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• Trump at Mexico border: the US is 'full'

  05-04-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump visited the Mexican border on Friday to deliver a message to would-be illegal immigrants and asylum seekers: don't bother coming."The system is full and we can't take you anymore... Our country is full," he said at a meeting with border patrol officers and other officials in Calexico, California.Shortly after, Trump visited a section of recently refurbished border wall -- something he wants extended across far more of the US-Mexico frontier -- and said illegal immigrant
  
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• Road rage suspect arrested in shooting death of 10-year-old girl, Phoenix police say

  05-04-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Critical tips obtained by Phoenix police led to the identification and arrest of Joshua Gonzalez in the fatal shooting of 10-year-old Summer Brown.
  
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• Exposition Park fatal crash: Police investigate crash that killed 14-old-girl, injured her 12-year-old sister

  05-04-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Police are continuing to investigate the cause of a big rig crash that killed a 14-year-old girl walking to school near Exposition Park.
  
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• Biden jokes about accusations, targets union voters

  05-04-2019 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday made light of his recent controversy about crossing physical boundaries with women, and he signaled in a resolute speech to union activists that's he's ready to run for president as a moderate Democrat in party that has been drifting left.
  
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• Joe Biden jokes about touching allegations at first public event, leading to criticism

  05-04-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Joe Biden spotted several children in the room and invited four of them on stage. After introducing himself, Biden joked as he draped his arm around a boy that "he gave me permission to touch him."
  
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• Boeing cuts 737 production rate by 10 planes per month

  05-04-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing announced Friday it would cut the production schedule of its 737 aircraft line following the two recent crashes that have seen the 737 MAX grounded worldwide.Boeing shares tumbled after the disclosure, which was released just after the closing bell on Wall Street.Boeing also announced it was establishing an advisory panel to review its company-wide policies for designing and developing planes.
  
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• Court Ruling Implies That Barr Must Redact Grand-Jury Info from Mueller Report

  05-04-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  In disclosing the Mueller report, Attorney General William P. Barr will have to redact grand-jury information. That is the upshot of the ruling today by a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.I flagged this case, now called McKeever v. Barr (formerly McKeever v. Sessions), last week. It did not arise out of the Mueller investigation, but it obviously has significant ramifications for the Mueller report -- in particular, how much of it we will get to see.At issue was th
  
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• Trump touts rising U.S. border 'wall,' proposes economic penalty on Mexico

  05-04-2019 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Referring to a "colossal surge" of immigrants, Trump convened a discussion with immigration officials and local leaders in Calexico on the U.S.-Mexico border just north of the much larger city of Mexicali.Before touring a just completed 30-foot (9 meter) tall, 2.2 mile (3.5 km) barrier at Calexico, Trump said more U.S. military resources will be dispatched to the border."Our country is full," Trump said in a warning to migrants.
  
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• NASA’s asteroid probe shot Bennu with a laser, and this is the result

  05-04-2019 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has been steadily progressing since the spacecraft arrived at the diamond-shaped space rock known as Bennu a few months back, but not everything has gone completely to plan.The rock ended up being far more, well, dirty than NASA originally expected. Bennu's surface is absolutely packed with debris, posing a challenge for NASA's team that still has to decide where to have the probe touch down on the asteroid to collect samples. Now, using a laser instrument built into OS
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez Pushes ‘Agenda of Reparations’ at Sharpton Conference

  05-04-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) called on fellow Democrats to pursue an “agenda of reparations” through a dramatic expansion of the welfare state during her remarks at Al Sharpton's National Action Network Conference in New York on Friday.Describing the restructuring of the American economy articulated in her Green New Deal proposal, the freshman Democrat argued that, in addition to combating climate change, the plan would result in a massive redistribution of weal
  
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• GOP donor invites Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to a dinner celebrating free-market success stories

  05-04-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Foster Friess says he would like New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to see the many success stories of those who came from poverty.
  
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• UPDATE 2-Boeing cuts 737 MAX output in wake of two deadly crashes

  05-04-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  CHICAGO/SEATTLE, April 5 (Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Friday it plans to cut its monthly 737 aircraft production by nearly 20 percent in the wake of two deadly crashes, signaling it does not expect aviation authorities to allow the plane back in the air anytime soon.Deliveries of Boeing's best-selling aircraft were frozen after a global grounding of the narrowbody model following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet on March 10, killing all 157 people onboard.Chief Executive Officer Dennis Mu
  
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• New iPhone 11 Max render shows off a triple-lens camera design

  05-04-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Try as Apple might, the company simply can't keep iPhone rumors from springing up every single year. Despite Tim Cook's promise a few years back to "double down" on product secrecy, the reality is that Apple's supply chain is so vast that it becomes practically impossible to keep tidbits about upcoming iPhone models from seeing the light of day.With that said, we're already starting to see a steady stream of reports regarding Apple's next-gen iPhone lineup. Specifically, a number of credible sou
  
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• Fake Apple iPhone scheme tied to Oregon college students, feds allege

  05-04-2019 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Two students face federal charges, after being accused of importing more than 1,000 fake iPhones from China and exchanging them to later be sold.
  
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• The Latest: Boeing to cut production rate of 737 Max jet

  05-04-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on Boeing's ongoing issues with the troubled 737 Max (all times local):
  
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• Erdogan says Turkey continues S-400 payments, criticizes U.S. stance

  05-04-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey was continuing to make payments under its deal with Russia to buy S-400 missile defense systems and the United States had not presented the same terms when it offered to sell the rival Patriot missile system.The United States' arguments are very wrong.Turkey's planned purchase of the Russian system has put it at odds with NATO ally the United States.
  
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• Michael Cohen says Trump used 'code' language to coach him to lie to Congress

  05-04-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Public letter recaps testimony to Trump-Russia investigations detailing president’s alleged attempts to conceal links with RussiaMichael Cohen testifies before the House oversight committee on 27 February 2019. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesDonald Trump used “code” language to coach his former top aide, Michael Cohen, on how to lie to Congress about Trump projects in Moscow, Cohen told lawmakers in a public letter on Friday.The letter recapped testimony Cohen had mad
  
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• You only think AirPods sound good because you haven’t tried these premium true wireless earbuds

  05-04-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple just released its second-generation AirPods wireless earbuds, but they don't include any improvements to the design or sound quality. Truth be told, they don't actually need any improvement where the sound quality is concerned. But the design is an issue since slippery plastic tips will never isolate sound. If you want premium cord-free earbuds that sound even better and have silicone tips so none of that fantastic sound leaks, definitely check out the Master & Dynamic MW07 True Wirele
  
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• Curtis: Biden should reach out to Hill

  05-04-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Jamie Lee Curtis discusses potential Democratic presidential candidates and says Joe Biden would be more likely to get her vote if he were to privately apologize to Anita Hill. (April 5)
  
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• Ex-convict charged with pretending to be long-missing boy

  05-04-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A 23-year-old ex-convict accused of pulling a cruel hoax by pretending to be a long-missing Illinois boy was charged Friday with making false statements to federal authorities.
  
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• Libya forces clash after UN chief meets Haftar

  05-04-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Libya forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar clashed with pro-government fighters south of Tripoli Friday, after UN chief Antonio Guterres sought to avoid a flare-up at talks with the strongman.Haftar on Thursday launched an offensive to take the capital, held by a UN-backed unity government and an array of militias.The lightning assault was met with international appeals for restraint and the UN Security Council was holding an emergency meeting.
  
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• Trump pushes tough line on Mexico at border fence

  05-04-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump landed in California Friday to view newly built fencing on the Mexican border, even as he retreated from a threat to shut the frontier over what he says is an out-of-control influx of migrants and drugs.Trump sees his campaign against a "crisis" on the border as key to his 2020 reelection bid, and his trip to Calexico in California was meant to keep that message in the headlines.Around 200 protesters, accompanied by a giant inflatable balloon depicting Trump as a baby, wer
  
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• How Theresa May Can Get a Better Brexit Deal — and How Trump Can Help

  05-04-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Last week, British prime minister Theresa May failed for a third time to secure a majority in Parliament for her Brexit deal. Now she faces an ever-narrowing set of options. With the European Commission unwilling to make concessions that would satisfy her Democratic Unionist party (DUP) coalition partners and Brexiteers in her own party, and with those same parliamentarians equally dug in, she has now been forced to entreat the European Union for an indefinite and humiliating delay. Yet, as she
  
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• May's Bid to Break Brexit Impasse Stalls as Labour Disappointed

  05-04-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Theresa May’s attempt to break the deadlock over Brexit stalled after the opposition Labour Party said she hasn’t offered “real change” to her policy.The stalemate will make it harder for May to argue at a summit next week that she needs only a short extension to Britain’s EU membership to get a Brexit deal approved at home.May has failed to get the accord she negotiated with EU leaders ratified by a divided Parliament and so has turned to Labour lead
  
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• Bereaved families blame Boeing after Ethiopia crash report

  05-04-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  "Boeing - they knew the problem already," she said, referring to an automatic anti-stall system in the MAX model that tipped the jets down in both cases due to faulty sensors.Boeing has expressed condolences and promised a software fix.It will also have awkward questions of its own - over whether the Ethiopian crew correctly followed guidance not to restore power to the anti-stall system following sensor damage, and why the plane was also at unusually high thrust.
  
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• US citizens among nine held in Saudi crackdown: activists

  05-04-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia has arrested at least nine writers and academics, including two US citizens, in an apparent crackdown on supporters of detained women activists whose trial has drawn global censure, campaigners said Friday.It also marks the first major crackdown since the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last October, which sparked unprecedented international scrutiny of the kingdom's human rights record.Campaigners identified the US-Saudi dual natio
  
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• UPDATE 1-Who was first to launch 5G? Depends who you ask

  05-04-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Early Wednesday in South Korea, Reuters published a story quoting South Korean officials declaring victory over the United States and China as the site of the world's first commercial launch of a fifth generation telecoms network.U.S. carriers disputed South Korea's claims to be first.After the piece was published, AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications Inc intensified their angry rejections of South Korea's boast in post-publication communications sent to Reuters on Wednesday.
  
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• Foundation for hostages pulls prize for Pompeo

  05-04-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  A US foundation that fights for hostages has reversed plans to present an award to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo due to his response to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.Pompeo called the about-face by the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation -- named in memory of the journalist killed in Syria -- "unfortunate" and said that media organizations as well as the moderator did not want to be associated with President Donald Trump's administration."I regret that there was pressure applied
  
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• The Latest: Biden uses humor to defuse physical controversy

  05-04-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former Vice President Joe Biden (all times local):
  
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• For Trump, 'complete and total exoneration' ain't what it used to be

  05-04-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Pressure grows for the full release of the special counsel's report.
  
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• US charges 23-year-old with falsely claiming to be missing boy

  05-04-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Brian Rini was charged with a single count of lying to federal authorities for allegedly claiming Wednesday that he was Timmothy Pitzen -- missing since 2011, when he was six years old.When questioned further, Rini stated that he wished he had a father like Timmothy's because if he went missing, his father would just keep drinking," the complaint said.Authorities said they were charging Rini because false reports harm families of missing children and needlessly divert police resources.
  
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• Biden calls Trump a 'tragedy in two acts' who is 'locked in the past'

  05-04-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday called President Donald Trump a "tragedy in two acts" for the way he characterizes people.
  
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• Judge orders SEC, Tesla's Musk to meet for at least an hour on new settlement

  05-04-2019 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge in Manhattan on Friday ordered Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to meet for at least an hour to try to settle the agency's concerns over the billionaire entrepreneur’s use of Twitter.The SEC had asked U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan to hold Musk in contempt over a Feb. 19 tweet in which the agency said he had improperly posted material information about Tesla's vehicle production outlook without first seeking approval fro
  
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• Ford, GM, and Toyota Agree: We Don't Know How to Make Autonomous Cars Safe

  05-04-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  A new industry group with the SAE is trying to standardize how autonomous cars should be developed and sold.
  
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• Jussie Smollett, Chicago officials face off in nasty legal battle over civil fine

  05-04-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Jussie Smollett's pugnacious lawyer, Mark Geragos, told Chicago officials to prepare for legal battle over city's demand for $130,000 fine for hate-crime investigation.
  
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• 2020 Vision: Warren calls for end to filibuster in Senate

  05-04-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Friday endorsed eliminating the legislative filibuster in the Senate if Democrats take the White House.
  
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• NHTSA Investigating Three Million Hyundai and Kia Vehicles for Fires

  05-04-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Engine defects may prompt a recall as the safety agency investigates more than 3000 fires.
  
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• Pompeo hopes North Korea's Kim does 'right thing' on nuclear weapons in parliament speech

  05-04-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly is due to hold its first meeting this year on Thursday and could feature the first public comments from Kim about a second summit between him and U.S. President Donald Trump Hanoi in February that collapsed."It's something that's an annual event where the leader of North Korea speaks to his people," Pompeo told "CBS This Morning." "We'll watch very closely what he says." "I don't expect there'll be great surprise," Pompeo said, "but I do hope that he
  
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• Amid complaints of unwanted touching, Biden jokes he got 'permission' to hug

  05-04-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, facing a growing swell of allegations that he has made women uncomfortable with his use of physical contact, made light of the controversy on Friday while continuing to lay the groundwork for a 2020 presidential run. Speaking to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Washington, Biden joked that he “had permission” to hug the union’s male president, Lonnie Stephenson. The welcoming, m
  
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• UPDATE 1-U.S. crude output growth could slow as shale revolution loses momentum

  05-04-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  After Texas pushed the United States over the last decade to become the world's biggest oil producer last year, the heart of the shale revolution is starting to show fatigue.The volume of crude being pumped out of Texas recently saw its first monthly dip in a year.Oil well productivity in Texas's Permian basin - the country's largest oil field - is falling, and the number of drilling rigs operating in the United States declined for six straight weeks before rebounding this week.
  
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• Trump brags about visiting the first part of his ‘new border wall’ — but it was actually already there

  05-04-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  When Donald Trump lands in California to view what is being touted as the “first section” of his border wall to be completed, he may be a bit let down if he gets much of a history lesson.That’s because the barrier near the city of Calexico he is visiting is not new at all, even if a plaque there says it is.In fact, the recently completed renovations that have inspired the president’s visit were not thought up during this administration, either — the plans were made
  
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• Thousands protest at Israel-Gaza fence amid cease-fire deal

  05-04-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands of Palestinians thronged the perimeter fence between Israel and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Friday as the weekly, bloody demonstrations rolled into their second year.
  
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• Man, 20, arrested in apparent road rage killing of 10-year-old Arizona girl: police

  05-04-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  A 20-year-old Arizona man was arrested following the death of 10-year-old Summerbell Brown in an apparent road rage incident.
  
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• Woman who posed as black makes plea deal in fraud case

  05-04-2019 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former NAACP leader in Washington state who was exposed in 2015 as a white woman pretending to be black has reached an agreement to avoid trial on charges of welfare fraud.
  
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• Meghan McCain slams ex-Clinton aide Adam Parkhomenko for mocking Mitch McConnell's fall

  05-04-2019 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Meghan McCain slams ex-Clinton aide Adam Parkhomenko for mocking Mitch McConnell's fall, saying McConnell used to have polio.
  
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• Report on Ethiopian crash ratchets up pressure on Boeing

  05-04-2019 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A preliminary report released Thursday on the Ethiopian Airlines crash last month found that pilots followed all recommended procedures issued by Boeing, ratcheting up pressure on the plane maker that critics say has put profits before safety.
  
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• Biden Sorry He Didn’t ‘Understand’ How Accusers Felt, Will ‘Change’ How He Campaigns

  05-04-2019 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Former vice president Joe Biden on Friday addressed the recent accusations of women who say he invaded their personal space, first joking about the allegations onstage during an address to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers before apologizing and admitting that he will “change” how he campaigns in light of the claims.“I just want you to know, I had permission to hug Lonnie,” Biden said after embracing the IBEW president on stage. He went on to repeat
  
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• Ohio ex-convict charged after claiming to be long-lost Illinois boy

  05-04-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Brian Michael Rini of Medina, Ohio, was charged with lying to federal agents after he appeared looking confused in Newport, Kentucky, outside Cincinnati on Wednesday and claimed he was 14-year-old Pitzen, federal officials said.Rini's claim was debunked on Thursday after DNA test results conducted at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital confirmed he was not the long lost boy from Aurora, Illinois."Law enforcement confronted him with the DNA results, and at that point the person immediately stated
  
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• Trump to tour new southern border fence at Calexico on Friday

  05-04-2019 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump is visiting the border on Friday to tour a recently built portion of fence.
  
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• 'He gave me permission': Joe Biden jokes about touching complaints

  05-04-2019 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Former vice-president’s comments came during first public appearance since allegations from at least seven women surfacedJoe Biden on Friday twice made joking references to complaints from women that his physical behavior made them uncomfortable. The former vice-president’s comments came during his first public appearance since the allegations began to surface last week. Taking the stage in Washington at a gathering of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Biden was in
  
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