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• Muslims skeptical about 'road rage' in Virginia girl's death

  19-06-2017 23:58
  
  FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia on Monday blamed road rage for the killing of a teenage Muslim girl who was allegedly attacked by a driver while walking with friends to her mosque between Ramadan prayers this weekend.
  
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• Otto Warmbier, the American Student Just Released From North Korea, Has Died

  19-06-2017 23:54
  
  Three other U.S. citizens are still held as prisoner in the Hermit Kingdom.
  
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• Trump's Self-Contradictory Defense

  19-06-2017 23:51
  
  Is the special counsel looking at the president? Did Trump fire James Comey on his own or because of a recommendation? On key questions, the White House can’t choose what story it wants to tell.
  
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• U.S. student freed from N. Korea dies

  19-06-2017 23:44
  
  Otto Warmbier, the U.S. student who was freed from North Korea last week, has died at the age of 22. Warmbier was imprisoned for more than 17 months and was returned home to Ohio in a coma. His family released a statement Monday saying, “It is our sad duty to report that our son, Otto Warmbier, has completed his journey home.”
  
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• Otto Warmbier dead: Trump attacks 'brutality of North Korea' after imprisoned student's death

  19-06-2017 23:44
  
  Donald Trump has attacked the "brutality of the North Korean regime" following the death of American student Otto Warmbier - who had been imprisoned in the country for 17 months.The US President has offered the family of Mr Warmbier his respects after news broke that the young man had died after being transported back to the United States from North Korea.“Melania and I offer our deepest condolences to the family of Otto Warmbier on his untimely passing,” Mr Trump said in a statement
  
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• Otto Warmbier dead: Donald Trump attacks 'brutality' of North Korea after imprisoned student's death

  19-06-2017 23:44
  
  Donald Trump has attacked the "brutality of the North Korean regime" following the death of American student Otto Warmbier - who had been imprisoned in the country for 17 months.The US President has offered the family of Mr Warmbier his respects after news broke that the young man had died after being transported back to the United States from North Korea.“Melania and I offer our deepest condolences to the family of Otto Warmbier on his untimely passing,” Mr Trump said in a statement
  
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• First Core i9 Benchmarks: Here’s How Intel’s Powerhouse Performs

  19-06-2017 23:30
  
  Intel’s new high-end Skylake-X series includes the top-of-the-line Core i9-7900X, which impressively features 10 cores and a turbo boost of up to 4.5 GHz.This new i9 CPU certainly has impressive technical specs, but at an astronomic price of $999, how does it compare to AMD’s latest Ryzen offerings and Intel’s own less expensive models for gaming?Credit: IntelOur sister sites, Tom’s Hardware and Anandtech, put the i9-7900X chip through rigorous tests against such CPUs as
  
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• Car rams police vehicle on famed Paris avenue; attacker dies

  19-06-2017 23:14
  
  PARIS (AP) — A man on the radar of French authorities for extremism was killed Monday after ramming a car carrying arms and explosives into a police convoy on Paris' famed Champs-Elysees Avenue, setting off a fiery blast and a cloud of orange smoke, officials said. France's anti-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation.
  
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• Jon Ossoff making final campaigns stops as special election nears

  19-06-2017 23:09
  
  ABC News' MaryAlice Parks speaks to Jon Ossoff and some of his supporters ahead of Georgia's special election.
  
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• The Latest: Trump trashes Democrat in Georgia US House race

  19-06-2017 23:08
  
  JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on Georgia's 6th Congressional District race (all times local):
  
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• Police Release Dashcam Audio In Fatal Shooting Of Pregnant Mother

  19-06-2017 23:08
  
  Seattle police shot and killed 30-year-old Charleena Lyles Sunday.
  
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• Trump’s Approval Rating Drops Again Following Brag On Twitter

  19-06-2017 23:06
  
  Just one day after boasting about his numbers on Twitter, the president's approval rating fell to 48 percent in the conservative poll.
  
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• Health Care Declassified: Republicans are skeptical of a closed drafting process – but will they act to open it up?

  19-06-2017 23:03
  
  Yahoo News peeks behind the curtain of secrecy surrounding the Republican health care bill to learn what we can about what it may contain.
  
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• Police chief: Heroic officer drew gunman's fire at park

  19-06-2017 23:01
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A female police officer with less than 2 years' experience withstood a barrage of gunfire from a gunman who wounded a top House Republican and four other people on a Virginia baseball field last week, giving fellow officers an opportunity to return fire and kill the shooter, her police chief said Monday.
  
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• The Latest: Paris police remove body after attempted attack

  19-06-2017 22:58
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on Paris security operation on Champs-Elysees (all times local):
  
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• Ancient Egyptians Were Among First To Have Cats

  19-06-2017 22:53
  
  When and where did cats become our pets? Researchers have traced the domestic feline’s lineage to one ancient cat species and a few civilizations.
  
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• How the AP-NORC poll on Trump's travel ban was conducted

  19-06-2017 22:52
  
  The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll on President Donald Trump's travel ban was conducted by NORC on June 8-11. It is based on online and telephone interviews of 1,068 adults who are members of NORC's nationally representative AmeriSpeak panel.
  
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• Rich guy Leo DiCaprio surrenders priceless art in wake of embezzlement scandal

  19-06-2017 22:50
  
  Leonardo DiCaprio may have received some very expensive paintings in a super shady way. According toartnet, DiCaprio, a known art collector, is reportedly in the process of surrendering a $3.2 million Pablo Picasso painting and a $9 million Jean-Michel Basquiat collage to U.S. authorities in the wake of a huge embezzlement scandal. Red Granite — the company that produced DiCaprio's movieThe Wolf of Wall Street — was co-founded by Riza Aziz, the stepson of Malaysian pri
  
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• Airline Gives Newborn Baby Free Trips for Life After Being Delivered Mid-Flight

  19-06-2017 22:49
  
  A baby was delivered at about 35,000 feet in the air successfully on a Jet Airways flight to India.
  
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• The Latest: Girl's killing sparks fear among Muslims

  19-06-2017 22:39
  
  FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the killing of a teenage girl after she and her friends left a mosque in northern Virginia (all times local):
  
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• Syria brings new urgency to easing US-Russia tensions

  19-06-2017 22:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. shoots down a Syrian fighter jet for the first time. Syria attacks America's allies against Islamic State militants. Iran fires missiles into Syria. Russia threatens to target U.S. coalition planes.
  
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• Barron Trump's Fashion Turns Heads as First Family Visits Camp David

  19-06-2017 22:22
  
  The family spent just one night at the historic, government-owned presidential retreat.
  
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• Researchers train drones to use Wi-Fi to look through walls

  19-06-2017 22:17
  
   A new system by University of California, Santa Barbara researchers Yasamin Mostofi and Chitra R. Karanam uses two drones, a massive Wi-Fi antenna, and a little interpolation to literally see through solid walls. The system is two-fold. The one drone blasts Wi-Fi through the structure and another picks up the signal. Then, working in tandem, the two drones fly around the solid structure until… Read More
  
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• US police under scrutiny over pregnant woman's shooting

  19-06-2017 22:09
  
  Police in the western US state of Washington were under scrutiny on Monday after a pregnant woman was fatally shot by officers responding to a burglary call.Authorities said the 30-year-old victim, identified as Charleena Lyles, had called to report an attempted burglary at her apartment on Sunday morning and pulled a knife on the two officers, who shot and killed her.Family members said Lyles was three months pregnant and struggled with mental health issues.
  
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• Donald Trump fails to address terror attack on London mosque and murdered Muslim woman

  19-06-2017 22:08
  
  Donald Trump has failed to personally acknowledge the attack on members of a mosque in London, and the murder of a Muslim teenager in Virginia, prompting critics to attack his silence.The White House has commented on the Finsbury Park attack, saying that they have reached out and offered to help in any way possible.Fifteen hours after a man drove a van into a group of Muslims near a London mosque, killing at least one and injuring 10 others, there was still no note of condolences from the Presid
  
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• France's Macron begins fine-tuning team after parliament sweep

  19-06-2017 21:58
  
  President Emmanuel Macron began fine-tuning his government team on Monday after his centrist party redrew France's political map with a resounding victory in parliamentary elections, dealing him a strong hand to forge ahead with pro-EU, business-friendly reforms.Macron, France's youngest-ever president at 39,asked close ally Richard Ferrand, who is embroiled in a conflict of interest scandal, to leave his cabinet and seek the leadership of the ruling Republic on the Move (REM) party in parliamen
  
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• What's next for woman convicted of manslaughter in suicide

  19-06-2017 21:55
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The unprecedented manslaughter conviction of a young woman who as a teenager sent text messages encouraging her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself seems destined to be appealed after it sparked intense debate over free speech, virtual presence and modern forms of communication.
  
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• Jon Ossoff Responds to Trump's Attacks

  19-06-2017 21:51
  
  On the eve of the Georgia 6th District special election, Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff joins Lawrence O'Donnell to react to President Donald Trump's attacks on him and why he is trying to talk about health care as much as possible during the campaign.
  
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• Reliable insider suggests the Galaxy Note 7 will launch sooner than we thought

  19-06-2017 21:47
  
  After a series of reports said that Samsung intends to unveil the Galaxy Note 8 in late August or early September, around the IFA tech event in Berlin, Germany, a new leak says the phone will be out even sooner than that.Chinese leaker of Weibo fame Ice Universe said on Monday that Samsung has already settled on the Galaxy Note 8’s launch date. Apparently, the Galaxy Note 8 will be unveiled in New York City during the third week of August in New York City.
  If accurate, it means the Galaxy
  
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• Pokemon Go Update to Add Raid Battles, New Gym Features, Items, and More

  19-06-2017 21:42
  
  Pokemon Go’s latest update is set to add raid battles, new gym features, and a slew of new items among other things.
  
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• Sneaky cat pretends to be human to avoid being seen by dog

  19-06-2017 21:41
  
  The best thing to do when in close contact with someone you don't want to talk to is to blend in with your surroundings. Laugh along with a group of strangers, hide behind a fake plant, do literally anything to make yourself invisible.  In this video uploaded to Youtube by user Binshattan145, one cat wants absolutely nothing to do with a passing dog. After the cat notices the dog from the peripherals of its nervous side-eye, it acts fast. The only thing this stealth feline can think to do t
  
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• US condemns London attack, but no word from Trump

  19-06-2017 21:40
  
  The US government and Ivanka Trump on Monday expressed sympathy with worshippers attacked while leaving a London mosque -- while the president himself remained silent.State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert issued an official condemnation of the deadly assault but Donald Trump -- often quick to comment on Twitter after extremist violence -- kept his counsel."The United States strongly condemns last night's attack that appears to have targeted Muslim worshippers in London," Nauert said.
  
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• Preet Bharara explains his embrace of Twitter. He’ll let Trump ‘keep his own wise counsel’ on the same.

  19-06-2017 21:39
  
  Preet Bharara, the high-profile U.S. attorney fired by President Trump, has embraced the commander in chief’s favorite communications platform: Twitter.
  
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• Discussing crisis in Venezuela not 'intervention': OAS

  19-06-2017 21:37
  
  The crisis talks are the latest in a series of OAS foreign ministers' meetings that caused an irate President Nicolas Maduro to announce Venezuela's withdrawal from the OAS in April -- a process that will take two years.The leftist leader accuses the OAS of "interventionism" for seeking diplomatic solutions to Venezuela's deteriorating political and economic crisis.
  
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• The Latest: US 'strongly condemns' attack near London mosque

  19-06-2017 21:31
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on a van plowing into a crowd outside a London mosque (all times local):
  
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• Republican health bill: Democrats pledge Senate standstill over secrecy

  19-06-2017 21:27
  
  Chuck Schumer said Republicans were ‘ashamed’ of the bill.Democrats have vowed to bring Senate business to a halt this week, in protest against secrecy around a Republican attempt to repeal Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) that will affect access to coverage for millions of Americans.Beginning on Monday night, Democrats will begin an effort to delay a vote on the Senate health bill by forcing the House-passed healthcare bill into committee, a senior Democratic aide said
  
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• Cheap Building Materials May Have Made the London Tower Blaze Even Worse

  19-06-2017 21:23
  
  A neglected $6,000 renovation may have cost the lives of 30 or more people.
  
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• Tensions rise in Syria as Russia, Iran send US warnings

  19-06-2017 21:16
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Russia on Monday threatened aircraft from the U.S.-led coalition in Syrian-controlled airspace and suspended a hotline intended to avoid collisions in retaliation for the U.S. military shooting down a Syrian warplane.
  
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• Trump Makes Matters Worse for Legal Counsel

  19-06-2017 21:09
  
  Donald Trump's errant tweets and public statements continually run at odds with his legal counsel, making it nearly impossible for them to be on the same page. Lachlan Markay, Ed Dowd, and David Jolly join Lawrence O'Donnell.
  
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• GOP official apologizes for saying Scalise shooting helps party in Ga. election

  19-06-2017 21:07
  
  A Georgia GOP official apologized for a remark that last week's baseball shooting would win a special election for Republican candidate Karen Handel.
  
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• Jared Kushner speaks, Twitter reacts

  19-06-2017 21:04
  
  Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Trump, spoke — for the first time publicly since his father-in-law took office — at a technology summit Monday in Washington, D.C., and Twitter users gave their opinions of hearing his voice for the first time.
  
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• Lawrence: Trump Has the Worst Lawyers of Any President

  19-06-2017 21:03
  
  Robert Mueller has hired a dream team of 13+ experienced lawyers from the DOJ and other government bodies to handle the Russia probe. Lawrence O'Donnell argues that many of Trump's lawyers lack the experience and the abilities to properly defend him.
  
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• Harvard freshmen's ouster over posts draws broad response

  19-06-2017 20:58
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Few college-bound kids lose their shot, and their slot, at their dream school once they get in, but it happened at one of the world's most elite institutions and for a reason that has, until recently, hardly registered in the university admissions process: social media.
  
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• Kushner heading to Mideast for peace talks

  19-06-2017 20:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Jared Kushner is traveling to the Middle East this week to continue work toward a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians.
  
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• Energy chief: Carbon dioxide not prime driver of warming

  19-06-2017 20:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Monday he does not believe carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming, a statement at odds with mainstream scientific consensus but in line with the head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  
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• Democratic union ironworker Randy Bryce running against Ryan

  19-06-2017 20:48
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democratic union ironworker who twice ran unsuccessfully for the state Legislature announced Monday that he will challenge Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan for re-election.
  
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• No chance for single EU migration policy: Hungarian PM

  19-06-2017 20:47
  
  Hungary's populist prime minister said Monday he sees no chance for a single EU-wide migration policy, just days after the bloc launched legal action against Budapest for refusing refugees under a controversial solidarity plan."To say that there will be one integrated, single European migration policy, I do have my doubts and I do not see any chance for this," Viktor Orban told the Benelux and Visegrad group premiers meeting in Warsaw ahead of an EU summit in Brussels later this week."Hungary is
  
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• Special House Race In Georgia's Sixth District Is Tight

  19-06-2017 20:46
  
  Trump is already tweeting about it.
  
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• Black Bear Fatally Mauls Teen Who Was Running Alaska Mountain Race

  19-06-2017 20:45
  
  The teen runner was on Bird Ridge trail when he texted a family member to say he was being chased.
  
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• Correction: Pair Dead in Car story

  19-06-2017 20:42
  
  GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — In a story June 18 about the killing of two teenagers, The Associated Press reported erroneously that they were killed June 12. The teenagers were killed June 5.
  
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