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• Casino robbery suspect dies after shootout with police

  16-03-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say a robbery suspect died Saturday following brief shootout outside the Bellagio hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip while an officer who was shot in his bulletproof vest escaped serious injury.
  
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• The Latest: Downstream Missouri River prepares for flooding

  16-03-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on flooding in the Midwest (all times local):
  
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• UK PM May warns of long delay to Brexit unless parliament backs her deal

  16-03-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Theresa May's warned lawmakers that unless they approved her Brexit divorce deal after two crushing defeats, Britain's exit from the European Union could face a long delay and could involve taking part in European parliament elections.After two-and-a-half years of tortuous divorce negotiations with the EU, the final outcome is still uncertain with options including a long delay, exiting with May's deal, a disorderly exit without a deal or even another referendum.May has issued Bre
  
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• Serbian protesters enter state TV headquarters in Belgrade

  16-03-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Demonstrators protesting the autocratic rule of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic burst into state-run TV headquarters in Belgrade on Saturday to denounce a broadcaster whose reporting they consider highly biased.
  
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• Death toll rises to 50 as New Zealand mourns victims

  16-03-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The death toll from horrifying shootings at two mosques in New Zealand rose to 50, police said Sunday, as Christchurch residents flocked to memorial sites and churches across the city Sunday to lay flowers and mourn the victims.The additional death was discovered as bodies were being removed from the mosques in the southern city, police said, with forensic officers from across New Zealand flying into the city to assist with the identification process.The outpouring of grief and support came a da
  
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• Anti-government protesters briefly break into Serbia TV building

  16-03-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Protesters briefly broke into Serbia's state television building in the capital Belgrade on Saturday demanding media freedom and unbiased coverage of more than three months of anti-government demonstrations.The protesters had been taking part in a demonstration by several thousand people against the rule of President Aleksandar Vucic and his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), calling for media freedom as a condition for free and fair elections.
  
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• New Zealand prepares to bury victims of terror attack on its Muslim community

  16-03-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The stricken Muslim community of Christchurch was preparing to bury its dead after the far right terrorist attack on two mosques which stunned New Zealand. Graves for the victims of the worst mass shooting in the country’s history were being dug on Saturday, in anticipation of their bodies being released by the authorities. Workmen using diggers carefully prepared the ground in a quiet corner of Memorial Park Cemetery, with colleagues erecting a cloth over a fence to preserve the dignity o
  
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• Australia bans tour by alt-right star Milo Yiannopoulos over New Zealand massacre remarks

  16-03-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Australia — home of the suspected gunman in the killing of at least 50 people at a New Zealand mosque — has banned right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos from touring over his social media response to the  massacre.
  
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• How a hero in New Zealand mosque attack used cat-and-mouse chase, shooter's own gun to save lives

  16-03-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The death toll of Friday's terrorist attacks in New Zealand that killed 50 might have been much greater if not for the actions of a man they say is a hero.
  
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• U.S. Navy veteran held in Iran sentenced to 10 years in prison, attorney says

  16-03-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Michael T. White, a U.S. Navy veteran, was sentenced to 10 years in an Iranian prison, according to his attorney, potentially fueling more friction between the U.S. and Iran.
  
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• NYPD: Man arrested in death of Frank Cali, reputed Gambino crime family boss

  16-03-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Anthony Comello, 24, was arrested in connection to the shooting of reputed Gambino family crime boss Frank Cali, New York police said Saturday.
  
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• Ethiopia crash probe advances with voice download, fresh details

  16-03-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  While experts say it is too soon to know what brought down the Boeing 737 MAX 8 on March 10, aviation authorities worldwide have grounded Boeing's 737 MAXs, as concerns over the plane caused the company's share price to tumble.In Addis Ababa, a source who has listened to the air traffic control recording of the plane's communications said flight 302 had an unusually high speed after take-off before the plane reported problems and asked permission to climb quickly.A voice from the cockpit of the
  
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• Teen eggs Australian senator who blames Muslims for attack

  16-03-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian senator had a raw egg cracked over his head and faces censure from his fellow lawmakers after sparking outrage by blaming Muslim immigration for the New Zealand mosque shootings.
  
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• Beto O'Rourke runs 5K to start longer race for US Democratic nod

  16-03-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  With a smooth stride and relaxed posture, Beto O'Rourke was literally running for US president on Saturday.The race in the Iowa City suburb of North Liberty allowed O'Rourke, an athletic-looking 46 years old, to project an image of youthful vigor -- in unspoken contrast to some of his much older political rivals.O'Rourke announced on Thursday that he would seek the nation's highest office, and his presence in Iowa was no accident: It is one of the earliest, and thus most important, states to hol
  
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• Ethiopia crash investigation needs 'considerable' time: minister

  16-03-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Identifying the cause of the deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people and caused the worldwide grounding of a brand-new Boeing aircraft model will take "considerable time," an Ethiopian government minister said Saturday.The crash of Flight ET 302 minutes into its flight to Nairobi on March 10 killed all onboard and caused the worldwide grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft model involved in the disaster."The investigation of such magnitude requires a careful analysis and consi
  
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• Netflix finally agrees to cut controversial train explosion footage from 'Bird Box'

  16-03-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Netflix announced Friday that it will cut a real fiery train disaster used in the Sandra Bullock drama "Bird Box," following months of outcry.
  
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• Bear cubs found along Highway 96 in South Lake Tahoe may have been poached

  16-03-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  BABY BEARS: Wildlife officials say they believe someone illegally separated the cubs from their mother and left the young animals along the highway.
  
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• MS-13 members accused of stabbing 16-year-old 100 times

  16-03-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  MS-13 members have been arrested and accused of stabbing a 16-year-old boy 100 times and setting the body on fire.
  
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• The U.S. Navy Had a Weird, Hand-Cranked Grenade Launcher

  16-03-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  But the old-school design set the stage for weapons still in use today.
  
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• Ethiopian jet asked permission to climb then vanished: source

  16-03-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, which crashed killing 157 people, had an unusually high speed after take-off before the plane reported problems and asked permission to climb quickly, said a source who has listened to the air traffic control recording.A voice from the cockpit of the Boeing 737 MAX asked to climb to 14,000 feet above sea level - 6,400 feet above the airport - but vanished from radar at 10,800 feet after starting a right turn home due to what the pilot described as a flight control
  
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• College admissions scandal: Does attending an elite school mean you'll earn more money?

  16-03-2019 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  The college admissions scandal comes down to money. Graduating from elite schools translates into better jobs and higher salaries, most people think.
  
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• Exclusive: High speed, then a failed climb for doomed Ethiopia flight

  16-03-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  A voice from the cockpit of the Boeing 737 MAX requested to climb to 14,000 feet above sea level - about 6,400 feet above the airport - before urgently asking to return, the source told Reuters on condition of anonymity because the recording is part of an ongoing investigation.Addis Ababa is surrounded by hills and, immediately to the north, the Entoto Mountains.
  
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• Paris luxury stores looted, burned in 'yellow vest' riots

  16-03-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Rioters looted and torched shops and businesses on the famed Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on Saturday, on the 18th weekend of French "yellow vest" protests, characterised by a sharp increase in violence after weeks of dwindling turnout.President Emmanuel Macron cut short a ski weekend in the Pyrenees mountains as hooded protesters went on the rampage in Paris, leaving a trail of destruction in the touristic heart of the city.The police appeared overrun as protesters swarmed the Champs-Elysees,
  
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• French protesters attack police in Paris

  16-03-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Police in Paris said that more than 100 people have been arrested amid yellow vest protest violence in the French capital. (March 16)
  
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• The Latest: Homes flood in some northern Illinois cities

  16-03-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  GLENWOOD, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on flooding in the Midwest (all times local):
  
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• 'It's the apocalypse': Paris rioters run amok at yellow vest rallies

  16-03-2019 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  The Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris was a sea of black and yellow on Saturday as black-clad anarchists used a "yellow vest" rally to run amok, looting shops and torching businesses in scenes reminiscent of the riots that shook the city late last year.The demonstrator was referring to December 1, when protesters went on the rampage in Paris, smearing the Arc de Triomphe war memorial in graffiti in a frenzy of vandalism, looting and arson.The violence prompted President Emmanuel Macron's government
  
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• Teen in Viral Video Eggs Australian Politician Who Blamed Immigration for New Zealand Mosque Shootings

  16-03-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Teen in Viral Video Eggs Australian Politician Who Blamed Immigration for New Zealand Mosque Shootings
  
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• Unrest returns to Paris with worst yellow vest violence in weeks

  16-03-2019 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Anti-government protesters hurled rocks and paving slabs at police, looted boutiques, smashed up a luxury restaurant on Paris’s famed Champs-Elysées and set a bank on fire on Saturday. A mother and her baby trapped on the second floor of the building, as flames surged up from the bank branch on the ground floor, were rescued by firefighters. The bank offices were gutted and 11 people were slightly injured, including two police officers. Smoke and tear gas shrouded the Champs-Elys&ea
  
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• Where's Mick? Trump acting chief of staff has low-key style

  16-03-2019 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump struggled with mounting Republican defections over his emergency declaration to pay for a border wall, his acting White House chief of staff wasn't on Capitol Hill cajoling former colleagues or in the West Wing making calls.
  
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• Newborns, elderly among St. Patrick's Day crowds in Savannah

  16-03-2019 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Born just 3 months ago, Caroline Homans looked as if she might sleep through her first St. Patrick's Day parade Saturday, cradled in her grandfather's arms as he held a beer in his free hand. A couple of blocks away, 83-year-old Hugh Helmly sat in a chair by the sidewalk with a large magnifying glass to help him view the Savannah's Irish-themed procession.
  
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• The Latest: French protesters slam Macron's 'empty words'

  16-03-2019 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on yellow vest protests in France (all times local):
  
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• Suspected white supremacist charged with murder after New Zealand mosque shootings

  16-03-2019 18:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Tarrant, handcuffed and wearing a white prison suit, stood silently in the Christchurch District Court where he was remanded without a plea.Friday's attack, which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern labeled as terrorism, was the worst ever peacetime mass killing in New Zealand and the country had raised its security threat level to the highest.Footage of the attack on one of the mosques was broadcast live on Facebook, and a "manifesto" denouncing immigrants as "invaders" was sent to politicians and me
  
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• Trump downplays white nationalism threat after massacre

  16-03-2019 18:46 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump played down any threat posed by white nationalism after the gunman accused of the New Zealand mosque massacre called the president "a symbol of renewed white identity."
  
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• Nebraska hit with worst flooding in 50 years

  16-03-2019 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Nebraska is dealing with the worst flooding its seen in 50 years after a powerful, late-winter 'bomb cyclone' storm pushed into the U.S. Midwest. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
  
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• The Latest: Mandatory evacuation ordered for some in Fremont

  16-03-2019 18:26 via news.yahoo.com
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Latest on flooding in the Midwest (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Posh Paris restaurant set on fire amid protests

  16-03-2019 18:21 via news.yahoo.com
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on yellow vest protests in France (all times local):
  
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• Scandal lays bare stress of elite college admissions process

  16-03-2019 18:12 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With dreams of UCLA for her daughter, single mother Donna Balancia chose a high-rent apartment to get her into Beverly Hills High School, which she hoped would give her the best shot at the college of her choice.
  
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• Beto O'Rourke was part of hacking group as a teen where he wrote story about running over children

  16-03-2019 18:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke acknowledged he was a part of a hacking group while he was campaigning in Iowa Friday, but did not say whether he regrets his involvement.
  
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• Chelsea Clinton Confronted at Vigil for New Zealand Mosque Shooting Victims Over Her Criticism of Rep. Ilhan Omar

  16-03-2019 18:04 via news.yahoo.com
  "This right here is the result of a massacre stoked by people like you"
  
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• Drake Bell teases a 'Drake & Josh' reboot: 'We’re working on something'

  16-03-2019 18:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Drake Bell says he and former "Drake & Josh" co-star Josh Peck are in talks with several networks about a new show.
  
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• As Boeing faces scrutiny over the 737 Max 8, it can draw on high-flying influence campaign

  16-03-2019 17:59 via news.yahoo.com
  For aviation observers, there was little surprise Trump took a call from Boeing's CEO Dennis Muilenburg after his tweets about the grounded 737 Max 8.
  
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• 5 things to know about Boeing's problems over new airplane

  16-03-2019 17:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Investigators at a lab in France and a field in Ethiopia are looking for clues into the second deadly accident involving Boeing's newest jetliner, while DNA testing has started to identify the remains of victims.
  
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• Road turns into river in midst of flash flooding

  16-03-2019 17:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Parts of Highway 92 in Omaha, Nebraska have become a river.In other areas, the road has even washed away.According to a local trooper, the water has risen in the area over foot in as little as 30 minutes.
  
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• The Latest: Rescue, evacuations continue in eastern Nebraska

  16-03-2019 17:36 via news.yahoo.com
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Latest on flooding in the Midwest (all times local):
  
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• Edwards, Medtronic heart valve systems prove worth in low-risk patients -studies

  16-03-2019 17:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Both companies already have approvals for their TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve replacement) systems for use in patients too frail to endure surgery and those deemed at intermediate risk.An estimated 165,000 low-risk patients suffer from severe aortic stenosis each year in the United States, Western Europe and Japan, a condition that can lead to heart failure in as little as two years, Medtronic said.With TAVR, the replacement heart valve is threaded into place through an artery via catheter, s
  
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• Teen eggs an Australian official after his racist reaction to the New Zealand shooting

  16-03-2019 17:16 via news.yahoo.com
  One Australian teen gave the world a much-needed moment of catharsis on Saturday, egging Australian senator Fraser Anning over his reaction to the horrific Christchurch, New Zealand mass shooting and taking a punch in the face for his efforts. Video of the incident, showing the teen sliding up behind Anning while he spoke to reporters, immediately went viral. The teen splats an egg on the back of Anning's head, filming the whole thing with his phone, which prompted Anning to spin around and
  
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• Democratic presidential candidates line up to target Mike Pence after Biden’s ‘decent guy’ comment

  16-03-2019 17:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator Kamala Harris, D-Calif, said it was “ridiculous” and “outrageous” he is unwilling to meet privately with female staff – prompting a flurry of Twitter refutations from top female administration officials.Mr Pence has found himself thrust unwittingly into the centre of the 2020 presidential debate, becoming a square-jawed punching bag for Democrats and, at times, even some in his own party.
  
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• Nebraska slammed by worst flooding in 50 years after massive 'bomb cyclone'

  16-03-2019 17:13 via news.yahoo.com
  At least one man is dead, two others are missing and hundreds are in temporary shelters amid the worst flooding in Nebraska in 50 years.
  
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• Experts begin examining Ethiopia jet cockpit recorder

  16-03-2019 17:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Experts say it is too soon to know what brought down the Boeing 737 MAX 8 on March 10, but aviation authorities worldwide have grounded Boeing's 737 MAXs, as concerns over the plane caused the company's share price to tumble.A spokesman for the BEA agency said downloading the data from the recorder retrieved from wreckage was expected to take four to five hours.The BEA also issued a photo showing the recorder intact but dented by the impact of the plane's crash into a field minutes after take-of
  
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• Phillies' Harper 'little sore,' sits out with bruised ankle

  16-03-2019 17:03 via news.yahoo.com
  CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Bryce Harper sat out the Philadelphia Phillies game against the Houston Astros on Saturday, saying he's "a little sore" one day after getting hit by a pitch and bruising his right ankle.
  
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