mississippi senator Thad Cochran announces he is stepping down

  05-03-2018 22:46 via yahoo.com
  Cochran’s most recent race for re-election in 2014 was marked by a ferocious Republican primary.Thad Cochran of Mississippi announced on Monday that he would step down from the US Senate on 1 April.The octogenarian Republican was first elected to the Senate in 1978 but has long been plagued by ill health and has not played an active role on Capitol Hill in recent years.
  
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• 'We want to fight terrorism': Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman says on eve of UK visit 

  05-03-2018 22:45 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia will help keep Britain safe with extensive sharing of intelligence on terrorists, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has told The Telegraph. In an exclusive interview ahead of his visit to Britain this week, the heir to the Saudi throne who now in effect runs the country on a day-to-day basis, said he believes close cooperation between Riyadh and the UK’s intelligence agencies will help prevent further jihadist attacks. “We want to fight terrorism and we wan
  
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• All The Looks You Might've Missed From The Vanity Fair Oscars Party

  05-03-2018 22:43 via yahoo.com
  Velvet suits, metallic gowns and ethereal white dresses dominated the Oscars red carpet on Sunday night.
  
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• Nor’easter Uncovers Revolutionary War-Era Shipwreck in Maine

  05-03-2018 22:17 via yahoo.com
  A sunken treasure is being rediscovered after this weekend’s nor’easter.
  
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• Trump's Daca deadline arrives – what happens next?

  05-03-2018 22:14 via yahoo.com
  For months, Congress circled 5 March in bright red ink.It was the deadline – arbitrarily imposed by Donald Trump – for lawmakers to find a way to protect hundreds of thousands of young undocumented migrants, known as Dreamers, from deportation.
  
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• Ex-Trump Aide Goes On Wild Media Spree After Mueller Subpoena

  05-03-2018 22:06 via yahoo.com
  In an unhinged media spree that continued into Monday evening, former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg told multiple outlets that he won’t comply with the subpoena he received to appear before a federal grand jury hearing evidence surrounding Russia’s possible interference in the 2016 election.“Let him arrest me,” Nunberg told The Washington Post on Monday of special counsel Robert Mueller, who he says has requested his appearance before the jury this Friday.Continuing his
  
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• Toyota to stop selling diesel cars in Europe

  05-03-2018 21:57 via yahoo.com
  Japanese car giant Toyota announced Monday that it will stop selling diesel cars in Europe, beginning the phase-out this year."Diesel will be phased out in our passenger cars in 2018," Johan van Zyl, president of Toyota Motor Europe, said in Geneva, where Europe's first major car show of the year opens this week."We will not develop new diesel technology for passenger cars, we'll continue to focus on hybrid" vehicles, he added.
  
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• Report raises specter of a Trump Russia dossier-related death

  05-03-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  Jane Mayer, staff writer for The New Yorker, talks with Rachel Maddow about the reporting behind her lengthy profile of Trump Russia dossier author Christopher Steele.
  
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• Trump 'may' go to Jerusalem embassy opening

  05-03-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump floated a fraught trip to open the new US embassy in Jerusalem, as the embattled US president hosted Israel's equally embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Monday.The two leaders -- both under career-threatening legal investigation -- tried to cast their domestic problems aside, putting on a show of bonhomie and mutual appreciation in sunny Washington.Sat in the Oval Office, Netanyahu waxed lyrical, painting Trump as the heir to a pantheon of historical figu
  
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• Nunberg says he'll comply, but won't 'make it easy' for Mueller

  05-03-2018 21:19 via yahoo.com
  The world watched ex-Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg unravel over and over again on live television as he dared special prosecutor Robert Mueller to arrest him for refusing to comply with a subpoena.
  
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• Facebook's newest feature is a direct threat to LinkedIn

  05-03-2018 21:04 via yahoo.com
  Thanks to Facebook’s Jobs feature, this has become a reality — and the company just revealed that they’ll be expanding the service to more than 40 countries.The Jobs feature, which launched last year, has constantly been in the process of being updated and expanding upon, including the ability for businesses to schedule interviews and job seekers to set up job alerts for new postings on roles that fit with what they’re searching for through the social media platform.New r
  
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• Volkswagen's I.D. Vizzion Sedan Concept Identifies, Attempts to Codify Driverless Future

  05-03-2018 20:45 via yahoo.com
  The future looks large and electric.
  
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• Uncertain future for 'Dreamer' immigrants as deadline passes

  05-03-2018 20:34 via yahoo.com
  The hopes of hundreds of thousands of "Dreamers" were on hold Monday as lawmakers missed an initial deadline for resolving the fate of immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children.The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that shields nearly 700,000 of the immigrants from deportation was supposed to expire on March 5, six months after President Donald Trump announced he was ending it.Both those developments have taken the pressure off lawmakers.
  
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• West is responding to Putin's 'more assertive Russia': NATO chief

  05-03-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  By Raya JalabiBAGHDAD (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin's announcement of new nuclear weapons is part of a resurgent Russian assertiveness that the West is already responding to, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, adding that he hoped to avoid an arms race.Putin unveiled an array of new nuclear weapons - that he said were either ready or in development - last Thursday, saying they could hit almost any point in the world and not be intercepted."We are of course concerned,"
  
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• Burst pipes close UK car plant and leave thousands without water

  05-03-2018 19:59 via yahoo.com
  By Elizabeth BurdenLONDON (Reuters) - Burst water mains caused by a thaw in Britain's freezing temperatures closed a Jaguar Land Rover car plant in central England on Monday and left tens of thousands of people without water.London's mayor Sadiq Khan said it was "unacceptable" that thousands across the British capital had no water, as utility companies struggled to maintain water supplies.The worst snowstorms in Britain for nearly 30 years froze water in pipes last week, water suppliers said, du
  
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• Trump says he may travel to Israel for embassy move; Netanyahu calls out Iran

  05-03-2018 19:49 via yahoo.com
  By Matt Spetalnick and Jeffrey HellerWASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he might travel to Israel for the opening of the U.S. embassy there as he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a united front against Iran in White House talks.Trump's decision for the United States to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the embassy there from Tel Aviv reversed decades of U.S. policy, aggravated Arab allies and has complicated his
  
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• The Oscars' most intimate celebrity moments occur off-camera

  05-03-2018 19:47 via yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — There are cameras everywhere at the Academy Awards, but some of the most intimate celebrity moments at the show still manage to escape the lens.
  
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• Russia ‘blocked Trump from appointing Romney as secretary of state, unpublished Christopher Steele memo claims’

  05-03-2018 19:41 via yahoo.com
  The Russians blocked Donald Trump from appointing Mitt Romney as his secretary of state, the former British spy Christopher Steele reportedly claimed in an unreleased memo.  The Kremlin intervened through “unspecified channels” to make sure Mr Romney was not given the job, according to the secret memo, the contents of which have been reported by The New Yorker.  Mr Steele, the ex-MI6 officer, reportedly wrote the memo in late November 2016 – after Mr Trump’s ele
  
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• Correction: School Shooting-Florida-Sheriff story

  05-03-2018 19:21 via yahoo.com
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — In a story March 2 about Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel and the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Deputy Nezar Hamze is a volunteer with the Council on American-Islamic Relations. He is a CAIR employee.
  
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• Florida lawmakers to vote on gun laws, arming teachers

  05-03-2018 19:14 via yahoo.com
  The proposed Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act is named after the high school in Parkland, Florida, where 17 students and staff were shot dead on Feb. 14.The state Senate rejected such a ban in a vote held over the weekend.The Senate bill echoes many proposals made by Governor Rick Scott, a Republican, since the shooting, including new powers for police to temporarily confiscate guns from people deemed to be dangerous by a court.
  
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• Qualcomm requests national security review of Broadcom bid

  05-03-2018 19:05 via yahoo.com
  US chipmaker Qualcomm postponed its annual shareholders' meeting after secretly requesting a national security review of Broadcom's bid to take over the company, the Singapore-based Broadcom announced Monday.Qualcomm shareholders were due to meet Tuesday, but Broadcom said it was informed Sunday night that Qualcomm secretly filed a voluntary request on January 29 for US regulators to investigate the deal, and was ordered to postpone the meeting for 30 days."It should be clear to everyone that th
  
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• The Latest: At least 50 killed in Syria's eastern Ghouta

  05-03-2018 18:51 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):
  
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• Saudi minister sees deals with UK during crown prince's visit

  05-03-2018 18:49 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia expects to sign agreements with Britain covering a range of issues during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to London this week, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Monday.Britain's planned exit from the European Union did not reduce its attractiveness as an investment destination, the minister told reporters, and he said he expected the crown prince's visit to take bilateral relations to a higher level.
  
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• Royal Wedding: Meghan Markle Reportedly Has Bachelorette Party, But Her Mom and Kate Middleton Unable to Attend

  05-03-2018 18:48 via yahoo.com
  Meghan Markle reportedly had her bachelorette party over the weekend, but without her mother or Kate Middleton.
  
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• Egypt seeks closer ties during visit by Saudi crown prince

  05-03-2018 18:46 via yahoo.com
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt gave a warm welcome to Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday, with military fanfare and a trip to the Suez Canal meant to underline a growing strategic partnership.
  
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• Iran rebuffs French FM demands to curb missiles on Tehran visit

  05-03-2018 18:44 via yahoo.com
  Iran rebuffed French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian's calls to curb its missile programme after a day of tense discussions in Tehran on Monday aimed at salvaging its historic nuclear deal.Le Drian said there was "still a lot of work to do" on Iran's missile programme after meeting with top officials, including President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.Zarif countered that Europe needed to "play a more constructive role to preserve" the nuclear deal.
  
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• Donald Trump says recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital ‘was a wonderful thing’

  05-03-2018 18:42 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has said his controversial decision last December to recognise Jerusalem as Israel‘s capital was a “wonderful thing” as he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also presented a united front against Iran.“I think it’s something that’s very much appreciated in Israel,” Mr Trump said of his Jerusalem decision during a meeting with Mr Netanyahu, adding that US-Israel relations have “never been better”.The president
  
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• The State Department Needs Rehab

  05-03-2018 18:39 via yahoo.com
  American diplomacy is losing its battle with the Trump administration — but it can still win the war.
  
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• 37 Photos That Show How Hilariously Bad Little Kids Are At Hiding

  05-03-2018 18:39 via yahoo.com
  Playing hide-and-seek is a beloved childhood tradition, but over the years, it seems kids haven’t gotten any better at hiding. 
  
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• Paul Ryan comes out against Trump tariffs

  05-03-2018 18:29 via yahoo.com
  The Republican House speaker warned that the punitive measures could spark a “trade war” that undermines benefits from the GOP’s recent tax overhaul.
  
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• Google plans $2.6bn New York expansion as tech execs claim 'Silicon Valley is over'

  05-03-2018 18:29 via yahoo.com
  Google is said to be close to signing a $2.4bn deal to establish an East Coast base in New York City, the latest in a series of moves by tech firms who believe Silicon Valley‘s best days may be “over”.If it goes ahead, Google would be among a number of tech companies that are looking to expand their New York footprint.Concerns about the soaring cost of living in San Francisco, and worried that innovation may be accelerating faster in other parts fo the country, a number of firm
  
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• Stoneman Douglas Students to Perform at Carnegie Hall, 3 Weeks After Parkland Shooting

  05-03-2018 18:12 via yahoo.com
  The high school's wind symphony will appear on the world famous stage Tuesday.
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence Laughing at Emma Stone During the Oscars Is Priceless

  05-03-2018 18:06 via yahoo.com
  The moment was inevitable
  
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• Collapsed building in Poland may have been blown up

  05-03-2018 18:01 via yahoo.com
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An "intentional" attack could be the reason an apartment building collapsed in western Poland, leaving five people dead and 21 injured, a prosecutors' spokeswoman said Monday.
  
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• United scraps employee bonuses for a lottery

  05-03-2018 17:51 via yahoo.com
  Airline replacing quarterly performance bonuses with lottery system: one lucky employee will win $100,000 each quarter.
  
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• 'Black Panther' Cast Made Sandra Bullock Cry 'As A Mother'

  05-03-2018 17:51 via yahoo.com
  Sandra Bullock says she “started to cry” when she saw the “Black Panther” cast on the 90th Academy Awards red carpet during an interview with “Access Hollywood” on Sunday.Bullock is the mother of two black children, Louis Bardo Bullock and Laila Bullock.
  
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• 'Cryptocurrency' and 'Dumpster Fire' Were Officially Added to the Dictionary

  05-03-2018 17:49 via yahoo.com
  So were 'mansplain,' 'blockchain' and 'glamping'
  
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• Turkey asks Germany to extradite Syrian Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim

  05-03-2018 17:46 via yahoo.com
  By Ali Kucukgocmen and Matthias BaehrISTANBUL/BERLIN (Reuters) - Turkey said on Monday it had issued a second extradition request for Syrian Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim, calling for his temporary detention and extradition from Germany after a Czech court released him last week.The issue is likely to come up when Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meets German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel in Berlin on Tuesday.
  
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