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• Ocasio-Cortez backs boycott of New York Post over cover attacking Ilhan Omar

  16-04-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The freshman Democrat voices her support for a boycott of one of her hometown newspapers.
  
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• Apple and Qualcomm bury the hatchet in royalties battle royal

  16-04-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple and American microchip manufacturer Qualcomm said Tuesday they have agreed to "dismiss all litigation" against each other worldwide in what had been a sprawling battle over royalty payments.The news sent Qualcomm's stock price soaring more than 23 percent on Wall Street, its best one-day performance in nearly 20 years.The deal includes a six-year license agreement with the option to extend for two years, and a payment to Qualcomm from Apple, the companies said.
  
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• Boeing 737 MAX changes deemed 'operationally suitable': FAA

  16-04-2019 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The changes US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has proposed in the wake of two deadly accidents of its top-selling 737 MAX aircraft were deemed "operationally suitable," according to a draft report released by US regulators Tuesday.Boeing has been working on a software fix for its anti-stall system following crashes in Ethiopia last month and Indonesia in October that killed nearly 350 people, both shortly after takeoff.All 737 MAX aircraft have been banned from the world's skies since days after t
  
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• Bernie Sanders Shines on Fox News

  16-04-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Again, Bernie Sanders is distinguishing himself from his Democratic colleagues on matters of character, confidence, and imagination. The Democratic party has rejected offers from Fox News to host its primary debates. But on Monday night, Sanders did a town hall from Bethlehem, Pa., which sits in one of those now-famous counties that suffered de-industrialization, voted for Barack Obama in 2012, and then went for Donald Trump in 2016. It was a very savvy move. It demonstrated Sanders’s verv
  
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• Boeing 737 MAX software upgrade 'operationally suitable': FAA panel

  16-04-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  More than 300 Boeing 737 MAX jets have been grounded worldwide after nearly 350 people died in two crashes, one in Indonesia in October and another in Ethiopia last month.Boeing has been announced a planned software update on the 737 MAX to prevent erroneous data from triggering an anti-stall system known as MCAS that is under scrutiny following the two disastrous nose-down crashes.The draft report from the Flight Standardization Board (FSB) appointed by the FAA, which includes pilots, engineers
  
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• Man who threw child from Mall of America balcony was 'looking to kill': Police

  16-04-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Emmanuel Aranda, 24, grabbed the child and tossed him down nearly 40 feet on Friday, leaving the boy with life-threatening injuries, according to charging documents.
  
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• William Barr

  16-04-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney general William Barr is one of the most influential people of 2019, Rod Rosenstein writes.
  
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• UPDATE 4-U.S. Justice Department tells T-Mobile, Sprint it has concerns about merger deal -sources

  16-04-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Justice Department has told T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp it has concerns about their proposed $26 billion merger in its current structure, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, although no final decision has been made.Sprint shares fell about 9 percent after the bell as investors increased bets the deal would not be completed following a Wall Street Journal report the merger is unlikely to be approved as currently structured.Shares of T-Mobile fell 4 percent.
  
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• Howard Kurtz: Nancy Pelosi getting bruised for reining in left-wing Democrats

  16-04-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  'MediaBuzz' host Howard Kurtz weighs in on how President Trump is using the furor over Ilhan Omar to bash Nancy Pelosi.
  
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• Emilia Clarke

  16-04-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Emilia Clarke is one of the most influential people of 2019. Emma Thompson calls the 'Game of Thrones' star a powerhouse to watch.
  
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• President Trump calls Omar 'very disrespectful' as war of words heats up

  16-04-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Mohamed Ahmed, founder and executive director of Average Mohamed discusses Rep. Ilhan Omar's comments on 9/11, her war of words with Trump and the impact it has on the Muslim community.
  
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• The 2020 Mercedes-AMG GLC63 SUV and Coupe Are Fresher Than Ever

  16-04-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Mild styling and performance upgrades keep the riotous twin-turbo V-8 compacts looking up-to-the-minute.
  
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• Instagram accounts of Iran Guards commanders blocked

  16-04-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The Instagram accounts of several Iranian Revolutionary Guards commanders have been blocked, the Tabnak news website reported Tuesday, with the photo-sharing website saying it was complying with US sanctions.The United States announced on April 8 that it has placed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the ideological army of the Islamic republic, on their list of "foreign terrorist organisations".Tabnak, a site close to Iranian conservatives, said Instagram blocked the accounts of Major Genera
  
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• Construction fire also destroyed Fall River's Notre Dame

  16-04-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  BOSTON (AP) — For Fall River resident Roland Masse, the images of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris burning Monday brought immediate flashbacks to an eerily similar church inferno he escaped decades ago.
  
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• Trump offers condolences, assistance to France's Macron after Notre-Dame fire: White House

  16-04-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump during a phone call on Tuesday expressed condolences to French President Emmanuel Macron over the Notre-Dame fire that devastated the Parisian landmark and offered U.S. assistance in rehabilitating the cathedral, the White House said."Notre Dame will continue to serve as a symbol of France, including its freedom of religion and democracy," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement.
  
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• Firefighters form human chain to rescue priceless treasures

  16-04-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Some 400 firefighters tackled the huge blaze at the 12th century Gothic masterpiece and, oblivious to the danger they faced, saw their efforts rewarded as they saved the main structure."We started to panic when we smelt scorching," even before the flames emerged, said Philippe Marsset, vicar general of Notre-Dame who watched aghast with horrified Parisians and tourists as the drama unfolded.The firefighters then moved in, seeking out as many of the building's treasures as they could, forming a h
  
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• UPDATE 2-United Airlines first-quarter profit rises, holds 2019 target

  16-04-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  United Airlines on Tuesday reported a better-than-expected jump in first-quarter profit as it sold more tickets and cut costs, standing by its 2019 profit target even as its Boeing Co 737 MAX jets remain grounded.Chicago-based United has removed its 14 MAX aircraft, which were suspended worldwide in March following two fatal crashes, from its flying schedule through early July, eating into U.S. airlines' peak summer travel season.Adjusted earnings per share rose to $1.15 in the first quarter, en
  
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• Proposed UN resolution demands immediate cease-fire in Libya

  16-04-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A proposed U.N. resolution demands that all parties in Libya immediately de-escalate the fighting and commit to a cease-fire.
  
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• Notre-Dame's famed rose window spared but blaze harms priceless artworks

  16-04-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Notre-Dame's famed stained-glass rose windows and most of its many religious relics appeared to have escaped the worst of Monday's inferno as well, easing fears for the fate of the vast trove of artworks in the 800-year-old gothic cathedral.Among the most cherished articles to make it out unscathed was the "Sainte Couronne" (holy crown), made of braided reed brought to France from Constantinople in the 12th century.Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo tweeted a picture of heavy-set candlesticks stacked in t
  
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• Notre Dame Cathedral Fire Conspiracy Theories Flourish After Investigators Say There’s No Proof of Terrorism

  16-04-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Stephane De Sakutin/GettyThis story originally appeared in Right Richter, a newsletter by Will Sommer. Subscribe now to see what's happening in right-wing media from the safety of your inbox.Right-wing personalities are pushing conspiracy theories about Monday’s fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, even after French investigators said the case is not being investigated as arson or terrorism. Within minutes of the fire breaking out yesterday, pro-Trump commentators rushed to portray it as a symbol
  
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• Baby T rex goes on sale on eBay, sparking paleontologists' outcry

  16-04-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  It could be yours for just $2.95m but the sale has drawn criticism from the scientific communityA Tyrannosaurus rex. The fossil is potentially the only such one in existence.Photograph: Jacobs Stock Photography Ltd/Getty ImagesYou wouldn’t normally associate the world of dutiful natural history preservation with sporadic bursts of all-caps letters and exclamation points – or at least not until last month, when the fossil of an infant Tyrannosaurus rex, potentially the only in existen
  
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• Beto O'Rourke releases 10 years of tax returns

  16-04-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Beto O’Rourke has joined Sen. Bernie Sanders I-Vt. in releasing 10 years worth of tax returns on Monday.
  
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• Parents of Swedish coder held by Ecuador say he is innocent

  16-04-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The parents of a Swedish programmer suspected of plotting to blackmail Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno over his abandonment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange made an anxious plea Tuesday for authorities to release their son.
  
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• Bernie Sanders leads Joe Biden in Emerson national poll of 2020 contenders

  16-04-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  "Biden has seen his support drop. In February, he led Sanders 27% to 17%, and in March, the two were tied," said Emerson Polling's director.
  
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• Beto O'Rourke releases 10 years of tax returns, reveals he and wife made $370K in 2017

  16-04-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Beto O'Rourke is the latest Democratic hopeful to release at least a decade's worth of tax returns.
  
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• Fox News attacks Bernie Sanders day after he embarrasses network with Medicare for All support

  16-04-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Not even 24 hours after a crowd in Pennsylvania shocked Fox News hosts by expressing overwhelming support for Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All plan, the cable network has punched back at the Vermont senator.After the crowd in Pennsylvania supported Mr Sanders during the town hall event by indicating they would switch over to public health plans, “Fox and Friends” — the network’s morning talk show — brought in a tax expert who expressed some major reservations
  
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• 'Legendary' Notre-Dame roof astounded Middle Ages: carpenter

  16-04-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The charred roof of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris was once a legend that "astounded the Middle Ages" and still fascinates master carpenters, Thomas Buechi of the Charpente Concept group told AFP.It is possibly one of the greatest masterpieces for French master carpenters.It was so complex that it astounded the Middle Ages.
  
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• Ola Bini: Wikileaks collaborator and Assange ally accused of plotting to blackmail Ecuador president faces 'threats in jail', parents say

  16-04-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  The parents of a Swedish programmer who was an early ally of Julian Assange and Wikileaks and who has now been accused of trying to blackmail Ecuador’s president, is facing threats in jail, his parents have claimed.Ola Bini, 36, was arrested last Thursday in Ecuador, hours after Mr Assange was detained by police in London who entered the Ecuadorian embassy. Mr Assange was charged with skipping bail by a London judge, while the US charged him with conspiring with whistleblower Chelsea Manni
  
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• Apple and Qualcomm reach unlikely settlement agreement

  16-04-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  In a seemingly unlikely turn of events, Apple and Qualcomm earlier today settled their ongoing legal dispute, according to a press release from both companies. The settlement comes just one day after a jury was selected to decide upon what was sure to be a blockbuster anti-trust trial that would have likely dragged on for quite some time.Per the press release, both companies agreed to "dismiss all litigation" in all jurisdictions across the globe. Further, the settlement agreement "includes a pa
  
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• Macron vows to rebuild a 'more beautiful' Notre-Dame in 5 years

  16-04-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday vowed to rebuild Notre-Dame cathedral "even more beautifully" within five years, as France reeled with shock from the fire that gutted the great Paris landmark.Macron announced the fast timescale -- for a process some experts said would take decades -- in an address to the nation where he hailed how the disaster had shown the capacity of France to mobilise and unite.Macron's defiant comments indicated he wants the reconstruction of the cathedral to be complet
  
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• Two college students fall to their deaths in separate incidents while taking selfies

  16-04-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  22-year-old Fordham University student killed in a fall from tower on campus; 20-year-old Briar Cliff University student killed in a fall while hiking in Arkansas.
  
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• French President Macron hopes to rebuild Notre-Dame in five years

  16-04-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Macron devoted a brief prime-time televised address to Monday's catastrophic blaze in the heart of the capital, again postponing planned remarks on his response to months of anti-government protests."We will rebuild Notre-Dame even more beautifully and I want it to be completed in five years, we can do it," Macron said.It is up to us to find the thread of our national project.""This is not a time for politics," added Macron, who had cancelled a speech planned on Monday evening on the response to
  
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• All the Times Notre Dame Was Almost Destroyed in the Past

  16-04-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyOn Monday just before 8 p.m. local time, an audible gasp rippled through the streets of Paris as bystanders watched the spire that towered above the Notre Dame Cathedral topple over in a fiery rush. The steeple had served as a symbol of cultural achievement, national pride, and faith for generations in France and the world over, and it was now gone.It wasn’t the first time that the spire had been forcibly separated from the cath
  
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• UPDATE 6-Qualcomm shares soar on surprise settlement with Apple of long legal dispute

  16-04-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday won a major victory with a surprise settlement of its wide-ranging legal dispute with Apple Inc that includes a supply agreement paving the way for the iPhone to once again use Qualcomm modem chips.The settlement also incorporates a six-year patent license and a payment from Apple to Qualcomm, but the companies did not disclose the amount.Because Qualcomm is already shipping 5G chips while Apple supplier Intel Corp is still developing them, the deal gives Apple an opportu
  
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• UPDATE 5-Qualcomm shares soar on surprise settlement with Apple of long legal dispute

  16-04-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday won a major victory with a surprise settlement of its wide-ranging legal dispute with Apple Inc that includes a supply agreement paving the way for the iPhone to once again use Qualcomm modem chips including potentially for new 5G capability.The settlement also includes a six-year patent license and a payment from Apple to Qualcomm, but the companies did not disclose the amount.“This is a big win" for Qualcomm, said Christopher Rolland, an analyst at Susquehanna Fin
  
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• Notre Dame Alarm Raised 23 Minutes Before Blaze Was Detected

  16-04-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  LUDOVIC MARINPARIS—An alarm was raised at Notre Dame at 6:20 p.m. on Monday night—23 minutes before the structure was engulfed in flames—but officials found no sign of a fire. Firefighters who responded to a second alert raced to the scene but were then unable to tame an inferno that ripped through the 12th century cathedral for the next 9 hours.Paris public prosecutor Rémy Heitz announced on Tuesday that a full investigation would uncover how a massive fire was allowed
  
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• Notre Dame's oldest stained-glass rose windows survived; other relics moved just in time

  16-04-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Art and architecture lovers around the world, and millions of Roman Catholics, feared the worst in a savage fire that consumed much of Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris.
  
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• Macron Presides Over Rare Unity as Nation Grieves Notre Dame

  16-04-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Macron urged haste Tuesday evening as he reiterated a vow to rebuild the 850-year-old Gothic monument, an issue that’s united the French population across the political spectrum, with national parties suspending their European election campaigns and leaders from around the globe lending their support.“We will rebuild the Notre-Dame cathedral even more beautiful than it was,” Macron said in a televised address to the nation.
  
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• Fried chicken vs $13: Apple, Qualcomm explain claims to jury as trial opens

  16-04-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The fate of Qualcomm's business model, which involves licensing more than 130,000 patents in addition to selling chips, is at stake in the case, which consolidates related lawsuits and countersuits.Apple alleges that Qualcomm's patent practices were an illegal move to maintain a monopoly on the market for premium modem chips that connect smart phones to wireless data networks.Qualcomm in turn says Apple used its heft in the electronics business to wrongly order contract factories such as Hon Hai
  
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• Man who tossed daughter off bridge found guilty of murder

  16-04-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — A Florida jury on Tuesday found a man guilty of first-degree murder for dropping his 5-year-old daughter off a bridge four years ago.
  
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• Bernie’s Fox News Town Hall Was a Ratings Smash. More Dems May Follow Him There.

  16-04-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) Monday evening Fox News town-hall event was the most-watched town-hall event of the 2020 campaign thus far, according to early Nielsen data. And at least four other Democratic candidates are open to participating in one of their own. According to early Nielsen data, more than 2.5 million viewers tuned in to hear Sanders, a self-described “democratic socialist,” make his case on Fox News during the 6:30pm hour, prior to primetime. That total viewershi
  
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• Pete Buttigieg’s Abortion Extremism Hurts His Religious Appeal

  16-04-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  With every passing day, it seems we see yet another piece about South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg’s progressive Christianity. His faith is going to shake the race. He’s going to challenge the GOP monopoly on “God talk.” Here, for example, is the opening paragraph of an NBC News analysis posted yesterday afternoon:> Religious conservatives who have long been a reliable voting bloc for Republicans are grappling with a new challenge in Pete Buttigieg: how to respond to a De
  
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• Bernie Sanders among top one per cent of US earners, newly released tax returns show

  16-04-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Bernie Sanders and his wife made more than $1 million in both 2016 and 2017, newly released tax returns have revealed, shining a light on the wealth of the Left-wing presidential hopeful.  Mr Sanders, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist who sits as an independent in the US Senate, enjoyed the surge of income in part thanks to books he has written about politics.  The 77-year-old released 10 years of tax returns on Monday, following similar moves by rivals who are also seeking the De
  
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• UPDATE 3-Boeing 737 MAX software upgrade 'operationally suitable' - FAA panel

  16-04-2019 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  A review by a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration panel into Boeing Co's grounded 737 MAX aircraft found a planned software update and training revisions to be "operationally suitable," the agency said Tuesday, an important milestone in getting the planes back in the air.More than 300 Boeing 737 MAX jets have been grounded worldwide after nearly 350 people died in two crashes, one in Indonesia in October and another in Ethiopia last month.Boeing has been announced a planned software update on t
  
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• Here's What Will Be Redacted in the Mueller Report

  16-04-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  When Attorney General William Barr releases special counsel Robert Mueller's report, several portions will be redacted. Here's why.
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she isn't excited about a potential Biden presidential run

  16-04-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Freshman New York Congresswoman Alexadnria Ocasio-Cortez says a potential Joe Biden nomination would be taking a step back; reaction from Fox News contributors Judith Miller and Dan Henninger.
  
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• The Risky Strategy Behind Trump's Most Surprising Mueller Report Decision

  16-04-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The White House appears to have declined to assert executive privilege to keep portions of the Mueller report from Congress and the public.
  
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• Mom says Delta flight attendant's 'aura of love' calmed her son with special needs

  16-04-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  A Delta flight attendant turned a boy's "meltdown" into hugs. The boy was returning from a trip to learn about his rare genetic condition.
  
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• Apple likens Qualcomm chips to fried chicken as trial begins

  16-04-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  A trial opened Tuesday in a complex contract and anti-trust dispute between Apple Inc and Qualcomm Inc with the iPhone maker using a fried chicken analogy to explain its claim that the chip company is abusing its market power.Tens of billions of dollars and the fate of Qualcomm's business model are at stake in the case.Apple alleges that Qualcomm engaged in illegal patent licensing practices to maintain a monopoly on the market for premium modem chips that connect smart phones to wireless data n
  
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• Trump's Notre-Dame advice 'risible', says French fire chief

  16-04-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  French fire chiefs on Tuesday dismissed comments by Donald Trump on how to tackle the fire which engulfed Notre Dame Cathedral, with one describing the US president's advice as "risible".As the fire raged on the roof of theiconic Paris landmark Monday, Trump tweetedthat "perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out."Everything would have collapsed," said Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Bernier, a fire chief who speaks for France's civil defence organisation and who described the suggestio
  
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