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• Schumer: new Democratic 'agenda' will 'resonate with the middle class'

  25-06-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  
  Senator Chuck Schumer also talked about watching a New York Yankees baseball game alongside a man who wore pro-Trump clothing.Within a month, the Democratic party will present a “strong, bold, sharp-edged and common-sense economic agenda” to underpin its efforts against Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said on Sunday.
  
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• Is Sergey Kislyak Going Home?

  25-06-2017 23:31 via yahoo.com
  
  The U.S.-Russia Business Council is throwing a retirement party at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington July 11.
  
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• Visitor numbers down but Paris Air Show was 'good vintage'

  25-06-2017 23:27 via yahoo.com
  
  This year's Paris Air Show at Le Bourget has proved a "good vintage" with orders up 13 percent though fewer visitors showed up, organisers said as the event wound down Sunday.Tight security owing to an ongoing state of emergency in the wake of several terror attacks in France in the past 18 months saw the number of visitors slide compared with the last edition two years ago -- the event alternates with Farnborough in England.Boeing managed to outpace its rival thanks to its new 737 MAX 10 airlin
  
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• Europeans learn to live with _ and adapt to _ terror attacks

  25-06-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The jihadis' targets in Europe are depressingly repetitive: the Brussels metro, the Champs-Elysees in Paris (twice), tourist-filled bridges in London (twice) and a U.K. rock concert. And that's just the past few months.
  
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• Iran's Rouhani backs Qatar, rejects 'siege'

  25-06-2017 23:04 via yahoo.com
  
  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani voiced support on Sunday for Qatar in its confrontation with Iran's rival Saudi Arabia and its allies, saying a "siege of Qatar is unacceptable", the state news agency IRNA reported.Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahraincut ties with Qatar on June 5, accusing it of support for Islamist militants, an allegation Qatar denies.
  
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• U.S.-backed Syrian groups take Raqqa district from Islamic State

  25-06-2017 22:33 via yahoo.com
  
  A U.S.-backed Syrian coalition of Kurdish and Arab groups advanced against Islamic State in the jihadists' Syrian capital of Raqqa on Sunday, taking the al-Qadisia district, they said.The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) began its assault on Raqqa earlier this month after a long campaign to isolate Islamic State inside the city.It took Qadisia, located in the west of Raqqa, after three days of intense fighting, it said in a statement on one of its official social media feeds.
  
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• The stench of death rises over Mosul's Old City

  25-06-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Devastated buildings, piles of rubble and putrid corpses of jihadists: apocalyptic scenes unfold in the Old City of Mosul where Iraqi forces are battling the last Islamic State group fighters.Lieutenant Colonel Salam al-Obeidi told AFP that he believes only "a few hundred Daesh fighters", an Arabic acronym for Islamic State group jihadists, are left in the Old City.Three years after overrunning Mosul and making it the de facto Iraqi capital of the "caliphate" they proclaimed, the jihadists now o
  
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• As Trump tries to fix VA, GOP health care bill threatens coverage for millions of vets

  25-06-2017 21:51 via yahoo.com
  
  The president signed a bill to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs while a health care bill he supports threatens the care of countless vets.
  
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• Titanfall 2 Free DLC Will Feature New Maps

  25-06-2017 21:41
  Titanfall 2's latest free DLC adds a game-changing feature when it releases June 27 for PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One.
  According to Respawn's latest blog post, the new add-on content, titled The War Games, finally let pilots equip a third weapon slot.
  In addition to the standard primary and secondary weapon slots, players can also now bring an anti-titan weapon onto the battlefield. Meaning, you will no longer have to choose between a pistol or an anti-titan item.
  The War Games also featu
  
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• Transplanted: Large Idaho sequoia tree finds new home

  25-06-2017 21:38 via yahoo.com
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A large sequoia tree with a history rooted in conservation was standing in the way of progress, so on Sunday, it was moved.
  
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• Nintendo on Animal Crossing Mobile and More

  25-06-2017 21:38
  Nintendo of America president Reggie Fil-Aimé revealed why Animal Crossing Mobile was left out of E3, as well as why Nintendo shut down AM2R, and more on what's coming for Nintendo Switch.
  When interviewed by Waypoint, the Nintendo Boss confirmed Nintendo's intentions when going into this year's E3 Spotlight, saying Nintendo felt fans "wanted to understand more about Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo Switch proposition."
  He also cited this as the reason games such as Animal Crossing M
  
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• Turkey rejects Arab terms to Qatar, US urges sides to talk

  25-06-2017 21:31 via yahoo.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's president on Sunday rejected a demand by major Arab states to remove Turkish troops from Qatar, among a sweeping list of ultimatums that the United States has described as "difficult to meet."
  
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• Israel strikes targets in Syria for 2nd day

  25-06-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military on Sunday said it attacked a series of targets belonging to the Syrian military, after several projectiles from neighboring Syria landed in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights for a second day.
  
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• US high court looks to travel ban ruling and a possible retirement

  25-06-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House declined to comment Sunday on speculation that a pivotal US Supreme Court justice might announce his retirement on Monday, the last day of the high court's current session.Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has cast the decisive vote in some of the court's most far-reaching decisions, turns 81 next month and is widely believed to be thinking of retiring.One of those decisions could come Monday, if the nine justices are prepared to rule on a White House challenge to lower-court findings
  
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• How the CIA hacks computers that aren’t even connected to the internet

  25-06-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  
  Air-gapped computers are supposed to be ultra-secure PCs that can’t be infected with malware that spreads with the help of the internet. That’s because of these computers, often connected to sensitive machines, aren’t also connected to the internet. You’d think these systems would be impenetrable by remote attacks and would require a hacker to be in the same room with the PC. But, unsurprisingly, the CIA developed tools that can infect air-gapped computers.Wikileaks on Th
  
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• New York City gay pride parade

  25-06-2017 20:19 via yahoo.com
  
  Gay pride parades in New York and other cities are spotlighting resistance to what participants see as new pressure on gay rights. But the event organizers and participants are also facing the prospect of protests against their own diversity and direction.
  
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• Iran seeks stronger ties with Qatar: Rouhani

  25-06-2017 20:06 via yahoo.com
  
  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday said his country wants to bolster ties with Qatar and rejected a Saudi-led blockade of the Gulf Arab emirate."Iran's policy is to develop more and more its relations with Doha," Rouhani said in a phone conversation with the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, according to the presidency website."Tehran stands alongside the people and government of Qatar and we believe that... pressure, threats and sanctions are not a good solution to solve p
  
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• Martha The Neapolitan Mastiff Is Crowned 'World's Ugliest Dog'

  25-06-2017 20:04 via yahoo.com
  
  Martha beat out 13 dogs at this year's Sonoma-Marin Fair in California.
  
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• US urges Qatar and Saudi-led group to 'lower rhetoric'

  25-06-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  
  US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Sunday for a "lowering of rhetoric" between Qatar and a four-nation group led by Saudi Arabia after Doha denounced their sweeping list of demands.Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt want Qatar to meet their 13-point ultimatum -- ostensibly aimed at fighting extremism and terrorism -- in return for an end to a nearly three-week-old diplomatic and trade "blockade" of the emirate.
  
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• Girl Falls Out Of Six Flags Ride As Bystanders Catch Her From Below

  25-06-2017 19:18 via yahoo.com
  
  "It was horrifying," a witness said.
  
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• Watch SpaceX Launch The Second Iridium Satellite Load Live

  25-06-2017 19:00 via yahoo.com
  
  SpaceX is launching the second round of Iridium communication satellites live Sunday. Watch here live.
  
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• Israel targets Syria after fresh stray fire: army

  25-06-2017 18:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Israeli forces fired on Syrian regime positions after projectiles from the war-torn country hit the occupied Golan Heights on Sunday, the army said, in the second such exchange in two days.The military "targeted two artillery positions and an ammunitions truck belonging to the Syrian regime," a statement read, noting the army had also ordered Israelis to keep away from open areas near Quneitra, where internal fighting was heavy.Hours earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed t
  
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• Trump complains about Democrats’ rallying cry to ‘resist’

  25-06-2017 18:15 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump admitted that he likes divisive rhetoric as a campaign tactic, but now finds it frustrating when it is used by Democrats to counter his agenda.
  
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• Top Democrat Schiff criticizes Obama over reaction to Russian hacks

  25-06-2017 18:13 via yahoo.com
  
  Adam Schiff speaks during a discussion in Washington earlier this month.The Obama adminstration “should have done a lot more” to combat Russian interference in the 2016 US election before the result was known, a top congressional Democrat said on Sunday.Adam Schiff, the ranking member of the House intelligence committee, also said Donald Trump’s complaints about White House inaction, tweeted after the Washington Post reported that Barack Obama knew about Russian interference as
  
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• Pakistan Tanker Explosion: at Least 153 Killed

  25-06-2017 18:09 via yahoo.com
  
  An oil tanker truck crashed on a busy highway in Pakistan Sunday, killing at least 153 people when it exploded as crowds rushed to the scene to collect leaking fuel.
  
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• Stray cats, killers and no regrets: Duterte's drug-war foe on life in jail

  25-06-2017 18:06 via yahoo.com
  
  By Clare Baldwin and Andrew R.C. MarshallMANILA (Reuters) - Philippine police have arrested more than 80,000 people during President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs, but few as prominent or defiant as Leila de Lima.A Philippine senator and Duterte's long-time foe, de Lima was arrested in February on drugs charges she says were trumped up as part of a presidential vendetta.Held at police detention facility in Manila that she shares with murder suspects and mangy cats, the 57-year-old lawyer
  
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• Air Asia Pilots Asks Passengers ‘To Pray’ During Wild Flight

  25-06-2017 18:04 via yahoo.com
  
  The pilot twice asked passengers to pray on Air Asia flight D7237 from Australia to Malaysia as the plane shook like a "washing machine" for two hours, according to passengers.
  
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• AT&T promises massive broadband investment if Trump gives it tax breaks

  25-06-2017 18:01 via yahoo.com
  
  There's a tired old trick for internet service providers that want a tax break to continue gouging customers. The ISP will make some vague promise of future broadband investment, in return for immediate tax breaks or approval of an industry deal. On the surface, it sounds good: delivering broadband to rural areas is often uneconomic, so government often wants to cut a deal with private industry to deliver it.
  But the problem is that internet providers seem to have a really tricky time keepi
  
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• The Latest: Tear gas, checkpoints greet LGBT pride in Turkey

  25-06-2017 17:56 via yahoo.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on the banned LGBT march in Istanbul (all times local):
  
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• Turkey's Identity Crisis

  25-06-2017 17:20 via yahoo.com
  
  On June 14, a Turkish court sentenced Enis Berberoglu to 25 years in prison for spying. The decision sent shockwaves through Turkey, even after a year during which the government arrested, detained, or purged more than 200,000 people in the aftermath of last summer’s attempted coup d’etat. Berberoglu is neither a supporter of the exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses of orchestrating the military intervention, nor is he a member of
  
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• UK: 6 hurt as car strikes people at Muslim celebration

  25-06-2017 17:13 via yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Six people, including three children, were injured Sunday after a car ran into a large crowd gathered to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr in the northern English city of Newcastle. Police said there was no information suggesting the incident was terror-related.
  
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• How To Make the Best Iced Coffee Of Your Life

  25-06-2017 17:00 via yahoo.com
  
  If your idea of “iced coffee” is “letting my hot coffee get cold” then, honey, we need to talk—you deserve better.There are myriad ways to make iced coffee, but if you want to do anything well, you’ve got to pare down your options and really focus: Hone your skills at one or two techniques rather than dabbling with a dozen different brewers.Think of them as the poached egg and the scrambled egg of iced coffee.
  
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• Merkel challenger calls Trump 'will-o-the-wisp' president

  25-06-2017 16:53 via yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Martin Schulz, the center-left challenger running against Chancellor Angela Merkel, vowed Sunday to get his Social Democratic party into power despite weak poll numbers ahead of Germany's national election in September.
  
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• Sonic Mania Vinyl Album Announced

  25-06-2017 16:51
  SEGA and Data Discs have announced a special Sonic Mania vinyl album.
  According to Data Discs' product page, pre-orders will go live mid-July. The album, which is listed for £19.99 (roughly $25 USD) and will release "soon," will feature select music from composer Tee Lopes and come packaged in a heavyweight gatefold sleeve with UV spot varnish.
  Sonic Mania vinyl album cover artThe vinyl record will also include a printed inner sleeve featuring a few characters from the game, as well as a d
  
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• Key Republican Collins has 'serious concerns' on healthcare bill

  25-06-2017 16:51 via yahoo.com
  
  Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine said on Sunday she has extreme reservations about the U.S. Senate's healthcare overhaul and does not think it will be able to pass this week.Collins, a moderate Republican who has not taken a formal stance on the bill, said she was concerned it would cut Medicaid too deeply and said she wants to see an upcoming analysis by the Congressional Budget Office before making a decision."It's hard for me to see the bill passing this week."Republican Senate leade
  
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• Cable car crashes in tourist resort in Kashmir, killing 7

  25-06-2017 16:48 via yahoo.com
  
  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Four Indian tourists and three local residents died on Sunday when a cable car came crashing down from a height of at least 30 meters (100 feet) in a tourist town in the Indian portion of Kashmir.
  
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• Top Democrat slams Obama administration's response to Russian hacks

  25-06-2017 16:47 via yahoo.com
  
  The top Democrat on the U.S. House Intelligence Committee on Sunday criticized the administration of former President Barack Obama for not taking earlier and tougher action against Russia for its alleged hacks aimed at swaying the Nov. 8 election for Donald Trump."The Obama administration should have done a lot more when it became clear that not only was Russia intervening, but it was being directed at the highest levels of the Kremlin," said Representative Adam Schiff on CNN's "State of the Uni
  
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• President Donald Trump Accuses Hillary Clinton Of Collusion Against Bernie Sanders

  25-06-2017 16:42 via yahoo.com
  
  Trump loves early morning tweets.
  
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• Martin Schulz hits out at 'arrogant' Merkel

  25-06-2017 16:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Social Democrat chief Martin Schulz lashed out Sunday at Chancellor Angela Merkel, accusing her of "arrogance" as he sought to reverse his party's plunging popularity.At a special congress to decide his party's campaign programme for September 24 elections, Schulz accused Merkel and her conservative CDU party of "systematically refusing debate on the future of the country".While the Social Democratic Party (SPD) takes position on issues, "the other side is silent," said Schulz.
  
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• UAE president in first appearance since 2014 stroke

  25-06-2017 16:04 via yahoo.com
  
  United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan made his first public appearance Sunday since suffering a stroke more than three years ago, to mark the Eid al-Fitr Muslim holiday.The official WAM news agency published pictures showing Sheikh Khalifa meeting a number of prominent officials and rulers of the other six emirates that with Abu Dhabi form the UAE.The guests came to his Abu Dhabi palace on the first day of the Eid, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan,
  
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• Vegan Recipes for the 4th of July Grill

  25-06-2017 16:00 via yahoo.com
  
  This article, Vegan Recipes for the 4th of July Grill, originally appeared on Chowhound.
  
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• Q&A: Afraid of sharks? Flu, asteroids pose far greater risk

  25-06-2017 15:49 via yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — You might want a bigger boat, but you probably don't need better odds.
  
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• Milky Way nightscapes

  25-06-2017 15:24 via yahoo.com
  
  Thousands of glittering stars lighting up beautiful Indonesian and Malaysian nightscapes will take your breath away.
  
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• Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway on Senate health care bill: 'These are not cuts to Medicaid'

  25-06-2017 15:10 via yahoo.com
  
  ABC News' George Stephanopoulos goes one-on-one with President Trump's counselor.
  
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• Sen. Susan Collins on the Senate health care bill

  25-06-2017 15:06 via yahoo.com
  
  The Republican senator from Maine has a number of concerns about the Senate GOP health care bill.
  
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• Which is the best Haribo candy?

  25-06-2017 15:00 via yahoo.com
  
  It's not just the bears. Friends, let us repeat:it's not just the bears. The (wonderful) world of Haribo is rife with unimaginably delicious, squishy, delightful candies ... and a few duds. Such is the world of the sweet treat. So we grabbed a bunch of Haribo candies available in the U.S. — FYI, some of the labels are in German because that was the deal at Economy Candy — tasted each, then judged away.  SEE ALSO: Dogs, ranked You may disagree with these rankings. That's okay! It
  
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• Video shows off over 25 new features and changes in Apple’s latest iOS 11 beta

  25-06-2017 15:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Apple's new iOS 11 software might not look like a huge update at first glance, but we can assure you that it is. The company has included thousands of new features, refinements, changes, and APIs in iOS 11, and developers got their first taste of the major update during WWDC 2017.
  Earlier this week, Apple released its second developer beta, iOS 11 beta 2, which included a whole slew of bug fixes that developers (and non-developers) will surely appreciate. But iOS 11 beta 2 also included a laundr
  
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• Oil truck explosion kills 146 people in Pakistan

  25-06-2017 14:17 via yahoo.com
  
  By Mubasher BukhariLAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - An oil tanker crashed and exploded on a road in Pakistan on Sunday, killing 146 people, many of whom were collecting leaking fuel before it ignited, government officials and rescue workers said.A large crowd of people gathered, many to collect fuel in containers, and the tanker exploded in a huge fireball about 45 minutes later."People of the area and passers by had started gathering fuel when it exploded, burning everybody," provincial government
  
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• Trump May Be Sleep Deprived Because Of Twitter

  25-06-2017 14:00 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump might have become dependent on Twitter to the extent where he is losing sleep over it. According to experts, it could be affecting his administrative abilities.
  
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• How and Why to Break-In a New Engine

  25-06-2017 14:00 via yahoo.com
  
  How and Why to Break-In a New Engine Like a good pair of boots, it takes time before a new bike is just right New motorcycles represent a considerable investment, and in order to get the best performance and service life from them, it's important to
  
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