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• High-profile El Salvador femicide case exposes deadly gender violence

  21-01-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Salvadoran man accused of murdering his girlfriend faces a possible 50 years in prison if convicted in a closely watchedtrial that started this week highlighting the widespread violence women face in the Central American nation.The killing of journalist Karla Turcios, whose beaten body was found dumped on a roadside in 2018, made national headlines and prompted the government to declare a national emergency against femicide - the killing of a woman by a man because of her gender.Turcios, 33, b
  
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• Feds: White supremacists hoped rally would start civil war

  21-01-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A hidden camera captured members of a white supremacist group expressing hope that violence at a gun rights rally in Virginia this week could start a civil war, federal prosecutors said in a court filing Tuesday.
  
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• Trump impeachment: False claims from the start by president's legal team

  21-01-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Adam Schiff's basement" was back in the impeachment spotlight as senators began a trial that will decide whether Donald Trump becomes the first president to be removed from office.Mr Trump for months mocked what is known officially as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, or SCIF, where House Democrats and Republicans for weeks late last year heard from current and former Trump administration officials about just what the president wanted from Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky durin
  
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• Tekashi 6ix9ine won't be allowed to serve the rest of his 2-year sentence in home confinement even though his prison has a lot of Blood gang members

  21-01-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  A judge dashed the controversial rapper's hopes that he could spend the rest of his two-year prison sentence away from the gang he once betrayed.
  
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• Hillary Clinton kicks off the 'stop Sanders' movement. Will Obama follow her lead?

  21-01-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sanders himself has been dismissive of Clinton’s comments. And then there’s Obama himself to consider. Clinton’s timing is conspicuous.
  
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• Senate Republicans Block Schumer’s Attempt to Subpoena White House Witnesses, Docs

  21-01-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) proposed an amendment Tuesday to the rules for President Trump’s impeachment trial in order to subpoena witnesses and documents from the White House, it failed in a party-line vote.All 53 Republicans in the GOP-controlled Senate voted against Schumer’s amendment, which asked for any records created by former national-security adviser John Bolton, Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, and Mulvaney aide Robert Blair regarding the Whi
  
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• The Saudi crown prince reportedly personally hacked Jeff Bezos' phone. He may have done the same thing to Jared Kushner.

  21-01-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Just call him the crown prince of hacking.Amazon founder Jeff Bezos reportedly had his phone hacked after receiving what was apparently an infected video file over WhatsApp from none other than Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in 2018, sources told The Guardian. An analysis of Bezos' phone reportedly revealed that following a seemingly friendly conversation between the two men, the video file sent by the crown prince corrupted Bezos' phone and made large amounts of data vulnerable, eventua
  
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• A Michigan state senator who said boys could 'have a lot of fun' with a female reporter has now been accused of sexual harassment

  21-01-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michigan Sen. Peter Lucido who came under fire for sexist comments made to a female reporter faces sexual harassment accusations from a fellow senator.
  
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• Team Biden’s Been Prepping for Impeachment Smears for Months

  21-01-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As former Vice President Joe Biden prepares for his and his family’s reputation to be dragged across the floor of the Senate, the chamber where he spent the bulk of his career, his campaign has made only minor tweaks to the plan to defend him. While the stage is bigger given the smears from the White House will be part of only the third impeachment trial in U.S. history, most of the campaign’s disinformation infrastructure and messaging is already in place, with a few exceptions
  
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• After tweaks, Trump trial format will be similar to Clinton

  21-01-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After some last-minute tweaks on Tuesday, the proposed rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial now largely mirror the ones used for the trial of former President Bill Clinton.After approving the rules, the Senate will hear arguments from lawyers on both sides before debating whether to seek witness testimony and documents.Clinton's Republican prosecutors already had evidence that was compiled by then-Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr.
  
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• It’s here. The coronavirus is in the US.

  21-01-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A mysterious virus from China has arrived in America. A fiery debate at Trump's impeachment trial. It's Tuesday's news.
  
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• Toyota recalls 3.4 million vehicles worldwide because air bags may not deploy in crashes

  21-01-2020 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Toyota Motor Corp said on Tuesday it will recall 3.4 million vehicles worldwide because of an electronic glitch that can result in air bags not deploying in crashes.
  
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• Senators reportedly wore Apple Watches to the impeachment trial, seemingly violating the electronics ban

  21-01-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The senators, plus one aide, were reportedly wearing smart watches that could be used to text and make calls.
  
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• At least 8 senators reportedly wore Apple Watches to the impeachment trial, seemingly violating the electronics ban

  21-01-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The eight senators, plus one aide, were reportedly wearing smart watches that could be used to text and make calls.
  
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• West Virginia invites NRA as Virginia plans for gun-control

  21-01-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A West Virginia senator is inviting the National Rifle Association to move to his state as lawmakers pursue gun-control measures in neighboring Virginia, where the group now has its headquarters.The invitation came in a Monday letter from Republican Sen. Randy Smith to NRA leadership that said his home state lets residents carry guns without permits and its lawmakers have pushed to allow firearms on college campuses.“Where Virginia is pushing for stricter gun laws, West Virginia has worked
  
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• Pro-Trump Super PAC Buys Anti-Impeachment Ads: Campaign Update

  21-01-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The nonprofit arm of a pro-Trump super PAC said Tuesday it will spend $1 million on anti-impeachment ads in three key states in the November election.America First Policies said it will run the ads in Alabama and Michigan, where Democratic Senators Doug Jones and Gary Peters are running for re-election, as well as Pennsylvania, a key swing state for the president’s re-election. The Alabama ad advises viewers to call Jones and “tell him to stop standing with the radical
  
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• Jeff Bezos’s Phone Hacked by Saudi Crown Prince: Report

  21-01-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's phone was hacked by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in 2018, five months before the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, the Guardian reported on Tuesday.According to the report, Bezos and bin Salman were having a friendly discussion on Whatsapp when on May 1 bin Salman sent the Amazon CEO a video file. That file was likely infected with malware, and in a matter of hours large amounts of data were extracted from Bezos's phone.Bin Salman is
  
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• Russia admits its deadly Zircon hypersonic missile is suffering from 'childhood diseases'

  21-01-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The weapon which is expected to eventually arm the country's newer frigates is apparently experiencing developmental challenges.
  
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• As impeachment trial starts, senator-jurors running for president get creative

  21-01-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Iowa caucuses are less than two weeks away, and several senators are stuck in Washington, D.C., for President Trump's impeachment trial.
  
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• Senate tables Chuck Schumer's first impeachment amendment along party lines

  21-01-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  That's one down.The Senate stuck to party lines Tuesday as President Trump's impeachment trial got under way. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced an amendment to the rules dictating the impeachment proceedings which called for the Senate to subpoena White House documents related to the events. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) then responded with a motion to table the proposal.There wasn't much drama after that. The motion to table passed 53-47, as every member
  
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• Pro-Trump Super PAC Spends $1 Million on Anti-Impeachment Ads

  21-01-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The nonprofit arm of a pro-Trump super PAC said Tuesday it will spend $1 million on anti-impeachment ads in three key states in the November election.America First Policies said it will run the ads in Alabama and Michigan, where Democratic Senators Doug Jones and Gary Peters are running for re-election, as well as Pennsylvania, a key swing state for the president’s re-election.In Alabama, where the ads will begin Wednesday, the group will spend
  
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• U.S. deports Iranian student despite ACLU efforts to block his removal

  21-01-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. immigration officials on Monday deported an Iranian student headed to a Boston university despite efforts by the American Civil Liberties Union and other advocates to block the removal.The deportation of Mohammad Shahab Dehghani Hossein Abadi, a 24-year-old Iranian citizen enrolled at Northeastern University, comes after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced an "enhanced security posture" amid heightened tensions with Iran.The case had raised new questions about fair treatment
  
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• As Trump trial starts, Pelosi's star rises with opening of one-woman theatrical show

  21-01-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "The Adult in the Room," which started to take shape about a year ago, was "fast-tracked" to keep pace with the events leading to the president's impeachment by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, playwright Bill McMahon told WBBM radio. McMahon's play primarily tells the story of Pelosi, a Democrat who is now serving her 17th term representing a California congressional district.
  
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• Russian-American Lobbyist of Trump Tower Meeting Fame Forms His Own ‘Anti-Defamation League’

  21-01-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Russian-American dual citizen who found himself at the center of allegations of Kremlin meddling in the 2016 presidential election has established a new nonprofit to combat the political vilification of his erstwhile countrymen.Rinat Akhmetshin is a Washington-based lobbyist and former Soviet military officer whose 2016 meeting with Trump campaign hands including the president’s son and son-in-law was a major subject of interest for investigators into Russian election meddling. Last week
  
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• Israeli army kills 3 Palestinians after attack by Gaza fence

  21-01-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Israeli military said its soldiers killed three Palestinians who crossed the Gaza border fence and threw an explosive device at troops on Tuesday. The army said its troops fired on three suspects who crossed the security fence and "hurled a grenade or an explosive device" at the soldiers. There was no immediate comment from the Gaza authorities.
  
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• New, detailed pictures of planets, moons, and comets are neither photos nor animations — they're made using data from 50 years of NASA missions

  21-01-2020 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On January 21, the American Museum of Natural History debuts a new planetarium show that displays the solar system with stunning accuracy.
  
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• 4 wild stories we've learned so far from 'A Very Stable Genius,' a new book on the Trump White House

  21-01-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The book tells never-before-heard stories about the Trump White House, and confirms anecdotes that were detailed in other books and reporting.
  
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• LA repeals requirements for contractors to reveal NRA ties

  21-01-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Los Angeles City Council is repealing a law requiring companies that want city contracts to disclose whether they have ties to the National Rifle Association, weeks after a federal judge blocked the city from enforcing the ordinance.It required firms seeking deals with the city to disclose contracts or sponsorships between them or their subsidiaries and the NRA.In a lawsuit seeking to block the ordinance, the NRA said the requirements violated the constitutional First Amendment right to free
  
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• Journalist Glenn Greenwald Vows to Fight Criminal Charges in Brazil

  21-01-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Glenn Greenwald, the American journalist who founded The Intercept, on Tuesday vowed to fight criminal charges that he alleged were being brought by Brazil’s government in retaliation for a series of exposes that highlighted corruption in the administration of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.“We’re going to defend a free press like we always have,” Greenwald said in a video message posted on his Twitter account. “We’re not going to be intimid
  
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• Jeff Bezos' phone was reportedly hacked by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in 2018

  21-01-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bezos reportedly had a friendly WhatsApp exchange with the crown prince, whose phone sent a file thought to have infiltrated Bezos' phone when opened.
  
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• Venezuela Police Raid Guaido Offices After He Defies Travel Ban

  21-01-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Masked members of Venezuela’s intelligence police raided Juan Guaido’s offices in Eastern Caracas on Tuesday as the opposition leader continues his international tour to rally international backing for his campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro.“This is an aggressive attack, they’re showing us they’re going to come at us with all they have,” opposition lawmaker Adriana Pichardo said outside the building that houses Guaido’s offices. &ld
  
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• Seeing Half Of Russia's Su-57 Stealth Fighters Suddenly Go Airborne Was A Wakeup Call For Europe

  21-01-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Look alive, NATO.
  
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• The U.S.'s Next Aircraft Carrier Named After Doris Miller, Hero of Pearl Harbor

  21-01-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Miller heroically fought back against the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor.
  
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• Two more Mississippi inmates killed in prison: 9 inmates dead in less than a month

  21-01-2020 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The most recent deaths appear to be "an isolated incident," the Mississippi Department of Corrections said in a tweet.
  
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• Boeing Hiked Fourth-Quarter Lobby Spend With 737 Crisis Flaring

  21-01-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co.’s spending on federal lobbying rose to $3.4 million in the last quarter of 2019 as the embattled plane-maker faced new threats in Washington after its 737 Max jetliner was grounded following two fatal crashes.The aerospace giant’s lobbying outlay in the last three months of 2019 jumped 8% compared with the third quarter as the company’s crisis over the 737 Max deepened.Former chief executive officer Dennis Muilenburg faced a bipartisan pummeling in two
  
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• One of Lindsey Graham's potential Senate opponents has a new impeachment ad consisting almost entirely of Graham’s own words

  21-01-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Anything you say can and will be held against you.Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) got a little taste of that Tuesday when one of his potential future Democratic opponents for his Senate seat launched a new campaign ad. In the video, Jaime Harrison begins reading a statement, as Graham's voice creeps into the scene. Viewers are then transported back in time to 1998 as Graham, then a member of the House, advocates for a thorough impeachment case against then-President Bill Clinton in which "everybody
  
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• Virginia Senate advances 'red flag' gun law, despite rally

  21-01-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The day after a massive gathering of gun-rights activists at the Virginia Capitol, the state Senate on Tuesdayadvanced legislation that would allow authorities to take guns away from people deemed dangerous to themselves or others.The Democratic-led Senate gave preliminary approval to approved the so-called “red flag” law.The measure is set for a final vote in the Senate, likely Wednesday, before going to the House.
  
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• Halkbank Hit With U.S. Demand for Millions in Contempt Fines

  21-01-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Turkey’s Halkbank should pay millions of dollars in fines for its continued failure to respond to U.S. sanctions-evasions charges, federal prosecutors in New York said.In a court filing Tuesday, the government asked a federal judge to impose a daily $1 million fine that would double each week the bank refuses to appear in the case.Prosecutors charged the bank in October with aiding a yearslong scheme to help Iran evade U.S. economic sanctions and access $20 billion in frozen
  
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• From Clinton investigator to Trump impeachment defender: The life of controversial attorney Ken Starr

  21-01-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kenneth Starr became a household name in the 1990s when he investigated then-President Bill Clinton in the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky scandals.
  
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• 2 Inmates Killed in Mississippi Prison That Continues to Struggle With Deadly Violence

  21-01-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three additional inmates also recently died at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman
  
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• Boeing makes it official: 737 Max plane won't be back until summer. Could it be later?

  21-01-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Airlines have already moved the 737 Max back in their schedules. Boeing makes it official: The planes will miss at least part of the summer travel season.
  
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• Trump's lawyer reverses administration's longstanding position of keeping White House-Congress disputes out of courts

  21-01-2020 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jay Sekulow apparently missed a few memos from the Trump administration.Sekulow, who is serving as President Trump's outside lawyer in the Senate's impeachment trial, argued Tuesday that disputes between the White House and Congress are "why we have courts." But as the Department of Justice has repeatedly argued, including as recently as last month, that's not what this administration believes.Arguments began Tuesday in the impeachment trial of Trump, during which House impeachment managers and
  
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• Trump administration plans to add Nigeria and six other nations to travel ban list: reports

  21-01-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration is planning to add seven countries - Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania - to its travel ban list, U.S. media reports said on Tuesday.Some countries will face bans only on some visa categories, the Wall Street Journal reported.The list of countries was not final and could yet change, website Politico said.
  
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• U.S. judge signals slow-moving corruption trial for former Mexican security chief

  21-01-2020 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The arrest of Garcia Luna in Dallas last month sent shockwaves across Mexico, where he spearheaded the country's "War On Drugs" for many years beginning in 2006.Federal Judge Brian Cogan in New York granted U.S. prosecutors' request to declare the trial "complex," which effectively waives the need to bring a person to trial within 70 days once they have been indicted, as stipulated under the U.S. Speedy Trial Act.U.S. prosecutors allege Garcia Luna, 51, took millions of dollars in bribes from th
  
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• Huawei CFO lawyers say her alleged crimes no crime in Canada

  21-01-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lawyers for a senior executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei argued Tuesday that allowing her extradition to the United States would result in Canada bowing to foreign law.This week's hearings deal with the question of whether the U.S. charges against Meng Wanzhou are crimes in Canada as well.Canada does not have similar sanctions on Iran.
  
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• Kosovo President Expects New Government to Be Formed Soon

  21-01-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Sign up here to receive the Davos Diary, a special daily newsletter that will run from Jan. 20-24.Kosovo’s president said he hopes a new government will be formed “very soon” as the nation needs to proceed with reforms.“We have one goal: to move as fast as possible toward European integration and to be a member of NATO,” President Hashim Thaci said Tuesday in an interview on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.Thaci on Mond
  
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• A college student from Iran who waited a year to be granted a student visa was deported by US border patrol agents when he arrived

  21-01-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An Iranian college student facing deportation has ignited outrage from local community members to politicians on Capitol Hill.
  
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• A college student from Iran who waited a year to be granted a student visa to the US was deported when he arrived

  21-01-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The deportation of an Iranian college student has ignited outrage from local community members as well as politicians on Capitol Hill.
  
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• Mitch McConnell pulled a 'Machiavellian' move to swing Trump's impeachment trial in his favor

  21-01-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Constitutional scholars told Insider McConnell's maneuver was "cynically Machiavellian" and a "hyperpartisan" manipulation of Senate norms.
  
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• Homeless Oakland Moms Cut Deal to Buy House They Squatted In

  21-01-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A group of homeless mothers evicted and arrested after squatting in an empty Oakland residence have reached an agreement to buy the home in a radical conclusion to a struggle that shone a renewed spotlight on the Bay Area’s dire housing shortage. The women, known collectively as Moms 4 Housing, occupied a house in West Oakland from November until Alameda County Sheriff’s deputies removed them in a pre-dawn raid on January 14. Cops also arrested two of the women, along with two m
  
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