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• Kris Kobach's Expert Won't Support Claim That Trump Really Won The Popular Vote

  13-03-2018 23:57 via yahoo.com
  One of the academics that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) picked to
  
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• Chinese Reporter Rolled Her Eyes On State Television, And Social Media Users Can't Deal

  13-03-2018 23:52 via yahoo.com
  Chinese social media users are abuzz after a camera caught a reporter's candid
  
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• Dog Dies on United Airlines Flight After Attendant Orders It Stowed in Overhead Bin

  13-03-2018 23:47 via yahoo.com
  United Airlines apologized for the dog's death, which occurred after attendant puts it in overhead bin.
  
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• Prince George wants to join the police, his father suggests 

  13-03-2018 23:05 via yahoo.com
  Prince George could be interested in joining the police, his father has suggested. Speaking as he met winners of the Metropolitan Police Excellence Awards at a reception in Kensington Palace, the Duke of Cambridge revealed that his four-year-old son has shown an interest in the police force. The Duke met cadet of the year Nabil Laasid, who has completed almost 1,000 hours of volunteering in the last year, and was one of the first cadets to volunteer after the Grenfell Tower fire. He wa
  
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• Florida school shooting: Death penalty sought for Nikolas Cruz who is accused of murdering 17 students and staff

  13-03-2018 22:57 via yahoo.com
  Prosecutors are planning on seeking the death penalty for the man who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month, according to court filings.Nikolas Cruz, who was arrested after that massacre on Valentine’s Day in Parkland, Florida, was indicted last week by a grand jury in Broward County on 17 counts of premeditated murder in the first degree, and 17 counts of attempted murder in the first degree.Prosecutors in the case listed several aggravating factors that they
  
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• Utah judge releases video of deadly courtroom shooting

  13-03-2018 22:54 via yahoo.com
  Four years later, a judge has finally released graphic video of a violent courthouse confrontation in Utah.
  
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• Surprising revelations in Democrats' new Trump Russia report

  13-03-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on a 22-page status report released by Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee outlining avenues of inquiry they intend to pursue even as committee Republicans have already rushed to close the investigation.
  
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• Republican Rick Saccone pledges to be Trump's 'wingman' as voters head to polls in tight Pennsylvania congressional race

  13-03-2018 22:48 via yahoo.com
  Republican Rick Saccone has pledged to be Trump’s ‘wingman’ as voters head to the polls in a tight congressional race in Pennsylvania.The race outside of Pittsburgh has become surprisingly competitive, with both Democrats and Republicans pulling out all the stops in the district that Mr Trump won by 20 percentage points in 2016.Mr Saccone said he’s not surprised the race against Democrat Conor Lamb is so close.
  
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• Manafort placed under house arrest; weight of evidence cited

  13-03-2018 22:34 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on a newly released court document in which former Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort is put under house arrest with the judge noting that Manafort could face the rest of his life in prison.
  
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• Florida prosecutor seeking death penalty for accused Parkland gunman

  13-03-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Florida prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, the former student accused of murdering 17 people in a shooting spree last month at a Parkland high school, according to a notice filed in court on Tuesday.Michael Satz, the state attorney for Broward County, filed the notice with Judge Elizabeth Scherer of his office's intent to seek the death sentence, ahead of a court hearing on Wednesday.The notice cited multiple reasons under Florida law for the death penalty.
  
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• UK counterterror police investigate Russian's London death

  13-03-2018 22:06 via yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism police on Tuesday took charge of the investigation into the death in London of a Russian businessman because he was connected to a prominent Kremlin foe.
  
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• Turkish forces surround Kurdish town in northern Syria

  13-03-2018 22:02 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Turkey said Tuesday its troops and allied Syrian fighters have encircled the Kurdish-held town of Afrin in northern Syria, putting hundreds of thousands of civilians under siege and marking a significant military advance in the seven-week operation.
  
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• Charles Manson's Grandson Awarded Cult Leader's Body: 'I'm the Last Man Standing'

  13-03-2018 22:00 via yahoo.com
  The decision comes after a months-long court battle among several people who tried to claim the cult leader’s body.
  
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• DoubleLine's Gundlach: 10-year Treasury yield will likely break to upside

  13-03-2018 21:58
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jeffrey Gundlach, the chief executive of DoubleLine Capital and known as Wall Street as the "Bond King," said on Tuesday the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury note will likely...
  
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• Trump Inspects Border Wall Prototypes in California as Protests Erupt

  13-03-2018 21:56 via yahoo.com
  Trump said California needs a wall to break the flow of illegal immigration
  
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• Teacher Investigated For Feeding Puppy To Snapping Turtle In Front Of Students

  13-03-2018 21:33 via yahoo.com
  A junior high science teacher in Preston, Idaho, is being investigated after
  
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• Gigi Hadid And Zayn Malik Announce Their Breakup To Fans

  13-03-2018 21:27 via yahoo.com
  Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik have broken up, ending their relationship after more
  
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• Researchers find 'critical' security flaws in AMD chips

  13-03-2018 21:22 via yahoo.com
  Security researchers said Tuesday they discovered flaws in chips made by Advanced Micro Devices that could allow hackers to take over computers and networks.Israeli-based security firm CTS Labs published its research showing "multiple critical security vulnerabilities and exploitable manufacturer backdoors" in AMD chips.The report comes weeks after Intel disclosed similar hardware-based flaws dubbed Meltdown and Spectre, sparking widespread computer security concerns and a congressional inquiry.
  
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• Trump tours border wall prototypes

  13-03-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  On Tuesday, March 13, President Trump visited California to see wall prototypes near the Mexican border.
  
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• Fed's FX swap line may not cap dollar LIBOR/OIS spread: Citi

  13-03-2018 21:12
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's currency swap line with overseas central banks may not stem a further widening of the spread on dollar three-month London interbank offered rate and...
  
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• Activists Blast Trump's Secretary Of State Pick For Anti-LGBTQ Record

  13-03-2018 21:11 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's choice of Mike Pompeo as his new secretary of state
  
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• Company urges appeals court to lift halt to pipeline work

  13-03-2018 20:59 via yahoo.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A company building a crude oil pipeline in Louisiana asked a federal appeals court Tuesday for an order that would allow it to immediately resume construction work in an environmentally fragile swamp.
  
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• Nation sends prayers to Channelview High School students involved in bus crash

  13-03-2018 20:58 via yahoo.com
  The community is sending their thoughts and prayers to Channelview ISD after the band was involved in a bus crash that killed the bus driver.
  
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• U.S. Interior chief defends travel spending, blasts 'insults'

  13-03-2018 20:56 via yahoo.com
  By Valerie VolcoviciWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday defended his use of private planes and challenged reports of lavish spending, saying he was tired of "innuendo" and "insults."Zinke, who spoke before a Senate committee, has been dogged by the release of details of his use of charter planes and helicopters for travel, as well as recent receipts showing the department spent more than $130,000 to install new doors at his office at a time of proposed budget cut
  
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• Top Senate Democrat calls border wall ineffectual, expensive

  13-03-2018 20:55 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Republican President Donald Trump landed in California on Tuesday afternoon to inspect prototypes for a possible wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, top Senate Democrats criticized the idea, saying a barrier would not provide effective protection. But the top Democrat in the U.S. Senate, Chuck Schumer, said his party supported including funds for other border measures in an omnibus spending bill Congress must pass soon. "I don't think the wall is border security. ...
  
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• President Trump previews border wall prototypes

  13-03-2018 20:46 via yahoo.com
  Trump in California to get firsthand look at eight designs for a wall with Mexico; Jonathan Hunt reports from San Diego.
  
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• Prosecutors Will Seek Death Penalty In Parkland School Shooting

  13-03-2018 20:26 via yahoo.com
  Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old
  
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• As Trump visits border, Latino voters are watching and biding their time

  13-03-2018 20:26 via yahoo.com
  Latino voters often don’t turn out in large numbers for midterms, but Democrats are hoping that won’t be the case this year — and Donald Trump, visiting California to inspect models for his border wall, may be helping them.
  
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• Credit Suisse CEO 'here to stay': FUW newspaper

  13-03-2018 20:21
  ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam has no intention of stepping down, he said in an interview with Swiss newspaper Finanz und Wirtschaft published on Tuesday.
  
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• Parkland School Shooting: Nikolas Cruz to Face Death Penalty If Convicted

  13-03-2018 20:20 via yahoo.com
  Prosecutors announced the decision Tuesday.
  
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• The Latest: Russia warns UK over ultimatums, points at nukes

  13-03-2018 20:18 via yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain (all times local):
  
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• Rex Tillerson didn't thank Trump during goodbye speech

  13-03-2018 20:16 via yahoo.com
  Rex Tillerson didn't thank President Trump during his goodbye speech on Tuesday, March 13.He also said President Trump called him hours after he was fired over Twitter.
  
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• Pajamas and high tea: Royal wedding fans gearing up to party

  13-03-2018 20:16 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — In pajamas and old wedding gowns, with high tea or a bit of the early morning bubbly, royal watchers in the U.S. and around the globe are fascinator-ready to watch the nuptials of Prince Harry and his unprecedented fiancee: Meghan Markle.
  
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• Despite Brexit, Britain wins EU support on nerve agent attack

  13-03-2018 20:16 via yahoo.com
  By Robin Emmott and John IrishBRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - Germany and France expressed solidarity with Britain on Tuesday after London accused Moscow of a nerve agent attack on British soil, but beyond strong vocal EU support, diplomats said there was little appetite for more economic sanctions on Russia.Despite tensions over Britain's decision to quit the bloc next year, EU leaders, top officials and NATO reacted in quick succession after British Prime Minister Theresa May's speech in the Britis
  
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• High-end art sales boom in 2017, but it's only a partial market rebound

  13-03-2018 20:15
  ZURICH (Reuters) - The works of great artists buoyed the art market last year and none did more than Leonardo da Vinci, whose 'Salvator Mundi' sold to great fanfare for $450 million in New York in...
  
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• Turkish forces 'surround' Syrian Kurdish city

  13-03-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  Turkey said Tuesday its army and allied rebels have surrounded the Kurdish city of Afrin in northern Syria, raising the prospect of another devastating siege in the country's long conflict.Syria's war enters its eighth year this week with clashes raging on several fronts, including Afrin and the besieged rebel pockets of Eastern Ghouta, which saw their first medical evacuations of civilians on Tuesday.While attention in recent weeks has focused on a ferocious regime assault on Ghouta, Turkish fo
  
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• Ryan Zinke Spars With Senators Over Use Of Private Planes

  13-03-2018 20:06 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON -- Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday swung back at critics
  
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• Fired by Trump over Twitter, Tillerson doesn't thank him

  13-03-2018 20:06 via yahoo.com
  Hours after President Trump announced his firing over Twitter, outgoing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday left the former real estate entrepreneur off the list of people he praised and thanked in a brief speech about his accomplishments and the future of his department.Tillerson, looking and sounding defeated as he delivered an eight-minute farewell, said he was delegating his duties to Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, effective at the end of the day, and formally ending his ow
  
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• Hillary Clinton Stumbles Twice as She Tours Ancient Site in India

  13-03-2018 19:58 via yahoo.com
  It's the latest of several high-profile falls the former presidential candidate has taken.
  
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• The Air Force Is One Step Closer to Getting Its Nuclear Cruise Missile

  13-03-2018 19:51 via yahoo.com
  US Air Force weapons developers plan to begin a new phase of construction and development for the emerging Long-Range Standoff Weapon in 2022, a move that will bring a new nuclear-armed, air-launched cruise missile closer to operational status amid fast-growing global nuclear weapons tensions, service officials said.Due to emerging nuclear weapons threats, the Air Force now envisions an operational LRSO by the end of the 2020s - as opposed to prior thoughts that it may not be ready until the 203
  
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• U.S. junk bonds exhibit stress, investors want stronger terms

  13-03-2018 19:39
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cracks have been surfacing in the junk bond market.
  
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• Tillerson Firing Tells U.S. Allies That Russia Comes First

  13-03-2018 19:39 via yahoo.com
  It is a poor weatherman indeed who makes long-term forecasts in the middle of
  
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• 7,000 pairs of shoes honor memory of children lost to gun violence

  13-03-2018 19:24 via yahoo.com
  Gun control activists and volunteers lay out about 7,000 pairs of shoes on the U.S. Capitol lawn as a makeshift memorial to American children killed by gun violence.
  
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• Winklevoss twins pitch plan to regulate digital money

  13-03-2018 19:22 via yahoo.com
  Twins who made a fortune in cryptocurrency after settling a claim they came up the idea for Facebook on Tuesday pitched a plan to regulate the wild digital money market.A virtual currency policing body proposed by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss was welcomed by US Commodity Futures Trading Commission member Brian Quintenz."We believe adding an additional layer of oversight on virtual commodity cash markets, in the form of self-regulation, is important for consumer protection and to ensure the integ
  
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• Threat To Iran Deal Grows With Rex Tillerson’s Ouster

  13-03-2018 19:16 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― When President Donald Trump floated pulling the United States out
  
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• 'No Excuse' for Leaving Gun in High School Locker Room, Sheriff Says

  13-03-2018 19:14 via yahoo.com
  "I have no excuse for my lack of responsibility with this matter"
  
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• Prosecutors drop 27 cases worked on by police officer filmed attacking black man

  13-03-2018 19:05 via yahoo.com
  Prosecutors have dropped 27 criminal cases worked on by a white police officer who was filmed appearing to attack a black man during an arrest.US media reports said footage showed North Carolina officer Christopher Hickman choking and beating Johnnie Rush, who had been accused of jaywalking, and telling him he was “going to get f***ed up”.Mr Hickman, 31, was arrested and charged with assault by strangulation after the video emerged last week.
  
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• For climate hawks, firing Tillerson is a case of 'be careful what you wish for'

  13-03-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  CIA Director Mike Pompeo will be replacing former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as President Trump's secretary of state. But Pompeo's ties to the Koch brothers have alarmed Americans concerned about international negotiations on climate change.
  
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• Rex Tillerson Can Keep Tax Break After Leaving Secretary of State Job After a Year

  13-03-2018 18:53 via yahoo.com
  Rex Tillerson has departed as Secretary of State, but he gets to keep the multi-million tax break he received when he left ExxonMobil
  
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• School Bus Drivers in Washington State Are Being Trained to Spot Students Abusing Opioids

  13-03-2018 18:46 via yahoo.com
  School bus drivers in Washington state are now being trained to spot potential opioid abuse in students.
  
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