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• The 2020 Hyundai Elantra Drops Its Manual Transmission and Gets a CVT for Better MPG

  14-05-2019 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The Elantra Eco's 40-mpg highway rating was a big deal after Hyundai's earlier scandal about erroneous MPG claims, and now even the more mainstream Elantra models hit that number.
  
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• House intelligence panel seeks interviews with Trump lawyers

  14-05-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Intelligence Committee has called four lawyers linked to President Donald Trump and his family for interviews as part of an investigation into whether they tried to obstruct the panel's inquiry into Russian election interference.
  
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• The Latest: AP sources: Panel, Trump Jr. agree to interview

  14-05-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on a subpoena sent to Donald Trump Jr. (all times local):
  
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• How Tim Conway mastered the timeless, universal art of funny

  14-05-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Tim Conway, who died Tuesday at 85, showcased his broad range of comic skills on 'The Carol Burnett Show' and in many films and TV series.
  
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• William Barr Delivers Chilling Message to FBI for Trump

  14-05-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast/Photos from Getty/APIf you come at the king, you best not miss. That’s the message Attorney General William Barr is sending to FBI agents, whether intentionally or not. Barr has authorized yet another investigation into the FBI’s conduct probing links between Russian election interference and the Trump campaign. Even though two other entities are already investigating the same matter, reports indicate that Barr has appointed Connectic
  
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• Joe Biden steps up the retail politics in New Hampshire

  14-05-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — An impassioned version of his standard speech in the rain. A huddle with reporters in the state capital. A little encouragement for a schoolboy getting ready for a hockey tournament.
  
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• Trump dismisses report of plan to send troops to Middle East as ally questions Iran threat

  14-05-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump dismissed a report that his administration is planning to send 120,000 troops to the Middle East to address Iran, but then issued a new threat.
  
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• Plan to arrest migrant families tabled due to a lack of resources

  14-05-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  White House officials considered a secret plan to arrest thousands of undocumented migrant parents and children in coordinated raids across the U.S., but the idea was tabled due to a lack of resources, reports the Washington Post and the Associated Press.
  
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• Trump Jr. Strikes a Deal to Sit for Private Interview with Senate Intel Committee

  14-05-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  After weeks of contentious negotiation, Donald Trump Jr. agreed on Tuesday to comply with the Republican Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Richard Burr’s (R., N.C.) subpoena-backed demand that he sit for a private interview with members of the panel, the New York Times first reported.Trump Jr. has reportedly agreed to speak to lawmakers about a limited range of topics for between two and four hours sometime in mid June.Burr told fellow Republican senators last week that
  
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• NASA Asks for More than a Billion Dollars to Return to the Moon

  14-05-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  The agency wants a lunar landing by 2024, but first it will need a whole lot of money from Congress.
  
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• Trump's attorneys argue Congress doesn't have authority to investigate him for corruption

  14-05-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The battle for Donald Trump’s financial records has finally reached the courts — though it might just be the start of a long and arduous war. The president’s attorneys urged US district judge Amit Mehta to revoke subpoenas issued by the House oversight and reform committee, which has sought Mr Trump’s tax records from his longtime accountant, Mazars USA. Mr Trump’s legal team has argued Democrats on Capitol Hill are not seeking his records as part of any legislative
  
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• Minneapolis Man Pleads Guilty to Throwing Boy, 5, Off Mall of America Balcony

  14-05-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  A man who reportedly told investigators that he went to the Mall of America “looking for someone to kill” pleaded guilty Tuesday to throwing a 5-year-old boy from a third-floor balcony and faces 19 years in prison.
  
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• Michigan lawmakers OK ban on abortion procedure; veto vowed

  14-05-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's Republican-led Legislature voted Tuesday to ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure, pushing ahead with legislation Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she would veto.
  
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• 'Good Samaritans' search for 2 missing people after deadly Alaska air collision

  14-05-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  At least four people died and 10 were injured after two floatplanes crashed in the water near the southeast Alaska town of Ketchikan.
  
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• Which states are seeking to make abortion illegal and who is behind it?

  14-05-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Alabama passed the most restrictive abortion ban in the US as more than a dozen states this year tried to outlaw the procedure A woman protests Georgia’s six-week abortion ban at the state capitol in Atlanta, Georgia, on 7 May.Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/ReutersAlabama lawmakers passed the most restrictive abortion ban in the US on Tuesday night, outlawing abortion from the point of conception with exceptions only if the woman’s life is seriously at risk. The law is one example of a
  
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• Trump's Trade War With China Could Cost the Average Family Up to $2,300 a Year, Report Estimates

  14-05-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's trade war with China could cost the average American family of four up to $2,300, a report finds. 
  
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• Statue of Liberty museum set to open amid immigration debate

  14-05-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The Statue of Liberty, which has welcomed generations of immigrants to US shores, is getting a new museum at a time when immigration is an explosive topic.The $100 million Statue of Liberty Museum, which is located near the base of "Lady Liberty" in New York harbor, opens on Thursday.The Statue of Liberty is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the United States, greeting some 4.5 million people a year from around the world.
  
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• Global stocks bounce back as Trump downplays U.S.-China trade fight

  14-05-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. and European stocks regained ground on Tuesday after President Donald Trump downplayed the U.S.-China trade war as "a little squabble" a day after a spike in tensions between the world's two largest economies rattled financial markets.Fears that the United States and China were spiraling into a fiercer, more protracted trade dispute that could derail the global economy have shaken investors in the past week.The MSCI index gained 0.49% on Tuesday.
  
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• Nucor shareholders reject proposal on disclosing lobbying details

  14-05-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Nucor Corp shareholders have rejected a proposal that would make the company report on its political lobbying, heading off efforts to make one of the most high-profile corporate actors in Washington more transparent.The largest U.S. steelmaker led the push for imposing tariffs on steel imports last year, now a signature part of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade policy.Trump had said tariffs were needed to save the industry from losing out to unscrupulous foreign competitors.
  
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• Howard Kurtz: Why Trump is praising Barr for investigating the investigators

  14-05-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  'MediaBuzz' host Howard Kurtz weighs in on the new probe, long pushed by President Donald Trump, Republicans and the conservative media, which aims at investigating the investigators, those who pushed for the Mueller probe.
  
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• New security flaw in Intel chips could affect millions

  14-05-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Intel has revealed another hardware security flaw that could affects millions of machines around the world.
  
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• Ex-Congressman Weiner leaves halfway house

  14-05-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former Rep. Anthony Weiner left a New York City halfway house on Tuesday after completing his prison sentence for illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl.
  
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• Five U.S. abuse victims sue Vatican to release names of predator priests

  14-05-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Three brothers and two other men claimed in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in St. Paul that the Church has kept secret the identities and records of more than 3,400 clergy accused of sexual abuse, including some top church officials.The men are asking the court to require the Vatican to make the information public and report all alleged crimes to law enforcement worldwide.
  
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• Dive team probes icy Alaska waters for missing passengers

  14-05-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Dive teams plunged into the icy cold waters of a southeast Alaska inlet Tuesday, searching an area the size of 24 football fields for two cruise ship passengers missing after two sightseeing planes collided.
  
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• Woman survived Appalachian Trail stabbing by playing dead and hiking to safety, police say

  14-05-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  James Jordan, 30, of West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, faces murder and assault charges in connection with the attack late Friday and early Saturday.
  
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• Joe Biden under pressure from left on climate change

  14-05-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic 2020 frontrunner Joe Biden was forced into defending his environmental record Tuesday after a popular progressive in Congress demanded presidential hopefuls abandon a "middle-of-the-road" approach to combatting climate change."You never heard me say middle of the road.The 29-year-old House Democrat bemoaned lawmaker inaction 30 years ago -- when Biden served in the Senate -- as US space agency NASA warned them about the existential threat of climate change.
  
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• Disney now has full control of Hulu

  14-05-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  If it wasn't already clear that Disney is very serious about becoming one of the major players in the video streaming business, then Disney's newest move should drive that point home.The company on Tuesday announced that it will assume full operational control of the Hulu streaming service following a "put/call" deal with Comcast. What that means is that the two giants agreed that Disney will buy Hulu five years from now at a minimum valuation of $27.5 billion.As early as January 2024, Comcast c
  
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• Elizabeth Warren rejects town hall on 'hate-for-profit racket' Fox News

  14-05-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The Massachusetts senator explained her reasons for refusing an invitation that others seeking the Democratic presidential nomination have accepted.
  
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• Democrat Steve Bullock enters 2020 race; Joe Biden defends his climate change stance

  14-05-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Campaign Trail Mix: Montana Governor Steve Bullock starts a swing through Iowa as part of a strategy to present himself to progressives; former Vice President Joe Biden defending himself from a charge by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
  
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• Pompeo Warns Russia That U.S. Won’t Tolerate Election Interference

  14-05-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that he has informed Russia the U.S. will not tolerate further election interference from Moscow.Speaking at a press conference in Sochi, Pompeo said he'd told Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov that “interference in American elections is unacceptable and if the Russians were engaged in that in 2020 it would put our relationship in an even worse place than it has been.”“We’ve said this not only about the Russians but ab
  
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• Saudi shuts major oil pipeline after Huthi drone attacks

  14-05-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Drone attacks claimed by Iran-aligned Yemen rebels shut down one of Saudi Arabia's major oil pipelines Tuesday, further ratcheting up Gulf tensions after the mysterious sabotage of several tankers.Washington and Tehran played down tensions after trading barbs as the Americans sent an aircraft carrier group and nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the region to counter alleged threats from Saudi arch-rival Iran."We fundamentally do not seek a war with Iran," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said at a jo
  
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• Poland airs tougher sex abuse penalties amid church crisis

  14-05-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's prime minister on Tuesday vowed tougher punishments for those who sexually abuse minors after a new film spurred the country into grappling with the problem of abuse by priests.
  
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• Barr appoints attorney to investigate origins of Mueller report and spying on Trump campaign

  14-05-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney general William Barr has appointed a US attorney to investigate how the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election began, and whether laws were broken during while intelligence was being collected on the Trump campaign.The assignment was first reported on Monday night, and comes after the attorney general told senators last month that “spying did occur” on the Trump campaign in 2016 — even though he said at the time that he was not sure that anything illegal had
  
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• How on Earth are SanDisk 400GB microSD cards down to just $57?

  14-05-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Amazon has been running a fantastic sale on SanDisk microSD cards that matches all-time low prices on the two most popular sizes -- 128GB for $19.99 and just $11.50 for a 64GB card. If you want more space than that though, today is your lucky day because SanDisk Ultra 400GB microSDXC UHS-I Cards are back in stock for just $56.99 each!Here's some more info from Amazon's product description:* Up to 400GB (1GB=1,000,000,000 bytes. Actual user storage less.) to store even more hours of Full HD video
  
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• Attorney general taps top Connecticut federal prosecutor for review of Trump-Russia inquiry

  14-05-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney General William Barr asked John Durham, the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut, to review the investigation of Russia's 2016 election meddling.
  
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• President Trump dismisses trade tensions as 'a little squabble with China'

  14-05-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The ramped-up trade tensions between the U.S. and China have roiled markets in recent days, but President Trump dismissed concerns and predicted victory on Tuesday when he spoke to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before embarking on a trip to Louisiana. Trump began by declaring “we’re having probably the greatest economy that we’ve had anywhere, any time in the history of our country.”
  
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• Donald Trump says he is 'absolutely' ready to send troops to confront Iran

  14-05-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump yesterday suggested he is ready to send “a hell of a lot” of troops to confront Iran in the Middle East amid warnings that the two countries are stumbling towards a war. The comments come amid mounting diplomatic and military tensions in the Persian Gulf after Iran-aligned Yemeni rebels attacked an oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia and an unidentified attacker attempted to sabotage tankers. Mr Trump said reports that the Pentagon has already drawn up plans to deploy 120,000 s
  
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• US claims of Iran threat to coalition forces in Middle East rejected by British general

  14-05-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  A British general has rejected claims from the White House that coalition forces in the Middle East are facing an increased threat from Iran or its allies.In recent days, Washington US has responded to what has claimed as a raised threat from Iran-backed militias to US and coalition forces fighting the remnants of Isis in Iraq and Syria, by dispatching an aircraft carrier, B-52 bombers and Patriot missiles. National security advisor John Bolton, a longtime advocate of regime change in Iran, has
  
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• Iran's Supreme Leader says there will be no war with U.S.

  14-05-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday Tehran does not seek war with the United States despite mounting tensions between the two arch-enemies over Iranian nuclear capabilities and its missile program.In comments to senior officials carried by state television, Khamenei also reiterated that the Islamic Republic would not negotiate with the United States on another nuclear deal.The Iranian nation has chosen the path of resistance," Khamenei was cited as saying by the state m
  
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• U.S. attorney general launches fresh review of origins of Russia probe

  14-05-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Attorney General William Barr is working with top intelligence officials and a senior federal prosecutor on at least the third inquiry to date into the origins of the Mueller probe of President Donald Trump and Russian election meddling, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.Barr has named U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John Durham to examine whether the FBI erred in seeking a special federal court warrant to conduct surveillance on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, said
  
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• Bolton beats war drums in US-Iran standoff

  14-05-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  War drums are beating louder in Washington's long-festering standoff with Iran and National Security Advisor John Bolton, a veteran champion of regime change, is the bandmaster.With his bushy mustache and beloved yellow legal pad, Bolton cuts a colorful figure at the White House.President Donald Trump ran on the promise to pull the United States out of unwinnable post-9/11 wars -- from Afghanistan to Syria -- that have consumed American lives and military budgets.
  
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• An abortion 'reversal'? The method is unproved, but Ohio lawmakers want women to consider it

  14-05-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Republicans in Ohio want every women seeking a medical abortion to be informed of a method for abortion "reversal," which critics call unethical.
  
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• Dead whale washes ashore in Pacifica

  14-05-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The 10th whale in the past few months has washed ashore in the Bay Area. The unusually large death toll is reportedly happening because there is too little food to support the giant mammals.
  
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• Woman fatally shot by Baytown officer during struggle over Taser was not pregnant

  14-05-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The woman can be heard screaming "I'm pregnant" in a video of the incident. However, police told ABC News her family informed them that she was not pregnant.
  
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• Trump defends China tariffs and claims 'great patriot farmers' will reap benefits

  14-05-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  * Trump promises new deal with China can be reached soon* Chinese retaliation prompted huge stock market sell-offDonald Trump with a pair of ‘Make America Great Again’ hats at a rally in Indiana in August last year. Trump tweeted: ‘The Farmers have been forgotten for many years. Their time is now!’ Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/ReutersDonald Trump continued to defend his trade war with China on Tuesday, claiming “great patriot farmers” in the US would benefit fro
  
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• The Latest: Rouhani adviser says Trump moving toward war

  14-05-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Latest on developments in the Persian Gulf, elsewhere in Mideast, amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran (all times local):
  
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• President Trump praises, Democrats slams Attorney General Barr's decision to probe Mueller report origins

  14-05-2019 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney General William Barr taps U.S. Attorney John Durham to look into the origins of the Russia probe; reaction and analysis from Chris Bedford, editor-in-chief of the Daily Caller News Foundation, and Fox News contributor Judy Miller, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author.
  
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• Poland cracks down on child sex abuse as priest film goes viral

  14-05-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Poland's right-wing government on Tuesday unveiled plans to crack down on paedophiles by raising prison sentences to a maximum 30 years as a ground-breaking documentary on paedophilia among Polish priests went viral in the Catholic country.The proposed changes by the Law and Justice (PiS) government, which is closely allied with Poland's powerful Roman Catholic church, come just two weeks ahead of a tight race in elections to the European Parliament."Paedophilia has been treated too lightly by o
  
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• NASA names new moon landing mission 'Artemis' as Trump administration asks for $1.6 billion

  14-05-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  NASA is asking Congress for an additional $1.6 billion in the 2020 budget to cover the cost of the newly named Artemis program to reach the moon by 2024.
  
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• 6 paid iPhone apps you can download for free on May 14th

  14-05-2019 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  If you missed yesterday's roundup of the best paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free, definitely go back and check it out as soon as you can -- there are still a few freebies to be found in that post. Once you're done with that, you'll find six fresh iOS apps on sale in Tuesday's roundup.This post covers paid iPhone and iPad apps that have been made available for free for a limited time by their developers. BGR is not affiliated with any app developers. There is no way to tell how long they
  
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