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• The Latest: Fire chaplain hailed as hero in Notre Dame blaze

  17-04-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  PARIS (AP) — The latest on the fire that tore through the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (all times local):
  
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• Trump's new Cuba crackdown puts US at odds with Canada and Europe

  17-04-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  US will allow lawsuits against firms using property nationalised by the revolution, cap remittances and restrict ‘non-family’ travelThe US national security adviser, John Bolton, addresses the Bay of Pigs Veterans Association in Coral Gables, Florida, on the 58th anniversary of the failed 1961 invasion of Cuba on Wednesday. Photograph: Wilfredo Lee/APDonald Trump has taken another step towards reversing Barack Obama’s historic rapprochement with Cuba with a measure that earned
  
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• Young woman obsessed with Columbine found dead after frantic manhunt

  17-04-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The body of Sol Pais, a student from Surfside, Florida, was found by authorities about 40 miles (64 km) west of Columbine High School, at about 10:30 a.m. local time, said Dean Phillips, special agent in charge of the Denver office of the FBI.Pais was found alone in a wooded area of Clear Creek County and appeared to have shot herself with the pump-action shotgun she had purchased after arriving in Colorado from Miami earlier this week, Phillips said at a news conference hours later.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy Fold's screen malfunctions after a day, some reviewers say

  17-04-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Samsung's new Galaxy Fold, a splashy $1,980 phone that opens into a tablet, is malfunctioning for some journalist reviewers after only a day or two of use, according to posts on social media on Wednesday.The Galaxy Fold officially goes on sale on April 26 in the United States.Samsung Electronics Co Ltd did not respond to several requests for comment.
  
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• Some Lawmakers to Get Less Redacted Mueller Report, Prosecutors Say

  17-04-2019 23:33
  The Justice Department plans to give those members of Congress a version of the report that will include information related to charges against Roger Stone, President Donald Trump’s sometime adviser who’s charged with lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstructing justice, the prosecutors said.The copies of the “less redacted report” won’t be disseminated to all members of Congress or their staff “in the first instance,” the prosecutors said.A more
  
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• Sentencing of Man in Killing of NYC Jogger Postponed Amid Jury Misconduct Allegations

  17-04-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The sentencing of Chanel Lewis, who is convicted in the killing and sexual assault Queens jogger Karina Vetrano, was postponed Wednesday amid allegations of jury misconduct.
  
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• Justice Department set to release redacted Mueller report

  17-04-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After nearly two years of waiting, America will get some answers straight from Robert Mueller.
  
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• U.S. attorney general to hold Mueller report news conference on Thursday

  17-04-2019 22:57
  Attorney General William Barr will hold a news conference at 9:30 a.m. (1330 GMT) on Thursday to discuss the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller as special counsel nearly two years ago, will also attend the news conference, the department said in a statement.President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly criticized the Muell
  
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• Trump, Congress clash over Yemen war. What to know about America's role in the Mideast conflict

  17-04-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Here’s why Republicans and Democrats alike are increasingly willing to push back against President Donald Trump on his controversial Yemen policy.
  
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• Earth Was Hit by an Interstellar Asteroid Years Ago, Scientists Claim

  17-04-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Researchers calculate that an asateroid from beyond our solar system burned up in the atmosphere in 2014.
  
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• The Trump team's Mueller report game plan: Read the report quickly and put out responses

  17-04-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Aides and lawyers to President Trump will be assigned sections of Mueller's report to digest, so they can quickly craft statements and talking points.
  
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• Peru's Ex-President Dies in Suicide as Police Raid His Home

  17-04-2019 22:53
  The dramatic death of the longtime leftist underscores the scope of the Odebrecht affair, which has spawned bribery probes across Latin America and destabilized governments, above all in Peru.“President Garcia made the decision of a free man,’’ Mauricio Mulder, a lawmaker with Garcia’s Apra party, told reporters outside Casimiro Ulloa hospital.President Martin Vizcarra, whom Garcia had blamed for the investigations, confirmed his death in a tweet.
  
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• Donations for gutted Brazil museum a fraction of Notre-Dame's

  17-04-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  As donations for the restoration of the Notre-Dame cathedral top $900,000, the director of Brazil's devastated National Museum can only hope for such deep pockets in his own country.Nearly eight months after a faulty air conditioning system sparked a fire that gutted Latin America's main natural history museum and destroyed most of its collection, just $280,000 or so has been raised for its reconstruction."We are very happy for the extremely positive reaction of French society and we hope that f
  
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• Dozens of doctors in Appalachia charged in opioid fraud bust

  17-04-2019 22:46
  Sixty people, including 31 doctors, were accused of illegally prescribing opioid drugs in exchange for cash and sexual favors in the rural, mountainous region stretching from Pennsylvania and West Virginia to Alabama and Louisiana.“The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in American history, and Appalachia has suffered the consequences more than perhaps any other region,” Attorney General William P. Barr said in a statement.
  
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• Trump administration announces new restrictions on sending money to family members in Cuba

  17-04-2019 22:33
  The administration announced a new cap on the amount of money families in the United States can send their relatives in Cuba: $1,000 per person per quarter.
  
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• Republican rescinds Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's invite to meet coal miners after it completely backfires

  17-04-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  A Republican lawmaker’s invitation for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to meet with coal miners in his home state of Kentucky backfired completely after the progressive Washington newcomer accepted without hesitation. Ms Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman ever elected to serve in the US House of Representatives, has served as a lightning rod across party lines for her Green New Deal resolution, which seeks to provide a comprehensive response to the global threat of climate change. Andy Barr, the K
  
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• France to hold international competition for redesign of Notre Dame's iconic spire

  17-04-2019 22:27
  French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said officials will consider whether a new spire should replicate the one that fell or have a new design.
  
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• After Notre Dame fire, GoFundMe raised more than $1 million for burned black churches

  17-04-2019 22:27
  Prominent figures urged people not to forget to donate to the St. Landry Parish churches as money poured in for Notre Dame.
  
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• Ubisoft offers Notre-Dame-themed Assassin's Creed game for free

  17-04-2019 22:23
  The fire that devastated the nine-century old monument on Monday has raised a wave of enthusiasm in France and abroad, pushing people to donate for its reconstruction and pushing Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" novel up the top-selling book charts."We stand in solidarity with our fellow Parisians and everyone around the world moved by the devastation the fire caused," Ubisoft said on its website.The game is set in 1789 Paris and players are part of a secret society of hit men roaming
  
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• NTSB investigating American Airlines JFK flight that 'struck an object' at takeoff

  17-04-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The plane reportedly tipped in strong wind, and a wingtip hit a runway marker during takeoff.
  
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• Woman claims to spot Jesus in photo of flaming Notre Dame Cathedral roof

  17-04-2019 22:16
  A woman who was reading about the Notre Dame Cathedral fire couldn't believe it when she spotted a figure in a photo of the historic church's flaming roof.
  
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• Turkish opposition takes control of Istanbul, re-run appeal still pending

  17-04-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The final result of the March 31 local elections gave a wafer-thin majority to the secularist opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) in Turkey's commercial hub, ending 25 years of control by the AK Party (AKP) and its Islamist predecessors.The loss is especially hard for Erdogan who launched his political career in Istanbul as mayor in the 1990s and has triumphed in more than a dozen parliamentary, presidential and local polls since his party came to power in 2002.Addressing thousands of fla
  
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• Mueller report redactions: How Congress will make sure we find out everything important

  17-04-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Lawmakers have ways to get redacted Mueller information and can use the Congressional Record as a last resort to disclose in the public interest.
  
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• The Mazda 6 Is Officially Getting a Diesel and All-Wheel Drive

  17-04-2019 21:56
  Like the CX-5 crossover, Mazda's mid-size sedan is getting a 2.2-liter turbo-diesel-finally.
  
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• Hyundai Confirms High-Performance Sonata N-Line with 275 Horsepower

  17-04-2019 21:35
  This rendering shows what the sporty sedan could look like.
  
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• 66 minutes: The frantic race to save Notre Dame

  17-04-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  PARIS (AP) — Fueled by a lattice of centuries-old timbers, the fire moved hungrily across Notre Dame's rooftop toward the cathedral's iconic spire. It belched yellow smoke, spitting out gritty particles of wood, stone, lead and iron and wanted more. Far below, their vision obscured by fumes and tears, firefighters, priests and municipal workers passed treasures hand-to-hand, hoping the speed of desperation could outrun the flames.
  
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• Teenage girl 'infatuated' with Columbine school massacre found dead from self-inflicted gunshot

  17-04-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  An armed 18-year-old girl "infatuated" with the Columbine school massacre was found dead after fears she was seeking to replicate the shooting 20 years on. Sol Pais, a high school pupil, made threats online and then flew from her home in Miami Beach, Florida to Denver, Colorado, where Columbine is located. She then bought a pump-action shotgun and ammunition and was seen near the school wearing camouflage trousers, black boots and a black T-shirt. Columbine and more than 20 other schools in the
  
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• Ivanka Trump unveils $2 million boost for ICoast women

  17-04-2019 21:29
  Trump visited a cocoa plantation in Adzope, north of Abidjan, before taking part in the first West African summit on femaleentrepreneurship in the country's economic capital.Ivory Coast is the world's leading producer of cocoa."When you empower women, they uplift their families, their communities, and the whole country prospers," Trump said.
  
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• Yahoo News exclusive video shows extensive fire damage inside Notre Dame Cathedral

  17-04-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Exclusive video obtained by Yahoo News shows Notre Dame Cathedral’s world-famous stained-glass windows, which survived the fire, and the Paris sky visible above where the wooden roof was destroyed.
  
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• Notre Dame fire: Disney pledges $5M to help rebuild the 'Hunchback's home

  17-04-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Disney, the studio behind the 1996 animated version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is chipping in to help rebuild the famed Paris cathedral.
  
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• Debate rages on over no-kill policy at Long Beach animal shelter

  17-04-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  A heartfelt fight in Long Beach to save as many animals as possible at the city's animal shelter continued at a special city council meeting Tuesday.
  
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• Trump news: Ivanka 'turned down' World Bank job offer, as Fox News contributor 'in line' for top Treasury job

  17-04-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump and his staff in the White House are preparing for the imminent release of the Mueller report, which has reportedly led to "breakdown-level" anxiety in the West Wing.That waiting game comes as Mr Trump has doubled down on his demand for better border security, and follows after attorney general William Barr announced new US policy that asylum seekers who cross illegally between ports of entry would no longer have the right to ask a judge to grant them bond for release.Under the new
  
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• There Is Only 1 Way To Make the F-22 and F-35 Better: Stealth Refueling Tankers

  17-04-2019 21:08
  The Air Force has additional ideas for making its future tankers more survival, including incorporating active protection systems to shoot down incoming missiles—yes, possibly with lasers. Another concept, however, would involve using next-generation radar jammers that employ a cognitive intelligence system to automatically adjust frequencies to keep up with frequency-agile radars. Such jammers could obscure or even misrepresent the position of an aircraft on radar. The Pentagon also would
  
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• Brit Hume: Democrats are beginning to admit that there's a crisis on the border

  17-04-2019 21:08
  Are Democrats dividing on immigration and border security issues? Analysis from Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume.
  
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• Measles 'patient zero' identified

  17-04-2019 20:55
  The man was unaware he was infected with measles, and spread illness to 38 people.
  
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• Israeli president tasks Netanyahu with forming new government

  17-04-2019 20:41
  In office for the past decade, Netanyahu won a fifth term despite an announcement by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit in February that he intends to charge the prime minister in three corruption cases.Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing."At a time of great turmoil in our region, we have managed not only to maintain the state's security and stability, we have even managed to turn Israel into a rising world power," Netanyahu said at the nomination ceremony after President Reuven Rivlin gave him
  
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• Canada says considering options after U.S. decision on Cuba

  17-04-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Canada is considering its options after a U.S. decision to lift a long-standing ban against U.S. citizens filing lawsuits against foreign companies that use properties seized by Cuba’s Communist government since the 1959 revolution, Canada's foreign minister said on Wednesday."Canada is deeply disappointed with today's (U.S.) announcement.
  
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• Trump security adviser unveils new U.S. sanctions to pressure Cuba, Venezuela

  17-04-2019 20:32
  U.S. national security adviser John Bolton announced a series of new sanctions against Cuba and Venezuela on Wednesday as the Trump administration sought to boost pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and the countries that support him.Bolton, in a speech to an association of veterans of the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, said the United States was adding five names linked to Cuba's military and intelligence services to its sanctions blacklist, including the military-owned airline Aero
  
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• Health Stocks Crumble as Fears of ‘Medicare for All’ Snowball

  17-04-2019 20:32
  The slide began in earnest on Tuesday when UnitedHealth Group Inc. -- treated by investors as a bellwether for the insurance sector -- waded into the debate over “Medicare for All,” which would expand government-administered coverage to most of the population and rewrite the businesses of U.S. health insurers, hospitals and doctors.The Tuesday losses capped the worst five-day stretch since 2011 for health insurers, despite UnitedHealth reporting earnings that beat analysts’ est
  
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• Woman Connected To Colorado School Threats Is Dead, FBI Says

  17-04-2019 20:20
  The woman at the center of a massive manhunt for allegedly making threats against schools in the Denver metro area is dead, the FBI confirmed Wednesday morning.
  
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• Woman accused of making threats against Columbine high school found dead

  17-04-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Sol Pais, 18, who was described as armed and ‘infatuated’ with the Colorado school shooting, apparently died of a self-inflicted gunshot woundA police vehicle sits outside a high school as some Denver area schools closed during the police search for an armed woman in Littleton, Colorado. Photograph: Rick Wilking/ReutersThe young woman being hunted in Colorado after making threats against Columbine high school just days before the 20th anniversary of the mass shooting there was found
  
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• Netanyahu formally named next Israeli PM

  17-04-2019 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday formally handed Benjamin Netanyahu his letter of appointment to start building a coalition government following last week's general election.Rivlin had sounded out delegations from political parties on Monday and Tuesday."This is the fifth time I am taking on the task of putting together the government of Israel," Netanyahu responded.
  
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• Scientists revive brain function in dead pigs

  17-04-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Scientists have managed to restore cell function in the brains of pigs hours after they died, in a breakthrough Wednesday that experts said threw into question the very notion of what makes animals -- or even humans -- alive. 
  
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• Columbine-Obsessed Woman Who Threatened Colorado Schools Reportedly Dead after FBI Manhunt

  17-04-2019 19:46
  A Florida woman said to be obsessed with the 1999 massacre at Colorado's Columbine High School has reportedly died after a massive FBI manhunt.Authorities said Sol Pais, 18, made disturbing remarks about Columbine as Saturday's 20th anniversary of the shooting approached and was apparently “infatuated with the perpetrators.” She flew to Colorado on Monday, purchasing a pump-action shotgun after landing, and was considered armed and dangerous before she was found dead,
  
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• Woman 'infatuated' with Columbine, connected to Colorado school threats found dead, source says

  17-04-2019 19:44
  A manhunt for a woman allegedly 'infatuated' with the Columbine massacre who forced schools in Colorado to close after threatening violence came to an end Wednesday after she was found dead.
  
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• Why closing the U.S.-Mexico border would be 'catastrophic' for this Texas city

  17-04-2019 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump's threat to seal the border has sent jolts of alarm across the U.S.-Mexico border, but few places feel it more acutely than Laredo, Texas.
  
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• Opposition candidate the official winner in tight Istanbul vote

  17-04-2019 19:30
  Turkish election authorities on Wednesday confirmed opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu's win over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AKP candidate after a recount of last month's disputed Istanbul election.Thousands of cheering supporters greeted Imamoglu outside the Istanbul town hall after he received his mandate certificate, though electoral authorities must still rule on an AKP appeal for a rerun over alleged irregularities in its narrow Istanbul defeat."This is a new dawn for Istanbul
  
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• Who is William Barr, the attorney general set to release the Mueller report?

  17-04-2019 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  How much of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s highly-anticipated report into Russian interference in the 2016 election will be seen by Congressional lawmakers and the public Thursday largely depends on one man — William Barr. The attorney general under Donald Trump has vowed to release the report this week with redactions that fall under four colour-coded classifications: classified information, grand jury information, information pertaining to ongoing investigations and information t
  
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• The cruelest week: These 13 historic tragedies happened during the week of April 15

  17-04-2019 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Is the week of April 15 cursed? Presidential assassinations, catastrophic accidents and massacres have happened during this unlucky week.
  
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• Trump’s Politically Tricky Yemen Veto

  17-04-2019 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Yemen is a small and impoverished outpost on the Arabian peninsula.Its relative geopolitical insignificance inspires a series of tu quoque arguments surrounding the Saudi-U.S. coalition’s activities in the country. If the country matters so little, why should foreign policy realists expend significant political capital—as they have—trying to stop said activities? But by the same token, if Yemen matters so little, why should Washington allow itself to be led by the nose by its j
  
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