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• Something much weirder than a ‘supervolcano’ is brewing under New England

  27-06-2018 23:59 via yahoo.com
  No, there isn't a supervolcano brewing beneath New England, despite what some media outlets are saying.  That said, something weird is going on about 100 miles below the lush New England ground. Scientists have found a mass of warmer rock that appears to be welling upwards. This research, led by geophysicist Vadim Levin, appeared last year in the scientific journalGeology.  SEE ALSO: Deep beneath the Pacific, another active Hawaiian volcano waits to emerge "We never advocated it could
  
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• Justice Kennedy's Retirement Could Harm Reproductive Rights For Decades

  27-06-2018 23:54 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's pick to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony
  
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• Democrats have a risky long shot at blocking Trump's next Supreme Court pick

  27-06-2018 23:43 via yahoo.com
  The Democrats are reeling from the announcement that Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring. They could try to use the so-called quorum rule to block Republicans from tipping the balance of the court — but they probably won't.
  
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• Worker found dead in stadium cooler was Minnesota inventor

  27-06-2018 23:36 via yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — A body found inside a beer cooler at the major league home of the Atlanta Braves belongs to a Minnesota inventor who was doing contract work at the stadium, police in Atlanta's suburbs said Wednesday.
  
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• Jeb Hensarling clashes with Waters during committee hearing

  27-06-2018 23:35 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Maxine Waters responds to Chairman’s comments on civility during House Financial Service committee hearing.
  
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• Pakistan ex-PM banned in one seat as election bias claims persist

  27-06-2018 23:18 via yahoo.com
  By Asif ShahzadISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani election tribunal disqualified outgoing Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday from running in his home constituency, dealing the latest blow to the party of ousted leader Nawaz Sharif.The ruling follows the arrest by an anti-corruption body of another member of Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) after he was named to contest a seat.In the case of Abbasi, an election commission tribunal ruled that he did not declare an accurat
  
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• The Volvo S60 You Really Want Will Be Very Rare

  27-06-2018 23:14 via yahoo.com
  Just 20 of these 415-hp will be brought to the US for 2019.
  
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• Both sides on abortion agree: Roe is in play now

  27-06-2018 23:10 via yahoo.com
  Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement after 30 years as a moderate swing vote on the Supreme Court poses a real threat to abortion rights in the United States, advocates and constitutional scholars agree. But exactly how that threat will play out is uncertain.
  
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• Conservative groups to spend millions in campaign for Supreme Court judge

  27-06-2018 23:09 via yahoo.com
  Major conservative donors have announced plans to spend millions of dollars over the following weeks in a campaign to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy with a far-right judge, similar to Justice Neil Gorsuch.Americans for Prosperity — a political advocacy group that's part of the Koch network — said it would lobby for a conservative to fill the newly-opened Supreme Court seat, almost immediately after Mr Kennedy announced his retirement.“We're prepared to c
  
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• Reporter Without Borders: Life lessons with Vladimir Duthiers

  27-06-2018 23:01
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - TV news viewers may recognize one reporter who pops up in trouble spots all over the world: From the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, to the Boko Haram kidnappings in Nigeria, to...
  
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• Officer charged in death of black teen who was shot in back

  27-06-2018 22:58 via yahoo.com
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — A white police officer was charged Wednesday with homicide in the death of an unarmed black teenager who was shot in the back while fleeing a traffic stop, a shooting that has fueled daily protests around Pittsburgh.
  
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• Harley-Davidson: Donald Trump says 'we won't forget' and company should 'stay 100% in America'

  27-06-2018 22:54 via yahoo.com
  The president tweeted that “Harley-Davidson should stay 100 per cent in America,” despite the fact that it already has some production outside of the United States.“I’ve done so much for you, and then this,” Mr Trump said.The American brand, synonymous with American motorcycle culture, was founded in 1903 in Wisconsin.
  
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• Puerto Rico introduces bill to become US state

  27-06-2018 22:47 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Puerto Rico's non-voting representative in Congress is introducing a bill that seeks to make the U.S. territory a state by 2021.
  
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• Oklahoma becomes 30th state to legalise marijuana

  27-06-2018 22:43 via yahoo.com
  Oklahoma has voted to legalise medical marijuana, making it the 30th state to do so.Individuals 18 and older will be able to obtain a medical marijuana license with a board-certified physician's signature.Minors also can get a license with the approval of a parent or legal guardian signatures from two doctors.
  
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• Democrats aim to hold Trump to McConnell's Garland standard

  27-06-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  Senator Chris Murphy talks with Rachel Maddow about the Democratic strategy to block Donald Trump's next Supreme Court pick until at least after the midterm elections.
  
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• Appellate judge on D.C. Circuit seen as early favorite on Trump's Supreme Court shortlist

  27-06-2018 22:31 via yahoo.com
  Bloomberg and the Los Angeles Times are both reporting that the favorite is Brett Kavanaugh, 53, a federal appellate court judge based in Washington, D.C., who previously clerked for Kennedy.
  
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• Possible replacements for Justice Kennedy

  27-06-2018 22:17 via yahoo.com
  A new Supreme Court vacancy is on its way after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his plans to retire. Here’s a look at who is being rumored to replace him.
  
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• Tornado injures 8 people, 2 critically, in small Kansas town

  27-06-2018 22:16 via yahoo.com
  EUREKA, Kan. (AP) — Residents in a small Kansas town were surveying damage Wednesday after the community took a "direct hit" from a tornado for the second time in two years.
  
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• 'The McConnell rule': Some Dems say the vote for Justice Kennedy's replacement should be delayed

  27-06-2018 22:14 via yahoo.com
  Justice Anthony Kennedy’s surprise announcement on Wednesday that he is retiring from the Supreme Court reverberated throughout Washington, where President Trump and his fellow Republicans are now poised to cement conservative control of the high court.
  
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• Koch Network Plans To Spend Millions Backing Trump’s Court Pick

  27-06-2018 22:11 via yahoo.com
  The powerful Koch network of conservative megadonors plans to spend seven
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Just Made The Democratic Party Safe For Democracy Again

  27-06-2018 22:00 via yahoo.com
  In the Democratic Party primary for New York's 14th Congressional District,
  
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• Financial News editor wins coveted CFA award

  27-06-2018 21:53
  Chris Newlands receives prestigious ethical and professional standards award for journalism
  
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• Alfa Romeo 4C Coupe Gets The Axe, But The Spider Lives On

  27-06-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  It was nice knowing you, Alfa Romeo 4C Coupe.
  
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• Democrats see major upset as socialist beats top-ranking US congressman

  27-06-2018 21:48 via yahoo.com
  Ocasio-Cortez: who is the new progressive star of the Democrats?Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old Democratic socialist from the Bronx, has unseated Joe Crowley, a 20-year congressman, in a stunning political upset that sent shockwaves through the party.The victory, in a New York district primary election to determine who stands against the Republicans in November’s midterms for a seat in Congress, immediately prompted debate about the wider ramifications for the Democrats, and whethe
  
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• Justice Elena Kagan Says The Supreme Court Turned The First Amendment 'Into A Sword'

  27-06-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 that
  
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• £200m hoard found in homes of ousted Malaysia PM Najib Razak

  27-06-2018 21:39 via yahoo.com
  Malaysian police said Wednesday they would soon question former prime minister Najib Razak and his wife after finding up to £208 million worth of jewellery, handbags, watches and other items at premises linked to the couple. Authorities are investigating Mr Najib as part of their probe into how billions of dollars went missing from state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), which was founded by the former premier. Since his shock election loss to Mahathir Mohamad in May, Mr Najib
  
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• Sarah Huckabee Sanders to receive Secret Service protection, reports say

  27-06-2018 21:38 via yahoo.com
  White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will start receiving Secret Service protection as early as this week – days after she was kicked out of a restaurant for working with President Donald Trump, according to multiple reports.It is unclear how long the protection from the federal law enforcement agency is expected to last.NBC News reported that security would be provided at her home on a temporary basis, citing a law enforcement official.
  
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• 10-Year-Old Boy Allegedly Said He 'Liked Boys' Before Being Beaten To Death

  27-06-2018 21:36 via yahoo.com
  Investigators believe a 10-year-old California boy told his family members he
  
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• New Cassini findings suggest Saturn moon could support life

  27-06-2018 21:15 via yahoo.com
  Complex organic molecules have been discovered originating from one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus, adding to its potential to support life, researchers said on Wednesday.The Cassini spacecraft first flew close to the ice-covered moon in 2005 as part of a mission to gather data on Saturn that will be analyzed for years to come.A team led by Frank Postberg and Nozair Khawaja of the University of Heidelberg in Germany said they had identified fragments of large organic molecules in ice grains that w
  
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• Israel says Gaza militants fire more than a dozen rockets

  27-06-2018 20:48 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — More than 12 rockets were launched from Gaza toward southern Israeli communities early Wednesday, the Israeli military said.
  
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• Jeff Sessions jokes about critics of migrant family separations in speech

  27-06-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  While delivering a speech to the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, Attorney General Jeff Sessions joked about the “hypocrisy” of those who have criticized the family separations and “zero tolerance” policy for illegal crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border.
  
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• Prince William pays first official British royal visit to occupied West Bank

  27-06-2018 20:28 via yahoo.com
  By Stephen Farrell and Ali SawaftaJALAZONE CAMP, West Bank (Reuters) - Prince William paid the first official British royal visit to the Palestinian Territories on Wednesday, touring a refugee camp and telling Palestinians "you have not been forgotten."It was one of the most politically sensitive visits yet undertaken by the prince, on a day which took him from the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv to the hilltop offices of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the occupied West Bank.William, wh
  
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• Mattis, China leaders strike positive tone despite tensions

  27-06-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Chinese leaders struck a largely positive public tone Wednesday, talking up increased military cooperation and open dialogue between the two powers despite security tensions and an impending trade war.
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Went From Bartender To History-Maker In Just Months

  27-06-2018 20:25 via yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn't just a force to be reckoned with because she
  
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• Cigar-shaped interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua classified as comet

  27-06-2018 20:06 via yahoo.com
  The reddish cigar-shaped object called 'Oumuamua spotted last year tumbling through space is a comet, scientists said on Wednesday, solving the mystery over how to classify the first interstellar object found passing through our solar system.'Oumuamua (pronounced oh-MOO-uh-MOO-uh) initially was pegged as a comet, but it lacks the tail of gas and dust characteristic of many comets, and some scientists argued that it was perhaps a dry asteroid."It does not display any tail in any observation we ob
  
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• Despite Trump Urging, Republicans Fail On Immigration Again

  27-06-2018 20:03 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning called on House
  
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• Abandoned buildings photo series shows beauty in urban decay

  27-06-2018 20:03 via yahoo.com
  An urban explorer has created a powerful photography series in a campaign to show the beauty of abandoned buildings and to urge us to stop tearing them down. Shelley Koon, 54, from Dover, Del., hopes to shatter the illusion that the forgotten sites are dark and drab to reveal their beauty and appeal. Visiting hospitals, asylums, schools and factories in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, she says she can easily spend eight hours at a time exploring and photographing the locations. (Caters News)
  
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• Anthony Kennedy Announces Retirement From The Supreme Court

  27-06-2018 20:02 via yahoo.com
  Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy will step down from the bench
  
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• House defeats immigration bill backed by Donald Trump

  27-06-2018 19:58 via yahoo.com
  The Republican-led House has rejected a far-ranging immigration bill despite its eleventh-hour endorsement by President Donald Trump, as the gulf between the party's moderate and conservative wings proved too deep.The vote was 301-121, with nearly half of Republicans opposing the measure.The depth of opposition was an embarrassing showing for Mr Trump and a rebuff of House GOP leaders, who'd postponed the vote twice and proposed changes in hopes of driving up the vote for a measure that seemed d
  
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• U.S. House defeats broad Republican immigration bill

  27-06-2018 19:55 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives, as expected, defeated a Republican "compromise" bill on Wednesday aimed at providing long-term protections to "Dreamers" brought to the United States illegally as children, and dealing with a crisis over immigrant children being separated from their families. The 301-121 vote cleared the way for the House to debate an immigration measure more narrowly targeted at addressing family separations. That legislation, which also faces difficulti
  
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• 'No Justification' for Officer to Shoot Unarmed Teen Antwon Rose, DA Says

  27-06-2018 19:54 via yahoo.com
  "Unless you see a genuine threat, it's inappropriate, in fact it's criminal, to take someone's life." District Attorney Stephen Zappala said
  
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• Homicide charge for Pittsburgh police officer who shot black teen

  27-06-2018 19:52 via yahoo.com
  Pennsylvania prosecutors on Wednesday charged an East Pittsburgh police officer with homicide in the shooting death last week of an unarmed black teenager, the latest in a string of U.S. police killings of black men that has sparked nationwide protests.Officer Michael Rosfeld, 30, surrendered to face a single criminal count for killing 17-year-old Antwon Rose on June 19as the officer was searching for suspects after a drive-by shooting that wounded one.Video of the incident, showing two men runn
  
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• Can Shaving Cream Cure a Sunburn? What Dermatologists Say About Mom's Viral Tip

  27-06-2018 19:43 via yahoo.com
  Cindie Allen-Stewart from Texas swears by shaving cream after a bad burn.
  
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• Supreme Court Conservatives Crush Workers, Again

  27-06-2018 19:20 via yahoo.com
  The radical conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court have twice now in two
  
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• Man Charged With Killing Heather Heyer In Charlottesville Faces 30 New Counts

  27-06-2018 19:10 via yahoo.com
  James Alex Fields Jr., the suspect accused in the killing of Heather Heyer in
  
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• Xi tells Mattis China won't give up 'even one inch' of territory

  27-06-2018 18:54 via yahoo.com
  By Phil Stewart and Ben BlanchardBEIJING (Reuters) - China is committed to peace but cannot give up "even one inch"of territory that the country's ancestors left behind, Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday during his first visit to Beijing.Xi's remarks underscored deep-rooted areas of tension in Sino-U.S. ties, particularly over what the Pentagon views as China's militarization of the South China Sea, a vital transit route for world trade.Beijing is a
  
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• Invesco settles dispute with investment trust as directors ousted

  27-06-2018 18:50
  The independent board of the £120m Invesco Perpetual Enhanced Income trust has been at loggerheads with Invesco Perpetual since last year over fees
  
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• Antwon Rose: Police officer Michael Rosfeld charged over shooting of unarmed black teenager

  27-06-2018 18:48 via yahoo.com
  A Pittsburgh police officer has been charged with criminal homicide in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager.The Allegheny County, Pennsylvania district attorney charged East Pittsburgh police Officer Michael Rosfeld in the death of 17-year-old Antwon Rose II on Wednesday.The high-school honours student died last week after Mr Rosfeld shot him three times in a traffic stop, according to the criminal complaint.
  
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