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• The Latest: Trump, Macron discuss Iran exceeding nuke limit

  01-07-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The White House says President Donald Trump spoke by phone Monday with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss Iran's increased production of low-enriched uranium in excess of limits in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.Iran's move to follow through with its threat to increase the stockpiles raises the pressure on the other signatories — Russia, China, Germany, France and Britain, along with the European Union — to keep the deal in place.
  
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• Trump's North Korea spectacle shows he’d do anything, even undercut America, for attention

  01-07-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  In constantly providing a stage for Kim Jong Un, President Trump is giving him legitimacy and global standing without any nuclear progress: Our view
  
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• For reasons good and bad, Donald Trump seems to have an affinity with Kim Jong Un

  01-07-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Criticism that Trump should not meet the North Korean because this elevates him too much begs the question — What are the alternatives?: Opposing view
  
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• Tim Cook says Apple is working on products that ‘will blow you away’

  01-07-2019 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Given how integral a role Jony Ive played in transforming Apple into the most successful company on the planet, most everyone naturally assumed that the famed designer would spend the entirety of his career at Apple. Consequently, the news that Ive would be leaving Apple to start a new design firm caught everyone off guard and, as you would expect, prompted a seemingly endless amount of speculation and reports surrounding his departure.One of the more fascinating takes came from a Wall Street Jo
  
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• When is Robert Mueller set to testify to Congress and what can we expect?

  01-07-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Robert Mueller will testify before the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees on July 17. The highly anticipated appearance comes three months after the special counsel released the 400-page report on Russian efforts to interfere with the 2016 US presidential election.The testimony will take place over two open sessions with Mr Mueller and two closed sessions with his staff. The House judiciary committee will choose 22 of its 41 members to question the special counsel during the open sessio
  
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• New poll: Joe Biden slides, while Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren surge after debates

  01-07-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren made big gains with voters, while former Vice President Joe Biden has seen his once big lead dissipate.
  
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• Suspect in Mackenzie Lueck case allegedly slashed estranged wife

  01-07-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The estranged wife of a Utah college student's alleged killer claims that sheleft him for good after he chased her with a knife, according to the DailyMail
  
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• Police say man with knife was shot and killed by officers

  01-07-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  A man with a knife was shot and killed Monday after he charged police officers in a northeast Georgia college town, the police chief said.Officers responded just after 12:30 p.m. to calls about "a man who was armed with a knife, covered in blood and acting erratically," Athens-Clarke County police Chief Cleveland Spruill said at a news conference that the department streamed on Facebook.When officers arrived, the man was still armed and the officers repeatedly ordered him to drop the knife, Spru
  
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• On edge: 2020 Dems face prospect of being cut from debates

  01-07-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The largest presidential field in modern Democratic politics could quickly shrink as more than half of the contenders are in real danger of failing to meet tougher requirements to participate in the fall round of debates. A difficult period lies ahead as the party begins to sort through its expansive roster of candidates. The process will help Democrats zero in on someone to challenge President Donald Trump.
  
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• Top US official to meet Salvadoran, Honduran leaders on migration

  01-07-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The US head of homeland security will hold migration talks with the presidents of El Salvador and Honduras beginning Monday, after a viral photo of a drowned father and daughter shone a harsh spotlight on the crisis at the US-Mexican border.Kevin McAleenan, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, which is in charge of US immigration policy, will discuss "continued collaboration in addressing the root causes of irregular migration" among other topics, the department said.A shocki
  
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• Hong Kong protests: Defiant Carrie Lam condemns storming of parliament and vows to take action

  01-07-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Hong Kong protesters storm legislature, smashing doors and windows Leader Carrie Lam condemn 'extremely violent' actions Jeremy Hunt 'understands' concerns of protesters Tense calm descends on the city as roads cleared Malcolm Rifkind: Crushing Hong Kong dissent will not be as easy for China as Tiananmen  Analysis: World watches as fears of military involvement grow Spraying graffiti and expletives on the walls, smashing glass windows and destroying furniture, hundreds o
  
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• Biden plummets, Harris vaults to second in major poll

  01-07-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The California senator slid into second place in a new national poll from CNN, with Joe Biden still leading.
  
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• Judge: Rep. Duncan Hunter's trial can detail alleged affairs

  01-07-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Jurors can hear evidence of U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter's alleged extramarital affairs when they consider charges the California Republican looted campaign cash to finance vacations, golf outings and other personal expenses, a judge said Monday.Prosecutors revealed salacious details about the married congressman's lifestyle in court filings last week, saying he used campaign money to illegally finance a string of romantic relationships with lobbyists and congressional aides.U.S. District Judge Thoma
  
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• AOC criticizes CBP after report of secret Facebook group as agency opens investigation

  01-07-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The agency said Monday it has contacted the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security and begun an investigation.
  
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• The Latest: Hong Kong leader condemns protest in legislature

  01-07-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Hong Kong's leader has condemned protesters who broke into the city's legislature and vandalized the building.Chief Executive Carrie Lam said at an early Tuesday morning news conference that she hopes the wider Hong Kong community will agree it is right to condemn the protest and hope that society returns to normal as soon as possible.Hundreds of protesters smashed windows and pried open metal curtains to get into the legislature Monday night.
  
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• Probe opened into Border Patrol Facebook group that mocked migrants

  01-07-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency said Monday that it has launched an investigation into a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents that is filled with racist memes and posts mocking migrants.The existence of the Facebook group called "I'm 10-15" was revealed by the nonprofit news site ProPublica.The group was created in August 2016 and has some 9,500 members, according to ProPublica, which published several examples of posts it found there.
  
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• The Latest: Prosecutor: killing shown in Navy SEAL's words

  01-07-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  A military prosecutor says a Navy SEAL committed murder, and the proof is in his own words, his own photos and the testimony of his fellow troops.Cmdr. Jeff Pietrzyk said Monday during closing arguments that text messages by Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher show he is guilty to fatally stabbing a wounded Islamic State prisoner on May 3, 2017.The prosecutor also says that another SEAL who changed his story and claimed to have killed the militant himself was lying to protect Gallagher.
  
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• Navy Seals discussed chief officer's alleged war crimes in WhatsApp group, trial hears

  01-07-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  A US Special Operations Chief’s trial may have shed new light on internal strife between Navy Seals, the select military group that handles select missions requiring a high level of skill.A WhatsApp group formed for Navy Seals to discuss alleged war crimes committed by their chief officer, Eddie Gallagher, eventually lead to formal allegations that he fatally stabbed a wounded Islamic State teenager being held captive and shot innocent civilians. Gallagher has pleaded not guilty to those c
  
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• Gateway Bronco Will Build The Ford Bronco Of Your Dreams

  01-07-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  These are for people who seriously love Broncos. The Ford Bronco has become a favorite for off-roaders and car collectors alike. While you can hunt down a vintage model and attempt to restore or restomod it yourself, Gateway Bronco will pump up the build to a level you’ll barely believe. With three build options, the result is a Bronco that will turn heads and perform like a true champion.Choosing the Gateway Bronco Fuelie Edition will give you a solid off-roader. While it has the classic
  
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• Scientists conclude cigar-shaped interstellar object not an alien spaceship

  01-07-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  After investigating the nature of a mysterious and apparently cigar-shaped object called 'Oumuamua spotted in 2017 speeding through our solar system, astronomers remain uncertain over how to classify it, but are confident it is not an alien spaceship.Its odd shape and motion had prompted some scientists to wonder whether 'Oumuamua - the first object from another star system found passing through our solar system - was some sort of alien technology perhaps exploring the cosmos."Our key finding is
  
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• FDA ties three deaths to Edwards Lifesciences' recalled heart devices

  01-07-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The agency said the company's voluntary recall of its IntraClude intra-aortic occlusion device in May has now been classified by the FDA as Class I.Class I recall is the strictest form of recall issued by the FDA, where use of faulty devices may cause serious injury or death.The FDA said that recall affects more than 750 devices in the United States.
  
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• FDA says three deaths related to Edwards Lifesciences' recalled heart devices

  01-07-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The agency said the company's voluntary recall of its IntraClude intra-aortic occlusion device in May has now been classified by the FDA as Class I.Class I recall is the strictest form of recall issued by the FDA, where use of faulty devices may cause serious injury or death.The FDA said that recall affects more than 750 devices in the United States.
  
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• Biden dings Trump for his handling of North Korea and Iran

  01-07-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Biden, the 2020 presidential front-runner, said that Trump had “rushed to legitimize a dictator."
  
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• Congress expands probe of White House personal email use

  01-07-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Top aides in President Donald Trump's White House, including his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will come under increased scrutiny for their use of personal emails and other unofficial messaging to conduct government affairs, a congressional oversight chairman said on Monday.U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings, the Democratic chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, said the panel would begin its own review of emails and other communications by the White House
  
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• Iran's breach of uranium limits complicates nuclear deal

  01-07-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Efforts by world powers to preserve a 2015 landmark nuclear deal with Iran grew more complicated Monday with confirmation that Tehran had breached the pact's limitations on stockpiles of low-enriched uranium.The announcement by Iran, later verified by the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, that it had followed through with its threat to increase the stockpiles raises the pressure on the countries — Russia, China, Germany, France and Britain, along with the European Union — trying to p
  
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• US duty free magnates fund controversial Israeli settlements

  01-07-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  When travelers shop at dozens of duty free stores at airports worldwide, they may be paying for more than a bottle of vodka or a box of chocolates.The Falic family of Florida, owners of the ubiquitous chain of Duty Free Americas shops, funds a generous and sometimes controversial philanthropic empire in Israel that runs through the corridors of power and stretches deep into the occupied West Bank.An Associated Press investigation shows that the family has donated at least $5.6 million to settler
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez decries ‘violent culture’ exposed in secret Border Patrol Facebook group

  01-07-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sharply criticized the “violent culture” of U.S. Border Patrol agents Monday after a new report exposed a Facebook group in which current and former agents joked about migrant deaths and posted sexist images of the New York City congresswoman.
  
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• Why U.S. small caps may lag despite U.S.-China trade truce

  01-07-2019 21:48
  A truce in the trade war between the United States and China that pushed large-cap stocks to new record highs Monday does not appear to be enough to buoy the shares of small U.S. companies that are...
  
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• Iran Risks Rift With Europe by Breaching Nuclear Deal Limit

  01-07-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Iran said it had exceeded limits set on its enriched-uranium stockpile, a move that risks the collapse of the 2015 nuclear accord and raises concerns that a standoff with the U.S. could lead to military action.“As I was informed, Iran has crossed the 300-kilogram cap according to plan,” the Iranian Students’ News Agency cited Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as saying. “We have clearly expressed what we are doing and will act upon it,” he said, s
  
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• 12-Year-Old Girl Describes Squalid Conditions, Lock Up Punishments at Texas Border Patrol Station

  01-07-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  For almost two weeks, a 12-year-old migrant girl said she and her 6-year-old sister were held inside a Border Patrol station in Texas
  
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• Dave Rubin responds to violent attack on Andy Ngo, weighs in on conservatives facing opposition from Big Tech

  01-07-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Dana Perino sits down with Dave Rubin, host of 'The Rubin Report.'
  
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• Freak summer hailstorm engulfs Guadalajara's cars, streets in up to 6 feet of ice

  01-07-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Guadalajara, the capital city of the Mexican state Jalisco, was battered with a freak summer hailstorm that left up to 6 feet of ice in some areas.
  
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• As U.S. Forces Gather Near Iran (Think F-22s and F-35s), Russia Jams Their GPS

  01-07-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Russian forces have been jamming GPS systems in the Middle East. The electronic-warfare campaign could affect U.S. forces gathering in the region in advance of potential strikes on Iran.“Since last spring, pilots flying through the Middle East, specifically around Syria, have noted that their GPS systems have displayed the wrong location or stopped working entirely,” The Times of Israel reported in late June 2019.> The signal that has been disrupting satellite navigation for plane
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says migrant women told to 'drink out of toilets' and subjected to 'psychological warfare', after detention centre visit

  01-07-2019 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has described the living conditions inside a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detention centre in Texas, saying migrants are “drinking out of toilets” and describing officers using “psychological warfare” to intimidate and torture detainees.Ms Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive New York congresswoman, has repeatedly railed on US immigration detention programmes that she compares to concentration camps within the United States.In a
  
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• Civil Rights Watchdogs Say Facebook Is Still Failing on White Supremacy

  01-07-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  David McNew/Getty ImagesSome civil rights watchdogs say Facebook’s “Civil Rights Audit,” which recommends a crackdown on white nationalism and related ideologies, is a step in the right direction but doesn’t go far enough.On Sunday, Facebook released a progress report about its ongoing internal investigation into how the company handles civil rights issues on the platform. With contributions from more than 90 civil liberties organizations, the report suggests a blueprint
  
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• Twenty Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Marianne Williamson

  01-07-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  One: Marianne Williamson told New York Jewish Week late last year that “had she received a better Jewish education she might have become a rabbi.” She was born in Houston, Texas, to a Jewish family. Her father, Sam, was a “Russian immigration lawyer who’d changed his name from Vishnevetsky.” She “grew up in Houston attending Congregation Beth Yeshurun, a Conservative synagogue that was hit hard by 2017’s Hurricane Harvey. She went to Hebrew school t
  
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• House Oversight chairman demands private emails from Trump officials

  01-07-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Elijah Cummings is reviewing the private email practices of administration officials that appear to violate federal record-keeping laws.
  
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• W.House hopeful Buttigieg raises $25M, cements top tier status

  01-07-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  White House hopeful Pete Buttigieg, who if elected would be the first openly gay US president, raised $25 million in the second quarter, his campaign announced Monday, anchoring him firmly in the top tier of Democratic contenders.Virtually unknown at the beginning of the year, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who at 37 is the youngest of the two dozen Democrats in the 2020 race, saw his campaign rocked by the fatal police shooting of a black man in his city last month.The announcement follows a
  
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• Trump lashes out at New York’s attorney general and defends his shuttered family foundation

  01-07-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump lashed out at New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday, saying he uses the state attorney general "as a bludgeoning tool for his own purposes."
  
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• Trump lashes out at New York's attorney general and defends his shuttered family foundation

  01-07-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump lashed out at New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday, saying he uses the state attorney general “as a bludgeoning tool for his own purposes.”
  
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• Trump nepotism attacked after 'out-of-her-depth' Ivanka given key summit role

  01-07-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  * Experts say first daughter’s presence reflects gravely on US* Opinion: Laugh at Ivanka – to take her seriously is frighteningIvanka Trump with national security adviser John Bolton in South Korea on Sunday. On stage later, Donald Trump introduced his daughter and said: ‘She’s going to steal the show.’ Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/ReutersDonald Trump has been accused of taking nepotism to alarming new depths after giving his daughter, Ivanka, a prominent role in meet
  
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• Salvadoran President on Death of Drowned Father and Daughter: ‘It Is Our Fault’

  01-07-2019 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The newly elected president of El Salvador has taken responsibility for the deaths of a father and daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande while trying to reach the U.S., telling the BBC that the tragedy could have been avoided if conditions in the Central American country were not so dire.A photo of Oscar and Valeria Martinez lying face down in the Rio Grande went viral last week, stirring outrage among activists and political figures who were quick to cite the Trump administration's immigration
  
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• Girl recalls poor care in Texas border station

  01-07-2019 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  For almost two weeks, a 12-year-old migrant girl said she and her 6-year-old sister were held inside a Border Patrol station in Texas where they slept on the floor and some children were locked away when they cried for their parents.El Paso, Texas, attorney Taylor Levy, who worked with the girl's family, said she and her sister were separated from their aunt when they arrived in the U.S. on May 23.The children, from Central America, were put in the Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, Levy sai
  
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• Top Selling Cars From Barrett-Jackson Northeast Auction

  01-07-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  It was a big weekend for Barrett-Jackson!As we reported on Friday, the last front engine, C7 Chevrolet Corvette crossed the auction block at Barrett-Jackson and received a staggering $2.7 million bid, but it wasn’t the only car in Mohegan Sun in Connecticut worth watching. The docket represented a diverse group of cars, and six of the ten sold set new auction records for the company. “We’re so appreciative of all our guests, sponsors and exhibitors who contributed to this
  
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• Trump’s Whirlwind Diplomacy Means Great Photos, Unclear Results

  01-07-2019 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump had a whirlwind weekend of diplomacy that restarted talks with China on trade and North Korea on nuclear weapons, but critics say he offered concessions with no concrete path for reaching deals with either country.Trump’s historic stroll into North Korea with Kim Jong Un was a public-relations coup for the reclusive leader, providing the recognition on the world stage that he craves. U.S. officials were unable to articulate how Trump’s gambit wou
  
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• Howard Kurtz on 'appalling' Antifa attack on conservative reporter Andy Ngo

  01-07-2019 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Violent assault on Andy Ngo in Portland, Oregon was an attack on free speech, says Fox News media analyst Howard Kurtz, host of 'Media Buzz.'
  
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• World watches China's reaction to Hong Kong protests as fears of military involvement grow

  01-07-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The storming of Hong Kong’s legislative building on Monday was a severe escalation of recent demonstrations, which will give Beijing reason to consider using stronger force – perhaps even calling on the military in a move that would be reminiscent of the bloody crackdown in Tiananmen Square three decades ago. Over the last few weeks, Hong Kong police have fired tear gas, rubber bullets and bean bag rounds on protesters who have been asking city leaders to withdraw an extradition bill
  
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• CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-UN calls for independent probe into Venezuelan navy captain's death

  01-07-2019 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS/GENEVA, July 1 (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities must conduct an independent and transparent investigation into the death in custody of a navy captain amid allegations of torture, U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday.President Nicolas Maduro's government over the weekend confirmed the death on June 29 of Rafael Acosta, arrested eight days earlier for alleged participation in a coup plot, without providing details on the cause of death or commenting on the torture acc
  
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• Mom arrested for allegedly murdering son she had tried to drown as a baby

  01-07-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  A caller reported Sherri Telnas, 45, to the police around 5:25 in the morningafter the mother was seen "acting strangely" with her two children
  
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• United to offer cult-favorite stroopwafel and other snack choices on all domestic flights

  01-07-2019 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Stroopwafel fans, you're in luck!
  
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