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• Democrats move to block Trump's border emergency

  22-02-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  US Democrats on Friday rolled out their measure aimed at blocking President Donald Trump from circumventing Congress to seize federal dollars for construction of his controversial southern border wall.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the chamber will vote next Tuesday on the so-called disapproval resolution to terminate the national emergency that Trump declared last week, an exceptional step that sparked fierce political and legal battles.The legislation is expected to clear the Democrat-held Ho
  
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• Novartis gene therapy would be cost effective up to $900,000: U.S. group

  22-02-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  The Boston-based Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) made the determination using a commonly cited cost-effectiveness threshold that values each "quality-adjusted life year" (QALY) gained at $100,000 to $150,000.If each QALY gained were assessed at $500,000, ICER found the gene therapy, Zolgensma, would be cost effective at just over $5 million.Novartis has said the price will be determined in negotiations with health plans, but it believes the gene therapy would be cost effective
  
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• Attempted Rapist Arrested After Woman Throws Hot Coffee at His Face, Police Say

  22-02-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  A man has been arrested after a woman threw a hot cup of coffee into his face to stop an attempted rape in Manhattan, police said.
  
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• Trump-Kim summit: What happened at their first meeting – and what to expect at their next

  22-02-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet next week for the second time in less than a year for denuclearization talks.
  
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• Curacao blocks Venezuela aid ship cargo: captain

  22-02-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Willemstad, Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles) (AFP) - Curacao island authorities on Friday blocked Venezuelan opposition supporters from loading humanitarian aid donations onto a ship to sail to their country, officials said, with the government citing security.The Venezuelans have flown containers to Curacao from private donors in the United States -- part of a broader aid effort by Venezuela's self-declared leader Juan Guaido to put pressure on President Nicolas Maduro.The organizers tried
  
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• Disabled greeter meets with Walmart about job; no resolution

  22-02-2019 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A beloved, longtime Walmart greeter with cerebral palsy met with store management in Pennsylvania on Friday in a bid to keep his job but came away with no guarantees, and his family is girding for a fight.
  
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• Fake news: Kim and Trump lookalikes draw crowds in Hanoi

  22-02-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Days before the second summit between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump, to be held in Vietnam's capital, a Kim impersonator appeared at the Metropole Hotel, a back-up location for the meeting.Howard X, an Australian, has been cashing in on his resemblance to North Korea's leader, especially his haircut.It looks awful," Howard X said, adding it takes him three hours to prepare his outfit and get into character.
  
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• An Organization-Obsessed Store Owner’s Top Storage Essentials

  22-02-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Your clutter never looked so good
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she could have been a teacher if it wasn't for Trump

  22-02-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she could have been a high school teacher if she didn't run for Congress because of Trump's presidency.
  
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• As tensions over aid rise, Venezuelan troops fire on villagers, kill two

  22-02-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States, which is among dozens of Western nations to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate president, has been stockpiling aid in the Colombian frontier town of Cucuta to ship across the border this weekend.With tensions running high after Guaido invoked the constitution to declare an interim presidency last month, Maduro has denied there is a humanitarian crisis in Venezuela despite widespread shortages of food and medicine and hyperinflation.The socialist
  
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• S&P 500 posts highest close since November 8 on trade optimism

  22-02-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Investors assessed a slew of headlines on the talks, with top trade negotiators from the two countries meeting to wrap up a week of discussions on some of the thorniest issues in their trade war.If the two sides fail to reach a deal by midnight on March 1, then their seven-month trade war could escalate."People are expecting some sort of positive news on trade and tariffs with China fairly soon," said Peter Tuz, president of Chase Investment Counsel in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  
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• Robert Mueller: Justice Department says special counsel won't finish report next week

  22-02-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The Justice Department said Friday that special counsel Robert Mueller won't complete his Russia investigation next week, tamping down speculation
  
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• When rich men like Robert Kraft get charged with soliciting prostitutes, we forget so fast

  22-02-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Allegedly the New England Patriots owner went looking for prostitutes at 'Orchids of Asia', but don't forget trafficking victims across the country.
  
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• Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged in Florida prostitution sting

  22-02-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Kraft, 77, a billionaire businessman who built the Patriots into the National Football League's most dominant franchise, was swept up in a police sting targeting sex-trafficking in day spas and massage parlors in several Florida counties.Kraft, who lives in Massachusetts but owns property in Palm Beach, Florida, is accused of visiting Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida, on two separate occasions to solicit sex.
  
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• Democrats launch resolution to stop Trump border emergency

  22-02-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats introduced the resolution early on Friday, taking the first step to challenge Republican Trump's assertion that he could take money Congress had appropriated for other activities and use it to build the wall.Pelosi predicted the resolution would pass the Democratic-controlled House.In any case, Trump vowed on Friday to veto the measure if it passes both chambers and gets to his desk.
  
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• Trump calls India-Pakistan standoff 'very dangerous'

  22-02-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump voiced alarm Friday at the "very dangerous situation" between India and Pakistan, warning that New Delhi was considering "very strong" action after an attack in Kashmir."Right now there is a lot of problems between India and Pakistan because of what happened," he told reporters as he met a senior Chinese official in the Oval Office.Tensions have soared between the nuclear-armed rivals since a suicide attack last week killed 41 soldiers on the Indian side of divided Kash
  
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• Fourth-grader dies same day she's diagnosed with flu, strep throat: 'Our hearts are completely broken'

  22-02-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  An elementary school girl in Ohio died the same day she was told she had the flu and strep throat, her school and family says.
  
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• Democrats Are Already Pushing Trump's New Attorney General to Release the Full Mueller Report

  22-02-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Lawmakers argue it's essential Congress receive this information to hold the President accountable
  
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• Trump says U.S., China reach deal on currency manipulation as trade talks continue

  22-02-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump says the U.S. and China have reached an agreement on currency manipulation as part of their overall talks for a new trade deal.
  
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• Trump rules out reducing US troops from South Korea

  22-02-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Friday ruled out reducing US forces from South Korea as part of a deal in his upcoming summit with North Korea.Trump, answering questions as he met at the White House with a senior Chinese official, said that he would not reveal his bargaining cards ahead of next week's summit in Hanoi.Trump again hailed his relations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whom he met in June in Singapore in the first-ever summit between the two adversaries.
  
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• Mueller report looming, new attorney general in hot seat

  22-02-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — William Barr has been attorney general for just one week but is on the cusp of staring down what will almost certainly be the most consequential decision of his long career: how much of the special counsel's findings to make public.
  
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• Timelapse shows how fast Arizona gets buried in snow

  22-02-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  This cool timelapse from the National Weather Service office in Bellemont, Arizona shows how fast the snow accumulates during a winter storm on Feb. 20-22.
  
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• Brazil moves Venezuela aid to border despite closure

  22-02-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities on Friday began moving humanitarian aid to its northern border with Venezuela even though the international crossing has been closed.
  
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• R. Kelly Charged with 10 Counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse

  22-02-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Kelly was previously indicted in Illinois in 2002 after a similar tape emerged
  
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• Robert Kraft, accused of soliciting prostitution, known for philanthropy, bringing people together

  22-02-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The $400 million Robert Kraft has contributed to a wide range of causes has earned him enormous goodwill in Boston and beyond.
  
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• Worry about US-SKorea alliance grows before Trump-Kim summit

  22-02-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As President Donald Trump seeks a nuclear deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next week in Vietnam, some in Seoul are wondering if the fate of Washington's decades-long military alliance with South Korea could be at stake.
  
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• Trump 'surprised' Patriots owner Kraft was charged in prostitution probe

  22-02-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  "It's very sad," Trump said. "I was very surprised to see it. He's proclaimed his innocence totally. But I was very surprised to see it."
  
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• Trump: Decreasing troops in South Korea not on table for North Korea talks

  22-02-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump said on Friday that drawing down U.S. troops in South Korea is not on the table for his upcoming talks with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, which will be focused on pressing the Asian nation to abandon nuclear weapons.Trump made the comments at a White House event on trade negotiations with China.Senior Trump administration officials said on Thursday the two sides will not discuss removing U.S. troops from South Korea and will focus on seeking a common understanding of what it
  
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• Democrats plan House vote Tuesday on measure to stop Trump's declaration of emergency at the border

  22-02-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Many Republicans are uneasy with the president declaring a national emergency to get border wall funding, but it's unclear if they'll vote against it.
  
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• Relatives of US oil industry ‘hostages’ in Venezuela make emotional appeal for their release

  22-02-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The six men – five US citizens and one permanent resident, and all employees of Citgo, the US subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-run Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) – were detained in November 2017 after being called to Caracas from Houston for a meeting.President Nicolas Maduro went on television to denounce them as “traitors”, saying: “They’re properly behind bars, and they should go to the worst prison in Venezuela.” Asdrubal Chavez, a cou
  
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• Saudi crown prince defends China's right to put Uighur Muslims in concentration camps

  22-02-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’’s crown prince, on Friday defended China’s use of concentration camps for Muslims, saying it was Beijing’s “right”. "China has the right to carry out anti-terrorism and de-extremisation work for its national security,” Prince Mohammed, who has been in China signing multi-million trade deals much to the annoyance of his Western allies, was quoted as saying on Chinese state television. Xi Jinping, China’s leade
  
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• Twitter erupts after R. Kelly indictment: 'I’ll celebrate when I see R. Kelly convicted'

  22-02-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  "Spread your wings and fly away, Robert. To jail," wrote actress Amber Tamblyn after the singer was indicted on charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. "I’ll celebrate when I see R. Kelly convicted," another Twitter user said.
  
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• This is what it looks like to plow snow on a highway

  22-02-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Snow plowers from the Arizona Department of Transportation are hard at work clearing Interstate-40 on Feb. 22.
  
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• Maduro’s Troops Kill Two in Border Clash over Humanitarian Aid

  22-02-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan troops on Friday killed two indigenous villagers attempting to block their convoy from reaching the Venezuela–Brazil border, where, the villagers believed, the troops planned to prevent humanitarian aid from entering the country.The troop convoy entered the indigenous village of Kumarakapay and fired on a group of residents attempting to block their path, killing one woman, Zoraida Rodriguez, and one man, Roland Garcia, and injuring many others, community leaders told
  
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• Planned Parenthood Cut Off From Federal Funding Under Trump Rule

  22-02-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Under a regulation issued on Friday, no health-care provider that offers abortion services will be eligible for the federal Title X program, which last year offered $286.5 million in grants that funded family-planning services.The rule “prohibits the use of Title X funds to perform, promote, refer for, or support abortion as a method of family planning,” according to a fact sheet published by the Department of Health and Human Services.Planned Parenthood has long been a target for an
  
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• Walt Disney World announces updates to Epcot, including new pavilion, 'experience center'

  22-02-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Walt Disney World is making updates to Epcot theme park, announcing a new play pavilion, a reimagined main entrance and a new Experience Center.
  
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• Video shows young conservative activists being assaulted on U.C. Berkeley Campus

  22-02-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  A conservative organization has released a video of an assault on the U.C. Berkeley campus involving a conservative activist and another man.
  
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• Britain's Harry and Meghan to champion cause of girls' education in rural Morocco

  22-02-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain's Prince Harry and his pregnant wife Meghan will begin a three-day visit to Morocco on Saturday during which they will show their support for rural girls' education in the Atlas mountains.The visit at the request of the British government is the second to the kingdom in recent years by a member of the royal family, following a trip by Prince Charles in 2011.Queen Elizabeth visited Morocco in 1980.
  
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• Correction: Empire Cast Member-Attack story

  22-02-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — In one version of a Feb. 21 story about "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett being charged with staging an attack on himself in Chicago, The Associated Press erroneously referred to police Superintendent Eddie Johnson speaking at a Thursday afternoon news conference. The news conference happened Thursday morning.
  
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• Donald Trump: Russian Asset?

  22-02-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  ‘I  think it’s possible” that President Donald Trump is a Russian asset, disgraced former FBI acting director Andrew McCabe told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday. McCabe also said to The Atlantic that FBI brass felt “concern about the president and whether or not he posed a national-security threat that we should be investigating.”On Wednesday, Russian president Vladimir Putin addressed the Federal Assembly in Moscow. “
  
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• Trump news: House to vote on national emergency resolution as new attack launched on abortion access

  22-02-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats have filed their “resolution of disapproval” challenging Donald Trump‘s decision to call a national emergency in order to build a wall on the US southern border with Mexico.While the president has claimed there is a "crisis" of illegal immigration in the United States, Democrats have questioned his motives — and noted that Mr Trump himself has suggested that he did not need to declare the emergency.Meanwhile Ahmed Ali Muthana, the father of Alabama Isis br
  
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• 2020 Vision: Bernie Sanders launches, like a rocket

  22-02-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders jumps into the race, raises $6 million and immediately mixes it up with the president.
  
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• The Real Culprit Behind Trump's Border Emergency? Climate Change

  22-02-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  By declaring a national emergency on the U.S. border, Trump elevated an issue caused in part by global warming
  
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• Prince Harry and wife Meghan to champion cause of girls education in rural Morocco

  22-02-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain's Prince Harry and his pregnant wife Meghan will begin a three-day visit to Morocco on Saturday during which they will show their support for rural girls' education in the Atlas mountains.The visit at the request of the British government is the second to the kingdom in recent years by a member of the royal family, following a trip by Prince Charles in 2011.Queen Elizabeth visited Morocco in 1980.
  
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• U.S. Weighing Trump-Xi Summit as Trade Deadline Nears, Sources Say

  22-02-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The meeting, which could take place in late March at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, would seek to resolve months of trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies.Trump is scheduled to meet Friday afternoon with China’s trade envoy, Vice Premier Liu He, who is leading a delegation to Washington this week for the latest phase in negotiations.The series of meetings in Beijing and Washington in recent weeks has been aimed at forging a deal envisioned by the two le
  
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• New Bottega Veneta designer Lee mixes modern and classic at Milan show

  22-02-2019 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Bottega Veneta's new creative director, Daniel Lee, premiered his first catwalk show for the Italian luxury label at Milan Fashion Week on Friday, in which he said he added a touch of modernity to the brand's classic looks.Lee, who was previously at French label Celine, kicked off the show in all leather looks - a décolleté dress, zipped biker jacket and trousers - and plenty of A-line quilted skirts that were held at the front with chunky golden chains.Coats and jackets had very l
  
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• Trump, Kim impersonators held for questioning by Hanoi police

  22-02-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump impersonators were held for questioning by Vietnamese police after they appeared in Hanoi, where the US and North Korean leaders will meet next week for a second summit.Kim impersonator Howard X and Donald Trump lookalike Russell White staged a 'meeting' in downtown Hanoi Friday ahead of a second summit between the real Trump and Kim on February 27-28 in the Vietnamese capital.
  
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• Democrats file resolution to block Trump's 'unconstitutional power grab'

  22-02-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Texas congressman Joaquín Castro, the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, is leading the effort.House Democrats will vote next week on a resolution to block the national emergency declaration issued by Donald Trump in order to access billions of dollars Congress refused to give him to build a wall along the border with Mexico.“The president’s act is lawless and does violence to our constitution and therefore to our democracy,” House speaker Nancy Pelosi said on a
  
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• China, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela in hot seat at U.N. rights forum

  22-02-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia will face criticism for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and its failure to cooperate with a U.N.-led inquiry, diplomatic sources said.Western countries look to Turkey and other members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to shine a spotlight on what China calls re-education and training facilities.U.N. experts say the camps hold a million Uighurs, who speak a Turkic language, and other Muslims.
  
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• Virgin test flight blasts to edge of space

  22-02-2019 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  A Virgin Galactic rocket plane on Friday soared to the edge of space with a test passenger successfully for the first time, nudging British billionaire Richard Branson’s company closer to its goal of suborbital flights for space tourists. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
  
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