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• President Trump signs executive order potentially banning Huawei equipment

  15-05-2019 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump signed an executive order banning American companies from using any telecommunications equipment deemed to be a national security risk.
  
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• Teen suspects in Colorado school shooting formally charged; case sealed

  15-05-2019 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Devon Erickson, 18, and Alec McKinney, 16, are accused of opening fire on fellow students in two classrooms at the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) charter school in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, on May 7.McKinney, who identifies as male, was listed on the court docket as Maya Elizabeth McKinney.Douglas County District Judge Theresa Slade has put the charges along with the entire case file under seal, banning the public from seeing it.
  
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• Correction: United States-Iran-Mideast story

  15-05-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a May 14 story about US-Iran tensions, The Associated Press misquoted a British general who disputed the U.S. assessment of security threats from Iran. The story quoted Maj. Gen. Chris Ghika as saying he has not detected increased threats from "any" of the militia groups in Iraq and Syria. In fact, Ghika said he doesn't see increased threats from "many" of the groups.
  
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• What's behind rising US-Iran tensions in the Gulf?

  15-05-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's order of a US military buildup in the Gulf to counter alleged threats by Iran has many worried about a looming war and others skeptical of Washington's motivations.On May 5, Trump's hawkish National Security Advisor John Bolton announced the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group and a B-52 bomber force to the Gulf.- What is the alleged Iran threat?
  
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• Trump to propose plan to make U.S. immigration more merit-based

  15-05-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump's immigration proposal, the product largely of senior advisers Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller and economic aide Kevin Hassett, is an effort to rally Republicans on an issue that has often divided them.While its chances of approval by Congress seem distant, the plan will give Republicans an outline they can say they favor as Trump and lawmakers look toward the November 2020 presidential and congressional elections, where immigration will likely be a key issue.For decades, U.S. immigration
  
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• Trae Tha Truth gathers in Baytown to protest deadly officer-involved shooting

  15-05-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Trae Tha Truth asked the community to come together to rally against the officer-involved shooting that left a woman dead.
  
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• Buffett's Berkshire unveils $861 million Amazon stake

  15-05-2019 23:22
  Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said it owned $860.6 million of Amazon.com Inc shares at the end of March, after the billionaire admitted to underestimating the online retailer and its Chief...
  
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• US orders embassy staff from Iraq over 'imminent' Iran threat

  15-05-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The US government ordered evacuation of non-emergency staff from its Baghdad embassy Wednesday due to an "imminent" threat from Iranian-linked Iraqi militias, but President Donald Trump predicted that Iran would "soon" want to start talks.The evacuation order, also covering the US consulate in Arbil, came 10 days after the Pentagon deployed an aircraft carrier task force and B-52 bombers to the Gulf to fend off an unspecified plot by Tehran to attack US forces or allies.Washington and Tehran hav
  
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• UAE says it will show restraint after tanker attacks, Iran's behavior a concern

  15-05-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said he would not speculate about who was behind Sunday's sabotage acts on four vessels, including two Saudi tankers, near Fujairah emirate while an investigation was under way and due to be completed within days.It is easy to throw accusations but it is a difficult situation, there are serious issues and among them is Iranian behavior," he said, mentioning concern about Iran's missiles and regional policy.France has a naval base in Abu Dhabi.
  
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• Here’s what Samsung is doing to fix the Galaxy Fold’s embarrassing mistakes

  15-05-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Samsung is still committed to an imminent relaunch of its super-expensive foldable handset. The one that was supposed to have been on the market by now but was yanked at the eleventh hour after high-profile reviewers and tech outlets found a slew of problems with the Galaxy Fold -- which, it turns out, was unacceptably fragile for a device with a nearly $2,000 price tag.We know Samsung is still committed to the device because the company keeps telling us so. And we also know the company is still
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Most controversial statements

  15-05-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has been known for her strong opinions. Here’s a look back at a few of her most controversial statements.
  
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• Alabama bill marks the start of all-out war on abortion

  15-05-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The abortion ban approved Tuesday night by the Alabama Senate is more than just the most restrictive legislation passed by any state in the 46 years since the Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide.
  
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• I was 12 years old and pregnant. Alabama's abortion ban bill would punish girls like me.

  15-05-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Critics might say I'm the exception, not the norm, but that's exactly why abortion cannot be dictated by legislators. Every pregnancy is unique.
  
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• Polish Catholic Church expects 'wave' of child sex abuse reports after release of film on paedophilia

  15-05-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Poland's Catholic Church says it is expecting a "wave" of reports of child sex abuse by priests as it struggles to cope with the impact of a new film on paedophilia in the church that has been seen by millions. The crowd-funded two-hour-long film 'Just Don't Tell Anyone' has so far had over 14 million views on YouTube in just three days, and proved to be a sensation in Poland while appearing to deliver a hammer blow to the moral credibility of the Catholic Church. The film, which hears the accou
  
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• Iran vows to defeat US 'economic war'

  15-05-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran's Defence Minister Brigadier-General Amir Hatami vowed Wednesday to inflict the "bitter taste of defeat" on the United States in its "economic war" on the Islamic republic.Hatami was speaking to Revolutionary Guards veterans in Tehran with tensions riding high a year after President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, leading to renewed economic sanctions on Tehran.
  
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• Ford Fusion Recalled for Gear Selector Issue

  15-05-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Ford is recalling 259,182 of its 2013 to 2016 Fusion sedans because a cable that links the gear selector to the transmission can fail, allowing the transmission to be in a different gear from wha...
  
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• Georgetown to expel two students over U.S. college admissions bribery scandal

  15-05-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The expulsions were announced several hours after one of the students, Adam Semprevivo, sued Georgetown over his treatment, including its refusal to let him transfer to another school and keep his academic credits.Georgetown did not identify the expelled students or accuse them of wrongdoing.A lawyer for Semprevivo confirmed in an interview that the 21-year-old psychology major, who just completed his junior year, was one of them.
  
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• Alabama's Abortion Ban Is Designed to Challenge Roe v. Wade at the Supreme Court. Here's What Happens Next

  15-05-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill on Wednesday that would effectively ban abortion in the state, with no exceptions for rape or incest, prompting…
  
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• White House rejects cooperating in Congress 'show trial'

  15-05-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The White House on Wednesday branded Democrat-led congressional efforts to probe alleged wrongdoing by President Donald Trump a "show trial" and said it would refuse demands to cooperate.A letter sent by White House counsel Pat Cipollone rejected demands by Jerry Nadler, head of the House of Representatives judiciary committee, for extensive documentation and testimony.Cipollone wrote that the committee does not have the right "to harass political opponents" or conduct an "unauthorized ‘do
  
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• Cruise goers recount word of Alaska plane crash

  15-05-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Passengers on the Royal Princess cruise ship say the mood was somber after hearing word of the collision of two float planes that killed six people, including five passengers from the ship. They spoke when the ship docked in Juneau, Alaska. (May 15)
  
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• White House Rejects Democrats’ Requests for Documents, Testimony

  15-05-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- The White House said it won’t turn over documents or allow testimony sought by the House Judiciary Committee in its probe of President Donald Trump’s election, arguing the congressional demands are too broad and violate principles of executive privilege.
  
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• Latest Galaxy Note 10 leak points to a massive improvement people will love

  15-05-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Say what you will about Samsung, but the company's penchant for throwing everything against the wall in order to see what sticks certainly keeps things interesting. With that said, 2019 appears to be a typical year for Samsung insofar that the company released some solid devices with its S10 line while also finding itself reeling from the downright laughable Galaxy Fold fiasco.Hardly a surprise, that's how things seem to go for Samsung these days; every success is tempered by an embarrassing fai
  
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• Iran will defeat U.S.-Israeli alliance, says defense minister

  15-05-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran's military commanders said on Wednesday the Islamic Republic was on the verge of an all-out confrontation with its enemies and was ready to counter any threat."Iran has the highest level of defense-military preparedness to confront any type of threat and excessive demands," Defence Minister Amir Hatami was quoted as saying by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).The United States has sent further military forces to the Middle East, including an aircraft carrier, B-52 bombers and Patriot
  
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• Woman allegedly shoves and kills 74-year-old man after he told her to be nice to bus passengers

  15-05-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  A 25-year-old woman has been charged with murder after an elderly man sheshoved off a Las Vegas bus died last month, the Associated Press reports
  
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• President Trump Reportedly Kicks the 25 Percent Auto Tariff Can Six Months down the Road

  15-05-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The buck on tariffs for imported cars and car parts stops at the Oval Office-but that decision could come six months from now.
  
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• U.S. believes Iran encouraged tanker attacks: U.S. sources

  15-05-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity and who are familiar with U.S. national security assessments, said they viewed the attacks as a serious provocation by Iran which posed a significant threat to shipping.Iran rejects the allegation of Iranian involvement and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that "extremist individuals" in the U.S. government were pursuing dangerous policies.One source said U.S. government experts believe Iran gave its "blessing" to the operati
  
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• Kamala Harris likes the idea of Biden running — as her vice president

  15-05-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The California senator flipped the script on worries that America isn't ready to elect a woman president.
  
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• Alabama and Georgia Are Throwing Down the Gauntlet against Roe . Good.

  15-05-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  We are witnessing the beginnings of an anti-abortion legislative revolution in Red America. Two generations of pro-life activism, persuasion, and argument have yielded pro-life supermajorities in state houses across much of the South and Midwest, and they recognize the fact that we have reached a moment of legal possibility we may never attain again -- perhaps not for generations. It is possible (maybe not likely, but possible) that the Supreme Court could overrule Roe v. Wade, and these legisla
  
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• Roe v. Wade at risk: key facts on legal challenges to U.S. abortion rights

  15-05-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  If signed into law, it will face legal challenges and put the focus on the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court, the final stop on all roads in the fight over abortion.Alabama's law would outlaw almost all abortions, including in cases of pregnancies resulting from rape or incest.Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday was mulling whether to sign the law, part of an accelerating effort by some states and anti-abortion activists to get the Supreme Court to reconsider its landmark 1973 ruling i
  
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• Alabama's governor defends near-total abortion ban bill, but doesn't commit to signing

  15-05-2019 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  'All human life is precious,' Ivey says, as bill awaits her signature
  
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• Alabama abortion ban: Republican state senate passes most restrictive law in US

  15-05-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Law bans abortion except if there is a ‘serious health risk’ to the mother, with no exceptions for rape and incestThese 25 Republicans – all white men – just voted to ban abortion in AlabamaAlabama’s Republican-controlled state senate has passed a near-total ban on abortion, making it a crime to perform the procedure at any stage of pregnancy. The abortion ban is the strictest in the US, and allows an exception only when the woman’s health is at serious risk.
  
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• 'A wall will not fix this': U.S. Senator Graham offers more steps to limit migrants

  15-05-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  The senior Republican senator's latest plan to tackle America's problem with undocumented immigrants also would result in unaccompanied minors from Central America being sent back to their countries of origin.While Graham is known to have President Donald Trump's ear, proposals similar to the senator's have been rejected in the past by Democrats, who control the House of Representatives.Trump will give a speech on immigration policy on Thursday, the White House said on Wednesday.
  
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• Oops! Canadian fugitive caught after Facebook location reveal

  15-05-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  A fugitive on Canada's most wanted list ended up leading police to his doorstep after announcing where he was living in a defiant Facebook message to a television station publicizing his case.Jessie Dean Kowalchuk, 27, was wanted in westernmost British Columbia province for violating his probation related to three separate crimes in 2015.When he spotted his photo on the website of television station CFJC Today in Kamloops, he sent a Facebook message to taunt the news show's producers -- and said
  
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• Congress has no right to 'do-over' of Russia probe: White House counsel

  15-05-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The May 15 letter from White House counsel Pat Cipollone to House Judiciary Committee chair Jerrold Nadler says the committee's probe serves no legitimate legislative purpose.The letter was drafted in response to Nadler's March 4 request for documents from the White House for a congressional investigation of allegations of obstruction of justice, public corruption and other abuses of power.Cipollone asked the panel to narrow its "sweeping" request and provide a legislative purpose, and said many
  
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• Ferrari 250 GTO sells for record $70 million (£52m)

  15-05-2019 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  One of the best surviving GTOs has sold to American collector David MacNeil for the highest price ever paid for a classic car.A 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO has been sold to Ferrari collector and WeatherTech CEO David MacNeil for a rumoured $70 million – a new world record for a classic car.The Ferrari in question, serial number 4153 GT, is one of the most celebrated of the 39 250 GTOs produced, due to its competition history and its originality – unusually for a race car, it's never been cr
  
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• Your money: Should you pay to stop phone spam?

  15-05-2019 19:44
  If your phone log is anything like mine, the list of incoming scam calls makes it look like you work for the State Department: Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Russia, Bosnia, Benin, Croatia and Sierra Leone....
  
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• Kamala Harris wants ban on importing AR-15-style assault weapons

  15-05-2019 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Kamala Harris wants to ban the importation of AR-15-style assault weapons by executive action if elected president.
  
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• 'Today is a dark day for women': Planned Parenthood vows to challenge Alabama abortion ban

  15-05-2019 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Planned Parenthood is gearing up for a legal battle against Alabama after state lawmakers passed the most extreme abortion ban in the US.
  
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• U.S. Orders American Civilians to Leave Iraq amid Iran Tensions

  15-05-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The State Department on Wednesday ordered all non-critical government employees to leave Iraq and warned American citizens not to travel to the country over fears that growing tensions between the Trump administration and neighboring Iran could spark a conflict endangering them.In a statement announcing the decision, officials cited a "high risk for violence and kidnapping" and said "normal visa services will be temporarily suspended" at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and the U.S. co
  
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• Amid trade war, China's Xi Jinping preaches openness, says no civilization superior

  15-05-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  China will only be more open to the world, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, as he denounced as "stupid" those who believe in cultural superiority, in his first public address since trade tension with the United States spiked last week.
  
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• Elderly man dies after being shoved off Vegas bus

  15-05-2019 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Las Vegas police have released surveillance footage of a 74-year-old man with a walker being shoved off a public bus in hopes of locating witnesses. The man died a month later. A woman has been charged with murder. (May 15)
  
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• Teen charged in Colorado shooting in court

  15-05-2019 19:28 via news.yahoo.com
  One of two teens charged in the deadly attack on a suburban Denver school has appeared in court after being charged with multiple counts of murder, theft and arson in the attack. (May 15)
  
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• Federal judge is astonished by Trump's lawyers seeking to block request from House committee

  15-05-2019 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge in Washington expressed astonishment Tuesday at arguments raised by President Trump's lawyers seeking to block his accounting firm from turning over years of financial records to the Democratic-controlled House Oversight and Reform Committee and seemed to signal a swift ruling in favor of lawmakers.
  
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• Apple’s official iPhone XR battery case just got a rare discount

  15-05-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  At a whopping $129, you could buy five of these popular iPhone XR battery cases for the price of one official Smart Battery Case from Apple. In fact, you would even still have some money left over! But there's nothing quite like an official Apple product, and many people are willing to pay a premium for the best designs and quality. If you fall into that category, you'll be happy to know that the official Apple Smart Battery Case for iPhone XR is only four times more expensive than the other cas
  
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• Thousands of Palestinians demonstrate to mark Nakba 'catastrophe'

  15-05-2019 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Palestinians protested Wednesday for the annual commemoration of what they call the Nakba, or catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands were expelled or fled during the 1948 war surrounding the creation of Israel.
  
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• Special Procession Planned for Colorado School Shooting Hero Kendrick Castillo

  15-05-2019 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  A procession will be held Wednesday before a service honoring Kendrick Castillo, who was killed in the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting.
  
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• Parents Press School Board for Changes Following Colorado School Shooting

  15-05-2019 19:14 via news.yahoo.com
  A group rallied in Castle Rock, Colorado Friday afternoon to demand change from the Douglas County School District following the STEM shooting.
  
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• Disabled man rebukes Southwest Airlines for failing to accommodate his medical device

  15-05-2019 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  A severely disabled man said that U.S. airlines do not provide appropriate lifts, so he brings his own, but Southwest still wouldn't let him fly.
  
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• Planned Parenthood readies challenge to near-total abortion ban in Alabama

  15-05-2019 19:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Planned Parenthood president says near-total ban "will cost women's lives;" Ivey mum on whether she will sign it
  
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• UPDATE 1-Ford recalling 273,000 vehicles in North America that could roll away

  15-05-2019 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Ford Motor Co is recalling nearly 273,000 Ford Fusion and Ranger pickup trucks in North America that could roll away if the gear is not in "park" mode, the second largest U.S. automaker said on Wednesday.The recall covers 270,000 Fusion cars from model years 2013 through 2016 which have a shifter cable that may detach from the transmission, allowing a driver to remove the ignition key when the vehicle is not in "park." Nearly 2,800 2019 model year Ford Ranger trucks in North America have a simil
  
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