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• National Donut Day 2019: Get free donuts Friday at Krispy Kreme, Walmart, Dunkin' and more

  06-06-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Dunkin', Krispy Kreme, Walmart and others are giving away free doughnuts Friday for National Doughnut Day. Find out where else to grab a freebie.
  
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• Former Bengal faces assault charges in American Samoa

  06-06-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Jonathan Fanene faces charges he used a pipe, golf club and broom handle to assault his wife and his sister over allegations he had an extramarital affair while on a trip to Hawaii, according to court documents filed this week.Fanene has been charged in the district court of American Samoa with eight felonies, including kidnapping and assault, and five misdemeanors.Defense lawyer Marcellus Talaimalo Uiagalelei, who declined to comment to The Associated Pre
  
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• Investors piled into U.S. Treasuries, money-market funds amid trade tensions: Lipper

  06-06-2019 23:47
  Investors' aversion to risk-taking intensified in the latest week, stemming from trade tensions between the United States and China as well as Mexico, with U.S.-based domestic equities funds posting...
  
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• Stocks Rise on Possible Delay for Mexico Tariffs: Markets Wrap

  06-06-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Treasuries pared gains and the peso rebounded from Thursday’s lows.The S&P 500 Index extended its advance after Bloomberg News reported that Mexico is pushing for more time to negotiate.Treasuries rose on speculation that major central banks will keep a dovish stance as the trade war jeopardizes growth.
  
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• Alaska Airlines responds to video showing worker throwing luggage

  06-06-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  In the video, you can see the Alaska Airlines worker throwing several luggage from the airplane to the ground.
  
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• Training rollover kills West Point cadet, injures many

  06-06-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  A vehicle loaded with West Point cadets on summer training overturned in rough, wooded terrain Thursday, killing one cadet and injuring several others, the U.S. Military Academy said.The tactical vehicle operated by two soldiers overturned around 6:45 a.m. as it was headed to a land navigation site as part of standard summer cadet training, said West Point's superintendent, Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams.Injuries included broken arms and facial abrasions, an official with the hospital at West Point
  
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• Maduro axes electricity minister amid ongoing Venezuela blackouts

  06-06-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro named a new electricity minister on Thursday, replacing one he appointed just two months ago amid persistent prolonged power blackouts.Freddy Brito "will continue the work of full recovery of the National electric system," as minister and president of the state owned Corpolec, the president said on Twitter.Brito, an electrical engineer, has held the Science and Technology portfolio in Maduro's government up to now.
  
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• US stocks rise for 3rd straight day, euro gains after ECB meeting

  06-06-2019 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Wall Street stocks bounced following a report that the United States could delay tariffs on Mexico, while the euro rallied following a European Central Bank policy decision that was not as dovish as expected.
  
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• What the Heck Is This Funky Ford F-150 Raptor Test Mule?

  06-06-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Is it a stubby Raptor? a bigger Bronco? This uncamouflaged and unfamiliar test vehicle has left us and the internet wondering.
  
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• Border Patrol seizing children's medication leads to demand for probe

  06-06-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., is calling for an investigation into allegations that U.S. Border Patrol agents have been confiscating medications from children and adults taken into custody.
  
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• Democrats urge Trump: No July 4 speech on National Mall

  06-06-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats urged President Donald Trump Thursday to drop plans to give a July 4 speech on the National Mall, saying it would look like a campaign rally on a holiday that is traditionally apolitical.With less than a month to go before the holiday, three House Democrats including Majority Leader Steny Hoyer wrote the president to say they were "deeply troubled" that Trump intended to hold an event coinciding with the annual festivities.
  
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• Mueller report witness to remain jailed in child porn case

  06-06-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  A businessman who served as a key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation will remain in jail at least for now on charges he transported images of child pornography.Lebanese-American businessman George Nader, 60, made an initial appearance Thursday in federal court in Alexandria.After a bench conference of several minutes at Thursday's hearing, U.S. Magistrate Judge Ivan Davis ordered that Nader remain jailed, but expedited a detention hearing for Friday afternoon, where the is
  
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• West Point cadet killed, 22 injured when vehicle overturns in hilly terrain near military academy

  06-06-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  A West Point cadet was killed and 20 cadets and two soldiers injured Thursday when a tactical vehicle overturned while en route to a training site
  
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• BMW's New 3-Series Plant Opens in Mexico as Tariffs Are Poised to Hit, But They’re Not Worried

  06-06-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Cars built at BMW's new Mexico plant are at least a year away from crossing the U.S. border at capacity, so BMW won't feel the full burn from any tariffs just yet.
  
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• Make this baked parmesan zucchini a weeknight dinner staple

  06-06-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy yournever-ending craving for food content through quick, beautiful videos for theat-home foodie
  
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• Mystery Surrounds Stolen 1991 Ford Mustang GT Barn Find

  06-06-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  A white 1991 Ford Mustang GT was literally found in a barn in rural western Missouri by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.The car was stolen in Overland Park back in 1993, its whereabouts unknown until now.On the police report, which was taken over 30 years ago by the Overland Park Police Department, the Mustang GT’s owner is simply listed as “John R.” with no indication of a last name.
  
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• Mexico offers to send national guard to southern border to stem migration: sources

  06-06-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  In talks with the United States, Mexico has offered to send up to 6,000 members of its national guard to secure its southern border with Guatemala in order to contain migrant flows, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.The news was first reported by the Washington Post.Mexico has sent a delegation of officials to Washington to try to avert U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to impose import tariffs on Mexican goods if the country does not do more to halt the flow of migrants t
  
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• State, federal laws now allow Arizona farmers to grow hemp

  06-06-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Arizona farmers will soon begin planting hemp as its byproduct - CBD oil - is exploding in popularity, with some supporters saying it could overtake a traditional crop in the state because there's more money in the cannabis plant than cotton.The emerging market for hemp, which contains ultra-low levels of the THC that creates a high in marijuana, will be focused in Arizona on producing flowers and seeds that can be used to make CBD oils, said Randy Pullen, a former state Republican Party chairma
  
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• Google Maps could save your life with new tools for natural disasters

  06-06-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Google Maps is useful for finding directions to a gas station or discovering new restaurants in your neighborhood, but it could also save your life during a natural disaster. On Thursday, Google announced that its SOS Alerts, which were introduced two years ago, are being updated to include real-time visual information and a navigation warning system in times of crisis to help users best understand what they need to do to stay safe.At first, SOS Alerts would show users vital information about a
  
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• Missouri secretary of state blocks 'heartbeat' abortion law referendum

  06-06-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The rejection of the petitions by Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft was immediately challenged by abortion rights advocates, who sued Ashcroft on Thursday for "trying to deprive Missourians of their right to weigh in on the abortion question with a vote," said Tony Rothert, executive director of the ACLU.
  
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• D-Day veteran John McHugh describes the Normandy invasion: It was hell on Earth

  06-06-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  An Army corporal in World War II, John McHugh received the Silver Star for gallantry.
  
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• Democrats unveil new strategy in subpoena battles with Trump

  06-06-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  A resolution unveiled Thursday would authorize contempt cases against Attorney General William Barr and former White House counsel Donald McGahn for failing to comply with subpoenas.It would also empower committee chairmen to take legal action to enforce subpoenas in the future without a vote of the full House, so long as they have approval from a bipartisan group of House leaders.Trump's vow to stonewall House Democrats has left them with few good options outside the courtroom to pursue investi
  
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• Jerusalem Gay Pride draws thousands under high security

  06-06-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands took part in Jerusalem's Gay Pride parade Thursday, waving rainbow flags and calling for tolerance in the Holy City under tight security following a 2015 knife attack by a Jewish extremist that killed a teenager."Despite the difficulties, it's important to participate, especially in Jerusalem," said Israel Lumbroso, a 28-year-old resident of the city who said he came out of the closet around a year and a half ago.This year marks the 18th Gay Pride march in Jerusalem, but due to the cit
  
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• Trump Backers in Oil Patch Join Farmers in Fight Against Tariffs

  06-06-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The oil industry’s pushback adds to the pressure on Republicans mulling legislation to counter Trump’s threatened 5% tariff, which would raise the cost of roughly 712,000 barrels of crude and petroleum products imported daily from Mexico, along with imported mineral fuels valued at $16 billion last year.Oil lobbyists are warning top Trump administration officials and congressional allies of widespread economic harm, both for refineries reliant on Mexican crude and U.S. motorists hit
  
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• The Latest: Soldiers drove West Point vehicle that flipped

  06-06-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  West Point officials say the military training vehicle that overturned, killing one and injuring several, was being driven by a soldier on rough terrain.Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams said during a news conference that 19 other cadets and two soldiers were injured when the vehicle flipped over on a dirt road early Thursday morning.Williams said the vehicle was transporting cadets to a land navigation site for training, near Camp Natural Bridge.
  
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• Congressman threatens to block Donald Trump's tariffs as talks with Mexico enter second day

  06-06-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The Democratic chairman of a key congressional committee says he will take steps to block President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on Mexico.
  
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• D-Day veteran, 97, parachutes into Normandy again – 75 years later

  06-06-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Tom Rice, 97, parachuted into Normandy in 1944 during the original D-Day operation. In 2019, 75 years later, he recreated the jump alongside others.
  
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• 4-year-old boy in South Los Angeles killed, police say

  06-06-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  A 4-year-old boy was killed in South Los Angeles early Thursday morning, according to police.
  
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• Joe Biden beats Donald Trump in Texas poll as he breaks from Democratic party line on abortion

  06-06-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Joe Biden put clear water between himself and other Democrat presidential candidates on the issue of abortion as he pulled into a surprise poll lead over Donald Trump in the traditionally conservative state of Texas. He enraged pro-choice activists, and many senior Democrat colleagues, by confirming he was against the idea of the US government using taxpayers' money to fund abortion. Mr Biden's campaign confirmed he backs the Hyde amendment, a 40-year-old law banning federal funding for abortion
  
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• New York police commissioner apologizes for Stonewall raid in 1969

  06-06-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The New York Police Department on Thursday apologized for the first time for the raid on the Stonewall Inn gay bar 50 years ago and anti-gay laws of the time that gave rise to the modern LGBT rights movement, describing them as discriminatory and oppressive.Gay rights advocates welcomed the apology, which they had sought from the NYPD for years.
  
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• West Point cadet killed, 22 injured in training rollover

  06-06-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  A vehicle loaded with West Point cadets on summer training overturned on a dirt road Thursday, killing one cadet and injuring 22 other passengers, according to the U.S. Military Academy.
  
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• Jerusalem gay pride parade draws revelers, police

  06-06-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands of people marched through the streets of Jerusalem on Thursday in the city's annual gay pride parade, a festival that exposes deep divisions between Israel's secular and Jewish ultra-Orthodox camps.Some 10,000 revelers waving rainbow flags joined the carnival-like procession, as over 2,500 police officers in plain clothes, in uniform and on horseback patrolled the crowd.Jerusalem is mine too," marchers chanted.
  
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• The Ford Fusion Won't Fully Die until 2021, but the Lineup Is Already Thinning Out

  06-06-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The V-6–powered Fusion Sport is dead for 2020, but production of the other variants will continue for a few more years.
  
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• Regulators give phone companies new tools to fight robocalls

  06-06-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Federal regulators voted Thursday to give phone companies the right to block unwanted calls without getting customers' permission first.The Federal Communications Commission's move could make call-blocking widespread and help consumers dodge annoying robocalls, which have exploded into a problem that pesters Americans on the level of billions of calls a month.One caveat: Phone companies don't actually have to do anything, and they could start charging you if they do — just as they now char
  
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• House Democrats Move Closer to Holding Attorney General William Barr in Contempt

  06-06-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats introduced a resolution Thursday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress.
  
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• House Dem leaders to give chairmen broad power to enforce subpoenas

  06-06-2019 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats say the reason for the change is to prevent contempt citations from dominating House's limited floor time.
  
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• Fake Facebook profile used to set up kidnapping, rape of California teen

  06-06-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The Madera County Sheriff's Office in California arrested a man Tuesday accused of raping and kidnapping a teenage girl in April.
  
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• When is National Rosé Day? The pink wine-lovers holiday is coming up soon

  06-06-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  There's no denying that rosé is no longer just a wine, it's a movement
  
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• From loss to liberation: Germany's evolving postwar attitude

  06-06-2019 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  When Chancellor Angela Merkel thanked the Allies for the D-Day invasion and the "liberation" of Germany in World War II, she might have raised some eyebrows internationally.There's no denying that the machine guns and howitzers firing at the Allied forces landing in Normandy 75 years ago were manned by German soldiers.When those other leaders went to Normandy for ceremonies on D-Day itself on Thursday, Merkel was back in Berlin, holding a regular meeting with governors and discussing bilateral r
  
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• Reports: Nancy Pelosi wants Trump 'in prison' but not impeached

  06-06-2019 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Pelosi told congressional colleagues that she wanted to see Trump "in prison" and prosecuted for crimes rather than impeached, according to media reports
  
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• Trump Calls for Mexico to ‘Step Up’ as U.S. Trade Talks Extended

  06-06-2019 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  “Talks will continue this afternoon -- they're not over yet -- I think they are advancing,” Ebrard told reporters in Spanish at the State Department, where he met with unspecified U.S. officials Thursday.Earlier, though, White House aide Mercedes Schlapp said that Mexico hadn’t offered to do enough to curb migration to the U.S.“It looks like we’re moving towards this path of tariffs, because what we’ve seen so far is that the Mexicans, what they’re propo
  
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• June 6, 1944: D-Day invasion at Normandy remembered

  06-06-2019 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  The 75th anniversary of D-Day is June 6, 2019.
  
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• Fox’s Tomi Lahren Touts Straight Pride Parade Run by Far-Right Extremists

  06-06-2019 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Tomi Lahren’s back with a brand new over-the-top aggrieved rant against political correctness and the liberal agenda. And hoo boy, was this one is a doozy.In her latest “First Thoughts” video essay posted Wednesday to Fox News’ online streaming service Fox Nation, Lahren came to the defense of a group of far-right extremists who are attempting to hold a “Straight Pride Parade” in Boston later this summer.Noting at the start that June is Gay Pride Month, Lahren
  
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• Earthquake, flood, hurricane: Google Maps adds tools to help you navigate a crisis

  06-06-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Google is adding tools inside Google Map and search to help you deal with hurricanes, floods and earthquakes.
  
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• Pelosi told Dems she'd like Trump 'in prison': report

  06-06-2019 19:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump should be sent to "prison," US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told fellow Democrats in a closed-door meeting about whether to launch impeachment proceedings against the president, Politico reported Thursday.Pelosi, Trump's political nemesis in Congress, has long stated she is not ready to proceed with what would be a deeply divisive impeachment action, and that she would prefer to see the president defeated at the ballot box next year."I don't want to see him impeached, I want to see hi
  
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• Ex-deputy gets bond reduction in Parkland shooting

  06-06-2019 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  A judge has reduced the amount of bail a Florida deputy must come up with to be released from jail while facing 11 criminal charges for failing to confront the gunman in the Parkland school massacre. (June 6)
  
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• Democrats Have Picked the First Target of Their Sweeping Tech Antitrust Probe

  06-06-2019 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  "The loss of a diverse and free press has consequences for the future of our democracy."
  
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• 75 poignant war photos in honor of the 75th anniversary of D-Day

  06-06-2019 19:06 via news.yahoo.com
  160,000 allied troops
  
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• 12-year-old accused of shooting 18-year-old to death and injuring another juvenile

  06-06-2019 19:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Police say the 12-year-old was arrested in connection with the double shooting that left one person dead.
  
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• Former Trump adviser Flynn shakes up legal team: court filing

  06-06-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  While no reason was given for the termination of Robert Kelner and Stephen Anthony of the Covington & Burling law firm, the move comes after a contentious hearing in December when a judge excoriated Flynn for lying to the FBI and other actions leading to his guilty plea. The judge's comments were prompted by a sentencing memo in which Kelner and Anthony noted that Flynn was not explicitly warned by FBI agents that lying to them was a crime, appearing to suggest that he was entrapped.
  
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