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• The 2020 Ford Escape Costs $25,980 to Start and More than $40,000 Fully Loaded

  28-05-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Ford's redesigned compact SUV is reasonably priced considering its myriad improvements and new hybrid model.
  
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• Jessa (Duggar) Seewald welcomes a baby girl! See baby's adorable photo

  28-05-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Jessa Duggar gave birth at home to a 7-pound, 14-ounce baby girl. She joins brothers, ages 3 and 2.
  
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• Kamala Harris wants some states to get preclearance before passing abortion laws

  28-05-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Harris wants Congress to pass legislation requiring some states to seek DOJ preclearance before instituting new laws impacting abortion rights.
  
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• Police say DNA links uncle to disappearance of Utah child

  28-05-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  LOGAN, Utah (AP) — DNA has provided further evidence that the 21-year-old uncle of a missing 5-year-old girl in Utah is behind her disappearance, police said Tuesday.
  
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• Border Patrol to Create New Migrant-Care Position So Agents Can Focus on Enforcement

  28-05-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Customs and Border Patrol announced Tuesday the creation of a new administrative position intended to help ease the stresses on the system created by the recent influx of asylum-seekers arriving at the southern border.The new “Border Patrol Processing Coordinator” position is designed to help alleviate the administrative duties that CBP agents have been forced to take on, often at the expense of their traditional enforcement duties, as record numbers of women and children have a
  
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• Iran has sapped U.S. capacity for war: Revolutionary Guards chief

  28-05-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran's "absolute power" in its region has sapped the capacity of arch-enemy the United States to wage war against it, the commander of its elite Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday, according to semi-official Mehr news agency.“We have been able to...empty the enemy's capacity for war.
  
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• Search for missing Utah girl stretches into day 4

  28-05-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Police believe that the 21-year-old uncle of a missing 5-year-old girl in Utah is behind her disappearance. He has been arrested, but the girl remains missing. (May 28)
  
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• The Latest: Crews confirm at least 3 tornadoes hit Indiana

  28-05-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on damaging storms across the central United States (all times local):
  
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• New video shows aftermath of rescue when Amanda Eller, missing 17 days, found in Maui forest

  28-05-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Amanda Eller said of her rescuers, ''These guys weren't going to give up on me! Thank God!''
  
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• The Latest: Hospitals up tornado injury tally to about 130

  28-05-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on damaging storms across the central United States (all times local):
  
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• Missouri's last abortion clinic could close, making the state the only one without a facility

  28-05-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Missouri's threat to decline a license renewal may force the state's only abortion clinic to close by the end of the week, Planned Parenthood officials said.
  
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• Satellite images show fields in northwest Syria on fire

  28-05-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  New satellite images show fields, orchards and olive groves burning in northwest Syria, where the army has waged an assault against rebels in their last major stronghold.Government air strikes, backed by Russia, have focused on the south of Idlib province and nearby parts of Hama, uprooting nearly 250,000 people.The bombing has killed 229 civilians and injured 727 others, according to the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations (UOSSM) charity.
  
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• Civilian toll mounts as Syria regime pounds jihadist bastion

  28-05-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Nine children were among at least 21 civilians killed Tuesday in regime attacks on Syria's northwest, a jihadist stronghold that has come under intensified bombardment in the past month, a monitor said.The strikes, some of which hit a hospital, followed two days of increased bombing by Damascus and its Russian ally on jihadist-dominated Idlib province and parts of neighbouring regions.Regime bombardment on the area Sunday and Monday killed a total of 31 civilians, according to the Britain-based
  
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• Howard Kurtz: Even some conservatives don’t want Trump quoting dictator

  28-05-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  'MediaBuzz' host Howard Kurtz weighs in on the bipartisan criticism of President Trump agreeing with Kim Jong Un's insults toward former Vice President Joe Biden.
  
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• NASA just released a hype video for a Moon mission that probably won’t happen

  28-05-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  NASA has planned on returning to the Moon for some time now, hashing out plans for its Lunar Gateway which will eventually serve as a jumping-off point for travelers headed to the Moon's surface. Then, back in March, the current presidential administration decided it wanted NASA to complete a return to the Moon as soon as possible, offering a mere five years to complete the task.The request was, to put it bluntly, absurd. NASA doesn't have the funding to pull it off, and even if it did it would
  
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• British sailor whose wife vanished on honeymoon jailed for eight years after 'deliberately sinking their yacht'

  28-05-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  A newlywed British sailor whose wife died after their yacht sank off the coast of Cuba has been jailed for eight years in the US for her manslaughter. Lewis Bennett, 42, was sentenced on Tuesday at a Miami court for the killing of Isabella Hellmann, 41. Bennett, of Poole, Dorset, was initially accused of murder and intentionally scuttling the catamaran before he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter. He must also pay $22,910 (about £18,000) in restitution and will
  
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• Michael Avenatti pleads not guilty to defrauding Stormy Daniels

  28-05-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The pugilistic and embattled attorney Michael Avenatti pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he defrauded his most famous client, porn star Stormy Daniels.
  
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• Border Patrol to hire staff to help with migrant processing

  28-05-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol said Tuesday it's working to hire additional staff to manage the processing of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
  
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• U.S. presidential hopeful Harris to unveil plan to protect abortion rights

  28-05-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. senator from California says that if elected president, she will force states with a history of hostility toward Roe v. Wade - the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that established a woman's right to an abortion - to first obtain approval from the U.S. Justice Department before a law restricting abortion could take effect.Harris will announce her plan on Tuesday night to an audience at a live town hall in Spartanburg, South Carolina, aired on MSNBC, her campaign said in a statement.
  
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• What's keeping Harriet Tubman off the $20?

  28-05-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Harriet Tubman, the famed abolitionist who freed slaves using the Underground Railroad, was scheduled to replace Andrew Jackson as the face of the $20 bill in 2020. However, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said during a congressional hearing last week that the redesign had been delayed until at least 2028.
  
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• Sears buyer Eddie Lampert wants to avoid up to $43M in severance pay from bankruptcy

  28-05-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The investor who bought Sears' assets out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy is now trying to back out of an agreement to pay severance to laid-off workers.
  
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• Scouted: Yes, You Can Get A Top-Rated Coffee Table on Amazon

  28-05-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Getting the right coffee table for your couch requires careful deliberation, as does choosing which coffee table books to adorn it with, whether they’re essential must-haves, travel-specific, or focused on the art of science fiction. And while we’re fans of several furniture retailers, we felt we had to show some love to the coffee table universe over at Amazon, where you can get any of the styles you like with the two-day shipping and easy returns Prime members are used to. So we co
  
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• The Latest: Uncle denied bail as search for girl continues

  28-05-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  LOGAN, Utah (AP) — The Latest on the search for a missing 5-year-old girl in Utah (all times local):
  
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• Illinois House Passes Bill Repealing Partial-Birth-Abortion Ban

  28-05-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The Illinois House on Tuesday passed a bill that would repeal the state's previous partial-birth-abortion ban and require that insurance providers cover contraception and abortion services.The Reproductive Health Act, which passed 64–50, removes virtually all restrictions on late-term abortions and the penalties currently imposed on doctors who perform them. The legislation must now receive majority support in the state Senate before it can be signed into law.The bill's proponents have arg
  
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• Ex-Cardinal McCarrick, others flouted 2008 restrictions

  28-05-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Email correspondence shows disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was placed under Vatican restrictions in 2008 for sleeping with seminarians, but regularly flouted those travel rules with the apparent knowledge of Vatican officials under Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis.
  
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• Huawei reviewing ties with FedEx after two packers were 'diverted to America'

  28-05-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Huawei is reviewing its relationship with FedEx after it claimed two of its packages were "diverted to America", amid rising tensions between the Chinese technology company and the US government.  Donald Trump's administration has repeatedly warned that Huawei's equipment could be used for spying by China, and earlier this month the US president signed an executive order which effectively banned the company from America's 5G network. Huawei has maintained it is independent of the Chinese st
  
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• Kamala Harris targets abortion bans with ‘Reproductive Rights Act,’ focusing on constitutionality behind restrictions

  28-05-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Kamala Harris has unveiled a new proposal targeting state abortion bans amid a wave of new restrictions being passed across the country. The 2020 presidential hopeful’s “Reproductive Rights Act” would shift the burden from abortion providers to states attempting to pass bans by forcing them to prove the constitutionality behind the restrictive measures. If a state is unable to do so, they will not receive a pre-clearance requirement from the California Democrat’s Justice
  
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• France says signs of Syria chemical attack, but still checking

  28-05-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  France's foreign minister said on Tuesday there were signs that chemicals had been used in attacks by Syrian government forces on rebels in northwest Syria, but they still needed to be verified.The United States said on May 23 it had received numerous reports that appeared consistent with chemical exposure after forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad launched an offensive on the rebel stronghold."We have a sign of the use of chemical weapons in the Idlib area but for now there isn't ve
  
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• Phillies' Herrera charged with simple assault in Atlantic City

  28-05-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Odubel Herrera has been charged with simple assault, Atlantic City police confirm to Action News.
  
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• Israeli election rerun looms as Netanyahu talks falter

  28-05-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urgently worked to break a deadlock in coalition negotiations Tuesday as the once far-fetched possibility of fresh general elections only months after April polls loomed ever larger.Netanyahu has until Wednesday night to reach a coalition deal, but he has been unable to convince ex-defence minister Avigdor Lieberman to abandon a key demand and allow a government to be formed.Failing to do so would be a major setback for Netanyahu, and the stakes are espe
  
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• Supreme Court upholds part of Indiana anti-abortion law requiring disposal of fetal remains by burial or cremation

  28-05-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The Supreme Court upheld an Indiana law Tuesday that required the burial or cremation of fetal remains following an abortion.
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court Reinstates Indiana Abortion Fetal-Burial Law

  28-05-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  The justices ruled Tuesday that a federal appeals court was wrong to strike down the measure as unconstitutional.Only two justices -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor -- indicated publicly that they disagreed with the ruling.The court, however, also said it won’t hear Indiana’s effort to revive a separate provision that would bar abortions based on the fetus’s race or gender or the risk of a genetic disorder, such as Down syndrome.
  
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• Pence calls on US Supreme Court to take up 'selective' abortion

  28-05-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  US Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to take up a case about abortions based on sex, race or potential disability of the fetus, after the high court sidestepped the issue.While serving as governor of Indiana, Pence had signed into law a ban on so-called "selective" abortions.A lower court struck it down, and earlier Tuesday, the US Supreme Court opted not to weigh in until lower courts do so.
  
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• Indiana abortion: Mike Pence 'commends' Supreme Court for upholding foetal burial law

  28-05-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Vice President Mike Pence has commended the Supreme Court for upholding a part of an Indiana law requiring the burial of foetal remains after abortions.Now he's encouraging the court to review state laws that restrict when and why an abortion can be performed, and says he hopes that "legal protections against discrimination based on sex, race, or disability will someday be extended to unborn Americans."Mr Pence signed the burial measure into law in 2016, when he was governor of Indiana.On Tuesda
  
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• Venezuela talks in Norway must focus on Maduro departure: US

  28-05-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Talks in Norway between Venezuela's government and the US-backed opposition should focus only on President Nicolas Maduro's removal, Washington said Tuesday."We note the talks in Norway.As we have repeatedly stated, the United States believes the only thing to negotiate with Nicolas Maduro is the conditions of his departure," State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus told reporters.
  
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• Iran deputy foreign minister says ready for dialogue with Gulf Arab countries: statement

  28-05-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday that his country was ready to engage in dialogue with Gulf Arab countries in order to address escalating tensions in the region.Araqchi met Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Doha, where the two sides "expressed their concern about escalations and problems in the region", a Qatar Foreign Ministry statement said.Tensions have risen between Iran on one side and the United States and its Gulf allies Saudi A
  
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• Texas lawmakers approve safe gun storage program despite NRA

  28-05-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Lawmakers in gun-loving Texas have quietly gone around the National Rifle Association by slipping language into a massive spending bill that would fund a $1 million public safety campaign on gun storage.
  
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• City panics at prospect of Boris Johnson as prime minister

  28-05-2019 20:42
  More than 80% of respondents to an FN poll believe the former foreign secretary is the wrong person to replace May and will be bad news for the Square Mile
  
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• Missouri's Last Abortion Clinic May Close

  28-05-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Missouri's only abortion clinic could be closed by the end of the week because the state is threatening to not renew its license, Planned Parenthood officials said Tuesday.
  
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• Biden camp fires back at Trump's 'low IQ' remarks: 'Beneath the dignity of the office'

  28-05-2019 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The former vice president's campaign slammed Donald Trump for being on foreign soil on Memorial Day and embracing an insult from North Korea's Kim Jong Un.
  
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• One killed, scores hurt by Ohio tornadoes as U.S. Midwest braces for more

  28-05-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  A spate of tornadoes pulverized buildings in western Ohio early on Tuesday, killing one person, injuring scores of others and requiring emergency officials to send out snowplows to clear debris from a major highway, officials and media reports said.At least one tornado hit Dayton and at least two touched down near the city, including one near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, just east of the city, media reports said, part of a series of storms that have ravaged the U.S. Midwest in recent days.Th
  
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• Supreme Court avoids abortion question, upholds fetal burial measure

  28-05-2019 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sent a mixed message on abortion, refusing to consider reinstating Indiana's ban on abortions performed because of fetal disability or the sex or race of the fetus while upholding the state's requirement that fetal remains be buried or cremated after the procedure is done.Both provisions were part of a Republican-backed 2016 law signed by Vice President Mike Pence when he was Indiana's governor.The action by the justices comes at a time when numerous Republican-
  
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• Pope says he would confront Trump directly on border wall

  28-05-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  In a wide-ranging television interview with Mexico's Televisa aired on Tuesday, the pope also shrugged off criticism from ultra-conservative Roman Catholics who call him a heretic.Francis, who has clashed with Trump before on migration issues, discussed the situation at the U.S.-Mexican border with veteran Vatican reporter Valentina Alazraki, who is Mexican."I don't know what's happening with this new culture of defending territories by building walls.
  
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• Breathe new life into your Instant Pot with 12 great accessories for $25

  28-05-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  If you think you love your Instant Pot as much as you possibly can, just wait until you unlock a whole world of new functionality with the Tecvinci 12-Piece Instant Pot Accessories Set. For just $24.99 after you clip the $4 coupon, you get 12 different accessories that let you cook food in your Instant Pot in a whole bunch of new ways. We particularly love the silicone egg molds and the non-stick springform pan. If you have any instant pot with a capacity between 5 and 8 quarts, definitely check
  
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• Biden campaign responds to President Trump's criticism, faces questions about 'enthusiasm gap' in 2020 race

  28-05-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign says President Trump's comments are 'beneath the dignity of the office'; reaction from Kevin McCullough, radio host with Salem Media, and Fox News contributor Judy Miller.
  
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• At Least Two Dead as Tornadoes Devastate Parts of the U.S.

  28-05-2019 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Counties across states in the Midwest, including Kansas, Ohio and Indiana, were placed under tornado warnings Monday and Tuesday
  
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• Norway-mediated Venezuela talks under way in Oslo

  28-05-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Talks between representatives of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and self-proclaimed interim leader Juan Guaido are under way in Oslo under Norwegian auspices, sources close to the process told AFP on Tuesday.Maduro promised Monday to show "good faith" ahead of the talks, which kicked off Monday, lasting well into the night, the sources said, adding that they could end on Wednesday.No information filtered out regarding the content or form of the talks, the first face-to-face meeting between
  
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• New iOS 13 concept fixes one of the worst things about the iPhone

  28-05-2019 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  In just a few weeks, Apple will finally introduce the next major iPhone software upgrade, iOS 13, revealing its vision for the next year of mobile computing. iOS 13 is already a hotly anticipated update since some of its key features have leaked, including a system-wide dark mode similar to what's already available on the Mac. While we've been waiting for iOS 13 to arrive, a few designers have created some exciting iOS 13 concepts that look to guess what new software features Apple will bring to
  
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