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• Top Venezuela court calls to strip Guaido's immunity

  01-04-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela's top court called on the ruling Constituent Assembly Monday to strip opposition leader Juan Guaido of parliamentary immunity.The decision by the Supreme Court of Justice could open the way for President Nicolas Maduro's rival Guaido, recognized as interim president by more than 50 countries, to be prosecuted.The court ruling cited Guaido's violation of a ban on his travel outside Venezuela when he visited Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Paraguay from late February to early Ma
  
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• James Comey hints at 2020 presidential run in arguably the worst political April Fool’s prank yet

  01-04-2019 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  April Fool's Day is possibly the worst time to believe anything you read on the Internet. Take, for example, former FBI Director James Comey a message he sent to his more than one million followers on Twitter. The former FBI director posted a photo to his account showing him standing with his back towards the camera on an open road, looking into the distance with his hands in his pockets and his feet planted over a yellow lane separating each side of the street. “I’m in,” he wr
  
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• US stops F-35 fighter jet parts delivery to Turkey

  01-04-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of warnings, the United States has stopped delivery of F-35 fighter jet parts to Turkey in retaliation for Ankara's decision to move ahead with the purchase of a Russian surface-to-air missile system, the Pentagon said Monday.
  
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• Amazon-owned Whole Foods Market cutting prices on hundreds of items starting Wednesday

  01-04-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Prices will be reduced by an average of 20% on select items throughout Whole Foods Market starting April 3.
  
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• Boeing must do more work on proposed 737 fix: US regulator

  01-04-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing must perform more work on its proposed fix to 737 MAX aircraft before it can be submitted for review, US officials said Monday, suggesting the planes could stay grounded a while longer.Additional work is needed "to ensure that Boeing has identified and appropriately addressed all pertinent issues," a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said in a statement.The FAA statement is the bureaucratic equivalent of a "stop" sign after Boeing officials touted their proposed remedy last week d
  
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• This multi-cooker is pricey, but it’s got cool features you won’t find on any Instant Pot

  01-04-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  At between $80 and $180, many people think Instant Pots are very expensive. They're worth the cost, of course, but that's a lot of money to spend on a multi-use cooker regardless of how great it is. Believe it or not, there's actually a model out there that's even more expensive -- but as is the case with Instant Pots, it's worth every penny. The Breville BPR700BSS Fast Slow Pro Multi Function Cooker costs well over $200, and for that sum you get 11 different cook settings. But you also get one
  
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• U.S. halts F-35 equipment to Turkey, protests its plans to buy from Russia

  01-04-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. officials told their Turkish counterparts they will not receive further shipments of F-35 related equipment needed to prepare for the arrival of the stealthy jet, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters on Monday.The Pentagon confirmed the Reuters report that the equipment delivery had been stopped."Pending an unequivocal Turkish decision to forgo delivery of the S-400, deliveries and activities associated with the stand-up of Turkey's F-35 operational capability have been susp
  
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• Lyft gives up debut gains in second day of trading

  01-04-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Analysts blamed the 12 percent slump on lingering questions about how loss-making Lyft will become profitable and the big pop in its highly anticipated first day of trading.Lyft has been closely watched as a bellwether for larger rival Uber Technologies Inc, which sources say is planning to kick off its IPO in April.Lyft touched a session low of $67.78 on Monday before closing down 11.8 percent at $69.01, well below the company's IPO price of $72.
  
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• Larger class sizes may not be the answer: Today's Toon

  01-04-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
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• Trump team overruled 25 clearance denials, official says

  01-04-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A career official in the White House security office says dozens of people in President Donald Trump's administration were granted security clearances despite "disqualifying issues" in their backgrounds, including concerns about foreign influence, drug use and criminal conduct.
  
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• Parliament Fails to Back Any Plan B Options: Brexit Update

  01-04-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The government says the legal default will be for the U.K. to leave the European Union in 11 days.Theresa May is still aiming to get her unpopular deal through Parliament and will call a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday to discuss the next steps.Conservative Nick Boles, who led the move for a Norway Plus plan, made an emotional announcement in the Commons saying he’s resigning from May’s party.
  
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• California sales tax increases for 51 cities

  01-04-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  A new sales tax hike went into effect Monday for 51 California cities, including more than a dozen in Southern California.
  
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• The Latest: Sharp object used to kill SC college student

  01-04-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the death of a University of South Carolina student who mistakenly got in the wrong car (all times local):
  
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• Maxine Waters: Prosecutors Did ‘Correct Thing’ Dropping Smollett Charges

  01-04-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) claimed over the weekend that Cook County prosecutors did the “correct thing” by dropping the charges pending against Empire actor Jussie Smollett after a grand jury indicted him for staging a hate crime.“It’s the correct thing that the charges were dropped,” Waters told Extra in a Sunday interview. “First of all, we probably will never know all of the details. We’ve heard a lot of information. No
  
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• The Latest: Venezuela judge seeks to strip Guaido's immunity

  01-04-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Latest on Venezuela's Crisis (all times local):
  
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• R. Kelly sex-crimes case back in court; lawyers want to see correspondence with Avenatti

  01-04-2019 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Lawyers in the R. Kelly sex-crimes case were in court Monday to argue over pretrial motions, including Kelly's demand that prosecutors turn over copies of communications from Michael Avenatti, arrested himself last week on extortion charges.
  
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• Man in 'MAGA' hat slashes man's hand with sword in Calif.

  01-04-2019 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police were searching Monday for a man who wore a red "Make America Great Again" hat and used a sword to slash another man's hand after an argument outside a roller-skating rink.
  
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• Fox Business Host:  The Pope Is ‘Weak on the Border Wall’

  01-04-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Reacting to Pope Francis speaking out against countries building walls to keep immigrants out, Fox Business Network host Elizabeth MacDonald sounded as if she were reading from a Trump tweet, deriding the pope for being “weak on the border wall.”
  
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• UPDATE 4-Boeing to submit 737 MAX software upgrade 'in the coming weeks'

  01-04-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON/SEATTLE, April 1 (Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Monday it planned to submit a proposed software enhancement package for the grounded 737 MAX in "the coming weeks" after the company had previously said it planned to deliver the fix for government approval by last week."We are working to demonstrate that we have identified and appropriately addressed all certification requirements and will be submitting for FAA review once completed in the coming weeks," Boeing said.More than 300 Boeing
  
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• Ukraine's president trying to hold off rival for runoff spot

  01-04-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's president was holding off a long-time rival in a bid to claim the other spot in a runoff set for later this month, while a comic actor with no political experience was leading strongly in the election, according to results released Monday.
  
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• Father vows safety push after daughter's ride sharing death

  01-04-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The father of a University of South Carolina student who police say was kidnapped and killed after she got into the wrong car thinking it was her Uber is promising to dedicate his life to improving the safety of ride sharing services.
  
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• We Might Be About to See the First Ever Photo of a Black Hole

  01-04-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  An announcement next week by the European Southern Observatory might contain the first-ever photo of a black hole's event horizon.
  
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• Need a Lyft? The stock price of ride-hailing company ends lower following last week's IPO

  01-04-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Here's how Lyft's stock is performing after the ride-sharing app's celebrated introduction to the Nasdaq on Friday.
  
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• U.S. House Judiciary Committee poised to subpoena full Mueller report

  01-04-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Lawmakers will also consider subpoenas for underlying evidence from Mueller's investigation and from five former aides to President Donald Trump, including White House counsel Donald McGahn and political adviser Steve Bannon.The committee said on Monday that they may have documents related to the Mueller probe.Democrats have become increasingly frustrated over U.S. Attorney General William Barr's plan to share only a redacted copy of the nearly 400-page investigative report with Congress.
  
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• Apple’s upcoming credit card is a lot cooler than you might think

  01-04-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple's special media event last week was unique for a variety of reasons. Though Apple didn't introduce anything groundbreaking or revolutionary, the event saw Apple jump head first into a number of new markets. Naturally, Apple's foray into the world of original TV programming generated the most amount of buzz, but the company's brand new credit card is intriguing in its own right.Per usual, there's only so much time for Apple to spend on any one topic during one of its media events, which is
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fights Democratic Establishment Over Primaries

  01-04-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is now embroiled in a fight with the party Establishment over primary fights.
  
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• Markets Right Now: Better economic news sends stocks higher

  01-04-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• This $38 portable power bank charges your iPhone while wirelessly charging your Apple Watch

  01-04-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  If you have an Apple Watch you obviously also have an iPhone because otherwise the watch is useless. Since you have both, wouldn't it be nice to have a single portable power pack that can charge each one? The IQIYI MFi Certified Apple Watch and iPhone Charger has a wireless charging disc for the Apple Watch, and it also has a USB port so you can connect your Lightning cable and charge up your iPhone. It's a must-have, and it's discounted today on Amazon.Here's some additional info from the produ
  
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• 2020 Toyota Yaris Hatchback Brings More Mazda Goodness to Toyota's Subcompact

  01-04-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Unlike the related Mazda 2–based Yaris sedan, unfortunately the hatchback model can't be had with a manual.
  
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• Venezuelans struggle to understand power rationing plan

  01-04-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans struggled on Monday to understand an announcement by President Nicolas Maduro that the nation's electricity is being rationed to combat daily blackouts.
  
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• The Smollett case: What happened?

  01-04-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Chicago prosecutors dropped all 16 charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, which included filing a false police report about an alleged hate crime, sparking criticism and confusion across the country. What happens next?
  
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• We survived the cruise accident in Norway — and still recommend Viking

  01-04-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  "A wall of Arctic water washed in, and Elaine Barkus was thrown about 20 feet and pinned to the floor by the sheer weight of the water."
  
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• The 2020 Jeep Gladiator Launch Edition Is Available to Pre-Order for One Day Only

  01-04-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The special Gladiator is based on a fully optioned Rubicon, and its buyers will be qualified to enter a contest for a $100,000 prize.
  
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• REPORT: Trump Considers Creating ‘Immigration Czar’ Post to Address Border Crisis

  01-04-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The Trump administration is considering creating a new “immigration czar” position to manage the recent influx of illegal immigrants at the southern border, the Associated Press reported Monday.Former Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach and former Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli are reportedly under consideration to fill the new position, which would either be housed in the Department of Homeland Security or the White House.The report comes three days after Trump threatene
  
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• Biden says he never meant to make women feel uncomfortable

  01-04-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden on Monday forcefully rejected comparisons of his embrace of colleagues, friends and their families during swearing-in ceremonies as vice president and the 2014 allegation he says he can't recall involving a Democratic candidate in Nevada.
  
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• Paper-thin cases for the iPhone XR and XS are only $8.99 on Amazon

  01-04-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple's 2019 iPhone lineup is absolutely gorgeous. Are you really going to cover up those stunning designs with big, bulky cases? If you're clumsy and you drop your phone from time to time, you pretty much have no choice. But if you just want to give your phone some extra grip and protect against scratches, there's a barely-there case everyone loves and you definitely need to check it out. The TOZO Ultra-Thin Hard Cover for iPhone XR, TOZO Ultra-Thin Hard Cover for iPhone XS, and TOZO Ultra-Thin
  
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• Fox News apologises for '3 Mexican countries' headline

  01-04-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox News apologised for airing an on-screen graphic inaccurately reporting Donald Trump was planning to reduce aid to “three Mexican countries” last week.While airing a segment on the early morning “Fox & Friends” on Sunday, a full-width headline at the bottom of the screen read: “Trump Cuts Aid to 3 Mexican Countries,” rather than President Trump’s actual statement announcing cutting foreign aid to three countries in South America: Honduras, El Salv
  
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• AT&T's WarnerMedia close to selling Hudson Yards stake -source

  01-04-2019 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  A winning bidder has been selected for the sale of AT&T's WarnerMedia unit's stake in the second-tallest office building in Manhattan, a deal expected to top $2 billion, a source involved in the bidding said on Monday.The winner, whose identity remains undisclosed, was chosen at the end of last week for WarnerMedia's 1.5 million square feet (139,355 meters) of space at 30 Hudson Yards, the hub of the trendy development project on Manhattan's far west side, the source said.AT&T, looking t
  
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• Senior U.S. House Republican questions Trump plan to cut Central American aid

  01-04-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The top Republican on the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday that cutting aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras would make the situation there worse, not better, a sign that President Donald Trump will face bipartisan objections in Congress as he pursues the plan."If we cut all this funding, and a lot of it, quite honestly, is seriously law enforcement that we're doing down there ... I think it's going to make things tragically worse, not better," Represe
  
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• Correction: Election 2020--Beto O'Rourke story

  01-04-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — In a story March 31 about a Beto O'Rourke campaign rally, The Associated Press reported erroneously that O'Rourke spoke to a rally in his native Spanish. O'Rourke is not a native Spanish speaker.
  
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• Rising Turkish political star pulls off Istanbul upset

  01-04-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP party appeared so sure of winning Istanbul in Sunday's election that posters of its candidate thanking the city were plastered on walls early Monday.Instead, Ekrem Imamoglu, a soft-spoken opposition figure, appears to have pulled off a shock win over AKP powerhouse candidate, former premier Binali Yildirim, to end the ruling party's long reign over Turkey's largest city.Erdogan's AKP suffered a major upset in the Sunday ballot after results showed the
  
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• Joe Biden: ex-defense secretary's wife says viral photo used 'misleadingly'

  01-04-2019 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Stephanie Carter said former vice-president had his hands on her shoulders ‘as a means of offering his support’ ‘I won’t pretend that this will be the last of that picture, but it will be the last of other people speaking for me,’ Stephanie Carter wrote of the picture.Photograph: Evan Vucci/APAs Joe Biden faced intense scrutiny of his behavior toward women, the wife of former defense secretary Ash Carter dismissed claims a picture of her with the former vice-preside
  
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• Apple insider claims 2019 iPhones will have two-way wireless charging

  01-04-2019 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  All of the major smartphone vendors around the world do their best to one-up the competition year in and year out, and this year, it's Apple's turn to play catch-up. Samsung's latest phones feature a variety of bleeding-edge upgrades, including 5G connectivity, quad rear cameras, Infinity-O displays, and two-way wireless charging. Apple will no doubt bring some of these features to its next flagship phones, but at least one has been all but confirmed by the always reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi
  
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• AOC used a $7 croissant to make an argument for raising the minimum wage. Ted Cruz missed the point.

  01-04-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive lawmakers have called for an increase of the nationally mandated minimum wage, which since 2009 has been $7.25 per hour.
  
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• Census Says It’s Ready for 2020 Whichever Way the Supreme Court Rules

  01-04-2019 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Census Bureau is on schedule to start the 2020 count and is prepared for either outcome of the Supreme Court’s looming decision on whether the Constitution lets the Trump administration add a question asking whether people are American citizens.Test surveys to gauge whether there’s an aversion to the citizenship question and help gauge Census staffing needs are already being mailed out, with half of those 480,000 questionnaires including the contested query and the rest omit
  
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• Trump declares U.S. census 'meaningless' without citizenship question

  01-04-2019 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The comment on Twitter came ahead of an expected Supreme Court ruling by the end of June on whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross' decision to add the citizenship question violated federal law."Can you believe that the Radical Left Democrats want to do our new and very important Census Report without the all important Citizenship Question," Trump tweeted."Report would be meaningless and a waste of the $Billions (ridiculous) that it costs to put together!"Trump's critics have accused the White H
  
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• House Judiciary Committee Plans to Subpoena Full Mueller Report

  01-04-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said Monday that the Committee is preparing to subpoena Special Counsel Robert Mueller's full report on his Russia investigation on Wednesday and the evidence he used to write it.Representative Jerry Nadler said that he was “disturbed” by Attorney General William Barr's decision not to release the full report right away, and that the Committee would vote on the subpoenas if the Justice Department fails to deliver the repor
  
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• UK lawmakers discuss halting Brexit after petition hits 6 million

  01-04-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  British lawmakers debated halting Brexit on Monday after a record six million people signed a petition to revoke the process that set Britain on course to leave the European Union.Britons voted to leave the European Union by 52 percent to 48 percent in 2016, and the following year British Prime Minister Theresa May gave notice of the intent to leave the bloc on March 29, 2019 under Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty.The online petition to revoke Article 50 took off after a speech when May said
  
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• Best Tech Deals in April 2019

  01-04-2019 19:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Amazon Deals | Walmart Deals | Apple Deals | TV Deals | Gaming Deals | Laptop Deals | iPhone DealsUpdating your tech gear on budget? If you're looking to save money on your next gadget, then you've come to the right place.Retailers are kicking off April by showering with a ton of spring clearance sales with discounts on everything from laptops to game consoles. If you're looking for Nintendo Switch accessories, you can score a Switch Pro controller from Amazon for $56.99. Regularly priced at $69
  
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• Samantha Josephson: Mother of South Carolina college student killed in fake Uber calls daughter’s death ‘vile’

  01-04-2019 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  The grieving mother of a 21-year-old college student who was killed after getting into a car she mistook as her Uber ride has decried her daughter’s alleged murderer in an emotional court appearance in which she called the death “vile” and “senseless”.The daughter, Samantha Josephson, was found dead Friday afternoon after going missing early that morning. Josephson, a student at the University of South Carolina, had been separated jumped into the back of a black Che
  
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