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• Judge considers gag order for Trump confidant Roger Stone’s criminal trial: ‘This is a criminal proceeding and not a public relations campaign’

  01-02-2019 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Roger Stone, the political strategist and long-time ally of Donald Trump, could be subjected to a gag order, the judge overseeing his case has said.The 68-year-old who is facing seven charges in connection with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into alleged collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, has made several high profile media appearances to discuss his case since his arrest last week.​But US District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson admonished Mr Stone for treating his ch
  
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• To Florida's Venezuelan exiles, Pence vows more pressure on Maduro

  01-02-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  In a visit to the largest community of Venezuelan exiles in the United States - and flanked by four prominent Florida Republican politicians - Pence categorically rejected calls for talks with Maduro, and warned all options were on the table to force him to leave.This is time for action," Pence told a few hundred people at a rally in a local church, many of whom waved Venezuelan flags and shouted "Libertad!""The time has come to end the Maduro dictatorship once and for all," said Pence, who has
  
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• Goldman Sachs may yank top execs' bonuses over 1MDB scandal

  01-02-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Investment bank Goldman Sachs said Friday it could withhold multi-million-dollar bonuses for former CEO Lloyd Blankfein and other executives as a result of the 1MDB corruption scandal.In a statement filed Friday with securities regulators, the company said stock awards for senior executives could be cut depending on how pending investigations into 1MDB turn out.The Justice Department in November charged two former Goldman bankers for their alleged roles in misappropriating 1MDB funds, one of the
  
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• Virginia Governor Ralph Northam's Yearbook Page Shows Men in Blackface, KKK Robe

  01-02-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Virginia Governor Ralph Northam's senior medical school yearbook page features a photograph of a man wearing blackface and another wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe.
  
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• USAID assistance in the West Bank and Gaza has ceased: U.S. official

  01-02-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The halt was requested by the Palestinian Authority but is certain to bring further hardship to people in the already deprived territories.The deadline also sees the end of about $60 million in U.S. aid for the Palestinian security forces, whose cooperation with Israeli forces helps maintain relative quiet in the West Bank.The Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act (ATCA) empowers Americans to sue foreign aid recipients in U.S. courts over alleged complicity in "acts of war".
  
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• The Best Valentine’s Day Gift for a Bookworm + 4 More Clever Finds

  01-02-2019 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  A roundup of what we’ve been reading and needing this week
  
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• Isis 'could reclaim territory in months' after US military withdraws, Pentagon warns

  01-02-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Isis could regain its lost territory in a matter of months after troops withdraw from Syria, according to a draft Pentagon report.Donald Trump announced last month that the US would withdraw 2,000 US troops from Syria on the grounds the militant group no longer pose a threat.It claims Isis is determined to rebuild a physical caliphate, NBC News reported.
  
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• Snopes pulls out of fact-checking partnership with Facebook

  01-02-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The statement did not elaborate but Snopes vice president Vinny Green told the media education group Poynter the partnership was excessively labor intensive, requiring manual updates to fact checks by its staff of 16.Snopes said it agreed to partner with Facebook "without financial benefit to ourselves," but added that it faces increasing financial difficulties.Snopes partnered with Facebook in 2016 on fact-checking and has been one of many global organizations that have agreements with the soci
  
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• Donald Trump to call for 'unity' in State of the Union address to Democratic House

  01-02-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Speech will be divided into various areas, including immigration, trade, health care and infrastructure.
  
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• Trump to pitch optimism, 'greatness' in State of Union: White House

  01-02-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech will urge optimism, pulling back from Washington's current climate of strife, a top official insisted Friday.
  
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• Judge warns Roger Stone: Russia probe charges not a 'book tour' and considers issuing gag order

  01-02-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Friday she was considering imposing a gag order on President Donald Trump's longtime political adviser.
  
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• The Polar Vortex Looks Absolutely Chilling From Space

  01-02-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The purple is below 40.
  
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• Super Bowl: Missing businessman stole $750k from community including his mum in ticket scam

  01-02-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  A Georgia businessman is missing after allegedly scamming his friends, family, and mother out of $750,000 in exchange for non-existent Super Bowl tickets before skipping town.Ketan Shah, a businessman described as “squeaky-clean” by one of his victims, apparently left his Gwinnett County town after staging the months-long scam, which involved taking large sums of money from roughly a dozen people while promising tickets to the upcoming game between the New England Patriots and Los An
  
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• Bay Area braces for incoming storm bringing high winds, potential flooding

  01-02-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  STORM COMING: Firefighters say watch out for fallen cable lines and do not try to drive through water - it only takes an inch of water on the road to cause your vehicle to hydroplane.
  
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• What if Election Day were a holiday?

  01-02-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats introduced legislation to make Election Day a federal holiday. Here's how experts say it might change voter turnout.
  
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• Pence in Florida: Time to end Maduro regime in Venezuela

  01-02-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  DORAL, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told a crowd in Florida on Friday that it is time to take action to end the socialist regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
  
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• 7 Ways to Profit From Payment Stocks

  01-02-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Bank of America's best payment stocks to buy.In a new report, Kupferberg says long-term structural growth drivers in the payments industry are as strong as ever.Here are Bank of America's seven top payment stocks to buy.
  
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• US bolts Cold War missile treaty as Russia warns of arms race

  01-02-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States said Friday it would exit a landmark Cold War nuclear missile treaty due to purported violations by Russia, which has warned of a new arms race in Europe.Washington says a new Russian medium-range missile system breaches the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, although US officials also have an eye on China as the 1987 pact restricts the United States but not the rising Asian power.President Donald Trump said the United States was suspending its obligations under the INF
  
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• Gabbard plans rally after rocky presidential campaign launch

  01-02-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard expects to kick off her presidential campaign with a rally in her home state of Hawaii this weekend.
  
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• Jenni 'JWoww' Farley's estranged husband Roger Mathews addresses physical abuse claims

  01-02-2019 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Roger Mathews, the husband Jenni “JWoww” Farley of “Jersey Shore,” claims her extensive post on Jan. 30 accusing him of abuse was “highly erroneous."
  
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• Elizabeth Warren apologizes to Cherokee leaders over DNA test, reports say

  01-02-2019 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  The apology comes just days before Elizabeth Warren is set to make an announcement about whether she will run for president in 2020.
  
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• U.S. says to withdraw from arms control treaty in six months

  01-02-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States would reconsider its withdrawal if Russia, which denies violating the treaty, came into compliance with the agreement, which bans both nations from stationing short- and intermediate-range land-based missiles in Europe.Announcing the move, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States would cease to regard itself as being bound by the treaty starting Saturday, which is when Washington will formally inform Moscow of its intent to withdraw, a senior U.S. official told rep
  
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• Young Maduro loyalist is new hope for Venezuela's socialists

  01-02-2019 22:38 via finance.yahoo.com
  Amid the political turmoil roiling Venezuela it's easy to overlook this milestone: the 20th anniversary on Saturday of Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian revolution.One person refusing to throw in the towel is Hector Rodriguez, the governor of Miranda state and the face of the next generation of the ruling socialist party, whose meteoric rise could be undone by the current crisis.Now one of the last remaining allies of President Nicolas Maduro who still enjoys a respectable approval rating, Rodriguez is s
  
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• Young Maduro loyalist is new hope for Venezuela's socialists

  01-02-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Amid the political turmoil roiling Venezuela it's easy to overlook this milestone: the 20th anniversary on Saturday of Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian revolution.
  
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• Ralph Northam Med-School-Yearbook Page Shows Blackface, KKK Photo

  01-02-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  A page dedicated to Virginia governor Ralph Northam in his medical-school yearbook shows two men, one of whom is presumably Northam, posing in blackface and a Ku Klux Klan uniform.The photo, the existence of which was first reported by the conservative news website Big League Politics and has since been verified by National Review, appears on Northam’s page in the Eastern Virginia Medical School class of 1984 yearbook.Northam, who also attended the Virginia Military Institut
  
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• In This Netherlands Home, No Color Is Off Limits

  01-02-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  The couple behind popular Netherlands blog and design agency Zilverblauw is in the midst of giving their house a vibrant update
  
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• Judge in Roger Stone case says she's considering gag order

  01-02-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday cautioned longtime Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone not to treat the charges against him like a public relations campaign or book tour, and said she may issue a gag order in the case.
  
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• Venezuela Central Bank Confronts Growing Discontent

  01-02-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Tensions inside the bank are brewing, as staffers fret about potential repercussions of signing off on certain operations and discontent bubbles over as Venezuela’s economic and political outlook deteriorates.Attempts by President Maduro to repatriate $1.2 billion of gold from the Bank of England and plans to ship 20 tons of the metal abroad for cash have been stymied in the past several weeks, bringing Banco Central de Venezuela’s $8.4 billion of reserves under international scrutin
  
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• Remember how Hershey's Kisses lost their tips? Well, now there's a fix

  01-02-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The missing tips are returning to Hershey's Kisses in 2019. Proper, fully formed Kisses will be rolling out soon, a Hershey spokesman says.
  
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• Elizabeth Warren apologises to Cherokee Nation for DNA test, tribe says

  01-02-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Elizabeth Warren has reportedly apologised for previously relying on a DNA test to prove her Native American ancestry.The Massachusetts senator “reached out to us and has apologised to the tribe”, Cherokee Nation spokeswoman Julie Hubbard said in a statement relayed by CNN.The Independent has contacted Ms Hubbard and Ms Warren's team for more information.
  
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• Honda Covers the Civic Type R and NSX in Gold for Australian Anniversary

  01-02-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  For Honda's 50th anniversary in Oz, even the company's premium lawnmower gets the Midas touch.
  
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• Family Speaks Out After Mother Dies When Suffering Medical Condition, Falling Down Subway Stairs

  01-02-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  The family of a mother who died when she apparently suffered a pre-existing medical condition and fell down subway stairs say stations need to be more accessible.
  
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• Mike Pence tells Venezuelan exiles in Miami: 'This is no time for dialogue. This is time for action'

  01-02-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Mike Pence, the vice president of the United States, has said that Venezuela needs “action” rather than dialogue, rallying Venezuelan exiles in Miami to the cause of “interim president” Juan Guaido and demanding that President Nicolas Maduro step down. Mr Pence told the Florida gathering that “all options are on the table”, and warned Mr Maduro “not to test the resolve of the United States”. “This is no time for dialogue. This is time for act
  
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• Democrat Cory Booker announces White House run

  01-02-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrat Cory Booker announced Friday he is running for US president, bringing a charismatic African-American voice to a crowded field jockeying to take on Donald Trump in 2020.Making the announcement in a video, the senator from New Jersey highlighted his roots in a racially divided urban America and evoked the civil rights movement in describing his own barrier-busting experience.Together, America, we will rise," said Booker, whose career and political appeal echoes that of former president Ba
  
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• Papa John's wants to sell equity stake in the company, report says

  01-02-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  After offers to acquire the pizza empire fell below expectations, Papa John's is reportedly considering selling equity in the embattled company.
  
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• In U.S. Midwest, 19F feels like heat wave after days of brutal cold

  01-02-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  In Chicago, where the mercury dipped as low as minus 22 Fahrenheit (minus 30 Celsius) earlier this week, temperatures of 19F (minus 7C) on Friday morning felt positively balmy for some in the nation's third-largest city."Today's wonderful because it's not below zero," said Mary Crissie, 47, who said she closed her deli franchise in the Loop, Chicago's downtown financial district, on Wednesday."The Loop was a ghost town."Temperatures from southern New England to the Upper Midwest should reach the
  
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• Elizabeth Warren Tries to Quell DNA Controversy With Apology

  01-02-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren attempted to put an early political stumble behind her by apologizing to the Cherokee Nation for using a DNA test to prove she’s part Native American.
  
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• Northam on Late-Term-Abortion Remarks: ‘I Don’t Have Any Regrets’

  01-02-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Virginia governor Ralph Northam on Thursday stood by his prior defense of late-term-abortion legislation pending in the Virginia state legislature, telling reporters that he doesn’t regret the comments.Asked Wednesday about Democratic Virginia delegate Kathy Tran’s admission that her bill would allow for abortions to be performed up until the point of birth, Northam defended the legislation and suggested that women should be able to determine whether their born-alive infant should re
  
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• U.S. judge mulls gag order on talkative Trump adviser Stone

  01-02-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said during a hearing in Washington she is considering a gag order on both Stone and the prosecution.The judge cited a number of "extrajudicial statements by the defendant" and noted that "this is a criminal proceeding and not a public relations campaign."Stone was charged with making false statements to Congress, obstruction of an official proceeding and witness tampering in an indictment secured by Mueller, who is investigating Russia's role in the 2016 U
  
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• Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., held a press conference after announcing he will be running for president in 2020

  01-02-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., held a press conference Friday in Newark, after announcing he is running for president in 2020. Yahoo News White House Correspondent Hunter Walker asked Booker about critics questioning his leadership skills and about the prospect of former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz running for president as an independent.
  
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• Trump Is Withdrawing From a Landmark Arms Agreement With Russia. What Happens Now?

  01-02-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The Trump Administration's decision to withdraw from a major nuclear arms treaty with Russia could have serious long-term consequences.
  
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• The Latest: Judge considering gag order in Roger Stone case

  01-02-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone (all times local):
  
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• U.S. to pull out of arms control deal in six months

  01-02-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States announced on Friday it will withdraw from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia in six months unless Moscow ends its alleged violations of the landmark 1987 arms control pact. Nathan Frandino has more.
  
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• 21 People Died In Weather-Related Incidents During The Polar Vortex

  01-02-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  At least 21 people have died in weather-related incidents brought on by the extreme cold snap that hit much of the United States this week
  
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• Foxconn again shifts Wisconsin plan after Trump intervenes

  01-02-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Foxconn Technology Group has shifted its stated strategy yet again on Friday for a massive Wisconsin campus, crediting a conversation with President Donald Trump for cementing plans to proceed with building a factory to make high-tech liquid display screens.
  
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• 12 Shopping Apps and Sites to Score the Best Price

  01-02-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  If you want to forgo driving from store to store to find the best grocery deals, use the free Basket app to save on your next shopping trip.You can even help other grocery shoppers pinpoint the best bargains by listing the products and the corresponding store discounts you find through the app.You may associate Walmart with deeply discounted prices, but neglecting to take the extra step of comparison shopping is a mistake.
  
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• The Latest: Pence says US aims for 'transition' in Venezuela

  01-02-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local):
  
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• Trump leans toward declaring state of emergency on border

  01-02-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump gave his strongest indication yet Friday that he will soon declare a state of emergency, bypassing the need for congressional approval to fund a controversial US-Mexico border wall.Trump hinted in remarks at a White House meeting on cross-border trafficking that a declaration -- which would further heat the political temperature around the issue -- could even come in his State of the Union speech to Congress next Tuesday."Well, I’m saying listen closely to the State
  
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• Russia angry, Europe worried after US announces treaty exit

  01-02-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian politicians accused the United States on Friday of undermining global security by ending compliance with a nuclear arms treaty, while NATO said Russia was at fault for the pact's demise and European countries watched with dismay.
  
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• Jussie Smollett says he's OK after attack: 'My body is strong but my soul is stronger'

  01-02-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  “Let me start by saying that I’m OK,” Smollett said in a statement Friday, in which he expressed concern with how the case is being reported and reminded readers that the attack on him was not an isolated incident.
  
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