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• A Mysterious Character in the Game of Thrones Trailer Could Herald a Major Season 8 Twist

  05-03-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Potential season 8 spoilers ahead
  
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• Video shows the moment tornado hit Alabama

  05-03-2019 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  A storm chaser captured the moment a tornado hit Beauregard in Alabama killing at least 23 and injuring more than 90 people. (March 5)
  
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• House plans vote condemning anti-Semitism, aimed at comments by Ilhan Omar

  05-03-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  A resolution condemning anti-Semitism is circulating among members of the House of Representatives in the wake of controversial comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
  
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• Mueller Hammers Manafort's Lack of Remorse as Sentencing Nears

  05-03-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  In their final submission to U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III in Alexandria, prosecutors working for Mueller accused the former chairman of President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign of shifting blame to “everyone from the Special Counsel’s Office to his Ukrainian clients.” The filing came in response to Manafort’s bid for leniency."Manafort suggests, for example, that but for the appointment of the Special Counsel’s Office, he would not have been charg
  
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• Trump refuses to hand over ‘Kushner clearance’ documents to Congress: ‘It’s a disgrace’

  05-03-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has refused efforts by Democrats in Congress to obtain files related to his son-in-law’s White House security clearance, calling the probes into his campaign and administration a “witch hunt”, and a “shame” for the United States.The comments came as House oversight committee chairman Elijah Cummings said on Tuesday that he and his colleagues would consider their "next steps” after the White House refused to hand over documents related to Jared Kus
  
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• Canada FM decries China halting canola shipments

  05-03-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Ottawa's foreign minister on Tuesday decried Beijing's move to block a major Canadian canola exporter's sales in China, the latest escalation in a burgeoning row between the two countries.Canada's largest agricultural handler, Winnipeg-based Richardson International, had its license to ship canola to China revoked on March 1, which risks leaving Canadian farmers with a glut on their hands."The situation with the Richardson company concerns me greatly," said Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, th
  
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• AOC Suggests the Media Unfairly Target Her Personal Life

  05-03-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fired off a tweet suggesting that the media unfairly target her family and love life in their reporting -- and I can’t stop laughing.Here’s the tweet:> You know, when I got to DC I was told that it’s considered “off-limits” to report on a member’s family, love life, etc.> > Unsure why that consideration is suspended for me.> > (Also for those who ask how I learned to handle pressure,try being the only daughter in a
  
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• Ex-Trump attorney calls Robert Mueller 'an American hero,' says probe not a 'witch hunt'

  05-03-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Former White House attorney Ty Cobb called special counsel Robert Mueller an "American hero" in an ABC News podcast interview.
  
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• Global stocks mixed as Brexit talks resume

  05-03-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Global stocks were mixed Tuesday as markets awaited details on US-China trade negotiations and Brexit talks resumed between the EU and Britain.
  
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• Nearly Two-Thirds of Voters Think Trump Committed Crimes Before Becoming President: Poll

  05-03-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Nearly two-thirds of American voters in a new poll think Donald Trump committed crimes before he became president, according to a new poll.
  
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• Michael Bloomberg announces he won't run for president in 2020, citing packed Democrat field

  05-03-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Michael Bloomberg, the former New York city mayor, has announced he will not run for the US presidency in 2020, defying widespread predictions of his candidacy.  Mr Bloomberg said that while he thought he could beat Donald Trump he was not sure he would win the Democratic nomination given the competitive field.  Instead Mr Bloomberg pledged to spend his next two years pushing for the policy changes, such as tighter gun controls and tackling climate change, in which he believes. &l
  
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• Apple’s 5G iPhone may face some interesting supply challenges

  05-03-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  With the rest of the mobile world scrambling to embrace 5G in 2019, it's no secret that Apple is in no rush to roll out iPhones with 5G support anytime soon. This shouldn't come as much of a surprise given that Apple didn't embrace 3G with the original iPhone and took its sweet time before embracing 4G LTE with the iPhone 5. Truthfully, Apple's strategy with respect to 5G is perfectly understandable given that broad coverage for 5G across the country is going to take some time. Indeed, many carr
  
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• Democrats Need to Face the Truth about Ilhan Omar

  05-03-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  House speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic-party leadership thought they solved their Ilhan Omar problem one month ago. After the freshman Minnesota congresswoman outraged both Democrats and Republicans with an anti-Semitic tweet about AIPAC buying congressional support with “the Benjamins,” Pelosi acted quickly.She set up a private meeting with Omar, following which the freshman issued a contrite-sounding apology saying that she had no idea that her comments were anti-Semitic. It
  
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• Violent Alabama tornado was among the USA's strongest and deadliest in years

  05-03-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The violent, devastating tornado that roared through eastern Alabama on Sunday was unusual for its for its extreme size, strength, and duration.
  
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• 'Extreme gust of wind' causes Norwegian cruise ship to list, injuring passengers

  05-03-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Norwegian cruise officials said the ship suddenly tilted under the force of an unexpected gale topping 100 knots, or about 115 mph
  
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• Trump administration warns of record illegal border crossings ahead of vote by Congress

  05-03-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The Trump administration warned Republican lawmakers Tuesday about record numbers of illegal crossings at the southern border with Mexico as Congress appeared to be on the verge of terminating President Donald Trump's declaration of an emergency there.Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen visited the U.S. Capitol as the White House sought to discourage more Republican defections on the measure rebuking the president.Republican senators had a "spirited discussion" on the matter, Senate Maj
  
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• Michael Bloomberg Decides Against Presidential Run in 2020

  05-03-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Bloomberg, 77, said while he believes he would beat Trump in a general election, he’s “clear-eyed” about how difficult it would be to win the Democratic nomination.“While there would be no higher honor than serving as president, my highest obligation as a citizen is to help the country the best way I can, right now,” Bloomberg said in an op-ed published by Bloomberg Opinion.Bloomberg is the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg
  
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• NATO chief wants to beef up Ukraine defenses against Russia threat

  05-03-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The commander of NATO forces in Europe, US General Curtis Scaparrotti, said Tuesday he wants to bolster Ukraine's defenses against Russia's "increasingly aggressive" posture in the east of the country and the Black Sea.The United States has already sold Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine in the past year, but there are "other systems, snipers systems, ammunition" that Washington could provide to strengthen Ukraine's forces, the general told Congress.
  
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• Hundreds of jihadists surrender in eastern Syria enclave

  05-03-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Islamic State (IS) faces defeat in Baghouz on the banks of the Euphrates, but it still holds remote pockets of land further west and has launched guerrilla attacks in other areas where it has lost control.The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Monday they had slowed their assault on Baghouz because more civilians, previously thought to have completely evacuated, were trapped in the enclave, but they promised to capture it soon.Mostafa Bali, head of the SDF media office, said that among some
  
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• HIV patient seemingly cured in second remarkable case, London doctors report

  05-03-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  HIV cure? A second patient is HIV-free after undergoing a bone marrow transplant intended to treat cancer.
  
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• Second HIV remission patient rekindles cure hope

  05-03-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  For just the second time ever an HIV patient is in sustained remission from the virus in what was hailed by experts Tuesday as proof that the AIDS-causing condition could one day be curable.Both patients underwent bone marrow transplants to treat blood cancers, receiving stem cells from donors with a genetic mutation present in less than one percent of Europeans that prevents HIV from taking hold.After 10 years of not being able to replicate (the first case), people were wondering if this was a
  
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• Several injured after 'extreme' gust of wind rocks cruise ship

  05-03-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Several passengers were injured when an "extreme" gust of wind rocked a cruiseship on Sunday night, sending chairs and people airborne and creating turmoilaboard the vessel
  
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• Aftermath: Alabama's tornado dead range in age from 6 to 89

  05-03-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  BEAUREGARD, Ala. (AP) — The youngest victim was 6, the oldest 89. One extended family lost seven members.
  
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• The 2020 Ford Transit Van Brings AWD and New Engines to the Scene

  05-03-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Van culture gets more comfortable, tech-laden, and efficient with the refreshed full-size Transit.
  
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• Venezuela's Guaido tells Maduro 'pressure just beginning'

  05-03-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido vowed on Tuesday to step up the pressure on President Nicolas Maduro a day after defying the threat of arrest to return to a hero's welcome in Caracas.The 35-year-old National Assembly leader has not even been mentioned publicly by Maduro's government since his homecoming from a tour of friendly neighbors, let alone faced arrest."They're drowning in contradictions, they don't know how to respond to Venezuela's people," Guaido told reporters.
  
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• US Customs and Border Protection releases 2019 Southwest border migration stats

  05-03-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The report notes an over 300 percent increase in the number of family units apprehended when compared to 2018.
  
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• Illegal US border crossings swell to 76,000 in February

  05-03-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The number of undocumented immigrants stopped at the US border with Mexico soared to more than 76,000 in February, the highest monthly level in years, US Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday.The number of families and unaccompanied children also rose to nearly two-thirds of the total, often crossing in large groups and turning themselves in to authorities to request asylum, blunting the Trump administration's tactics aimed at curbing the flow.It was also more than double the number of Febr
  
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• Rand Paul Is Right to Reject Trump’s Emergency Declaration

  05-03-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator Rand Paul has announced that, despite supporting improvements in border security, he will vote against President Trump’s emergency declaration on the grounds that it’s an abuse of executive power -- and he’s absolutely right.“Every single Republican I know decried President Obama’s use of executive power to legislate,” Paul wrote in an opinion piece for Fox News. “We were right then.”“But the only way to be an honest officeholder is t
  
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• 'Unprecedented and Extraordinarily Intrusive.' White House Refuses to Hand Over Documents on Security Clearance Process

  05-03-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Congress may subpoena them next
  
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• Teen vaccine rebel testifies to US Congress

  05-03-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Ethan Lindenberger spent his first 18 years unvaccinated -- defenseless against tetanus, polio, measles."I grew up understanding my mother believed vaccines are dangerous, as she would speak openly about her views both online and in person," the high schooler said Tuesday in testimony before a Senate hearing on contagious disease outbreaks.In recent weeks he has become a hero of believers in modern medicine in the United States, where health officials struggle to convince some that their refusal
  
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• Trump lashes out at 'crazy' opponents as pressure mounts

  05-03-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump branded Democratic opponents "crazy" and guilty of overreach Tuesday in a fevered response to a huge new probe of his alleged crimes.Trump's exclamation mark -- and capital letter -- laden outbursts indicated a rising temperature in a White House under assault from multiple directions.Democrats, who took control of the House of Representatives last November, suspect Trump of a slew of potentially impeachable offenses, including obstruction of justice and abuse of office.
  
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• A Man May Be Cleared of HIV for the Second Time in History. Here's What That Means

  05-03-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Is it a cure? Will it work for every HIV patient? Here’s what to know
  
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• The Latest: At least 20 tornadoes confirmed across Southeast

  05-03-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  BEAUREGARD, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the impact of a tornado in Alabama and Georgia (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Cummings: White House rebuffs document request

  05-03-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and congressional investigations (all times local):
  
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• At least seven missing in Alabama after deadly weekend tornadoes

  05-03-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The tiny community of Beauregard, near the Alabama-Georgia border, was beginning to mourn the 23 people confirmed killed by the storms, which included four children and seven people from one family, officials said on Tuesday.The victims ranged in age from 6 to 93 years old, Bill Harris, coroner for storm-ravaged Lee County, told a morning news conference.U.S. President Donald Trump said he will visit the areas of Alabama that were devastated by the tornadoes on Friday.
  
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• Alabama tornado: rescuers continue search after twister kills 23

  05-03-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  * At least three children killed as officials say toll could rise* Town of Beauregard wrecked by 170mph, mile-wide twisterRescue workers are continuing to search parts of rural eastern Alabama despite declining hopes of finding any more survivors after six tornadoes ripped across the state killing 23 people, including three children, and leaving hundreds homeless.The destruction of Beauregard, in Lee county, now little more than a tableau of smashed mobile homes, toys, clothes, insulation, water
  
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• An HIV patient may have been cured of the disease for only the second time in history

  05-03-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  The fight to beat HIV has been going on for a long, long time. The disease, which can be treated but not yet reliably beaten, often wins, but news out of London suggests that researchers may beginning to turn the tide. In what would only be the second time in medical history, an HIV patient appears to have been cured of the disease thanks to a bone marrow stem cell transplant.The man, who has been HIV positive since at least 2003, now appears to have had the virus driven from his system by a ver
  
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• 'I thought I was gone': This Alabama woman didn't think she'd make it out of the tornado alive

  05-03-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Officials say 24 families in Smiths Station, Alabama lost their homes in the storm March 3.
  
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• You Have Questions About Robert Mueller's Investigation. Here Are the Answers

  05-03-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Here are answers to some of the most-searched questions about Robert Mueller's investigation.
  
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• The Latest: McConnell calls anti-Israel attitudes disturbing

  05-03-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout from Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's most recent comments on Israel (all times local):
  
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• Alabama tornado victims revealed; area braces for weekend storms – and possible severe weather

  05-03-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities released the names of the 23 people killed in Sunday's tornado while forecasters warned more severe weather may be coming.
  
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• The Trump-Kim Summit in Hanoi: What Do Experts in China Think?

  05-03-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  One Chinese foreign-policy expert expressed optimism the United States and North Korea can reach a deal over Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal. Non-Chinese experts were less sanguine.
  
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• Chanel brings out stars to honour Lagerfeld's final collection

  05-03-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Chanel paid a classy tribute to Karl Lagerfeld Tuesday as it presented his final collection at the Grand Palais in Paris, the scene of some of the legendary designer's greatest triumphs.With fashionistas and Hollywood stars Kristen Stewart and Marion Cotillard in mourning black -- and Penelope Cruz on the runway -- Chanel turned the Grand Palais into an Alpine wonderland for the show.The vast vaulted venue where the "Kaiser" loved to stage his mega-shows became a set worthy of Lagerfeld at his s
  
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• JPMorgan backs away from private prison finance

  05-03-2019 20:37
  JPMorgan Chase & Co has decided to stop financing private operators of prisons and detention centers, which have become targets of protests over Trump administration immigration policies.
  
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• Teen who vaccinated himself says anti-vaxx Mom gets misinformation from Facebook

  05-03-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Ethan Lindenberger, 18, says his mother often cites social media groups to refute health officials. "That’s what they want you to think," she says.
  
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• The Latest: Trump to visit area devastated by deadly tornado

  05-03-2019 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  BEAUREGARD, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the impact of a tornado in Alabama and Georgia (all times local):
  
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• Poll: 64 percent of Americans think Trump has committed crimes

  05-03-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  More U.S. voters also believe Michael Cohen more than they do the president.
  
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• BB&T agrees to return funds to investors to settle SEC charges

  05-03-2019 20:31
  The top U.S. securities regulator said on Tuesday that BB&T Securities has agreed to return more than $5 million to retail investors and pay a $500,000 penalty to settle charges that a firm it...
  
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• Making gourmet Reese's Peanut Butter Cups is harder than you think

  05-03-2019 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Bon Appetit is back, and this time, Claire Saffitz is going a little nutty over Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Saffitz decides to take on the beloved candy, figuring out not only how to make it from scratch, but to make it gourmet. The OG Reese's, as she describes it, is almost "an assault of sugar." But the pastry chef is deflated when she realizes that to achieve maximum gourmet, it's suggested by multiple people that she temper the chocolate and make her own peanut butter from scratch.
  
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• Civilians pour out of last IS redoubt in Syria

  05-03-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Hundreds of civilians streamed out of the Islamic State group's last Syrian stronghold Tuesday into territory held by US-backed forces battling to finish off the jihadists' dying "caliphate".A total of 3,500 people exited the riverside village of Baghouz, including 500 jihadists who had surrendered, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said.Five SDF fighters were also freed, their spokesman Mustefa Bali said on Twitter.
  
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