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• Trump calls Warmbier death a 'total disgrace'

  20-06-2017 23:59 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump called the death of one-time North Korean prisoner Otto Warmbier a "total disgrace" Tuesday and appeared to take a swipe at the Obama administration for failing to bring the American student home before it was too late.Sentenced to hard labor for stealing a political poster from a North Korean hotel, the 22-year-old Warmbier was medically evacuated in a coma last week after nearly 18 months in captivity.Suffering from severe brain damage, he died Monday in his hometown of
  
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• Adele Pays Surprise Visit to Firefighters Who Battled London's Deadly High-Rise Fire

  20-06-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  
  "She just turned up at the station and knocked on the window and said she has some cakes for us," station manager Ben King said.
  
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• Mueller Team Paints Picture of Trump Case

  20-06-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow reviews the people known so far to have been hired by Special Counsel Robert Mueller to work with him on the Trump Russia investigation, and notes what their various qualifications say about the focus of the investigation.
  
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• Mario Creator, Ubisoft CEO Discuss Rabbids Partnership

  20-06-2017 23:55
  E3 is a show about spectacle. From pounding music to 30-foot statues to even pyrotechnics, publishers and developers want to make sure their latest news makes a splash by making it memorable. But despite the stunts and bright lights at every turn, one of the week’s most extraordinary moments came as two men simply stood next to each other: Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto.
  The pair appeared together on Ubisoft’s stage on Monday, joining to announce Mario
  
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• UN chief to lobby US Congress to save funding

  20-06-2017 23:47 via yahoo.com
  
  Drastic cuts in US funding to the United Nations would create an insoluble problem for the world body, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday as he announced plans to lobby US lawmakers to reject the cutbacks.Guterres will travel to Washington next week to make the case directly to US members of Congress who have the power to amend President Donald Trump's budget proposals.Last month, the US State Department laid out plans to slash Washington's budget for diplomacy and foreign aid by
  
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• Georgia Race Breaks Anti-GOP Swing Streak

  20-06-2017 23:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow shows how all of the special elections to replace Trump cabinet members have shown large swings in favor of Democrats in otherwise securely Republican districts, except for Georgia 06.
  
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• Venezuelan opposition lawmakers protest at military base

  20-06-2017 23:35 via yahoo.com
  
  By Andreina Aponte and Diego OréCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela opposition lawmakers placed pretend coffins and body bags at gates of the National Guard headquarters on Tuesday in protest after the latest fatality in anti-government unrest that has killed at least 75 people since April."You cannot keep killing people in the street!" opposition lawmaker Tomas Guanipa shouted during the early-morning protest in the middle-class El Paraiso zone of Caracas.Venezuelan authorities said two Nation
  
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• Barbie's companion Ken gets new looks: Man bun, beefy bod

  20-06-2017 23:35 via yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — He's been overshadowed by Barbie for decades, but now Ken is finally getting some attention.
  
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• Cisco adds subscription services to its core networking business

  20-06-2017 23:29 via yahoo.com
  
  By Salvador RodriguezSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc'score networking business on Tuesday took its first step into the market of subscription services, announcing a suite of new security and automation tools for big businesses.This new "intuitive network" represents a major change in how Cisco generates revenue from its flagship business.Moving forward, Cisco hopes its clients will subscribe to the new networking services, creating a recurring stream of monthly revenue.
  
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• Otto Warmbier dead: Student was 'murdered' by North Korea, says John McCain

  20-06-2017 23:09 via yahoo.com
  
  Following the death of Otto Warmbier – the American student detained for more than a year by the North Korean government – world leaders have called on the repressive state to release all those still detained in the country, with John McCain accusing the regime of "murder".Mr Warmbier, a 22-year-old college student, visited North Korea in January of 2016.“In the final year of his life, [Mr Warmbier] lived the nightmare in which the North Korean people have been trapped for 70 y
  
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• Apple’s legal battle with Qualcomm is getting even worse

  20-06-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  
  Apple is currently locked in a bitter legal battle with Qualcomm, one of the major chip suppliers for the iPhone. The case relates to the royalties Qualcomm charges for the use of its patents; Apple claims they're unfairly pricey, and has stopped paying Qualcomm for the time being. Qualcomm, as you can imagine, isn't thrilled about this.
  In the latest development, Apple has argued in a court filing that Qualcomm's business model is illegal and involves licensing patents that aren't even valid.As
  
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• U.S. shoots down drone close to Iraqi-Syrian border: statement

  20-06-2017 23:06 via yahoo.com
  
  By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Phil StewartAMMAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said it had shot down an armed, Iranian-made drone that had been bearing down on its forces near a garrison in Syria's southeast on Tuesday, in the latest sign of increasingly frequent confrontation with Damascus and its allies.The incident closely followed Sunday's U.S. downing of apiloted Syrian army jet in the southern Raqqa countryside after it dropped bombs near U.S.-backed forces.In the latest incident, t
  
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• Russia, Iran sanctions bill hits roadblock in U.S. House

  20-06-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  
  By Patricia ZengerleWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation to impose new sanctions on Russia and Iran that passed the U.S. Senate nearly unanimously last week has run into a procedural problem that could prevent a quick vote in the House of Representatives, lawmakers said on Tuesday.The Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act, which also includes new sanctions against Russia, passed the Senate 98-2 last week, an overwhelming vote that looked like it might complicate President Donald Trump's d
  
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• 7 Ways To Celebrate Summer Solstice

  20-06-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Don't forget to take a picture.
  
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• US shifts tone in Qatar crisis, seeks Saudi answers

  20-06-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a dramatic shift, the Trump administration on Tuesday demanded that Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries boycotting Qatar detail their complaints about the small Persian Gulf monarchy's support for extremism and reach a speedy resolution to the diplomatic crisis.
  
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• Philando Castile Shooting Dash Cam Video Released By Police

  20-06-2017 22:35 via yahoo.com
  
  The video shows the moment a Minnesota police officer fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop.
  
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• Troops shoot man after Brussels station explosion

  20-06-2017 22:34 via yahoo.com
  
  Belgian troops patrolling Brussels Central Station “neutralized” a person after a small explosion on Tuesday, a police spokesman said, adding that there were no other casualties and the situation was under control.
  
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• Jared Kushner is heading to Israel for peace negotiations

  20-06-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser, speaks during a meeting with technology executives in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on June 19.President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, is scheduled to travel to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Wednesday for meetings that the White House says are aimed at “achieving a lasting peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians.” Kushner will be accompanied by Jason Gree
  
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• 9 Ice Cream Hacks to Get You Through Summer

  20-06-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  
  It’s an undisputed fact that we all scream for ice cream, especially during the summer months when the sun is hot and we can’t always get what we want (#bikinibodgoals).The metal will increase in temperature and, in turn, melt the ice cream as it comes into contact with it.Ice cream obviously stays more frozen in the center, so it’s easier to start from the outside and work your way in.
  
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• Diablo 3: The Eternal Collection bundles the new Necromancer class, base game, and Reaper of Souls on console

  20-06-2017 22:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 3 originally came out on PC in 2012. It made the jump to Xbox 360 and PS3 one year later, and ...
  
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• Yale dean on leave over offensive Yelp reviews leaves post

  20-06-2017 22:06 via yahoo.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Yale University dean who was placed on leave over offensive reviews she posted on Yelp has left her position at the Ivy League institution, school officials said Tuesday.
  
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• White House blames Democrats for not cooperating in repealing Obamacare

  20-06-2017 22:01 via yahoo.com
  
  Amid complaints about the secrecy with which Republicans are drafting a health care bill, the White House Tuesday put the blame on Senate Democrats for refusing to cooperate.
  
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• The Latest: Official: Georgia House voting going smoothly

  20-06-2017 22:01 via yahoo.com
  
  ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on Georgia's 6th District Congressional race (all times local):
  
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• As O.J. Simpson Remains Hopeful of Prison Release, Sister Sheds Light on His Life Behind Bars

  20-06-2017 21:48 via yahoo.com
  
  The former NFL star could be released from prison later this year.
  
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• The Latest: Russia wants US explanation for downing jet

  20-06-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the developments in Syria (all times local):
  
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• Here are 4 things Uncharted: The Lost Legacy's devs want you to notice in the gameplay reveal

  20-06-2017 21:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony and Naughty Dog have published almost ten minutes of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy gameplay, giving the world a chance to see what the studio debuted on the showfloor at E3 last week
  
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• Karen Handel Thanks Supporters After Winning Georgia Special Election

  20-06-2017 21:38 via yahoo.com
  
  Republican Karen Handel speaks after winning the special congressional election in Georgia.
  
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• Police implore author who says he hid treasure to end hunt

  20-06-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's top law enforcement officer is urging the author and antiquities dealer who inspired thousands to search remote corners of the American West for a hidden chest of gold and jewels to end the treasure hunt.
  
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• LawBreakers Could Come to Xbox One

  20-06-2017 21:23
  LawBreakers is coming to PC and PlayStation 4 on August 8, but Cliff Bleszinski's newest game could come to Xbox One at some point.
  In an interview with IGN at E3, Bleszinski said he wouldn't rule out the possibility of an Xbox version and explained why LawBreakers is launching on PS4.
  "Xbox fanboys got really salty at me on Twitter, like, ‘It’s like you’re turning your back on the box that built your career with Gears,’" Bleszinski said. "And I’m like, not necessar
  
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• ‘I’m right here’: Spicer shrugs off reports of his potential departure from briefings

  20-06-2017 21:19 via yahoo.com
  
  In his first on-camera press briefing in a week, White House press secretary Sean Spicer dismissed reports that he was transitioning into a new role in the Trump administration.
  
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• Israel flouting U.N. Security Council settlement demand: U.N. envoy

  20-06-2017 21:16 via yahoo.com
  
  By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel is flouting a United Nations Security Council demand to halt settlement building on occupied Palestinian land, while both parties are ignoring a call to stop provocation, incitement and inflammatory rhetoric, a senior U.N. envoy said on Tuesday.U.N. Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov made the assessment in his second quarterly report to the 15-member council on the implementation of a Dec. 23 resolution adopted with 14 votes in favor and a U.
  
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• Venezuela poised for new violence after security forces fatally shoot protester, 17

  20-06-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  
  A member of the riot security forces points what appears to be a pistol towards a crowd of demonstrators during a rally.Venezuelans are bracing for a further escalation of violence after a 17-year-old protester was shot dead by the national guard, and the supreme court announced charges against the country’s attorney general – one of the most senior officials to speak out against the government of Nicolás Maduro.
  
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• Pregnant Woman Shot Dead by Police After Calling Them for Help: Cops

  20-06-2017 21:14 via yahoo.com
  
  Charleena Lyles, a 30-year-old pregnant woman, was shot dead by police after phoning them for help.
  
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• GA-06 Election: 'Ominous Win' for GOP in Trump Era

  20-06-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  
  Republican strategist Steve Schmidt tells Lawrence O'Donnell he sees trouble in Karen Handel's single-digit win over Democrat Jon Ossoff in the most expensive House race in history. Jason Johnson also joins.
  
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• Venezuela president fires military brass amid unrest

  20-06-2017 21:06 via yahoo.com
  
  Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro fired four top military commanders Tuesday including the head of a police force that is accused of attacking anti-government protesters during months of deadly unrest.The commander of the National Guard military police, General Antonio Benavides Torres, will move on to "new responsibilities and battles," Maduro told supporters in a speech.The armed forces have maintained their public backing for Maduro in more than a year of mounting volatility in the oil-ric
  
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• North Korea rejects U.N. remarks on foreign detainees

  20-06-2017 21:05 via yahoo.com
  
  A senior North Korean official speaking after the death of a U.S. student held prisoner for 17 months by Pyongyang said on Tuesday his country followed national law and international standards in its treatment of detainees.Otto Warmbier, 22, died at a hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio on Monday, a week after being released from North Korea in a coma.Han Tae Song, North Korea's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva, speaking in his first interview since taking up the post in February, declined to comment s
  
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• US military shoots down Iranian-made drone in southern Syria

  20-06-2017 20:56 via yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military said it shot down an Iranian-made, armed drone in southern Syria on Tuesday, marking the third time this month that that the U.S. has downed aircraft affiliated with Syrian President Bashar Assad's government.
  
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• Spicer says he hasn't discussed Russian meddling with Trump

  20-06-2017 20:56 via yahoo.com
  
  When asked if President Trump believes the Russian government interfered in the 2016 election, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said, "I have not sat down and talked with him about that specific thing." He added that he'd be glad to touch base with the president and report back his views.
  
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• Career Criminal, Mob Ties, Trump Associate

  20-06-2017 20:51 via yahoo.com
  
  Tim O'Brien, executive editor and columnist at Bloomberg View, talks with Rachel Maddow about how Donald Trump's past business dealings could integrate with the Trump Russia investigation.
  
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• Syria troops position themselves at heart of war on IS

  20-06-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government troops and their allies have steadily positioned themselves in key areas on the flanks of the U.S.-led coalition battle for the Islamic State's self-declared capital of Raqqa.
  
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• Argentina police seize cache of hidden Nazi artifacts

  20-06-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  
  Argentine police have seized a cache of Nazi artifacts hidden behind a library in the house of an art collector in Buenos Aires, including a bust of dictator Adolf Hitler and instruments used as racial classification tools.The artifacts will be donated to the city's museum dedicated to remembering the Holocaust, said Security Minister Patricia Bullrich on Monday at a press conference."We were very moved that this many Nazi objects were in Argentina," said Bullrich.
  
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• Mom Allegedly Hands Off 2-Year-Old Son to Total Strangers: 'I Can't Do It'

  20-06-2017 20:29 via yahoo.com
  
  Amber Warner allegedly handed off the boy and drove away from a restaurant parking lot Sunday.
  
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• RICO Lawsuit Exposes Trump On Another Front

  20-06-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow looks at the checkered past of a Donald Trump business associate who may become a legal liability to Trump, and reports on the new access by the Senate Trump Russia investigation to FinCEN documents that will help them follow Trump's money.
  
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• Disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico upgraded to Tropical Storm Cindy

  20-06-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  
  1:25 p.m. - The disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Cindy.
  
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• UN chief concerned about possible escalation in Syria

  20-06-2017 20:12 via yahoo.com
  
  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that the recent downings of a Syrian jet and of an Iranian-made drone could be "very dangerous" and lead to an escalation of the war in Syria.Guterres also sought to downplay expectations of a breakthrough in the next round of UN-led peace talks on Syria starting on July 10."Indeed I am concerned and I hope that this will not lead to any escalation of the conflict that is already as dramatic as it is," Guterres told a news conference at UN hea
  
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• Closing Arguments To Conclude In Bella Bond Murder Trial

  20-06-2017 20:10 via yahoo.com
  
  Michael McCarthy was accused of murdering 2-year-old Bella Bond, better known as 'Baby Doe.'
  
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• Trump’s Renewed Russia Sanctions Look A Lot Like Obama’s

  20-06-2017 20:03 via yahoo.com
  
  New measures target Russian officials and a martial arts training firm linked to a pro-Putin biker gang.
  
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• Ukraine’s President Has a Remarkably Low-Key Meeting With Trump

  20-06-2017 19:47 via yahoo.com
  
  Poroshenko, worried he wouldn’t meet Trump at all, downplayed his arrival in D.C., but pleased is with the administration's stance.
  
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• Hidden trove of suspected Nazi artifacts found in Argentina

  20-06-2017 19:32 via yahoo.com
  
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — In a hidden room in a house near Argentina's capital, police believe they have found the biggest collection of Nazi artifacts in the country's history, including a bust relief of Adolf Hitler and magnifying glasses inside elegant boxes with swastikas.
  
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• Conservative cardinals step up pope challenge

  20-06-2017 19:27 via yahoo.com
  
  Four conservative cardinals who have publicly challenged Pope Francis over his reforms of Catholic Church teaching have published a letter escalating the row.The red-hatted "Princes of the Church" had sent a first letter to the Argentine pontiff at the end of last year in which they questioned the head of the Roman Catholic Church over his teachings on the family.The ringleader, American Raymond Burke, publicly warned Francis it may be necessary to make a highly rare "formal act of correction" i
  
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