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• Mueller report: special counsel delivers findings of Trump-Russia inquiry

  22-03-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  * Submission to attorney general signals end of criminal inquiry* Barr: ‘I remain committed to as much transparency as possible’* Robert Mueller submits report – live updates* Support the Guardian’s independent journalism and make a contributionRobert Mueller. Anticipation of his completed report has grown for months. Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRobert Mueller has completed his Trump-Russia investigation without prosecuting additional associates of the president, an
  
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• Facebook Is Accused of Knowing Cambridge Mined Its User Data

  22-03-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  D.C. Assistant Deputy Attorney General Jimmy Rock made the claim while arguing against the social network’s bid to dismiss the district’s consumer protection lawsuit against it.District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine sued Facebook in December, accusing it of allowing Cambridge University researcher Aleksandr Kogan to gain access to the personal information of some 70 million Americans, 340,000 of whom live in the capital.
  
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• Judge scrutinizes Trump's policy shift on asylum seekers

  22-03-2019 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. judge appeared skeptical Friday of one of the key arguments that civil liberties groups have made to try to block the Trump administration's policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico until their cases are heard.
  
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• Wallace warns against rush to judgment on Mueller report, says it's too early to tell whether it clears Trump

  22-03-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  A senior Justice Department official tells Fox News that special counsel Robert Mueller is not recommending any further indictments in the Russia investigation; reaction from 'Fox News Sunday' anchor Chris Wallace, 'The Daily Briefing' host Dana Perino and 'The Five' co-host Juan Williams.
  
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• 2 Adults, 2 Children Dead After Crash Involving Semi in Missouri

  22-03-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  The Missouri Highway Patrol says that four people have died as the result of an accident on Highway 47 at Forest View Drive near Union.
  
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• Mueller report: 'No indictments' after special counsel delivers report on Trump-Russia probe

  22-03-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Special counsel Robert Mueller has submitted a report to the attorney general’s office, signalling the end to a two year investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election.Mr Mueller did not recommend any further indictments, a senior Justice Department official said.Although no specific information from the report has been made available yet, this announcement may suggest no more criminal charges against Donald Trump associates from the investigation.
  
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• Mueller report: What happens now special counsel has finished the Trump-Russia probe?

  22-03-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  For the best part of two years, America and the rest of the world have waited for Robert Mueller to complete his report into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign.Now he has done so, and attorney general William Barr has said he could update members of congress with details as early as this weekend.“The special counsel has submitted to me today a ‘confidential report explaining the prosecution or declinat
  
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• U.S. lawmaker seeks Boeing whistleblowers, some MAX 737 orders in jeopardy

  22-03-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing and the FAA are under global regulatory scrutiny over software and training on the signature aircraft.Boeing risked losing a $6 billion order for the jet on Friday, its first since the world's entire fleet was grounded last week.American Airlines pilots were preparing to test Boeing's planned software upgrade for an anti-stall system on MAX simulators this weekend, saying they want their own safety guarantees on the software fix.
  
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• Mueller files report with attorney general — with no details made public

  22-03-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Special counsel Robert Mueller submitted a confidential report on the Russia investigation to Attorney General William Barr late Friday afternoon. The Justice Department provided no details on Mueller’s findings or conclusions.
  
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• The Fight Over the Mueller Report Is Just Beginning. Here’s What Comes Next

  22-03-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  "We’re going do everything in our legal and legislative powers"
  
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• Exclusive: IADB cancels China meeting after Beijing bars Venezuela representative

  22-03-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The sources said the decision was made in Washington on Friday at a meeting of the executive board of the IADB, Latin America's largest development lender, after China refused to change its position.On Thursday, the United States threatened to derail the March 26-31 meeting unless Beijing granted a visa to Guaido's representative, Harvard economist Ricardo Hausmann.The meeting,slated to bring together finance and development ministers from the lender's members, was meant to mark the bank's 60th
  
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• Ben Stiller jokes about partaking in college admissions scam for his daughter

  22-03-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Ben Stiller took his daughter on a tour of California colleges and couldn't help but crack a joke about the college admissions bribery scandal.
  
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• The $159 AirPods really need one simple feature from these $30 true wireless earbuds

  22-03-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  As great as Apple's AirPods are, there's a simple feature they're lacking and it's a big deal for anyone who cares about sound quality, especially when it comes to bass. Instead of silicone tips, they have smooth plastic tips that will never maintain a seal and isolate sound in your ear. If you want a pair of cord-free earbuds that have silicone tips and won't cost you anywhere near $159, check out the SoundPEATS True Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds on Amazon.Here's some additional info from the prod
  
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• Make full Mueller report public, Democratic candidates demand

  22-03-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats running for president want Attorney General William Barr to swiftly release Robert Mueller's full report.
  
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• Factbox: Smoke or fire? Contacts between Trump campaign and Russia

  22-03-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump and Moscow have denied any collusion.Mueller handed in the keenly awaited report on his probe, the Justice Department said on Friday.U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded Russia interfered in the presidential election with a campaign of hacking and propaganda to sow discord in the United States and damage the Republican Trump's Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.
  
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• William Barr: Who is the attorney general Mueller just gave his report to?

  22-03-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election — and his findings on whether Donald Trump’s presidential campaign committed wrongdoings to secure the Oval Office — is now officially in the hands of Attorney General William Barr.Mr Barr, who was confirmed earlier this year after being appointed to lead the Justice Department under Mr Trump, stopped short of vowing to release the full findings of the special counsel during his Congressi
  
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• TEXT-Letter from U.S. attorney general to lawmakers on Mueller report

  22-03-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  In addition to this notification, the Special Counsel regulations require that I provide you with "a description and explanation of instances (if any) in which the Attorney General" or acting Attorney General "concluded that a proposed action by a Special Counsel was so inappropriate or unwarranted under established Departmental practices that it should not be pursued." 28 C.F.R. 600.9(a)(3).There were no such instances during the Special Counsel's investigation.
  
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• Trump news - live: Mueller submits report to attorney general William Barr

  22-03-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has yet again attacked John McCain in an interview with Fox Business, calling out the late senator’s “very evil purposes” in handing the FBI the Steele Dossier, which, he told host Maria Bartiromo, was “paid for by Hillary Clinton”.
  
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• Priest stabbed live on TV at Canada's biggest church

  22-03-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  A priest was stabbed in front of his congregation live on television during morning mass on Friday at Canada's biggest church, in what police described as an isolated incident.Footage broadcast on a Catholic television station and picked up by the top-rated CTV network showed a man in jeans, parka and white baseball cap approach Claude Grou at St Joseph's Oratory in Montreal, in front of 60 horrified parishioners.
  
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• Midwest flooding costs increasing, with $1.6B damage in Iowa

  22-03-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Friday that recent flooding in the state has caused an estimated $1.6 billion in damage, pushing the total costs from the devastating Midwest flooding to at least $3 billion.
  
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• JetBlue lawsuit claims pilots drugged three crew members and raped two

  22-03-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  A lawsuit claims that two JetBlue pilots drugged three crew members during a Puerto Rico layover, with one pilot allegedly raping two crew members.
  
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• U.S. lawmaker urges FAA, Boeing employees to disclose details on 737 MAX approval

  22-03-2019 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Peter DeFazio on Friday urged current or former Boeing Co and Federal Aviation Administration employees to come forward with any information about the government's aircraft certification program. Federal prosecutors, the Transportation Department's inspector general and lawmakers are investigating the FAA's certification of the 737 MAX 8 aircraft that has been involved in two fatal crashes since October
  
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• Trump Abruptly Scraps New North Korea Sanctions

  22-03-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump announced Friday that he had cancelled new sanctions on North Korea.> It was announced today by the U.S. Treasury that additional large scale Sanctions would be added to those already existing Sanctions on North Korea. I have today ordered the withdrawal of those additional Sanctions!> > -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 22, 2019Trump said in a tweet that he had "ordered the withdrawal" Friday of "additional large scale sanctions" which would have bee
  
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• Mueller investigation timeline: From James Comey to the report, every major step of the probe into Donald Trump

  22-03-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  After nearly two years, special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has finished the much-anticipated report on Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election that could lay bare the truth behind the foreign nation’s efforts to impact American democracy, and those who helped along the way.The conclusion of Mr Mueller’s probe comes amid a particularly polarising period in American politics, with the nation enraptured with the slow drip of details that have emerged from the investigation
  
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• Video Shows 78-Year-Old Woman Being Kicked Multiple Times on NYC Subway

  22-03-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities are searching for a man seen in cellphone video kicking a woman`s face and body several times on a train in the Bronx, police said Friday.
  
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• The Latest: Jury begins deliberating in cop's homicide trial

  22-03-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Latest on the homicide trial of a white Pennsylvania police officer in the shooting of an unarmed black 17-year-old (all times local):
  
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• Mueller Report Delivered to Attorney General

  22-03-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday evening delivered a report to attorney general William Barr detailing his nearly two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.Barr will now be tasked with deciding what information from the report will be made available to Congress and what will subsequently be shared with the public.“I may be in a position to advise you of the special counsel’s principal conclusions as so
  
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• Al Qaeda affiliate claims Mali army base attack

  22-03-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  A Mali-based al Qaeda affiliate has claimed responsibility for an attack on an army base that killed 23 Malian soldiers last week, its media arm said in a statement on Friday, citing violence against Fulani herdsmen as the motive.Violence by Islamist militants has proliferated in the sparsely populated Sahel in recent years, with groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State using central and northern Mali as a launchpad for attacks across the region.Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JN
  
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• California to waive environmental rules for fire season prep

  22-03-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom moved Friday to bypass environmental regulations to prepare for the next wildfire season, a move he said was necessary to prevent further loss of life even as it frustrated activists in a state viewed as a national environmental leader.
  
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• The Latest: Flood levels reached record in 3 towns

  22-03-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on flooding in the Midwest (all times local):
  
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• What’ll you do with all the money you save buying these $16 smart bulbs instead of $50 Philips Hues?

  22-03-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  If you decide to go with Philips Hue smart lights, you can easily spend hundreds of dollars on each room as you upgrade your old "dumb" lights to smart LED bulbs. After all, standard A19 color bulbs from Philips Hue are a whopping $50 each. Here's another option: check out MagicLight WiFi Smart Light Bulbs, which offer very similar features for just $16 a bulb or under $15 if you buy a 2-pack. In other words, you can buy three of these bulbs for every one comparable bulb from Philips Hue!Here ar
  
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• Brazilian ex-president remains silent under questioning

  22-03-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Michel Temer remained silent when questioned by investigators Friday, a day after he was arrested as part of the country's sprawling Car Wash corruption probe.
  
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• Pelosi calls Green New Deal 'a list of aspirations,' and her Democratic party isn't sold on it either

  22-03-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats agree that climate change needs to be addressed. Pronto. But they're divided on if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' Green New Deal is the answer.
  
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• We examined the gun laws of a dozen countries to show how they compare to New Zealand's new ban on semi-automatic weapons

  22-03-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  The approach to gun laws in each of the 12 countries varies widely depending on whether owning a gun is considered a right or a privilege.
  
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• May pushes for Brexit deal with new timetable

  22-03-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday tried to persuade MPs to back the Brexit deal, seeking to build bridges after lashing out at lawmakers for their indecision on Brexit.May wrote to all MPs to spell out the possible paths forward after European Union leaders granted a short delay to Britain's departure date at this week's EU summit.The premier faces daunting odds to persuade British lawmakers to support the plan -- something they have already overwhelmingly rejected twice -- by a new A
  
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• Robocalls: AT&T CEO gets spam call alert on his Apple Watch during a live interview

  22-03-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  At an Economic Club event in Washington, DC, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson was interrupted on stage by a robocall.
  
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• New Zealand Banned All Assault Weapons. Could That Work in America?

  22-03-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Here's the surprising answer
  
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• US slaps sanctions on Venezuelan bank

  22-03-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States on Friday slapped sanctions on a key Venezuelan bank, BANDES and four affiliates over their support for President Nicolas Maduro.The US move came just hours after Maduro's regime defied the United States and arrested a top aide of opposition leader Juan Guaido, whom Washington recognizes as the crisis-hit country's interim leader.Venezuelan Interior Minister Nestor Reverol accused the aide, Roberto Marrero, a 49-year-old lawyer who serves as Guaido's chief of staff, of leading
  
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• Autonomy founder Lynch set for $5 billion Hewlett-Packard court showdown

  22-03-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  HP is seeking damages of around $5 billion from Lynch and his former colleague Sushovan Hussain, alleging that they inflated the value of Autonomy before selling the big data firm, whose software searches and organises unstructured information, such as telephone conversations.Autonomy was supposed to be the centrepiece of a plan to transform HP from a PC and printer maker into a software-focused enterprise services firm, a shift successfully undertaken by IBM in the previous two decades.
  
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• Google rival wants more details about Google's Android proposal

  22-03-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Seznam, which attracts as much advertising spend as Google in the Czech Republic, took its grievance to the European Commission nearly three years ago.It subsequently joined lobbying group FairSearch whose complaint triggered the European Commission's investigation into Google's mobile operating system Android which ultimately led to a record 4.34 billion euro ($4.9 billion) fine.Seznam is losing market share because of Google's search engine installed by default on mobiles," said Michal Fe
  
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• Jared Kushner 'used WhatsApp to contact foreign leaders,' Democrats claim

  22-03-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Jared Kushnerused WhatsApp to communicate with foreign leaders, Democrats have claimed. Using the encrypted messaging service for government duties could violate a law banning White House officials from employing non-official electronic messaging accounts. Elijah Cummings, Democrat chairman of the House oversight committee, asked the White House to provide information on whether Mr Kushner, a senior adviser to the president, had used WhatsApp to communicate sensitive or classified details. Mr Cu
  
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• Rumor: The Ford F-150 Raptor Is Getting the Mustang GT500's Supercharged V-8

  22-03-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Sources within Ford say that this 700-plus-hp super-Raptor will be a sendoff for the current-gen pickup.
  
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• China's Worst Nightmare: A U.S. Military Presence on Taiwan?

  22-03-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Could it happen?
  
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• Meme asks what if Robert Mueller is just procrastinating?

  22-03-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  As we all anxiously await the Mueller report, a curious theory has emerged: What if Robert Mueller, special counsel of the Russia investigation and former director of the FBI, is just procrastinating?On a Friday afternoon -- a great time to put off work -- a lot of people wrote tweets about what Mueller might be up to in his procrastination hole. Sure, they might have done these tweets instead of doing their jobs, but that only makes the tweets better and more appropriate. (I say this because I
  
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• Department of Defense says 2 US service members were killed during an operation in Afghanistan

  22-03-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The fatalities bring the number of U.S. soldiers killed so far this year in Afghanistan to four; Lucas Tomlinson reports from the Pentagon.
  
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• This dual wireless charging pad works with the iPhone and Apple Watch, and it’s only $30

  22-03-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  If you're an Apple fan and you're waiting for the AirPower to finally be released after more than a year and a half of waiting, we've got a message for you: don't. Sure it might actually launch soon, but it's going to be an overpriced waste of money. Instead, pick up a FACEVER 2 in 1 Qi Wireless Charging Pad on Amazon for $29.69 after you clip the 10% coupon on the Amazon page. It'll charge your Apple Watch and your iPhone or AirPods (in a wireless charging case) at the same time, and it won't c
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks, yields drop on growth worries

  22-03-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• Correction: Southern Flood Threat story

  22-03-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  In a story March 21 about the U.S. flooding outlook, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of a weather forecaster. He is Kevin Low, not Lao.
  
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• US announces new financial sanctions on Venezuela after 'illegal' arrest of Juan Guaido's chief of staff

  22-03-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  The Trump administration on Friday announced additional sanctions for Venezuela in response to what it describes as the illegal arrest of opposition leader Juan Guaido's chief of staff. The Treasury Department announcement came while the President Donald Trump met with leaders from five Caribbean nations, where Venezuela was at the top of the agenda. The region has been far from united in joining the US call for the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro. The department is specifically targetin
  
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• UPDATE 1-U.S. adds criminal charges against ex-Autonomy CEO Lynch

  22-03-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. prosecutors on Friday added three new criminal charges to their indictment against British entrepreneur Mike Lynch related to the $11.1 billion sale of his software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard in 2011.Lynch faces a new charge of securities fraud, which carries a maximum prison term of 25 years, as well as additional charges of wire fraud and conspiracy in the 17-count indictment filed with the federal court in San Francisco.
  
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