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• 4 border deaths in Texas could be a preview of the summer

  24-06-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Two babies, a toddler and a woman were found dead near the U.S.-Mexican border, overcome by the sweltering heat in a glimpse of what could lie ahead this summer as record numbers of migrant families try to get into the United States.Authorities believe the four may have been dead for days before the bodies were discovered on Sunday in the Rio Grande Valley.It was the latest grim discovery of migrants who died while trying to cross the perilous desert and the swollen Rio Grande.
  
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• Missing Utah college student last seen in a park at 3 a.m.

  24-06-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  A University of Utah student missing for over a week was last seen meeting an unknown person at a park at 3 in the morning, authorities said Monday.The Lyft driver who took Mackenzie Lueck from the airport and dropped her off at a park in a Salt Lake City suburb on June 17 told detectives the woman didn't seem in any distress when she met the person, said Salt Lake City assistant police chief Tim Doubt.It is located in North Salt Lake about 20 minutes from Lueck's apartment.
  
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• Mouse that roared: Disney characters win local union shakeup

  24-06-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Months after workers who play Mickey Mouse, Goofy and other characters at Walt Disney World threatened to leave the Teamsters union because of what they called "horrible misrepresentation," General President James Hoffa appointed two associates Monday to take over the local union.A letter from Hoffa was posted to the doors of the Local 385 union hall in Orlando, Florida, saying he had begun a process known as trusteeship.Local 385 represents costumed character-performers, truck drivers and other
  
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• The Latest: Driver denies previous drunken driving charge

  24-06-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  A lawyer for the driver of a pickup truck in a crash that killed seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire says his client denies being intoxicated when he was charged with drunken driving in Connecticut last month.Volodymyr Zhukovskyy was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs on May 11 in a Walmart parking lot in East Windsor, Connecticut.
  
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• Police face complications in search for missing Utah college student

  24-06-2019 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck was last seen taking a Lyft from Salt Lake City International Airport; Erin Cox reports from Salt Lake City.
  
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• What's an advanced Russian warship doing in Havana harbor?

  24-06-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  One of the Russian navy's most advanced warships entered Havana's harbor Monday and docked at the port used until this month by U.S. cruise lines.Here are some questions and answers about the Admiral Gorshkov's travels through the Caribbean.WHAT IS THE ADMIRAL GORSHKOV?
  
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• AOC slams 'shrieking Republicans' after comparing migrant detention centers to concentration camps

  24-06-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has slammed Liz Cheney in an escalation of tension between the two congresswomen over calling migrant detention camps at the US-Mexico border “concentration camps”.Ms Ocasio-Cortez, who had first described the detention facilities as concentration camps during an Instagram Live appearance last week, claimed that Ms Cheney had actually invoked the Holocaust.“Reminder: the member who directly + explicitly compared concentration camps on our border to the
  
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• The Latest: Missing Utah college student met person at park

  24-06-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities say a missing University of Utah student who hasn't been heard from in over a week was last seen meeting an unknown person at a park in the middle of the night.Salt Lake City assistant Police Chief Tim Doubt said Monday at a news conference that the Lyft driver who dropped off 23-year-old MacKenzie Lueck says she didn't seem in distress when she met the person on June 17 at about 3 a.m. Doubt declined to describe the person's gender and says they don't know who it is.Police and frien
  
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• George Soros, fellow billionaires urge tax on ultrawealthy in a letter to 2020 candidates

  24-06-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Signatories include investor George Soros and filmmaker Abigail Disney, singling out Elizabeth Warren's policy as an example of wealth tax policy.
  
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• New Mars rover discovery hints at life, but we’re not there yet

  24-06-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  NASA's Mars missions have provided mankind with a wealth of knowledge about our dusty orange neighbor, but signs of life have been hard to come by. We know that Mars was one probably very, very wet, and that it likely had a more robust atmosphere long ago, but has life ever called Mars home? We simply don't know, but a new discovery made by the Curiosity rover offers what might be a tantalizing clue.In a new blog post, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory describes the discovery of what it calls "su
  
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• Student debt a 'life sentence' for millions of Americans

  24-06-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Haley Walters is five years away from earning her law degree.If everything goes according to plan, she will be under a mountain of $100,000 in student debt by the time she enters the work force.Like millions of Americans, Walters is paying a steep price for an education that will likely weigh her down financially for much of her adult life.
  
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• Turkey stands by S-400s, says F-35 partners disapprove of U.S.

  24-06-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkey has purchased Russian missile defenses and is discussing a delivery date irrespective of any U.S. sanctions, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday, adding the United States is isolated as it also squeezes Turkey on F-35 jets. The Pentagon announced earlier this month that training by Turkish pilots on F-35 fighter jets had been halted at a U.S. air base in Arizona following Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 defense systems. Washington says the S-400 is incompatible with NATO's
  
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• President Trump imposes new sanctions on Iran as regime accuses US of 'economic' terrorism

  24-06-2019 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  The sanctions were aimed at retaliating against Iran for shooting down a U.S. drone last week.
  
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• Judge Punts Decision on Renewing License of Missouri’s Lone Abortion Clinic

  24-06-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  A judge ruled Monday that Missouri's last abortion clinic may continue to perform abortions until Friday afternoon, but left the question of whether its license to operate should be renewed to a state panel.St. Louis Circuit Court judge Michael Stelzer extended the preliminary injunction he'd previously granted to Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, allowing it to continue offering abortions until Friday. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services had declined to ren
  
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• The Latest: Suspect in motorcycle crash appears in court

  24-06-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The driver of a truck in a crash that killed seven motorcyclists is being returned to New Hampshire to face charges of negligent homicide.
  
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• Maine House Speaker to Challenge GOP Senator Susan Collins

  24-06-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Maine Senator Susan Collins is getting another challenge to her re-election next year, as state Democratic House Speaker Sara Gideon entered the race by highlighting the Republican incumbent’s votes for President Donald Trump’s agenda and nominees.Gideon opened her campaign Monday with a video attacking Collins for backing Trump’s tax-cut law, for her pivotal vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, and for fundraising from corporate interests and al
  
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• Should student loan debt be canceled?

  24-06-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The rising cost of education and the increasing necessity of a college degree in many professions have led to an explosion in student loan debt in the U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has proposed the most radical measure: an aggressive proposal to tackle the problem by canceling $1.25 trillion in student loan debt.
  
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• Samsung confirms the Galaxy Fold delay won’t affect the Note 10’s release date

  24-06-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Samsung is still teasing a release at some unspecified future date for its much-maligned debut foldable phone, with the Galaxy Fold now two months past its original launch date and counting as the company continues to supposedly work out problems that plagued the pre-release version.That also points to another consideration. The longer the Fold is delayed, the greater the likelihood that it steps on the release timeline of the next Samsung mobile product, right? Thankfully, that won't be the cas
  
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• George Soros and fellow billionaires ask to be taxed in a letter to 2020 candidates

  24-06-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Signatories include investor George Soros and filmmaker Abigail Disney, singling out Elizabeth Warren's policy as an example of wealth tax policy.
  
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• Pompeo asks allies to step up on Iran surveillance

  24-06-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday encouraged Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to do more to ensure maritime surveillance with Iran, which days earlier shot down an American drone.Pompeo flew to the US allies just as President Donald Trump, who often complains of allies freeloading off Washington, called for Asian nations in particular to share more of the cost of security in the oil-rich Gulf.Pompeo, meeting with Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, said he was hoping
  
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• Trump order aims to disclose 'real' costs for health care

  24-06-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that calls for upfront disclosure by hospitals of actual prices for common tests and procedures to keep costs down .For example, if a hospital charges your insurer $3,500 for a type of echocardiogram and the same test costs $550 in a doctor's office, you might go for the lower-price procedure to save on copays.Trump's order also requires that patients be told ahead of time what their out-of-pocket costs like deductibles and copays will be f
  
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• A very good boy named Scamp the Tramp wins World's Ugliest Dog 2019

  24-06-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Held annually at the Sonoma-Marin Fair, the competition gathered 19 dogs — most of whom are rescues and adoptees — to duke it out.
  
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• Here's How 2020 Democrats' Student Loan Debt Proposals Compare

  24-06-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Student loan forgiveness has become a hot topic in the 2020 Democratic primary, with two of the top liberals putting forward competing plans
  
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• Judge allows Missouri's only abortion clinic to stay open for at least five more days

  24-06-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Missouri health officials on Friday refused to renew the St. Louis clinic's license on the grounds that it failed to meet their standards.On Monday, Stelzer ruled the clinic can stay open until Friday but ruled that the case must go before the Administrative Hearing Commission, which serves as an independent arbiter in disputes between state agencies and individuals or groups.If Missouri officials succeed in closing the clinic, the state would become the only U.S. state without a legal abortion
  
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• Are we bored with rape? I hope not. Jean Carroll's Trump allegation deserves attention.

  24-06-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  'Joe Biden accused of standing too close' is apparently a way bigger story than 'Donald Trump accused of raping a public person in a public place.'
  
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• A fatal police shooting has upended Pete Buttigieg's campaign. Here's what you need to know.

  24-06-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The fatal police shooting of Eric Jack Logan as brought national attention to South Bend, and applied pressure to Pete Buttigieg's presidential run.
  
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• Iran: US botched retaliatory cyberattack, faces 'crushing response' to drones

  24-06-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia for talks ahead of a planned announcement of new economic sanctions targeting Iran.
  
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• New US sanctions target Iran's supreme leader, military brass

  24-06-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump slapped the sanctions on Tehran for what he described as its "aggressive behavior" including the shooting down of US drone.In addition to Khamenei, the US Treasury Department said it was taking action against eight senior commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
  
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• Justices side with business, government in information fight

  24-06-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The Supreme Court sided with businesses and the U.S. government Monday in a ruling about the public's access to information, telling a South Dakota newspaper it can't get the data it was seeking.Open government and reporters groups described the ruling against the Argus Leader newspaper as a setback, but it was not clear how big its impact will ultimately be.The paper was seeking to learn how much money goes annually to every store nationwide that participates in the government's $65 billion-a-y
  
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• The first big discount on AirPods 2 with Apple’s wireless charging case is still available on Amazon

  24-06-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Last week, Apple AirPods 2 with Wireless Charging Case got a sizable discount for the first time ever. They're normally a buck under $200, but they dropped to $179.99 on Amazon with free Prime shipping. Our readers couldn't take advantage fast enough, and they quickly sold out -- though Amazon kept taking orders despite the fact that they were marked as out of stock. Well, if you missed that big sale last week, we have some fantastic news for you on Monday. Actually, we have two bits of great ne
  
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• This Medal of Honor Recipient Single-Handedly Cleared a House of Iraqi Insurgents. TIME Was There

  24-06-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Army staff Sgt. David G. Bellavia is set to be the first living Iraq War veteran to receive the Medal of Honor. TIME documented his actions in a 2004 cover story.
  
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• Government moves migrant kids after AP exposes bad treatment

  24-06-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. government has removed most of the children from a remote Border Patrol station in Texas following reports that more than 300 children were detained there, caring for each other with inadequate food, water and sanitation.Just 30 children remained at the facility near El Paso Monday, said Rep. Veronica Escobar after her office was briefed on the situation by an official with Customs and Border Protection.Attorneys who visited the Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, last week said olde
  
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• New York man is latest American tourist to die in the Dominican Republic

  24-06-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  A New York man who died while on vacation in the Dominican Republic is thelatest tourist to perish on the island, Fox News reports
  
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• SpaceX is about to launch the ashes of 152 people into space

  24-06-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  SpaceX may be yet to launch any living human astronauts into space, but the remains of over 150 people are going to get the ride of their afterlives on Monday night thanks to the company's Falcon Heavy rocket. Among the various satellites and instruments being carried into orbit by SpaceX this evening is a collection of "spaceflight memorials" by a company called Celestis.Celestis offers a rather unique service in that it provides a way for family members to send the remains of their loved ones
  
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• Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Ban on ‘Scandalous’ Trademarks

  24-06-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a federal law prohibiting “immoral” or “scandalous” trademarks from being registered constitutes a violation of the First Amendment.By a 6–3 vote, the justices ruled in favor of a Los Angeles clothing line whose founder wishes to trademark the name "FUCT." The government had argued that the brand's name is “the equivalent of the past participle form of the paradigmatic profane word in our culture.”The br
  
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• China demands FedEx account for undelivered Huawei package in new spat

  24-06-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  China on Monday called on America's FedEx to explain why a parcel from Huawei to the United States went undelivered, in the second spat between the companies in less than a month.IT publication PC Mag said on Friday a FedEx package with a Huawei phone inside that it had sent to the United States was returned to the UK.An accompanying note explained a US government "issue" with China prevented the delivery.
  
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• UK puts mini-bond regulation under spotlight after LCF collapse

  24-06-2019 20:15
  Britain's finance ministry said on Monday it would look at whether the regulation regime around mini-bond investments, used to raise funds for small businesses, is up to scratch following the...
  
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• Supreme Court limits access to government records in loss for Argus Leader, part of the USA TODAY Network

  24-06-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The Supreme Court issued its ruling in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by the Argus Leader of South Dakota, part of the USA TODAY Network
  
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• The Navy's New Submarine Has the Ultimate Feature: You Can't Hear It.

  24-06-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  As part of the Block VI development, the Navy is now conducting a “SOF Optimization” Analysis of Alternatives to, among other things, find ways to engineer an attack submarine well suited for clandestine undersea SOF missions. These can include targeted attack operations, forward intelligence gathering or high-risk surveillance missions, among other things.The Navy has begun work on a new generation of attack submarines with never-before-seen weapons, quieting technology, undersea at
  
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• Bernie Sanders unveils plan to forgive $1.6 trillion in student loan debt

  24-06-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  To fund his massive loan forgiveness plan and public investment in higher education, the Vermont independent will push for a new tax on Wall Street.
  
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• Trump news: President imposes 'hard hitting' sanctions on Iran as White House put on lock down

  24-06-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has signed into force new "hard-hitting" sanctions against Iran, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as tensions continue to rise between Washington and TehranMr Trump said that the issue of the US drone downed by Iran last week “could probably add that into this” but that the sanctions were “something that was going to happen anyway.”The president is also facing criticism on multiple fronts as the week begins, including domestic outcry over the t
  
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• You can download the first iOS 13 public beta on iPhone and iPad right now

  24-06-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The future of Apple's mobile operating system has arrived for everyone who wants to test it today, as the first public beta for iOS 13 is now available for iPhone (as is the public beta for iPadOS). The rollout comes just a week after the second beta was seeded to developers, and now everyone is going to get a chance to test it.Providing you own a compatible device (a list of which we've conveniently included below), you can grab the public beta from Apple's beta website right now. Head over to
  
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• Latest sanctions on Iran will block 'billions' in assets: US

  24-06-2019 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  The US sanctions slapped Monday on Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other officials will block "literally billions" in Iranian assets, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif also will be blacklisted "later this week," Mnuchin said.
  
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• The Latest: Biker crash suspect had past drunk driving count

  24-06-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Records show the driver of a truck in a crash that killed seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire was arrested on a drunken driving charge in 2013.The Westfield News reported in 2014 that Zhukovskyy was placed on probation for one year and had his license suspended for 210 days in that case.
  
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• Driver with record charged with 7 homicides in biker crash

  24-06-2019 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The driver of a pickup truck in a fiery collision on a rural New Hampshire highway that killed seven motorcyclists was charged Monday with seven counts of negligent homicide, and records show he was stopped on suspicion of drunken driving last month and in 2013. Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 23, was arrested Monday morning at his home in West Springfield, Massachusetts, the New Hampshire attorney general's office said.
  
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• Natixis' H2O sells some illiquid debt to try to staunch outflows

  24-06-2019 19:31
  H2O, one of French bank Natixis' asset management businesses, has sold off some illiquid assets and removed entry fees across its funds as it tries to stem outflows of customer money.
  
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• Married couple among 7 victims of deadly truck-motorcycle group collision

  24-06-2019 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities have released the names of the seven people killed Friday in NewHampshire when a truck struck a group of motorcyclists on a two-lane ruralhighway
  
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• Pompeo meets Saudi rulers on Iran crisis

  24-06-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Monday with Saudi Arabia's rulers as he sought to coordinate with allies over soaring tensions with Iran. On a day trip scheduled after Iran shot down a US drone, Pompeo flew into the Red Sea city of Jeddah and met with King Salman at his palace.
  
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