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• Get ready for a possible 'second wave' of that massive global cyberattack

  14-05-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  
  Microsoft Windows users, brace yourselves. People are worried a second wave of cyberattacks could strike around the world on Monday as employees return to their desks and log onto their computers. Security experts say the unprecedented ransomware attack that on Friday locked up computers across the globe including UK hospital, FedEx, train systems in Germany among other institutions in exchange for payment, could cause even more trouble as the work week begins. On top of that, copycat versions o
  
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• White nationalist Richard Spencer at rally over Confederate statue's removal

  14-05-2017 23:41 via yahoo.com
  
  The city of Charlottesville voted to remove a statue of the Confederate general Robert E Lee, sparking a backlash from the so-called ‘alt-right’ community.A small group of torch-wielding protesters, including the white nationalist “alt-right” leader Richard Spencer, descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday evening to protest against the sale of a statue commemorating the Confederate general Robert E Lee.Charlottesville’s city council voted in April to rem
  
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• China wins praise for Silk Road but concerns persist

  14-05-2017 23:11 via yahoo.com
  
  China was basking in praise Monday for its new Silk Road even as some countries raised concerns over the project seen as boosting Beijing's global clout on trade and geopolitics.Almost 30 world leaders are attending a two-day summit promoting China's One Belt, One Road initiative that Beijing hopes will revive ancient trade routes from Asia to Europe and Africa -- and breathe new life into its own economy.At the opening of the meeting on Sunday, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to pump an ex
  
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• One dead as mutinous I.Coast soldiers take to streets

  14-05-2017 23:01 via yahoo.com
  
  Bouaké (Ivory Coast) (AFP) - One person died Sunday after mutinous soldiers took to the streets in Ivory Coast's central second city Bouake as fresh tensions gripped the world's top cocoa grower."(He), Issouf Diawara, finally died from his bullet wounds," his brother Souleymane Diawara told AFP.Diawara was hit on Saturday amid clashes between former rebels, some of whom have now been integrated into the army, and those who have disarmed but not integrated.
  
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• Opposition in Venezuela in desperate plea to military

  14-05-2017 22:55 via yahoo.com
  
  Venezuela's opposition Sunday urged the armed forces to consider dialogue, despite its loyalty to embattled President Nicolas Maduro in the country's deadly political crisis."I am appealing to Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez to open the doors of a sincere debate in the armed forces," said Julio Borges, the speaker of the National Assembly, the only opposition-led government body.Opposition leaders believe Maduro and some of his supporters met this week with Padrino Lopez to rally support
  
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• Gunmen attack, rob journalists in Mexico's Guerrero state

  14-05-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — About 100 armed men attacked a group of journalists and robbed them of their equipment in Mexico's troubled southern state of Guerrero, authorities and media reports said Sunday.
  
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• Macron takes power as French president

  14-05-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  
  Emmanuel Macron became France's youngest ever president on Sunday, promising at his inauguration to restore the country's lost confidence and relaunch the flagging European Union.Macron, a 39-year-old centrist, took the reins of power from Socialist Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace a week after his resounding victory over far-right leader Marine Le Pen in an election that was watched worldwide.After a private meeting with his former mentor Hollande and his first speech as president, Macron
  
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• Family gets kicked off of a JetBlue flight for a birthday cake

  14-05-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  
  Footage of a family getting kicked off of a JetBlue flight over the placement of a birthday cake surfaced on Saturday.  Minta and Cameron Burke were heading to Las Vegas from JFK Airport in New York on Flight 611 on May 3 to celebrate Minta's 40th birthday with their children when an incident between the family and the airline caused the entire family to be kicked off the plane, despite the NYPD admitting to the family that they did nothing wrong. According to ABC 7, the incident started wh
  
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• School nickname change divides Vermont community

  14-05-2017 21:57 via yahoo.com
  
  SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A move to change a high school team name to be more inclusive has sparked death threats, a stalking charge and likely contributed to the defeat of the school budget twice in a Vermont community that has long supported education.
  
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• Wallace on why WH officials were not on 'Fox News Sunday'

  14-05-2017 21:50 via yahoo.com
  
  Officials were sought to explain the firing of James Comey
  
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• Military Wife Finally Finishes Degree on Mother's Day After 15 Years Of Constant Relocation

  14-05-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  
  She'd been working towards her degree for years.
  
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• Democrats maintain pressure on Trump over Comey firing

  14-05-2017 21:23 via yahoo.com
  
  Democrats kept up the pressure on Donald Trump Sunday over his firing of FBI director James Comey, as members of both parties said the president must turn over any secret recordings of the two men's conversations.White House spokespeople later refused to say whether the president's conversations were in fact being secretly taped.
  
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• Troops advance toward mutineers in Ivory Coast's second city

  14-05-2017 21:22 via yahoo.com
  
  By Ange Aboa and Joe BavierABIDJAN (Reuters) - Troops were advancing toward Ivory Coast's second largest city on Sunday, part of an operation the head of the army said was launched "to re-establish order" on the third day of a mutiny by soldiers across the country over bonus payments.At least five people were shot and wounded in the city, Bouake, earlier in the day when soldiers broke up a march against the mutiny.One of three protesters shot and wounded by the mutineers on Saturday has died of
  
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• Turkey-US: strained relations

  14-05-2017 20:59 via yahoo.com
  
  From the 2003 US invasion of Iraq to Washington's latest decision to arm Kurdish groups in Syria, relations between Turkey and the US have been tested repeatedly.The two NATO allies often have conflicting goals in the Middle East, and Ankara is now cultivating closer ties with Moscow and Tehran.In September 2011, six months after peaceful protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were harshly repressed, Ankara cut the Syrian regime loose and began to back selected opposition groups.
  
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• Only 29% Of Americans Approve Of Trump's Firing Of Comey

  14-05-2017 20:45 via yahoo.com
  
  46 percent of those polled said they think Comey was fired to slow down the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
  
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• The Latest: Top Senate Dem may try to stall FBI confirmation

  14-05-2017 20:19 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the search for an FBI director (all times local):
  
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• France's new president vows to fortify EU, revamp politics

  14-05-2017 20:06 via yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — In ceremonies marked by youthful optimism and old-world Napoleonic pomp, Emmanuel Macron swept into office Sunday as France's new president pledging to fortify the European Union, redesign French politics and glue together his divided nation.
  
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• New York eyes 'textalyzer' to combat distracted driving

  14-05-2017 20:01 via yahoo.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Ben Lieberman just wanted to find out what may have caused the head-on collision that killed his 19-year-old son, Evan, on a highway north of New York City. It took a lawsuit and six months in court to get the cellphone records showing the driver of the car his son was in had been texting behind the wheel.
  
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• Merkel's party bags key victory in bellwether state vote

  14-05-2017 19:50 via yahoo.com
  
  Düsseldorf (Germany) (AFP) - Chancellor Angela Merkel dealt a devastating blow to her main rival on Sunday, four months before national elections, when early results showed her party securing a strong win in a regional vote in Germany's biggest state.The SPD only managed to garner 30.6 percent, its worst score in history in the state and sharply down from its 2012 showing of 39.1 percent, in a serious hit to confidence ahead of general elections in September.
  
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• Broad support for a Trump foreign aid nominee, with a catch

  14-05-2017 19:49 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mark Green is a rare bird in Washington these days — a Donald Trump nominee with broad bipartisan support.
  
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• If Trump’s Comey ‘tapes’ exist, top Democrats want them ‘preserved’

  14-05-2017 19:42 via yahoo.com
  
  “We have got to make sure that these tapes, if they exist, don’t mysteriously disappear.”
  
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• Man Sets Himself On Fire While Recording on Facebook Live, Later Dies

  14-05-2017 19:18 via yahoo.com
  His ex-girlfriend was present during the entire ordeal that took place at her job.
  
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• French president Macron's top quotes at inauguration

  14-05-2017 19:16 via yahoo.com
  
  Emmanuel Macron took over as French president on Sunday, promising to heal the country's divisions and breathe new life into the European Union."The time has come for France to meet the challenges of our time.
  
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• No 'clean slate' between the US and Russia, Tillerson says

  14-05-2017 18:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Relations between the United States and Russia, at their lowest level since the Cold War, will not restart "with a clean slate," Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday.The former ExxonMobil CEO, who was decorated in 2013 by Russian President Vladimir Putin, had said previously that the relationship between the two nuclear powers had hit its lowest point since the Soviet collapse in 1991.
  
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• James Clapper: democratic institutions are 'under assault' by Trump

  14-05-2017 18:36 via yahoo.com
  
  James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill, during the Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 election.Former director of national intelligence James Clapper has accused Donald Trump of placing American democratic institutions “under assault” following the sacking of James Comey and cautioned that the former FBI director’s removal is “another victory” for Russia.
  
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• Knuckles Returns To Flying Battery Zone In Newest Sonic Mania Trailer

  14-05-2017 18:30
  
  Sega released a new trailer for the upcoming Sonic Mania, which shows Knuckles making his way through Flying Battery Zone, a reimagined version of the original level from 1994's Sonic & Knuckles.
  In the video below, watch as Knuckles uses short bursts of speed, scales walls, and glides through the air in order to progress through Dr. Eggman's airship.
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  Sonic Mania is releasing on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC this summer
  
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• Plan to curb panhandling takes people from begging to work

  14-05-2017 18:29 via yahoo.com
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Cleaning trash and landscaping public parks might not be glamorous work, but Derek Cote says it beats begging for change in a traffic median at rush hour, and he's looking forward to his hometown giving him a chance to do it.
  
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• Karl on new FBI director: President knows he needs someone that's 'politically bulletproof'

  14-05-2017 18:20 via yahoo.com
  
  The "This Week" Powerhouse Panel weighs in on former FBI Director James Comey's firing.
  
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• New Jersey governor refuses to ban child marriage because 'it would conflict with religious customs'

  14-05-2017 18:06 via yahoo.com
  
  A high profile Republican governor has declined to sign into law, a measure that would have made his state the first to ban child marriage without exception.Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey and someone who has been a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, said such a ban would conflict with religious customs.
  
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• This online tool lets you check if your iPhone is stolen

  14-05-2017 18:00 via yahoo.com
  
  The best way to avoid buying a stolen iPhone is getting it from Apple, an electronics store, or a carrier. But because the iPhone comes with a rather high price tag, some people choose to purchase second-hand iPhone. These are still expensive, but the price is lower than what you’d pay in stores. In many cases, you can score a great iPhone deal, if you know what to look for. But there’s always the risk that seller stole the phone and it’s now looking to flip it. Thankfully, the
  
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• Donald Trump should stop tweeting about Russia investigation, senior Republican senator warns

  14-05-2017 17:31 via yahoo.com
  
  A senior Republican senator has urged Donald Trump to “back off” and stop tweeting about the ongoing investigation into his campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia’s purported efforts to interfere in the 2016 election.Days after Mr Trump fired James Comey as FBI Director, Senator Lindsey Graham said it was essential to get to the bottom of what was said between the President and the former top federal investigator.Mr Graham spoke after Mr Trump claimed Mr Comey had told
  
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• Quake kills two, injures hundreds in Iran: state media

  14-05-2017 17:23 via yahoo.com
  
  A 5.7 magnitude earthquake near Iran's border with Turkmenistan killed two people, injured hundreds and caused widespread damage, state media reported Sunday, citing the country's seismological centre.The quake, which struck at 1800 GMT Saturday in and around the city of Bojnurd, North Khorasan province, killed a 54-year-old woman and a teenage girl, ISNA news agency reported.The US Geological Survey put the strength of the quake at 5.8 magnitude, and said it occurred at a depth of 12.5 kilometr
  
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• Fifth person dies after Massachusetts auto auction crash

  14-05-2017 16:54 via yahoo.com
  
  Ruben Espaillat, 55, died at a local hospital on Saturday, 10 days after the crash at the Lynnway Auto Auction in Billerica, about 20 miles northwest of Boston, on May 3, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said in a statement."Our thoughts our with his family and friends," said Ryan, whose office is investigating the collision.Elliott Rowlands Jr., 50, died on Wednesday, and was the fourth fatality, Ryan said..
  
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• Christian militias renew attack on U.N. base in Central African Republic

  14-05-2017 16:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Militia fighters from Central African Republic's (CAR) Christian minority attacked a U.N. base for the second consecutive night, a U.N. official said on Sunday, after a week of violence that has killed six peacekeepers at the southeastern border.Access to the town center of Bangassou to recover the wounded and the dead has been impeded by fighting although 24 injured people had been treated at a nearby hospital, medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières said.Fighting in and around B
  
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• Mother Arrested After Allegedly Starving Children To Raise Money For Fake Illnesses

  14-05-2017 16:20 via yahoo.com
  
  Police later determined the children did not have the conditions the mother claimed.
  
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• Sen. Mark Warner on Comey's firing, Russia investigation

  14-05-2017 16:03 via yahoo.com
  
  Top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee weighs in on 'Fox News Sunday'
  
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• Constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe: Trump 'regards himself as above the law'

  14-05-2017 16:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Harvard constitutional law Professor Laurence Tribe and former U.S. Solicitor General Ken Starr weigh in on the fallout of former FBI Director James Comey's firing.
  
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• Warner: 'We would love to have Director Comey appear in an open hearing'

  14-05-2017 15:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Mark Warner, Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is interviewed on "This Week."
  
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• Iran's Khatami urges voters to re-elect Rouhani as president

  14-05-2017 15:36 via yahoo.com
  
  Former president Mohammad Khatami, considered the spiritual leader of Iran's reformists, urged voters on Sunday to re-elect President Hassan Rouhani and support his policy of seeking to end Iran's isolation from the rest of the world.Iran's hardline security and judicial powers, which operate separately to the presidency and are close to Iran's ultimate authority - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - have banned media from publishing Khatami's image or mentioning his name.
  
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• A suicide at age 8? Very rare, but not inconceivable

  14-05-2017 15:31 via yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The death was startling even to the coroner: a boy only 8 years old apparently killing himself in his Cincinnati bedroom.
  
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• At least five people reported wounded at anti-mutiny march in Ivory Coast

  14-05-2017 14:39 via yahoo.com
  
  By Ange AboaABIDJAN (Reuters) - At least five people were wounded by gunfire on Sunday during protests in Ivory Coast's second-biggest city, Bouake, against an army mutiny, according to a witness, as popular opposition to the three-day nationwide revolt over bonuses gathered momentum.Mutinous soldiers have now opened up access to the city, a leader of the uprising and Bouake residents said, allowing vehicles to move in and out for the first time since Friday.The mutiny began in Bouake and spread
  
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• 2 nurses taken hostage during Illinois hospital standoff; suspect fatally shot

  14-05-2017 14:24 via yahoo.com
  
  A 21-year-old Chicago man, who held a nurse hostage for a few hours at a Geneva hospital, was fatally shot Saturday afternoon as SWAT teams moved in on him, according to the Kane County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• Pope Francis prays for Yazidis as Iraqi troops advance in Mosul

  14-05-2017 14:15 via yahoo.com
  
  Pope Francis called attention on Sunday to the plight of people affected by war and conflict in the Middle East as U.S.-backed forces close in on Islamic State militants in Iraq."So many innocent people are being sorely tested, be they Christian, or Muslim, or from minority groups like the Yazidi, who are suffering tragic violence and discrimination," Francis said after his regular Sunday address in the Vatican."I encourage the different communities to follow the path of dialogue and friendship,
  
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• New Details Emerge In Tad Cummins Case

  14-05-2017 14:13 via yahoo.com
  
  The former teacher is facing charges on taking a minor across state lines with intent to engage in sexual activity.
  
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• Consumers Are Losing Confidence In Data Privacy, Health Care, Car Safety

  14-05-2017 14:00 via yahoo.com
  
  A new survey shows Americans are losing faith in the government's ability to protect consumers, including a decline in trust in regulation of the auto industry, data protection and health care access.
  
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• China, Philippines to start South China Sea talks: ambassador

  14-05-2017 13:45 via yahoo.com
  
  By Benjamin Kang LimBEIJING (Reuters) - China and the Philippines will start bilateral consultations on the disputed South China Sea this week, the Philippine ambassador to Beijing said, as Manila looks to ease tensions with Asia's top economic power.Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is visiting Beijing to attend a summit on China's ambitious new Silk Road plan, has opted to court China for its business and investment and avoid the rows over sovereignty that dogged his predecessors.
  
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• Pope Francis says he will stand up to Donald Trump on immigration and climate change

  14-05-2017 13:13 via yahoo.com
  
  Pope Francis has said he will be "sincere" with Donald Trump over their sharp differences on subjects such as immigration and climate change.The Pontiff, who is due to hold his first meeting with the US President at the Vatican later this month, said he would keep an open mind and not pass judgement on Mr Trump until first listening to his views."Even if one thinks differently we have to be very sincere about what each one thinks," Francis said.
  
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• France's Macron pledges to overcome division in society

  14-05-2017 12:00 via yahoo.com
  
  New French President Emmanuel Macron, in his inaugural address, pledged on Sunday to work to overcome divisions in society which had been shown by the presidential election campaign and seek to build a strong France that was sure of itself in the world."The division and fractures in our society must be overcome," said the 39-year-old centrist who was elected on May 7 after beating the far right leader Marine Le Pen following a bitter campaign that was dominated by France's role in Europe and whi
  
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• Jilted Indian man rapes, kills ex-girlfriend: police

  14-05-2017 11:56 via yahoo.com
  
  A jilted man who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend before smashing her head with bricks and running her over with a car has been arrested, Indian police said Sunday.Police in the northern state of Haryana said the 23-year-old victim was abducted by the man and his friend who then allegedly raped and mutilated her, in the latest case of sexual violence in the country."We have arrested two men under various sections -- murder and rape also," Jagjeet Singh, spokesman for Sonipat city police in
  
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• China pledges $124 billion for new Silk Road as champion of globalization

  14-05-2017 11:43 via yahoo.com
  
  By Brenda Goh and Yawen ChenBEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged $124 billion on Sunday for his ambitious new Silk Road plan to forge a path of peace, inclusiveness and free trade, and called for the abandonment of old models based on rivalry and diplomatic power games.Xi used a summit on the initiative, attended by leaders and top officials from around the world, to bolster China's global leadership ambitions as U.S. President Donald Trump promotes "America First" and questi
  
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