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• Biden doesn't recall alleged kissing incident from 2014

  29-03-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Joe Biden's spokesman said Friday that the former vice president does not recall kissing a Nevada political candidate on the back of her head in 2014.
  
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• Jury selection begins in trial of Houston teen accused of fatally shooting his parents

  29-03-2019 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The high profile trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday morning with opening statements.
  
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• Mueller report on Trump and Russia to be made public by mid-April: Barr

  29-03-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  "Everyone will soon be able to read it on their own," Barr wrote in the letter to the top Democrats and Republicans on the Senate and House Judiciary committees.On March 22, Mueller completed his 22-month probe and Barr on Sunday sent a four-page letter to Congress that outlined the main findings.Barr told lawmakers that the investigation did not establish that members of the election campaign of President Donald Trump conspired with Russia.
  
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• Prosecutor: Charges not certain in 5th grader's fight death

  29-03-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It could take weeks to unravel exactly what led to the death of a fifth grader after an elementary school fight in South Carolina and whether anyone should face criminal charges, a prosecutor said Friday.
  
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• "We started to smell gas in the plane": Passengers describe odor that diverted SFO-bound flight

  29-03-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  "We started to smell gas in the plane": Passengers describe the in-cabin odor that caused an SFO-bound flight to be diverted after takeoff.
  
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• Exclusive: With a piece of paper, Trump called on Kim to hand over nuclear weapons

  29-03-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump gave Kim both Korean and English-language versions of the U.S. position at Hanoi's Metropole hotel on Feb. 28, according to a source familiar with the discussions, speaking on condition of anonymity.It was the first time that Trump himself had explicitly defined what he meant by denuclearization directly to Kim, the source said.The document's existence was first mentioned by White House national security adviser John Bolton in television interviews he gave after the two-day summit.
  
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• Trump says additional sanctions on North Korea not necessary

  29-03-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he decided not to put additional sanctions on North Korea last week because he wanted to maintain a good relationship with leader Kim Jong Un and because the North Korean people were already "suffering greatly.""I didn't think that additional sanctions at this time were necessary.It doesn't mean I don't put them on later," Trump told reporters at his Florida resort.A week ago Trump said he had decided against imposing new large-scale sanctions on N
  
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• Police standoff on an Atlanta-area freeway halts traffic

  29-03-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — A police standoff brought traffic to a standstill Friday on an Atlanta-area freeway as officers confronted a motorist who they believed was armed and matched the description of a robbery suspect.
  
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• Woman with YouTube channel pleads not guilty to abusing kids

  29-03-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman who had a popular YouTube channel featuring children pleaded not guilty Friday to charges she abused some of her seven adopted children by pepper-spraying them, striking them with a clothes hanger and making them take ice baths.
  
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• UK lawmakers reject Brexit deal for third time

  29-03-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  British MPs on Friday rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's EU divorce deal for a third time, opening the way for a long delay to Brexit -- or a chaotic "no deal" withdrawal in two weeks.The pound slipped as lawmakers defied May's plea to end the deadlock that has plunged Britain into a deep political crisis, defeating her withdrawal agreement by 344 votes to 286.The EU has set a deadline of April 12 for a decision, with two likely options: Britain leaves with no deal at all, or agrees a lengthy
  
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• The Origin Story: A blind date, a border and Beto O'Rourke

  29-03-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — "1659."
  
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• How We'd Spec It: The New BMW 3-Series in Its Proper Configuration, with an Inline-Six and Few Options

  29-03-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Yeah, BMW's turbo fours are good these days, but we still want the M340i's sweet six.
  
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• Facebook to restrict Facebook Live after New Zealand mosque shootings, Sheryl Sandberg says

  29-03-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Facebook is considering restrictions on who can livestream on the social network following shootings at two New Zealand mosques, Sheryl Sandberg said.
  
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• Tunisia says it will coordinate Arab response to U.S. move on Golan

  29-03-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Tunisia will coordinate with fellow Arab countries to contain any fallout from the U.S. decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui said on Friday."We will work with fellow Arab countries and the international community to contain the expected repercussions of this decision in the various regional and international forums," Jhinaoui told the meeting in Tunis.
  
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• Ex-Trump aide Papadopoulos says he's seeking a pardon and considering withdrawing guilty plea

  29-03-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos tells the Yahoo News podcast "Skullduggery" that he is considering withdrawing his guilty plea in the Russia investigation and seeking a pardon from President Trump.
  
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• Barr Hints at Wider Release of Mueller Report as Democrats Fume

  29-03-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  In a letter to lawmakers on Friday, Barr said that sensitive material such as grand jury evidence will be stripped out of the version he sends to Congress.“As I informed the attorney general earlier this week, Congress requires the full and complete Mueller report, without redactions, as well as access to the underlying evidence, by April 2,” House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler said in a statement.
  
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• Venezuela: Red Cross brokers Maduro-Guaidó deal to allow aid delivery

  29-03-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  * First shipment for 650,000 could reach Venezuela in two weeks* Red Cross says aid must be ‘neutral, impartial and unhindered’Tthe Tienditas bridge, which links Venezuela and Colombia, was blocked off with containers earlier this month. Photograph: Juan Pablo Bayona/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Red Cross has brokered a deal with representatives of Venezuela’s embattled leader, Nicolás Maduro, and his rival, Juan Guaidó, to allow humanitarian aid into the country, indicati
  
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• Pope signs law to prevent child abuse in Vatican and its embassies

  29-03-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Although the city state within Rome is tiny, and very few children live there, the sweeping legal changes reflect a desire to show that the Catholic Church is finally acting against clerical child abuse after decades of scandals around the world.It is the first time a unified and detailed policy for the protection of children has been compiled for the Vatican and its embassies and universities outside the city state.The law sets up procedures for reporting suspected abuse, imposes more screening
  
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• Parents in College Scandal Face Judge and Tough Plea Deals

  29-03-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Now they’re on the road again, this time appearing in federal court in Boston on Friday as the clock ticks down on plea bargains for their alleged role in the biggest college admissions scam the U.S. has ever prosecuted.“The government’s being very aggressive," said Patric Hooper, who is representing oncologist Greg Colburn and his wife, Amy.The first wave of parents, 15 of them, began to appear at noon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Page Kelley, who set bail and addressed other
  
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• Attorney General Barr says Mueller report to be released 'by mid-April'

  29-03-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  We are preparing the report for release,” Barr wrote.
  
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• Trump threatens to seal the border if Mexico doesn't 'immediately stop' immigrants

  29-03-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump threatened to close the southern border next week if Mexico doesn't "immediately" step up its efforts to block immigrants.
  
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• American and Delta join United, other airlines in offering discounts for stranded WOW Air passengers

  29-03-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Passengers scrambling to find tickets on other airlines to get home or to their vacation destination are finding limited options, most of them pricey.
  
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• Tulsi Gabbard says it's a 'good thing' Trump wasn't charged by Mueller

  29-03-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Saying it is time to "put aside partisan interests," Gabbard celebrated Mueller's findings.
  
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• Apple, in rare reversal, pulls plug on wireless charging mat

  29-03-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple Inc on Friday said it is canceling the AirPower wireless charging mat that the company announced in 2017 on the same day as its iPhone X, a rare public retreat for the gadget maker known for splashy product launches.The mat was intended to wirelessly charge up to three Apple products at once, such as an iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods wireless headphones.While wireless charging has spread through the gadget industry, charging three devices at once with higher wattage "fast charging" has pr
  
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• AG William Barr plans to release Mueller report by mid-April. 'Everyone will soon be able to read it.'

  29-03-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney General William Barr told Congress on Friday he plans to release special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russia and the Trump campaign.
  
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• Judge nixes Mexican holiday for executive charged in U.S. college admissions scandal

  29-03-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge on Friday nixed the international family vacation plans of a former senior executive at private equity firm TPG Capital charged in connection with the U.S. college admissions scandal, saying he posed a flight risk.Bill McGlashan, who prosecutors say was among the wealthy parents who engaged in fraud and bribery schemes to help get their children into colleges, had sought to go ahead with a planned family vacation to Mexico.
  
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• International Red Cross ready for Venezuela humanitarian aid operation

  29-03-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  President Nicolas Maduro in February blocked efforts by political opponents to bring U.S.-backed aid into the country across its borders with neighboring Colombia and Brazil, and has denied the country is suffering a humanitarian crisis.The IFRC "can count on the legal and technical conditions to work in the country, to gain access to humanitarian aid that is so needed," the group's President Francesco Rocca told a press conference."This obviously will not resolve the problems in Venezuela and n
  
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• DeVos teaches the wrong thing: Today's Toon

  29-03-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
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• Alex Jones: Instagram refuses to remove right-wing conspiracy theorists' anti-semitic post

  29-03-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Infamous conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was expected to have his Instagram account shut down, or at least have a recently posted photo deleted, after he recently posted an image of an art piece called “False Profits” on his Instagram story.The image depicts six white men with hooked noses playing monopoly on the backs of other humans, surrounded by gold, skulls, money, medicine, and a globe. In the background appears to be the city of Manhattan in nuclear fall-out, and the men sit in
  
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• What we learned from Barr's summary of the Mueller report

  29-03-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  What’s in the attorney general’s summary of the Trump-Russia investigation? And will the report be made public? Full four-page letter of Barr’s summaryFollow the latest US politics news William Barr sent his summary of the Muller report to Congress on SundayPhotograph: Alex Wroblewski/Getty ImagesBarr is still reviewing Muller’s report
  William Barr: Although my review is ongoing, I believe that it is in the public interest to describe the report and to summarize the princ
  
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• Review: Apple's New AirPods Are Great if You Don't Have AirPods Yet

  29-03-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  But existing users have less of a reason to upgrade
  
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• U.S. Attorney General Barr will release redacted copy of Mueller report by mid-April

  29-03-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney General William Barr plans to issue a redacted copy of the nearly 400-page investigative report by mid-April, he said a letter to lawmakers.
  
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• Apple's AirPower Wireless Charging Mat Gets Shot Down Months After Missed Deadline

  29-03-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The product was supposed to charge multiple devices at once — wirelessly
  
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• Oil posts biggest quarterly rise since 2009 on OPEC cuts, sanctions

  29-03-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The May Brent crude oil futures contract, which expired Friday, gained 57 cents, or 0.8 percent, to settle at $68.39 a barrel, marking a first-quarter gain of 27 percent.U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures rose 84 cents, or 1.42 percent, to $60.14 a barrel, and posted a rise of 32 percent in the January-March period.GRAPHIC: Crude futures quarterly performance - https://tmsnrt.rs/2HSqli7U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela have boosted prices this year.
  
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• William Barr to give Congress redacted version of Mueller report by mid-April

  29-03-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Lawmakers will receive findings from the Trump-Russia investigation, with no plans for Trump to add his own editsFollow the latest US politics updates live William Barr said he intended to censor some of the report to protect the privacy of people mentioned. Photograph: Joshua Roberts/ReutersCongress will be given a redacted version of Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia report by mid-April and there are no plans for Donald Trump to add his own edits, the US attorney general, William Barr, said
  
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• Israeli troops wound Palestinians, anniversary rally approaches

  29-03-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Around 200 Palestinians have been killed and thousands injured by Israeli fire at the protests, Gaza medics say, as the demonstrations turned into an often deadly standoff between Gazans hurling rocks and petrol bombs and Israel troops on the other side of the fence.Israel defends its use of lethal force, saying that its troops are defending the border and Israelis living near it.With security already featuring prominently as an issue in Israeli elections due on April 9, Prime Minister Benjamin
  
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• How to Use an HSA to Save for Retirement

  29-03-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Millions of Americans either have or are eligible for health savings accounts, but many fail to understand their benefits.Only a quarter of workers say funding their account is a financial priority, according to the 2018 Health Accounts Employee Attitudes Survey from Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory and solutions firm."The HSA was created when high-deductible (insurance) plans came about," explains Joseph Conroy, author of "Decades & Decisions: Financial Planning at Any Age," and a fi
  
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• US woman kidnapped in Afghanistan says husband's abuse was just like captors'

  29-03-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Caitlan Coleman says her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, was violent towards her before, during and after their kidnapping Caitlin Coleman leaves the Ottawa court house in Ottawa, Ontario, on Wednesday. Photograph: Lars Hagberg/AFP/Getty ImagesA Canadian man who was kidnapped with his wife in Afghanistan was controlling and violent towards her before, during and after their five-year hostage ordeal, she told a Canadian court on Friday. Caitlan Coleman, 33, gave testimony for a second day at the
  
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• UPDATE 4-Mueller report on Trump and Russia to be made public by mid-April -Barr

  29-03-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Attorney General William Barr plans to make public a redacted copy of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's nearly 400-page investigative report into Russian interference in the 2016 election by mid-April, "if not sooner," he said in a letter to lawmakers on Friday."Everyone will soon be able to read it on their own," Barr wrote in the letter to the top Democrats and Republicans on the Senate and House Judiciary committees.On March 22, Mueller completed his 22-month probe and Barr on Sunday sent
  
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• Trump threatens to close border with Mexico 'next week'

  29-03-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Friday again accused Mexico of failing to curb the flow of migrants illegally entering the US, and threatened to close the common border "next week" unless something changes.Trump's latest tweets ramp up the tension between the neighbors, putting a specific timeframe to his threats to shut the border, one of the busiest in the world."If Mexico doesn't immediately stop ALL illegal immigration coming into the United States through our Southern Border, I will be CLOSING th
  
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• Red Cross to Begin Humanitarian Aid Mission Inside Venezuela

  29-03-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Francesco Rocca, president of the Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, told reporters in Caracas on Friday that the organization had reached an agreement with the government and opposition.President Nicolas Maduro has until now blocked any delivery of food and medicine as he’s denied Venezuela is beset by shortages and a broken health care system.“This is an operation similar to what’s going in Syria, in terms of the amount of people that will be attended,”
  
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• How the F-15 Will Become a 'Flying Arsenal' To Help F-22s Wage War

  29-03-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Here is how it will work.
  
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• US says Russians in Venezuela to fix missile system

  29-03-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  A Russian military deployment to Venezuela that has prompted warnings by the United States was meant largely to fix a broken missile system, a US official said Friday."One of the things they are doing seems to be, and we have thought this from the very beginning, helping the regime with the S-300 ground-to-air missile system which apparently got all screwed up... by the blackout," Abrams told reporters.The S-300 is a major missile defense program designed to shoot down aircraft and other missile
  
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• UPDATE 1-Israeli troops wound Palestinians, anniversary rally approaches

  29-03-2019 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli troops shot and wounded 10 Palestinians on the Gaza border on Friday, Gaza medical officials said, as Israeli tanks massed on the eve of a huge rally to mark the first anniversary of the start of the deadly protests.Around 200 Palestinians have been killed and thousands injured by Israeli fire at the protests, Gaza medics say, as the demonstrations turned into an often deadly standoff between Gazans hurling rocks and petrol bombs and Israel troops on the other side of the fence.Israel de
  
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• U.S. readying sanctions on Russia over nerve-agent attack in Britain: Bloomberg

  29-03-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The White House has received a package of new sanctions to be imposed on Russia in retaliation for the 2018 nerve-agent attack on a Russian double agent in Britain, Bloomberg reported on Friday.Officials at the U.S. Treasury and State Departments have vetted the sanctions and are awaiting approval from the White House to issue them, Bloomberg said, citing people familiar with the matter.Sergei Skripal, a former colonel in Russia's GRU military intelligence service, and his 33-year-old daughter,
  
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• California DoorDash Driver Secretly Sips Milkshake Before Giving to Customer

  29-03-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  A doorbell camera captured a DoorDash delivery driver appearing to take a sip of the very milkshake he's about to deliver to a Stockton, California home.
  
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• US says could send Venezuela aid through Red Cross

  29-03-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States on Friday welcomed a Red Cross announcement that it would distribute aid in Venezuela and said it may send assistance through the international organization after Washington's own forceful bid failed.The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent said it would impartially distribute badly needed assistance in the economically battered country in two weeks, initially reaching 650,000 people.Elliott Abrams, the envoy heading the US effort to oust President Nicolas
  
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• Pope requires sex abuse claims be reported in Vatican City

  29-03-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has issued sweeping new sex abuse legislation for the Vatican City State and Vatican diplomats that requires the immediate reporting of allegations to Vatican prosecutors, as he seeks to create a model policy for the Catholic Church.
  
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