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• The Latest: Helicopter crash victim was helping friend

  06-07-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  One of the victims of the helicopter crash that killed seven people in the Bahamas was 22-year-old Delaney Wykle.Wykle says that when one of the party got sick and needed to be transported back to the mainland, Delaney Wykle wanted to be there to help.
  
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• California earthquake: Here's what we know about injuries, damage and aftershocks

  06-07-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  A 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocked Southern California late Friday. Here's what we know about injuries, damage and aftershocks.
  
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• Biden: I Was Wrong to Tout Work With Racist Senators

  06-07-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Leah Millis/ReutersJoe Biden said Saturday that he regrets comments he made last month about his past work with segregationist senators—remarks that ignited scrutiny and criticism of his record on racial issues.“Was I wrong a few weeks ago? Yes, I was, and I regret it,” the former vice president said Saturday at a speech in South Carolina.He said it was a mistake to give the impression he was praising former Democratic Sens. James Eastland and Herman Talmadge—noted racist
  
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• Otto Warmbier's family make claim for North Korean ship 'Wise Honest' seized by US

  06-07-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. had seized the ship, the "Wise Honest," because of violations of international sanctions against North Korea.
  
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• Iran hints it could enrich uranium to 5 percent

  06-07-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  A top advisor to Iran's supreme leader has hinted Tehran could boost its uranium enrichment to five percent for "peaceful" aims, ahead of deadline it set for world powers to save a landmark 2015 nuclear deal.Iran is acting on its May 8 threat to suspend from Sunday parts of the agreement in response to US President Donald Trump's reimposition of crippling sanctions after withdrawing from the deal in May last year.The accord capped Iran's enrichment maximum at 3.67 percent, sufficient for power g
  
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• Los Angeles 'Big One' quake fears revived by major shocks

  06-07-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Two strong earthquakes that pierced years of seismic calm in southern California have revived fears of the "Big One" striking Los Angeles, with officials warning citizens to be prepared for further shocks.A 7.1-magnitude quake that struck a remote region some 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Los Angeles on Friday evening was felt throughout the city, prompting Angelenos to evacuate homes, bars, restaurants and movie theaters.The quake -- which followed a 6.4-magnitude tremor the previous
  
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• Far-right extremists Proud Boys outnumbered by counter-protesters at Washington, DC, rally

  06-07-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  A few dozen antifa and hundreds of other counter-protesters showed up against the self-proclaimed "chauvinistic" Proud Boys' Demand Free Speech rally.
  
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• Biden apologizes for remarks about segregationists, defends civil rights record

  06-07-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The Democratic candidate also highlights his time in the Obama administration in a South Carolina address.
  
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• Top official says Iran ready for higher uranium enrichment

  06-07-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  A top aide to Iran's supreme leader says the Islamic Republic is ready to enrich uranium beyond the level set by Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal, just ahead of a deadline it set Sunday for Europe to offer new terms to the accord.A video message by Ali Akbar Velayati included him saying that "Americans directly and Europeans indirectly violated the deal," part of Tehran's hardening tone with Europe.European parties to the deal have yet to offer a way for Iran to avoid the sweeping economic sanctions i
  
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• Madrid fills with rainbow flags for gay pride parade

  06-07-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Dozens of colourful floats were commissioned by civil groups, corporations and political parties to roll through the city in a spectacle that has become familiar in Spain, which in 2005 became only the third country in the world to allow gay marriage."This is pure pride, it is pride in our rights, more than partying or drinking," said Sergio Mendez, who was attending the celebration with his partner during their first visit to Europe from their native Colombia.
  
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• Proud Boys’ D.C. Free-Speech Rally Goes Off With a Whimper

  06-07-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Eric Thayer/ReutersFar-right groups including the Proud Boys and their allies rallied in downtown Washington, D.C., on Saturday, but were vastly outnumbered by counter-protesters and hamstrung by a muddled message, a depleted lineup, and a bungled stunt by their founder.Many of the pro-Trump personalities who spoke to a few hundred people at the so-called “Demand Free Speech” rally at D.C’.s Freedom Plaza complained about social media bans that have cratered their careers and l
  
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• California's Biggest Earthquake in 20 Years Disrupted Sports Games, Liquor Stores and Roller Coasters

  06-07-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  "How are they continuing to play baseball?"
  
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• Explosion at Florida shopping plaza injures 20

  06-07-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Twenty people were injured after a vacant pizza restaurant exploded in a South Florida shopping plaza on Saturday, according to police. (July 6)
  
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• Harris's $100 Billion Plan Aims to Help Black Families Buy Homes

  06-07-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Taking aim at the racial wealth gap in the U.S., Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris proposed a $100 billion program to help black families and individuals buy homes.Speaking at the Essence Festival in New Orleans on Saturday, Harris said the program would help with down payments and other costs associated with purchasing homes.The program, she estimated, would help 4 million families who live or rent in historically red-lined areas, or those where loans are often refu
  
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• Gorgeous rose-colored Hubble photo is your daily reminder that space is super cool

  06-07-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Outer space is vast and full of darkness. But there is beauty to be found all throughout, as Hubble constantly reminds us.Take this newly shared image of NGC 972, a spiral galaxy discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel in 1784. It's not our closest neighbor, at around 70 million light-years away, but it sure takes a good photo.> Bright, colorful pockets of star formation are blooming in this spiral galaxy just under 70 million light-years away seen by @NASAHubble. The orange-
  
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• The stuff of nightmares: Inside the migrant detention center in Clint, Texas

  06-07-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  An out-of-the-way border station in the desert near El Paso is the epicenter of outrage over the Trump administration’s policies on the border.
  
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• Biden apologizes for touting past work with segregationist senators

  06-07-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Seeking to put to rest a weeks-old controversy that has dogged his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, Joe Biden apologized on Saturday for touting his past record of working civilly with segregationists serving in the U.S. Senate in the 1970s.Biden, who served as vice president under the first black U.S. president Barack Obama, had until now pointedly resisted apologizing for the remarks he made on June 18 that had drawn criticism from Democratic rivals, exposing racial an
  
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• Democratic candidates court black voters; Biden addresses race criticism

  06-07-2019 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Winning the support of black voters in the United States was the focus of Democratic presidential hopefuls on Saturday, including former Vice President Joe Biden, who will address directly criticism about his record on race.Black voters have played a critical role in the Democratic Party primary process, and winning the party's nomination would likely be impossible without their support.Hillary Clinton's strong support by black voters played a critical role in her securing the Democratic preside
  
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• Drone shootdown highlights history of U.S. incursions into Iran's airspace

  06-07-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. military drone Iran shot down near the Persian Gulf June 20 likely didn’t stray into Iranian airspace, as the Iranians claimed it had, according to several former senior officials. But had it done so, it would not have been the first U.S. drone to fly into Iran, according to two of those officials.
  
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• California earthquake: 7.1 quake shakes Southern California 1 day after magnitude 6.4

  06-07-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  A powerful 7.1 earthquake shook Southern California one day after a magnitude 6.4.
  
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• Ridgecrest earthquake damage: Fires break out in Kern County community after Friday's temblor

  06-07-2019 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  There were no major building collapses in Ridgecrest, but some structures could be weakened from the quakes.
  
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• Multiple injuries in Florida gas explosion

  06-07-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  A powerful gas explosion ripped through a shopping mall in Florida on Saturday, causing multiple injuries, firefighters said. Photos on US news outlets showed a large field of debris outside the Fountains Plaza shopping center in Plantation in south Florida. The building where the explosion happen destroyed. People I spoke with described feeling Surrounding buildings shake as far as South of SR 595 @WPLGLocal10pic.twitter.com/gd4qLU21n4— Roy Ramos (@RRamosWPLG) July 6, 2019 The photos show
  
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• Justin Amash: The few times a member of Congress has left a political party in recent history

  06-07-2019 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Amash's announcement that he's leaving the Republican Party makes him part of a small group of congressmen that have quit or changed political parties.
  
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• Iran to lift uranium enrichment to 5%, above level in 2015 deal: official

  06-07-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran will announce on Sunday that it will raise its uranium enrichment level to 5%, a concentration above the limit set by its 2015 nuclear deal with six major powers, an Iranian official told Reuters.Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported earlier that Iran's senior nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi will announce more cuts in its commitments to the pact on Sunday.
  
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• Kamala Harris proposes $100B in homeownership assistance

  06-07-2019 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is proposing $100 billion in federal grants to pay for down payment and closing costs to help close what she says is a racial wealth gap and address historical discrimination in homeownership against black families.Harris announced her plan Saturday at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, where the California senator was among several of the 2020 White House candidates attending the largest annual gathering of black women in the country.Harris said
  
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• 20 injured in Florida shopping plaza explosion

  06-07-2019 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Police and firefighters are investigating an explosion at a Florida shopping plaza that injured multiple people.
  
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• Nearly 900 drivers suspended in wake of deadly motorcycle crash in New Hampshire

  06-07-2019 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The Massachusetts RMV has suspended 876 drivers whose out-of-state infractions hadn't been tracked after a motorcycle crash killed 7 in New Hampshire
  
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• Pope Francis claims US televangelist performed miracle, paving way for sainthood

  06-07-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Pope Francis has declared that a late US television preacher once performed a miracle, moving him one step closer to sainthood.The Vatican announced on Saturday the formal approval of the miracle, thought to relate to claims about a baby’s extraordinary recovery in an Illinois hospital.The Diocese of Peoria believes that Archbishop Fulton J Sheen – who died in 1979 – interceded in 2010 on behalf of a baby who began breathing 61 minutes after showing no signs of life at birth.On
  
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• 'Reclamation project': Trump hits back at Joe Biden

  06-07-2019 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump punched back at Joe Biden on Saturday morning, calling the former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate a "reclamation project" who won't win in 2020.
  
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• 7.1-Magnitude Earthquake Cracks Buildings and Causes Injuries in Southern California

  06-07-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  7.1-Magnitude Earthquake Cracks Buildings and Causes Injuries in Southern California
  
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• Pete Buttigieg has money, but can he turn it into 2020 win?

  06-07-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Pete Buttigieg stunned the Democratic presidential field with a nearly $25 million second-quarter fundraising haul.Buttigieg said much of his emphasis will be on retail politics — more days like Thursday, when he blitzed across Iowa for a parade and picnics and one-on-one interactions with voters."The whole point of all that fundraising was to make sure that we have the organization we need to win," Buttigieg told reporters after a town hall meeting in a sweltering Sioux City, Iowa high sc
  
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• Russian Oligarch Scoffed at FBI’s Collusion Theory

  06-07-2019 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  John Solomon is a terrific reporter, and he has done excellent work on the Trump-Russia investigation. Nevertheless, legal analysis is not his specialty. That is evident in his otherwise intriguing report at The Hill about Oleg Deripaska’s dealings with the FBI.Deripaska is an aluminum magnate who is sometimes referred to as “Putin’s oligarch” thanks to his close relationship with the Russian strongman. He was also Paul Manafort’s business partner.Man
  
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• Most powerful earthquakes in California history above 7.0 magnitude

  06-07-2019 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck near Ridgecrest Friday was one of only 12 earthquakes in California since 1857 that measured over 7.0.
  
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• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hits back at Newt Gingrich's 'dishonest' smear

  06-07-2019 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hits back at former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who called her “dishonest.”
  
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• UPDATE 3-Iran to lift uranium enrichment to 5%, above level in 2015 deal -official

  06-07-2019 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran on Sunday will announce an increase in uranium enrichment to 5%, a concentration above the limit set by its 2015 nuclear deal, an Iranian official told Reuters, in a move signalling adeepening challenge to escalating U.S. sanctions pressure.The declaration comes at a time of sharply increased U.S.-Iranian confrontation, a year after Washington quit the pact and reimposed sanctions that had been lifted under the accord in exchange for Tehran curbing its nuclear work."The main announcement to
  
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• Kamala Harris proposes $100 billion plan for black homeownership

  06-07-2019 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Harris said her program would “put homeownership within the reach” of millions of families.
  
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• Sneaky: America's F-22 Stealth Fighter Snuck up on an Iranian F-4 Phantom

  06-07-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  It was a close call.Back in 2013, Pentagon press secretary George Little said that an Iranian air force F-4 Phantom combat plane attempted to intercept a U.S. MQ-1 Predator drone flying through international airspace near Iran.As we reported back then, one of the two F-4 Phantom jets — in service in Iran since the Shah — came to about 16 miles from the Predator, but broke off pursuit after two American planes escorting the drone broadcast a warning message.It was a close call.The Mar
  
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• Trump Says Fed ‘Doesn’t Have a Clue’

  06-07-2019 18:58 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump renewed his attack on the Federal Reserve, saying the central bank “doesn’t have a clue,” and may be sizing up his two latest picks for Fed governor as successors to Chairman Jerome Powell.The fresh criticism is consistent with ideas that the president is laying the groundwork to replace Powell when the chairman’s term is up in 2022, assuming Trump is re-elected, or will attempt to do so earlier if the Fed doesn’t bend quickly e
  
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• 'Scared to death': 7.1 earthquake follows 6.4, leaving Ridgecrest residents fearful, resilient

  06-07-2019 18:52 via news.yahoo.com
  A California earthquake of a magnitude 7.1 followed the previous day's 6.4, leaving Ridgecrest residents fearing whether another Big One could hit.
  
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• Russian State-Run Media Mocked President Trump's July 4 'Salute to America'

  06-07-2019 18:23 via news.yahoo.com
  They said military machinery was held together with "adhesive tape" and covered with "peeling paint"
  
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• Mexican authorities rescue 24 kidnapped migrants

  06-07-2019 18:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexican authorities on Friday rescued 24 Central American migrants, including nine children, who had been held hostage for nearly three weeks in the crime-ridden state of Guanajuato, officials said.The migrants were held for 20 days in the town of Celaya, about 210 kilometres (130 miles) from Mexico City, said Secretary of State Security Juan Jose Gonzalez.Separately, the security ministry announced the arrest of 59 migrants, including 55 Hondurans, around the northeastern town of Saltillo, near
  
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• Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke says she put pressure on herself "to feel normal" after suffering a stroke

  06-07-2019 18:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Emilia Clarke had said she put pressure on herself "to feel normal" after suffering a stroke as she backs NHS drive to improve stroke care for young people.  The Game of Thrones star shocked fans earlier in the year when she revealed she had suffered a life-threatening stroke eight years ago. The star had kept the news of her illness from the national spotlight but said she continued to pressure herself “to feel normal” and “that strain exhausted me more than anything, for
  
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• 20 civilians killed in northwest Syria: monitor

  06-07-2019 18:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Syrian regime and Russian bombardment has killed 20 civilians including seven children in northwestern Syria, a war monitor said Saturday, in the latest deadly raids on the embattled opposition bastion.Regime warplanes and helicopters late Friday carried out air strikes on Mahambel village in Idlib province, killing 13 civilians including the seven children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.Another seven civilians were killed Saturday, including a woman hit by regime rocket fire on t
  
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• California braced for more aftershocks after 7.1 magnitude earthquake

  06-07-2019 18:03 via news.yahoo.com
  * Powerful tremor strikes 125 miles north of Los Angeles * Communities already assessing damage from 4 July quakeOfficials in southern California’s high desert were braced for strong, potentially dangerous aftershocks after a major earthquake damaged buildings, ruptured gas lines and sparked fires near its remote epicenter.As darkness fell on Friday, the magnitude 7.1 tremor rocked the Mojave desert town of Ridgecrest near Death Valley National Park, jolting the area with eight times more
  
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• VIDEO: Disneyland's Space Mountain ride stopped after 7.1 earthquake rattles Southern California

  06-07-2019 17:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Video shows the interior of Space Mountain after an earthquake in Kern County prompted the shutdown of the popular ride.
  
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• Otto Warmbier's family files claim on seized North Korean coal ship

  06-07-2019 17:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The family of an American college student who died after he was held prisoner in North Korea, has filed a claim on cargo ship that was seized from the country by US authorities. Otto Warmbier was accused of theft on a visit to the secretive communist state in January 2016 and jailed for almost a-year-and-a-half. When he was released back to the US in June 2017 he was in a vegetative state. He was blind and deaf, and had sustained severe brain damage. He died later that month. Last December, a US
  
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• Hong Kong protesters hold vigil ahead of Sunday march

  06-07-2019 17:37 via news.yahoo.com
  A vigil was held Saturday night for a Hong Kong woman who fell to her death this week, one of three apparent suicides linked to ongoing protests over fears that freedoms are being eroded in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.A mostly youthful gathering placed lit candles and incense at temporary memorials in a square in central Hong Kong.Before falling from a shopping mall on June 30, the 29-year-old woman left a message on Facebook that wished for the protesters' success but said she could n
  
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• Starbucks barista asks police officers to leave because customer 'did not feel safe,' police union claims

  06-07-2019 17:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The barista allegedly asked the officers to move out of the customer's line of sight or to leave.
  
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• President Trump responds to Joe Biden calling him the 'bully I knew my whole life'

  06-07-2019 17:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump says he is cleaning up Biden and Obama's mess.
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan meets head of Libya's UN-supported gov't

  06-07-2019 17:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkey's president has met with the head of Libya's U.N.-recognized government, following heightened tensions between Turkey and forces loyal to a rival Libyan authority.In a statement from his office late Friday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated his support for Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj's "legitimate" government.Libya is split between two warring governments.
  
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