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• Trump calls for US census delay after Supreme Court defeat

  27-06-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Thursday called for delaying the once-in-a-decade US census after the Supreme Court blocked his bid to add a question on citizenship -- a measure critics say would result in undercounting immigrants.Chief Justice John Roberts tipped the balance in a 5-4 vote by siding with the court's liberal minority, boosting those trying to stop the Trump administration from adding the question to the 2020 census.The decision said that the government's arguments were "contrived." How
  
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• The Latest: House clears Senate version of border aid bill

  27-06-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The Democratic-controlled House is sending President Donald Trump a bipartisan $4.6 billion Senate-drafted measure to care for migrant refugees detained at the southern border.The bill passed on a bipartisan vote that capped a Washington skirmish in which die-hard House liberals came out on the losing end in a battle with the White House, the GOP-held Senate, and Democratic moderates.Final action came after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi abandoned a plan to require more stringent care requirements f
  
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• U.S. House passes Senate border aid bill, sends to Trump for signature

  27-06-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Senate-passed bill providing $4.6 billion to address a surge of migrants at the U.S. border with Mexico, sending it to President Donald Trump for his signature after Democrats abandoned efforts to add additional migrant protections.Both the White House and the Senate opposed the changes House Democratic leaders had proposed, and a number of moderate Democrats also favored passing the Senate bill without changes.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
  
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• Arkansas woman to be freed after over 22 years in prison

  27-06-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  An Arkansas woman who was convicted of bludgeoning her husband to death must be released after serving nearly 23 years in prison due to a lack of evidence, a judge ruled. Carroll County Circuit Judge Scott Jackson said Wednesday that if Belynda Goff were to be tried today in the 1994 killing of Stephen Goff, she would be acquitted, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.
  
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• Trump's tough talk on Iran prompts Senate vote on war powers

  27-06-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Political unease over the White House's tough talk against Iran is reviving questions about President Donald Trump's ability to order military strikes without approval from Congress.The Senate is heading toward a vote Friday on an amendment to a sweeping Defense bill that would require congressional support before Trump acts.
  
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• Amazon adds new option: Buy on Amazon, pick up at Rite Aid

  27-06-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Amazon is adding a new way to get your packages: head over to another store's sales counter to pick it up.Starting Thursday, Amazon shoppers will be able to fetch their orders at more than 100 Rite Aid stores across the United States.It will expand to 1,500 Rite Aid locations by year-end.
  
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• All of the Highlights From Night 2 of the 2020 Democratic Debate

  27-06-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, clashed during night two of the 2020 Democratic debate. Here are the biggest moments
  
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• Real, Unrestored, And Rare 1967 Ford Mustang GTA

  27-06-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  It’s a one-of-one optioned vehicle to boot. You read that right. This is a one-of-one 1967 Ford Mustang GTA convertible with the Marti report to back it up. It’s a super rare find and is currently for sale through Shelton Classics in North Carolina for $34,995. Although most of the first-gen Mustangs featured most of the same design elements, each year received some slight upgrades. The 1967 model is undoubtedly the first year that these changes really became apparent and made t
  
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• Jony Ive to leave Apple and form his own design company

  27-06-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  In something of a bombshell revelation, Apple today disclosed via a press release that legendary designer Jony Ive is planning to leave the company later on in the year. Following that, Ive will open an independent design studio that will have Apple as one of its clients."While he pursues personal projects," the press release reads in part. "Ive in his new company will continue to work closely and on a range of projects with Apple."Ive of course played an instrumental role in resurrecting Apple
  
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• Woman to remain jailed in identical twin sister's slaying

  27-06-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  A New Jersey woman accused of stabbing her identical twin to death during a street fight will remain jailed until her trial on aggravated manslaughter charges.
  
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• The Latest: Topping cap won't end Iran pact, official says

  27-06-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  An Iranian official says Iran's growing stocks of enriched uranium don't violate the international accord aimed at curbing its nuclear development.Amid growing tensions with the U.S., Iran is poised to push its low-enriched uranium stocks beyond a 300-kilogram limit that is part of the 2015 deal with world powers.
  
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• Trump arrives at G20 complaining about allies Germany, India and his host, Japan

  27-06-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump criticized India for imposing tariffs on U.S. products, and again complained that Japan and Germany were not contributing enough to mutual defense treaties.
  
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• Investors pour $6 billion into U.S.-based high-yield, investment-grade bond funds: Lipper

  27-06-2019 22:52
  Investors' appetite for risk-taking was on display in the latest week, as U.S.-based high-yield junk bond funds attracted more than $3 billion in the week ended Wednesday, their third consecutive...
  
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• Trump arrives in Japan for G-20. What to expect from meetings with China's Xi Jinping, Russia's Putin

  27-06-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump expects to tackle the trade war with China, tensions with Iran and stalled talks with North Korea during the G-20 summit.
  
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• Democrats Turn Mueller Frustration Into Election Security Focus

  27-06-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- The Democratic-led House of Representatives passed the first of a series of bills aimed at securing U.S. elections before 2020, responding to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s findings that Russia acted to swing the 2016 vote in President Donald Trump’s favor.The bills are an attempt to pressure Senate Republicans into joining efforts to protect state voting systems and punish foreign actors that try to interfere. While some provisions could pick up support from individ
  
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• Mother of Missing Virginia 2-Year-Old Previously Convicted for Child Neglect

  27-06-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  It has been four days since a Virginia toddler was last seen. Police are continuing their search for 2-year-old Noah Tomlin.
  
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• NASA plans to send a drone to Saturn's largest moon

  27-06-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  NASA is sending a drone to explore Saturn's largest moon.The space agency said Thursday the Dragonfly mission will fly over Titan, exploring different locations on the icy moon to study whether it can support microbial life.The mission, part of NASA's competitive New Frontiers program, beat out another possible project to collect samples from a nearby comet.
  
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• Analysis: The debate over the Democratic candidate – and the direction of the party – is just getting started

  27-06-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Analysis: There was real debate among the candidates over how far left the Democratic Party should move.
  
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• Alabama: pregnant woman shot in stomach is charged in fetus's death

  27-06-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Marshae Jones was charged with manslaughter, while the woman accused of shooting her walks free, report says Marshae Jones was indicted by a Jefferson county grand jury on a manslaughter charge. Photograph: ReutersA woman from Alabama who was shot in the stomach while pregnant – with the bullets killing the fetus – has been charged with manslaughter.Marshae Jones was reportedly five months pregnant when she was shot by another woman in December outside a shop in Pleasant Grove, near
  
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• High court keeps citizenship question off census for now

  27-06-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  In a surprising move, the Supreme Court on Thursday kept the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census for now, and the question's opponents say there's no time to revisit the issue before next week's scheduled start to the printing of census forms.A former director of the Census Bureau said he believed Congress would have to change the law for the count to be delayed.The issue of whether to add the citizenship question to the census is a politically charged one.
  
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• In gerrymandering ruling, who's the dinosaur?: Today's Toon

  27-06-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
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• Kevin Durant Sells Oceanfront Malibu Beach House for $12.15 Million

  27-06-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The NBA star bought the sleek four-bedroom home just last April for $12.05 million
  
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• Supreme Court Thwarts Trump on Census, Prompting Him to Seek Delay

  27-06-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court put on hold the Trump administration’s plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census, prompting President Donald Trump to say he’ll explore trying to delay a survey that by law must be conducted next year.Issuing the final opinion of its term, a divided court said Thursday that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s stated rationale for including the citizenship question was “contrived” and couldn’t be squared with t
  
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• The Story of How America's Mach 3 SR-71 Spy Plane Out Ran Missiles

  27-06-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  "The spikes are full aft now, tucked twenty-six inches deep into the nacelles. With all inlet doors tightly shut, at 3.24 Mach, the J-58s are more like ramjets now, gulping 100,000 cubic feet of air per second. We are a roaring express now, and as we roll through the enemy’s backyard, I hope our speed continues to defeat the missile radars below."On Apr. 14, 1986, Operation El Dorado Canyon launched air-strikes against Libya in response to Libya’s bombing of a Berlin discotheque freq
  
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• Pelosi Caves, Will Hold Vote on Senate-Passed Border-Funding Bill

  27-06-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Update 5:48p.m.: The House passed a clean emergency spending bill on Thursday, just one day after it cleared the Senate. The bill, which passed 305-102, allocates $4.5 billion to alleviate the ongoing border crisis.House speaker Nancy Pelosi has agreed to hold a vote on the border-funding bill passed Wednesday by the Senate, marking a defeat for the progressive members of her caucus who demanded that the bill allocate more funds toward improving conditions for detained migrants and less toward e
  
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• Democratic debate: Tulsi Gabbard's sister jumps to her defense on Twitter, criticizes MSNBC

  27-06-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Tulsi Gabbard's Twitter account defended her during the Democratic debate, saying that MSNBC favored Sen. Elizabeth Warren over Gabbard.
  
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• Two women come forward to corroborate Donald Trump rape accuser E Jean Carroll's claim

  27-06-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Two friends of a woman accusing Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s have said she told them about the alleged attack at the time.  E Jean Carroll, an American journalist, claims Mr Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman more than 20 years ago.  The US president has strongly denied the allegation, saying Carroll was "totally lying" and adding that he had never met the magazine columnist.  On Thursday two wo
  
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• Trump Wants Census Delay After Citizenship Question Blocked

  27-06-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said Thursday he has asked lawyers to delay the U.S. census after the Supreme Court put on hold his plan to include a citizenship question in the survey next year.“Can anyone really believe that as a great Country, we are not able the ask whether or not someone is a Citizen. Only in America!” Trump tweeted.The outcome of the case has sweeping political implications. The Census Bureau has found that adding a citizenship question could depress the
  
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• Controversial 'Straight Pride' parade gets approval from Boston to be held in August

  27-06-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The city approved the event application for the group Super Happy Fun America to host the parade Aug. 31.
  
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• Putin says oil output deal helped stabilize world markets

  27-06-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A deal between OPEC and other oil producers to curb oil output has played a positive role in stabilizing oil markets, Russian President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying in an interview on Thursday.Asked in the interview with the Financial Times if Russia would support extending the deal when it expires at the end of this month, Putin would not be drawn.The future of the output deal is expected to be on the agenda when world leaders meet this week for the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan.
  
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• Russia's Putin says liberal values are obsolete: Financial Times

  27-06-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Thursday that liberal values were obsolete because they had been rejected by the majority of the people in Western nations.Putin told the Financial Times newspaper that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had made a cardinal mistake by adopting a liberal policy towards immigration from the Middle East.Every crime must have its punishment," Putin said in the interview.
  
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• NC elementary school teacher pulls gun after being cut off in McDonald's drive-thru, police say

  27-06-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  A Burke County Schools elementary school teacher in North Carolina is being accused of pulling out a gun during a possible case of road rage at McDonald's.
  
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• These wireless noise cancelling headphones sound way too good to be on sale for $35

  27-06-2019 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  The Mpow H5 Active Noise Cancelling Headphones aren't quite as good as wireless ANC headphones from leading brands like Bose and Sony. To be frank, however, they're a lot closer to those class-leading headphones than they should be considering the fact that they only cost $50 on Amazon. Wait, did we say $50? Clip the on-site coupon and use the promo code MPOW143D1 at checkout, and you'll only pay $34.99. That's a ridiculously great price for wireless noise cancelling headphones with deep bass an
  
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• Police have person of interest in case of missing SoCal student MacKenzie Lueck

  27-06-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Salt Lake City police said the owner of a residence that was served a search warrant is being considered as a person of interest in the case of missing college student MacKenzie Lueck.
  
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• Family of Murdered Student Sues University of Utah for $56 Million

  27-06-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  The family of slain University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey announced Thursday they are suing the school for $56 million.
  
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• Michigan AG sues to shut down oil pipeline in Great Lakes

  27-06-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Michigan's attorney general sued Thursday to shut down twin 66-year-old oil pipelines in the Great Lakes, saying they pose an "unacceptable risk" and the state cannot wait five to 10 years for Enbridge Inc. to build a tunnel to house replacement pipes running through the Straits of Mackinac.Democrat Dana Nessel's move came the same day she also sought to dismiss the Canadian company's request for a ruling on the legality of a deal it struck last year with former Republican Gov. Rick Snyder to en
  
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• Central American migrants plead to seek asylum in U.S., not Mexico

  27-06-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Several Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States were allowed to return there on Thursday after being forced to wait in one of Mexico's most violent cities, supported by faith leaders who oppose the controversial U.S. migration policy.A couple with three young children who fled violence in Honduras and a Salvadoran young man with cognitive disabilities crossed into El Paso from Ciudad Juarez, said Bishop of El Paso Mark Seitz, who helped plead their case with officials at th
  
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• This Dark Ivy Green 1970 Ford Mustang Fastback Arouses Envy

  27-06-2019 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Gives a whole new meaning to “green with envy.”It’s not out of the ordinary for muscle cars, especially the classics, to evoke envy out of those who lay their eyes on them. That being said, this 1970 Ford Mustang Sportsroof Fastback is no exception. What’s more, it’s painted in the stunning Dark Ivy Green Metallic color that accentuates all its curves and gives it that extra-special appeal. This beauty is currently up for sale through Ellingson Motorcars in Rogers,
  
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• Exclusive: Western intelligence hacked 'Russia's Google' Yandex to spy on accounts - sources

  27-06-2019 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON/LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hackers working for Western intelligence agencies broke into Russian internet search company Yandexin late 2018 deploying a rare type of malware in an attempt to spy on user accounts, four people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.The malware, called Regin, is known to be used by the "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing alliance of the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, the sources said.Western cyberattacks against Russia are
  
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• Huge crowd flocks to Istanbul mayor inauguration

  27-06-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  A vast crowd gathered at Istanbul's town hall on Thursday to see the inauguration of new mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, whose landslide victory has boosted the opposition for the first time in years."Today is a celebration of democracy, a celebration of Istanbul," he told a sea of Turkish flags in the city's historical centre.None of Turkey's main television channels, seen as cowed by the government of President Recept Tayyip Erdogan, carried Imamoglu's speech.
  
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• Parents of slain college student file lawsuit against University of Utah

  27-06-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  After the death of their daughter, Lauren, Jill and Matt McCluskey said the lawsuit is a last resort to effect change at the school.
  
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• The Reason Russia All of a Sudden Scrambled Half Of Its Stealth Fighters

  27-06-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Rather, the unprecedented decision to utilize six of Russia’s most advanced fifth-generation fighters—approximately half of the currently available roster—in a VIP escort mission is the latest step in Russia’s ongoing Su-57 branding campaign.Several weeks ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s IL-96-300PU presidential plane was flanked by no less than six Su-57 stealth fighter jets while en route to the 929th Chkalov State Flight-Test Center in southwestern Russia.
  
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• In Surprise Census Decision, Supreme Court Finally Calls BS on the Trump Administration

  27-06-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Win McNamee/GettyThe Trump administration’s plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census—which it estimated would decrease Hispanic participation in the census by five percent—has been temporarily shelved by the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision.The reason? The administration lied.“Reasoned decisionmaking under the Administrative Procedure Act calls for an explanation for agency action,” Chief Justice Roberts wrote in the opinion for the Court. “What wa
  
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• 'We only want to sell our oil,' Iran official says before nuclear talks

  27-06-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran's main demand in talks aimed at saving its nuclear deal is to be able to sell its oil at the same levels that it did before Washington withdrew from the accord a year ago, an Iranian official said on Thursday.Iran is threatening to go over the maximum amount of enriched uranium it is allowed under the deal in retaliation for crippling U.S. economic sanctions imposed in the past year.Senior officials from Iran and the deal's remaining parties will meet in Vienna on Friday with the aim of sav
  
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• The supreme court is supposed to be a check on the political process. Is it still?

  27-06-2019 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  In two decisions announced on Thursday, the court’s conservative majority dodged its duty to protect the political process‘Gerrymandering undermines the democratic process: No longer do voters choose their elected officials; elected officials now choose their voters.’ Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/APThe most important role of the federal judiciary, including the supreme court, is to check the political process by enforcing the constitution.At times, the court has performed thi
  
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• 'I wanted to give her comfort': Deputy recounts rescuing newborn left in plastic bag

  27-06-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Rescuers are opening up about the "emotional" moment they found an unidentified baby girl who was abandoned in a plastic shopping bag.
  
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• Teens lured men online for dates only to rob and shoot them, California police say

  27-06-2019 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Solano County police said the three teens, including Amit Chhoker and Branden Lerma, shot and robbed one date as soon as things "got romantic."
  
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• Video: Parents fight off woman trying to kidnap their child at airport

  27-06-2019 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Dramatic footage released by police shows every parent’s worst nightmare at a busy Atlanta airport.
  
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• Mexican National Guard expands into capital to address crime surge

  27-06-2019 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexico's new militarized National Guard police force will expand to the capital Mexico City in an effort to tackle a deteriorating security situation, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday."We need a stronger presence of security forces and more protection for residents of the capital," Lopez Obrador said in his daily news conference.
  
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• Denver man dies in Dominican Republic after being taken off plane due to illness

  27-06-2019 19:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Khalid Adkins of Denver died at a Santo Domingo hospital after he was deemed to ill to fly home from the Dominican Republic.
  
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