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• The Last Front-Engined Chevrolet C7 Corvette Just Sold for $2,700,000

  28-06-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  All proceeds from the sale of the final C7 Corvette will go to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
  
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• Supreme Court to rule on Trump bid to end 'dreamers' program

  28-06-2019 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Adding a high-stakes immigration case to its election-year agenda, the Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether President Donald Trump can terminate an Obama-era program shielding young migrants from deportation.The president ordered an end to the program known as DACA in 2017, sparking protests and a congressional effort to salvage it.A federal judge in Texas has declared the program is illegal, but refused to order it halted .
  
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• Suspect Arrested, Charged With the Kidnapping and Murder of MacKenzie Lueck

  28-06-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  "This is one of the most difficult phone calls I've ever made," Brown said at the press conference about notifying the family. "We are devastated and heartbroken by this news,"
  
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• Long Island Mother Allegedly Admitted to Killing Twins with Her 'Bare Hands'

  28-06-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  A mother allegedly admitted to killing her twins with her "bare hands" before attempting suicide by cop, court documents and officials revealed Friday.
  
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• Stock markets mostly up as crunch G20 summit gets underway

  28-06-2019 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  European and US stocks climbed on Friday as investors kept a watch on developments at a Group of 20 summit in Japan, where US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are due for a high-stakes discussion on trade.
  
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• Harris vs. Biden showdown was most-watched Democratic primary debate in history

  28-06-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Kamala Harris sparring with former vice president Joe Biden apparently made good TV.
  
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• 'I killed them with my bare hands,' Long Island suspect in twins' murder told mom

  28-06-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Tenia Campbell, 24, of Medford, was arrested in the deaths of her daughters Jasmine and Jaida, who were found inside Campbell's vehicle at the entrance to a park in Montauk on Thursday.
  
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• After clash with Kamala Harris, Joe Biden pushes back on race criticism

  28-06-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  One day after difficult debate, Joe Biden says exchange with Kamala Harris doesn't "do justice to a lifetime committed to civil rights."
  
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• S&P 500 ends up 17% in year's first half, best since 1997

  28-06-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Wall Street stocks advanced Friday, concluding a banner first half of the year even as a prolonged US-China trade war led to losses on the week.The broad-based S&P 500 finished the session at 2,941.76, up 0.6 percent for the day.As it has all week, Friday's session was shadowed by anticipation of talks between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
  
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• 'You don't have this problem': Trump vents to Putin about frustration with reporters

  28-06-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump expressed exasperation with the media in a conversation with Vladimir Putin on Friday, and spoke approvingly of the media in Russia.
  
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• All Joe Biden Had to Do Was Look Moderate, and He Blew It

  28-06-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  If Joe Biden were smart . . . I’ll just pause here till the laughs die down.Biden had a lane all to himself in the debate Thursday night, but he couldn’t stay in it. He blew it, as we all knew he would, because he’s Joe Biden. The last time there was an open field for the Democratic nomination, he achieved all of 1 percent in Iowa. Holding Barack Obama’s coat for eight years is his most impressive achievement. It’s just about the only thing he brags about, unless yo
  
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• Alabama district attorney may not pursue charges against woman whose unborn baby was shot

  28-06-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Marshae Jones was indicted this week on manslaughter charges after her unborn child was shot and killed.
  
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• The Party of Illegal Immigration

  28-06-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  There didn’t seem much room for Democrats to move left on immigration, but they’ve found it.On the first night of the Democratic debates, Julian Castro made a big issue of his call to repeal Section 1325 of Title 8 of the United States Code, which says it’s a federal crime to enter the country without authorization. This felt like a ploy for attention from the periphery of the second-tier debate stage, yet last night seven out of the ten candidates raised their hands for the id
  
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• Stocks close out rocky quarter with solid gains

  28-06-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Wall Street ended a wobbly week with broad gains Friday, closing the books on June with its biggest monthly gain since January.June marked a sharp about-face from May, when traders fled to safer holdings because of increased anxiety over the trade war between the U.S. and China, and signs of slowing global economic growth.Despite lingering worries over trade, investors pushed stocks higher for much of this month after the Federal Reserve raised expectations that it is prepared to cut interest ra
  
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• Buttigieg backed by LGBTQ group after showing he's more than the 'gay candidate'

  28-06-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The LGBTQ rights group made its first ever endorsement of a presidential candidate on 50th anniversary of Stonewall riot.
  
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• Landfill Investigated Amid Search for Missing Virginia 2-Year-Old

  28-06-2019 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The search is still on for a Hampton toddler who went missing Monday morning. Hampton Police focused on the city landfill on Thursday four days days after 2-year-old Noah Tomlin went missing.
  
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• 'A colossal mistake': GOP-controlled Senate votes down measure blocking Iran military strike

  28-06-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The GOP-controlled Senate defeated a bill that would have required Donald Trump to get explicit congressional approval for a military strike on Iran.
  
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• Trump Supreme Court pick Kavanaugh delivered the goods for conservatives

  28-06-2019 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's appointee Brett Kavanaugh consistently delivered during his first term as a justice for conservatives who had hoped he would move the U.S. Supreme Court further to the right while still managing to keep a low profile following his acrimonious Senate confirmation process.As the top U.S. judicial body wrapped up nine months of work on Thursday, Kavanaugh's record showed he was in lockstep with the court's four other conservative members.At least based on his first term, Ka
  
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• Fox News Anchor Chris Wallace: Joe Biden ‘Looked Like a Wimp’

  28-06-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox News anchor Chris Wallace didn’t hold back on Friday while talking about Thursday night’s Democratic primary debate, highlighting a much-discussed moment to call Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden a “wimp.”At the end of a contentious debate exchange with Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), in which the California lawmaker called him out for opposing federally mandated school busing, Biden abruptly cut himself off. “My time’s up, I’m sorry,” the ex-ve
  
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• Hedge-Fund Heir Found Guilty of Murdering Father After Allowance Was Cut

  28-06-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Thomas Gilbert Jr., the adult son of a successful New York City hedge-fund manager, has been found guilty of the 2015 murder of his father after an alleged dispute over his weekly allowance.The New York jury reportedly found him guilty of three out of four charges, including “second-degree murder and weapon possession charges.” Gilbert’s five-week trial had been delayed in the years since the murder in order to determine whether or not he was mentally fit to stand trial.Af
  
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• Tesla provides update on the Model S that burst into flames for no apparent reason

  28-06-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  This past April, a parked Model S in Shanghai caught fire for seemingly no reason at all. The harrowing incident, which was captured on video, occurred in a parking garage and generated a lot of unanswered questions about the safety of Tesla vehicles. Indeed, we've seen a handful of stories involving Tesla vehicles spontaneously catching fire in the past and, more often than not, we get nothing from Tesla aside from a quick blurb that a given incident represented an "extraordinarily unusual occu
  
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• 2020 Democratic presidential candidates back health care for illegal immigrants

  28-06-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Former New Mexico Republican Governor Susana Martinez says America has become a magnet for illegal immigration with promises of free health care.
  
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• Senate Rejects Proposal to Curtail Trump's Options in Iran

  28-06-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- The Senate rejected legislation that would require President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval for military action in Iran -- one of the few measures considered by the Republican-led chamber to curtail his war-making ability.The 50-40 vote Friday was far short of the 60 needed to adopt the measure. The vote began just after 5 a.m., and was kept open for about 10 hours to allow the six senators running for president to fly back from the Democratic debates in Miami.Four Re
  
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• Conservative organization using claims of 'secret list' of liberal judges to rally Republican base

  28-06-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The Judicial Crisis Network, a conservative organization instrumental in the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation fight, is calling on 2020 Democratic candidates to release what it says is a secret list of potential nominees for the Supreme Court.
  
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• All of the Reasons Why the Glock 46 Gun Dominates

  28-06-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The striker is also significantly redesigned, with a new backplate on the rear of the slide.Glock GmbH is criticized by some for being one of the least innovative companies in the gun industry. The basic design of a Glock pistol has changed very little from the original Generation 1 Glock: the majority of changes through the generations are slight changes to the trigger layout and the addition of rails and other ergonomic features. This has led some to say that Glock cannot innovate.However, the
  
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• US Supreme Court to take up 'Dreamers' case

  28-06-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a challenge to President Donald Trump's attempt to shut down a program that shields hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation.President Barack Obama signed an executive order in 2012 protecting the young immigrants known as "Dreamers" from deportation but Trump, who takes a hardline stance on immigration, moved to end the program after taking office.
  
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• Like old pals, Trump, Putin make light of election meddling

  28-06-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Smiling together on a global stage, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin cheerfully dismissed Russian interference in U.S. elections, shared their contempt for the world's news media and generally flaunted their personal bond on Friday.For some time, Trump has defied the once-entrenched Republican distrust if not outright hatred of the powerful nation at the heart of the former Soviet Union.As the two leaders sat down for their first meeting in nearly a year, a reporter asked Trump if he would warn P
  
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• Bodies of father and daughter taken home as Trump blamed for migrant chaos

  28-06-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The bodies of a young father and his tiny daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande have been repatriated to their native El Salvador, two days after shocking images of their deathly embrace galvanized debate over America’s migration crisis.
  
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• Missing Utah college student was killed, man arrested: Police

  28-06-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Detectives' search of the suspect's home turned up charred human tissue.
  
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• Senate fails to limit Trump war powers amid Iran tensions

  28-06-2019 22:01 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 fell short Friday, in a 50-40 vote, on an amendment to a sweeping Defense bill that would require congressional support before Trump acts.
  
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• Google Maps can now predict how crowded your bus or train will be

  28-06-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Living in New York, there are times when I plan my entire day around whether or not public transportation is going to be a pain to deal with. Unfortunately, online notifications and social media posts don't always tell the full story, which means I often have to take a chance and hope for the best (along with millions of other New Yorkers). But Google's latest addition to Google Maps might make all of our lives slightly less stressful.This week, Google introduced crowdedness predictions in Googl
  
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• Strong reaction from Berkeley to Senator Kamala Harris's debate performance

  28-06-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator Kamala Harris stirred up some emotions in Berkeley during the debate Thursday night when she talked about being bused to school. That school was Thousand Oaks Elementary in Berkeley.
  
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• Jimmy Carter claims Russia won Trump the White House

  28-06-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Former President Jimmy Carter said Friday he believes President Donald Trump actually lost the 2016 election and is president only because of Russian interference.Carter made the comments during a discussion on human rights at a resort in Leesburg, Virginia, without offering any evidence for his statements."There is no doubt that the Russians did interfere in the election," Carter said.
  
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• Watch This Controversial Electric Shelby Cobra Daytona In Action

  28-06-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  It’s fast, but there are some drawbacks. Renovo, a company better-known for creating software for self-driving cars, caused a huge wave of praise and despair when it revealed a fully-electric Shelby Cobra Daytona it had created. While this isn’t the first classic car to be given the electrification treatment, the fact the racer is rare and highly coveted is what really angered some enthusiasts. To them, it’s the equivalent of drawing on the Mona Lisa with crayon. Renovo said it
  
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• Grab This Survivor 1966 Ford Mustang Convertible

  28-06-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Cruising with the top down in this vintage favorite is like a dream come true. Few cars elicit the same level of excitement as the Ford Mustang. From the brash styling to the in-your-face performance, the iconic pony car appeals to a broach range of people. This 1966 Ford Mustang Convertible is especially compelling, considering it hasn’t been outfitted with crazy mods or cosmetic changes, sticking closely to its original appearance and feel.A vintage burgundy coat of paint doesn’t h
  
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• Mini-Maduro targeted as US turns screws on Venezuela leader's son

  28-06-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The US has imposed sanctions on Nicolasito, 29, who claims to be an economist and a flautist and has faced claims of nepotismNicolás Maduro Guerra, son of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, is allegedly a major player in the country’s gold trade. Photograph: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Trump administration has slapped sanctions on the son of Nicolás Maduro, in the latest attempt to tighten the screws on Venezuela’s embattled leader.The move by the U
  
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• Famous 1965 Kirkham Cobra Could Be All Yours

  28-06-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  This car rose to notoriety when it was showcased by Ford at SEMA. You don’t really get many chances in life to own a celebrity, but this 1965 Kirkham Cobra is just one of those opportunities. While some might dismiss it as just another Cobra replica, this one stands apart from others in quality and some critical details. Thanks to Fast Lane Classic Cars Inc. this amazing roadster will pass into the hands of someone new.While some Cobra replicas might look a lot like the original but are de
  
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• 1970 Plymouth Superbird Project Up For Sale on Craigslist

  28-06-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Here's what a sub-$100k Superbird looks like.You never can tell what will pop up for sale on Craigslist, but a 1970 Plymouth Superbird is probably one of the last cars you'd expect someone to try selling on a $5 listing. According to the listing, this particular Superbird has been sitting for 10 years, and while the car appears to be all there, it looks to be in fairly rough condition in need of a full restoration. As such, the listing price of $70,000 seems like an absolute steal compared to th
  
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• Oil Falls as EU Adds Iran Sanctions Workaround Before G-20, OPEC

  28-06-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- The U.S.-Iran standoff and shrinking American crude stockpiles propelled oil to its biggest monthly gain since January. Prices tumbled immediately before Friday’s close as traders closed positions and the EU said a workaround to Iran sanctions was in operation.Futures in New York tumbled on Friday amid weak U.S. manufacturing data and word that Europe had launched an attempted workaround to American sanctions on Iran. Still, prices gained 9.3% in June, with traders hoping fo
  
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• US expects 25 pc drop in arrests on Mexico border in June

  28-06-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  The number of migrants taken into custody at the US-Mexico border is expected to drop by 25 percent in June, in part due to Mexican efforts to stem the flow, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security said Friday.More than 144,000 undocumented migrants were seized at the southwestern US border in May, part of a surge in recent months."These three weeks have demonstrated that they are, already," McAleenan told reporters.
  
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• Biden tries to limit the damage from debate blow

  28-06-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  In an effort to steady his presidential campaign, former Vice President Joe Biden engaged in some furious damage control on Friday, a day after rival candidate Kamala Harris hurt him in the most dramatic clash so far of the 2020 election campaign.Addressing an African-American advocacy group in Chicago, Biden defended his record, saying he had a "lifetime commitment to civil rights".At the Democratic debate in Miami on Thursday, Harris, a black U.S. senator from California, tore into Biden for o
  
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• Planned Parenthood Can Keep Performing Abortions in Missouri, For Now

  28-06-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  A hearing commission granted an emergency stay
  
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• In 2020, New F-15EX Fighters Will Take to the Sky (Worried, F-35?)

  28-06-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Get ready, F-35. Boeing says it can deliver the U.S. Air Force (USAF) at least two engineering, versions manufacturing and development (EMD) F-15EX fighters as early as 2020.This is possible due to the fact the F-15EX has a lot of similarities with the F-15QA Advanced Eagle that is in production for Qatar. So there is a possibility that some aircraft destined for Qatar could be rerouted to the USAF. The EX can be seen as a modified version of the QA of which Qatar ordered 36 (with an option
  
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• Man convicted of killing corrections director released

  28-06-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Frank Gable left prison after a U.S. magistrate found in April that the trial court made an error in excluding evidence of third-party guilt, The Oregonian/OregonLive reports .Gable, now 59, left the prison in Lansing, Kansas, and had to report directly to a federal probation officer in Kansas City."He thanks those who believed in his innocence all these years," said Nell Brown, one of two assistant federal public defenders who represented Gable in challenging the murder conviction.
  
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• Senate defeats measure to restrain Trump on Iran

  28-06-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Senate on Friday defeated legislation that would have barred President Donald Trump from launching an attack on Iran without first obtaining the approval of Congress, except in self-defense.The measure was defeated 50 to 40, ensuring that the measure would not get the 60 needed to pass the Republican-majority Senate as an amendment to an annual defense policy bill.Ten senators did not vote.
  
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• Catholic Bishop Escorts Migrants over Border to Protest U.S. Immigration Policy

  28-06-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  A Catholic bishop escorted migrants across a bridge spanning the U.S.–Mexico border on Friday in an act of protest against U.S. immigration policy.El Paso bishop Mark Seitz escorted groups of migrants back and forth across the Lerdo International Bridge as part of his “Faith Action” protest against the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocols, which require that certain asylum-seekers remain in Mexico while their claims are being adjudicated.Some 15,000 asylum-s
  
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• 5 things we learned from two nights of Democratic debates

  28-06-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  The marathon rat-a-tat-tat of the first Democratic presidential debates of the 2020 cycle is now behind us. Did we learn something?
  
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• U.S. Senate defeats measure to restrain Trump on Iran

  28-06-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Senate on Friday defeated legislation that would have barred President Donald Trump from launching an attack on Iran without first obtaining the approval of Congress, except in self-defense.Ten senators did not vote.U.S.-Iranian military tensions have risen over the past two months, after Trump a year ago withdrew the United States from an international nuclear deal with Tehran and world powers.
  
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• NYC Rejects Federal Funds Over Abortion Doctors' ‘Gag Rule’

  28-06-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- New York City’s public hospital system will reject $1.3 million in federal funds after President Donald Trump’s administration imposed a “gag rule” preventing doctors and nurses from giving their patients information and counseling about abortion, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday.The rule, upheld in a June 20 decision by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the Ninth Circuit, allows the Trump administration to enforce a rule finalized earlier this year that
  
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