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• Pompeo Claims Russians Convinced Maduro Not to Flee Venezuela For Cuba

  30-04-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claims that embattled Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro was planning to flee the country amid a violent coup attempt that began Tuesday morning, but was convinced to cling to power by Russian authorities, who continue to support his socialist regime.“It's been a long time since anyone has seen Maduro. He had an airplane on the tarmac, he was ready to leave this morning as we understand it and the Russians indicated he should stay,” Pompeo told CNN's W
  
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• Rioting breaks out in Venezuela amid 'attempted coup'

  30-04-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Demonstrators clashed violently with police on the streets of the Venezuelan capital Tuesday, spurred by opposition leader Juan Guaido's call on the military to rise up against President Nicolas Maduro, whose government said it was putting down an attempted coup.An apparently carefully planned attempt by Guaido to demonstrate growing military support disintegrated into rioting as palls of black smoke rose over eastern Caracas.As rioting and confusion raged, there was little early sign Maduro's i
  
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• The Latest: 7 Tennessee victims died of blunt force injuries

  30-04-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into seven people killed in rural Tennessee (all times local):
  
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• Teen asks wrong girl to prom — and it's caught on video for all to see

  30-04-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Video of a Nevada high school student asking the wrong girl to the prom captured about 2.5 million views after the teen posted the video to Twitter.
  
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• Motorcycle rider dies in crash after pursuit with CHP on Bay Bridge

  30-04-2019 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  DEADLY BAY BRIDGE CRASH: A motorcyclist died after fleeing from a stop by a CHP officer at the Bay Bridge toll plaza and then crashing on the other side of the bridge in San Francisco, a CHP spokesman said.
  
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• 5 Chicago public high schools among top 100 in the nation

  30-04-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Chicago Public High Schools once again took top spots among the U.S. News & World Report's annual list of the Best High Schools in the country.
  
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• UPDATE 1-U.S. attorney general recuses self from T-Mobile, Sprint merger probe

  30-04-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Attorney General William Barr has recused himself from the Justice Department's deliberations on whether to allow T-Mobile to proceed with its $26 billion acquisition of Sprint, according to a source familiar with the decision.The department's Antitrust Division, headed by Makan Delrahim, is reviewing the deal to determine if it will lead to higher prices for consumers or to slower innovation, as critics allege.The Federal Communications Commission also must approve the transaction for it t
  
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• As Trump vows subpoena fights, Democrats weigh their options

  30-04-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have a lot of legal options, as well as the backing of the Constitution, as they push back on President Donald Trump's pledge to fight "all of the subpoenas."
  
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• Texas GOP Senate leader looks to block bipartisan pot bill

  30-04-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A historic push in Texas to reduce penalties for small amounts of marijuana was declared dead Tuesday by the state's Republican lieutenant governor, who called it a "step toward legalization" that he would not allow.
  
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• Exiles living in Florida cheer uprising attempt in Venezuela

  30-04-2019 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Venezuelan exiles in Florida who oppose their country's socialist government jubilantly gathered Tuesday and cheered calls by opposition leader Juan Guaidó for a military uprising in their homeland.
  
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• Trump Threatens Cuba as Maduro Cracks Down: Venezuela Update

  30-04-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Time stamp is Caracas time.U.S. President Donald Trump surveyed the events in Caracas today and saw Cuba as the antagonist.The Caribbean island’s socialist government has long had a presence in Venezuela, supplying the regime with personnel ranging from doctors to intelligence officers.
  
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• Dem. Rep. Scolds Pence for ‘Inciting Violence’ in Venezuela

  30-04-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Ro Khana (D., Calif.) chastised Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday for encouraging anti-government protesters in Venezuela in their efforts to overthrow socialist president Nicolás Maduro.“The vice president shouldn't be interfering or inciting violence with Guaidó,” Khana said during an interview on MSNBC, referring to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who called on his supporters to overthrow Maduro on Tuesday.“What we should be d
  
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• Howard Kurtz: Pundits do a 180 as Joe Biden surges in the polls

  30-04-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  'MediaBuzz' host Howard Kurtz weighs in on the media's negative predictions for Joe Biden before he announced his campaign, only to now reverse their stance while he surges in the polls.
  
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• Crown Prince Naruhito poised to become Japan's next emperor

  30-04-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko stepped down on Tuesday after three decades as the nation's top royals in a brief, simple ceremony, with Akihito thanking the people of Japan and saying he prayed for peace.Naruhito, the first emperor born after World War Two and the first to be raised solely by his parents, said on his birthday in February that succeeding his father "makes me solemn".Given the backgrounds of Naruhito and his wife, Masako, a 55-year-old former diplomat - which include extended
  
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• Five ways Trump's moves to stem asylum seekers have hit hurdles

  30-04-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Increasingly frustrated, Trump on Monday issued a presidential memorandum directing officials to make it harder for asylum seekers to apply for work permits and to charge them application fees - drawing immediate fire from the United Nations.Many asylum protections are codified in U.S. and international law.Meanwhile, the flow of migrants continues to swell.
  
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• Apple's fiscal 2Q revenue, profit sag amid iPhone slump

  30-04-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple's sales are still shrinking amid weakening iPhone demand, despite the company's effort to emphasize services designed to bring in a steady flow of money from the 1.4 billion of its devices still in use.
  
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• Apple rallies as new services offset slump in iPhone sales

  30-04-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple said Tuesday that profits in the past quarter dropped amid falling iPhone sales, but the results were above Wall Street expectations and sent shares sharply higher.The California tech giant reported a 16 percent drop in profits in the just-ended quarter to $11.6 billion, as overall revenues dipped five percent to $58 billion.Apple shares rallied more than five percent in after-hours trade, with the results showing better-than-anticipated results from its new products and services in the fi
  
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• Johnston County Sheriff makes arrest in 46-year-old murder case

  30-04-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Larry Joe Scott, 65, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping in the 1972 death of Bonnie Neighbors.
  
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• Measles cases in the U.S. just hit a 25-year high thanks to anti-vaxxers

  30-04-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States just hit a major milestone, but not the kind that anyone should be proud of. With over 700 confirmed cases of the measles so far in 2019 the country just passed a 25-year high, and there's little sign that the outbreak is slowing.The spread of the disease -- which thus far has hit unvaccinated children under five years of age the hardest -- would have been absolutely unimaginable just a couple of decades ago. As recently as the year 2000, the United States had effectively elimi
  
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• Trump's proposed fee on asylum seekers would burden the poor

  30-04-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Asylum seekers waiting to get into the U.S. sleep in small tents set up by the border, depending on volunteers and churches to bring them food and clothing. Some scrape together 25 cents to pay a toll to get on an international bridge where they can use a bathroom.
  
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• Most U.S. small business preparing for a recession: Bank of America survey

  30-04-2019 22:51
  Small business owners around the country are preparing for a recession, according to a new survey by Bank of America Corp.
  
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• For investors, bloom is off Europe amid Brexit, yellow vest worries

  30-04-2019 22:50
  Europe, long a major destination of investor capital, is losing luster, say prominent bankers and asset managers, who are reducing exposure to the area because of concerns about issues ranging from...
  
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• Fed's not yet done with U.S. rate hikes, says Guggenheim Global CIO

  30-04-2019 22:49
  Federal Reserve policymakers have no reason to change U.S. interest rates anytime soon but will startle global markets by resuming rate hikes rather than pivoting to cuts, according to a leading Wall...
  
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• Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg see both good and bad news in latest Quinnipiac Poll

  30-04-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  A new presidential poll has both good and bad news for Democratic hopefuls Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg.
  
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• The Latest: Woman killed in foyer of California synagogue

  30-04-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  POWAY, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a Southern California synagogue (all times local):
  
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• Joe Biden is the 2020 Democratic front-runner. Now he has a target on his back.

  30-04-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The entry of Joe Biden into the 2020 campaign isn’t exactly sending tremors through the Democratic field or the electorate in the very early going.
  
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• Alleged Poway Synagogue Shooter Pleads Not Guilty to All Charges

  30-04-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  PoolPOWAY, California—John T. Earnest pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder charges for an attack on a local synagogue that killed one person on Saturday, a crime the district attorney alleged he committed with “terror on his mind.”Earnest, 19, entered court looking sullen and angry but said nothing during the brief arraignment. Dressed in a blue jail jumpsuit, he watched from a glass box as a public defender entered his not-guilty plea. A judge ordered Earnest held without bail
  
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• Woman sentenced to death for killing stepdaughter

  30-04-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Tiffany Moss has been sentenced to die by lethal injection for starving her stepdaughter to death in an Atlanta suburb in 2013.
  
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• Accused California synagogue gunman faces murder, arson charges in court

  30-04-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  John Earnest, arrested shortly after Saturday's bloodshed at the Chabad of Poway synagogue north of San Diego, has also been charged with one count of arson on a house of worship stemming from a nearby mosque that was set on fire in March.Appearing for a brief proceeding in San Diego County Superior Court on Tuesday afternoon, Earnest wore dark-rimmed glasses, his hair combed straight forward, with a straight-faced expression.Authorities said Earnest walked into the Poway synagogue during Sabbat
  
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• Trump, US Democrats agree to forge $2 trillion infrastructure plan

  30-04-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic leaders said Tuesday they reached agreement with President Donald Trump to pursue a $2 trillion plan for improving America's creaking infrastructure, but deciding how to pay for the ambitious project could become a sticking point."We agreed on a number which was very, very good: $2 trillion for infrastructure," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said, in a sign the feuding sides may be willing to work together on accomplishing a major bipartisan goal to upgrade the nation's roads, b
  
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• The New York Times ’ Anti-Semitism Is Shocking, but Not Surprising

  30-04-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  This week, the New York Times got itself into hot water for printing a blatantly Jew-hating cartoon in its international edition. The cartoon depicted Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an elongated dachshund, a Star of David hanging around his neck, leading a fat, blind, yarmulke-wearing Donald Trump through the streets. The implication: The nefarious, animalistic Jew is in control of the Jew-perverted president of the United States.The image is nothing new. In 1940, the Lustige Blatt
  
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• Venezuela's political crisis exposes policy divisions in EU

  30-04-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  MADRID (AP) — European countries urged restraint in Venezuela on Tuesday and called for new elections as a way to settle the political crisis in the South American country, but there wasn't a unified voice immediately on whether to support or condemn the opposition's move to oust President Nicolás Maduro.
  
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• Troops loyal to Guaido take cover as shots fired

  30-04-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido took to the streets with a small contingent of heavily armed troops on Tuesday in a bold and risky attempt to lead a military uprising and oust socialist leader Nicolas Maduro. (April 30)
  
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• APNewsBreak: Suspect in Nazi bomb plot kicked out of Army

  30-04-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Army veteran who converted to Islam and is accused of plotting terrorist attacks in California in retaliation for killings at New Zealand mosques was demoted and discharged from the military for a serious offense, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
  
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• Venezuela's Guaido issues call for military uprising amid violent clashes

  30-04-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Tuesday made his strongest call yet to the military to help him oust President Nicolas Maduro, and violence broke out at anti-government protests as the country hit a new crisis point after years of political and economic chaos.Several dozen armed troops accompanying Guaido clashed with soldiers supporting Maduro at a rally outside the La Carlota air base in Caracas early on Tuesday, but the incident fizzled out and did not appear to be part of an imme
  
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• U.S. envoy says top Venezuelan officials negotiated to help restore order

  30-04-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. envoy for Venezuela Elliott Abrams said on Tuesday opposition-led protests in Caracas were part of a broader effort negotiated with three senior officials in President Nicolas Maduro's government to restore constitutional order. Abrams, speaking to reporters at the State Department, said the talks involved Venezuela's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino, Supreme Court chief justice Maikel Moreno and presidential guard commander Ivan Rafael Hernandez Dela about restoring
  
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• For Trump, Stalling Deutsche Bank Subpoena May Be Victory Enough

  30-04-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  It could also force lawmakers to narrow the broad scope of their record request.“Ultimately, the courts will referee this slugfest," said Jacob Frenkel, a lawyer at Dickinson Wright.It’s the latest wrinkle in a battle by congressional Democrats to probe Trump’s potential ties to Russia and investigate broader questions about foreign interference in U.S. politics.
  
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• Avengers: End Game — Bernie Sanders calls on Disney to use box office profits to pay workers ‘middle class wage’

  30-04-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Bernie Sanders has an idea of how Disney can write a “truly heroic” story following the box-office record shattering weekend from Avengers: End Game this past week: Spread the profits around.Mr Sanders, in a tweet, took the entertainment behemoth to task, criticising the salary of the company’s CEO, Bob Iger, and urging better pay for the rest of the employees there.Mr Iger makes a reported $65.6m a year from his post as the head honcho at Disney — a salary that is 1,400
  
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• Chase tried to motivate customers with lower bank balances. It backfired badly.

  30-04-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Chase Bank tried to offer customers on Twitter some #MondayMotivation to save money. The backlash was so strong the banking giant deleted their tweet.
  
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• Bolton presses key aides to Venezuela's Maduro to abandon him

  30-04-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. national security adviser John Bolton on Tuesday singled out three senior aides to Venezuelan President Nicolas Madurowho he said must make good on commitments they purportedly made to the opposition for a peaceful transition away from Maduro's rule.Speaking at the White House during a day of anti-government protests in Venezuela, Bolton named Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino, Supreme Court chief judge Maikel Moreno and presidential guard commander Ivan Rafael Hernandez Dala as
  
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• Key events leading toward uprising in Venezuela

  30-04-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, accompanied by civilian protesters and a small contingent of heavily armed troops, called Tuesday for the military to rise up and oust socialist leader Nicolás Maduro. Here's a timeline of recent events leading up to that revolt:
  
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• Venezuela foreign minister says Maduro in control, blames Washington for violence

  30-04-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Guaido called for a military uprising and armed factions exchanged gunfire outside a Caracas air base on Tuesday, although the incident fizzled out and did not appear to be part of an immediate attempt by the opposition to take power through military force."It is not a coup attempt from the military.This is directly planned in Washington, in the Pentagon and Department of State, and by Bolton," Arreaza told Reuters in a phone interview from Caracas, referring to U.S. national security adviser Jo
  
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• Maduro ally Turkey berates Venezuelan opposition for uprising call

  30-04-2019 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkey's government defended its ally President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela on Tuesday, saying opposition calls for a military uprising against him threatened the constitutional order.Opposition leader Juan Guaido urged the military to help oust Maduro and violence broke out at protests in a new crisis point after years of chaos and divisions.The United States is among some 50 countries recognizing Guaido as Venezuela's president and has imposed sanctions to try and dislodge Maduro whom they say
  
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• Prosecutors oppose giving unredacted Mueller report to Trump adviser Stone

  30-04-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  "The government does not intend to provide that portion of the report to counsel for Mr. Stone absent an order of the court to do so," prosecutor Jonathan Kravis told U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson during a hearing in the case due to go to trial on Nov. 5.Jackson said she understood why Stone should not get a copy of the entire report but raised questions about why he might not be entitled to parts that relate to him directly, especially because some already is in the public version of t
  
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• State's attorney opposes special prosecutor in Jussie Smollett case

  30-04-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Kim Foxx, Chicago's top prosecutor, is fighting a push to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate her office's handling of the case against Jussie Smollett.
  
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• Celebrate World Land Rover Day with These New 2020 Land Rover Defender Images

  30-04-2019 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  One of the new photos is our best look yet at the next-gen Defender.
  
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• Donald Trump sues Deutsche Bank and Capital One in bid to block info going to Congress

  30-04-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump, his family and the Trump Organisation have filed a lawsuit against Deutsche Bank and Capital One in an attempt to stop them releasing financial and banking records to Congress.  The lawsuit, filed on Monday in a Manhattan court, argues that the subpoenas issued for documents by two Democrat-controlled congressional committees overstepped the mark and should not be acted on.  Deutsche Bank was a longtime lender to Mr Trump before he took office. The US president's sons Don
  
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• Venezuela's Guaido urges troops to unite against Maduro, violence breaks out

  30-04-2019 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Tuesday made his strongest call yet to the military to help him oust President Nicolas Maduro, and violence broke out at anti-government protests as the country hit a new crisis point after years of political and economic chaos.Several dozen armed troops accompanying Guaido clashed with soldiers supporting Maduro at a rally outside the La Carlota air base in Caracas, but the incident fizzled out and did not appear to be part of an immediate attempt by
  
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• Why won't 'Game of Thrones' kill off its major characters anymore?

  30-04-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Sunday's battle episode of HBO's "Game of Thrones" was deadly, but in all the wrong ways. For a show that built its reputation on its ruthlessness, why won't it kill off anyone important anymore?
  
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• Vecchio: Venezuela uprising to restore democracy

  30-04-2019 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition's envoy to the United States says the current uprising happening on the streets of his country, are not a 'coup,' but a push to "to restore our democracy." (April 3)
  
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