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• How 2 California Parents Could 'Home-School' Their Shackled And Abused Children

  16-01-2018 23:54 via yahoo.com
  Two California parents were arrested over the weekend when police found 12 of their 13 children in filthy conditions, some chained to beds and starving.
  
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• Californians launch bid to create new state after accusing government of 'failing' the people

  16-01-2018 23:53 via yahoo.com
  A group seeking to carve out a breakaway state called New California issued a declaration of independence that asserted California’s existing government had “failed in their oath of office, obligations, and responsibilities as representatives of 'We the People' to provide a republican form of government”.It accuses California politicians of “repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of a Tyranny over the Counties of New California&rd
  
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• Super Bowl odds: How the remaining 4 teams stack up

  16-01-2018 23:52 via yahoo.com
  After a wild weekend of NFL playoff action, the New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars remain standing.
  
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• With charges dropped, man imprisoned for 23 years files suit

  16-01-2018 23:47 via yahoo.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Almost a year after charges against him were formally dropped in a 1992 crime spree, a man who spent more than 20 years behind bars is seeking damages from the New Orleans district attorney's office.
  
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• Every PS4, PSVR Game Released This Week

  16-01-2018 23:36
  11 games are hitting the PlayStation 4 this week, including Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Kerbal Space Program Enhanced Edition, and Kingdom: New Lands.
  Check out the full slate of releases from today, January 16, through January 22 in the gallery below, as well as in a list form.Albert and Otto (Available Jan. 16)Beholder Complete Edition (Available Jan. 16)Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth — Hacker’s Memory (Available Jan. 19)
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• Doctor gives Trump a clean bill of health, physical and mental

  16-01-2018 23:35 via yahoo.com
  President Trump needs to lose 10-15 pounds but is generally in excellent health and has no problems “whatsoever” with his mental ability, his official military doctor said Tuesday. Dr. Ronny Jackson predicted that Trump would stay in good health throughout his time in office, even if it stretches to a second term.
  
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• Senator reaches for nonexistent glasses and takes them off anyway

  16-01-2018 23:31 via yahoo.com
  Today's collective LOL at the expense of lawmakers came courtesy of Senator Orrin Hatch, who just reached for his glasses and, upon finding there were none there, decided to take them off anyway. SEE ALSO: This state senator wants to revive net neutrality in California The 83-year-old was deep in the middle of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen when he made the gaffe. Of course Twitter pounced like a rabid fox on the nonsensical gesture. Here
  
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• Starved California siblings treated after rescue from 'horrific' home

  16-01-2018 23:24 via yahoo.com
  David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49 - had subjected their children to abuse behind the doors of their darkened, foul-smelling home, Captain Greg Fellows of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said.The couple, who three times had traveled to Las Vegas to renew their wedding vows at an Elvis chapel, was arrested on Sunday.Authorities were alerted after one of the children, an emaciated, 17-year-old girl, called police after escaping through a window of the house in Perris, a c
  
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• House of horrors for 13 siblings: Yahoo Newsroom reacts

  16-01-2018 23:01 via yahoo.com
  “No punishment in the world will make up for the damage done to these children.” “This sounds like something out of a horror movie.” The chilling details of 13 siblings who suffered alleged torture in their home and the news of their parents’ arrest have rattled Yahoo Newsroom and the world.
  An investigation is underway after 13 siblings -- ages 2 to 29 -- were allegedly held captive in their Perris, Calif. home by parents David Allen and Louisa Anna Turpin. Accordi
  
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• Steve Bannon has awkward Lawyer Conflict

  16-01-2018 22:40 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow notes that Steve Bannon's lawyer also represents the White House counsel likely telling him not to answer questions from the House Intelligence Committee.
  
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• The Latest: Kosovo assures safety after Serb leader's death

  16-01-2018 22:36 via yahoo.com
  MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of a Serb politician in Kosovo (all times local):
  
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• Trump administration appeals ruling on young immigrants

  16-01-2018 22:35 via yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday appealed a judge's ruling temporarily blocking its decision to end protections for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants and announced plans to seek a U.S. Supreme Court review even before an appeals court issues a decision.
  
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• Scribblenauts Showdown challenges you to have words with your friends in March

  16-01-2018 22:34 via gamesradar.com
  Though not explicitly designed as a party game, Scribblenauts was always best enjoyed in a room full of slap-happy friends shouting out word salad for you to gleefully summon
  
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• Hardy Boyz and Beth Phoenix return to WWE 2K18 as part of final DLC pack

  16-01-2018 22:10 via gamesradar.com
  Fans of WWE 2K18 have had a rollercoaster few months, with the fight sim still exhibiting critical bugs months after release – but there’s a bit of good news for them today with its final DLC pack now available for download
  
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• Donald Trump's physical revealed he might be obese — here's how much weight he needs to lose according to his BMI

  16-01-2018 22:00 via yahoo.com
  The results of Donald Trump's first presidential physical were revealed on Tuesday during a White House press briefing and, for the most part, the Commander in Chief received a clean bill of health.
  
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• Syria Kurds say will defend enclave from Turkish 'scourges'

  16-01-2018 21:59 via yahoo.com
  The head of a powerful Kurdish militia hit back on Tuesday at Turkish threats to attack its forces in northern Syria, pledging to "cleanse" the area of Ankara's "scourges".Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday vowed to soon launch an operation against towns in Syria held by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which Ankara considers "terrorists".
  
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• Trump's meeting with Kazakhstan president raises questions about human rights and business ties

  16-01-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  President Trump proclaimed Tuesday “Religious Freedom Day,” but he spent the afternoon meeting with an authoritarian who has been accused of conducting a brutal campaign of repression against religious minorities and political opponents in his country.
  
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• People are already reviewing Red Dead Redemption 2 on Amazon, and they're hilarious

  16-01-2018 21:47 via gamesradar.com
  Red Dead Redemption 2 won't be out for at least a little while longer (developer Rockstar Games still hasn't given a more specific date than 'spring 2018'), but since when have little things like 'facts' gotten in the way of the internet? If you head over to Amazon right now, you can look up user reviews for the highly-anticipated cowboy simulator, and boy are they a treat
  
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• Bannon rejects authority of House Intel Cmte

  16-01-2018 21:40 via yahoo.com
  Michael Schmidt, Washington correspondent for The New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about Robert Mueller's subpoena of Steve Bannon and Bannon's refusal to honor a second subpoena from the House Intelligence Committee.
  
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• Serb leader's death in Kosovo raises Balkan region tensions

  16-01-2018 21:33 via yahoo.com
  MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — A leading Serb politician was shot to death Tuesday near his political party's offices in northern Kosovo, an attack that raised ethnic tensions in the Balkans and prompted the suspension of EU-mediated talks between Kosovo and Serbia.
  
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• 4 law officers shot in South Carolina, 1 critically hurt

  16-01-2018 21:20 via yahoo.com
  YORK, S.C. (AP) — A man who was wanted for beating his wife ambushed and shot three SWAT officers searching for him in woods in South Carolina, leaving one deputy "hanging on to life,' a sheriff said Tuesday.
  
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• Sarah Huckabee Sanders: NBC Gave Trump A Show For A Decade, So He's Not Racist

  16-01-2018 21:12 via yahoo.com
  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended President Donald Trump to reporters on Tuesday, saying that if he’s a racist, “why did NBC give him a show for a decade on TV?” Sanders was answering a question about comments made by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who said on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Monday that the president could prove he’s not a racist by approving the DACA immigration deal a bipartisan committe
  
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• Dark Souls Remastered Will Not Support Cross-Platform Play

  16-01-2018 21:10
  In the wake of rumors that Dark Souls Remastered could support cross play (online connectivity between different platforms), Bandai Namco has confirmed that this will not be the case.
  We reached out to find out if the feature is currently or ever being considered for the multiplatform remaster and a representative confirmed to IGN that Dark Souls: Remastered "will not have cross-platform play."
  While the original releases of Dark Souls didn't support online play between consoles, rumors have bee
  
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• Larry Nassar’s Victims Get Their Day In Court: ‘Little Girls Don’t Stay Little Forever’

  16-01-2018 20:57 via yahoo.com
  Larry Nassar, the disgraced former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State team doctor, listened to more than a dozen of his sexual abuse victims read impact statements in an East Lansing, Michigan, court on Tuesday.
  
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• Split Social Democrats could sink Merkel's coalition plans

  16-01-2018 20:51 via yahoo.com
  By Madeline Chambers and Tom KäckenhoffBERLIN/DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - The leader of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) tried on Tuesday to quash a grassroots rebellion against a blueprint agreed with Angela Merkel's conservatives to enter formal talks on a "grand coalition" which could scupper her plan for a fourth term.After five days of talks, SPD leader Martin Schulz agreed a framework deal with Merkel and Bavarian conservatives on Friday.Many rank and file members accuse Schulz of selling
  
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• US meets Korean War allies, wants more pressure on NKorea

  16-01-2018 20:47 via yahoo.com
  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Tuesday for nations to step up the U.S.-led "maximum pressure" campaign against North Korea by thwarting sanctions evasion and interdicting ships conducting illicit trade with the pariah nation.
  
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• Here's when you can play Assassin's Creed Origins' DLC expansions, The Hidden Ones and Curse of the Pharaohs

  16-01-2018 20:47 via gamesradar.com
  The ancient Egypt of Assassin's Creed Origins will scoot a little closer to modernity when The Hidden Ones arrives on January 23
  
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• Airbus gets early 2018 jump on rival Boeing with Mexico order

  16-01-2018 20:35 via yahoo.com
  Airbus got an early jump on rival Boeing for 2018 with news Tuesday that low-cost Mexican airline Volaris has ordered 80 of its popular A320 planes for a total $9.3 billion.The planned purchase, which entails deliveries over the next eight years, comes after the European Aerospace giant overtook Boeing last year in terms of aircraft orders, booking 1,109 against the US company's 718."The announcement of the investment in 80 Airbus aircraft by Volaris for a total $9.3 billion is very important,"
  
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• Trump administration cuts aid to Palestinians by more than half

  16-01-2018 20:29 via yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump had threatened in a tweet to cut millions in contributions in order to force Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas into coming to the negotiating table to hash out a peace deal with Israel."It is time other countries, some of them quite wealthy, step in and do their part to advance regional security and stability," an administration official told Reuters."This is not aimed at punishing" anyone, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said of the cut
  
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• AP source: House panel wants Bannon to explain Comey firing

  16-01-2018 20:29 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel questioned Steve Bannon on Tuesday, aiming to find out President Donald Trump's thinking when he fired FBI Director James Comey, according to a source familiar with the panel's interview of the former White House chief strategist.
  
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• Elvis Impersonator Who Presided as David and Louise Turpin Renewed Their Vows Stunned by Arrest

  16-01-2018 20:28 via yahoo.com
  The couple arrested in the alleged shackling and torture of their children had appeared before Kent Ripley three times to renew their vows.
  
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• Afghan strongman shows he is still 'King of the North'

  16-01-2018 20:05 via yahoo.com
  It is the first time Mohammad Daud has publicly visited Balkh since President Ashraf Ghani's office announced on December 18 that he would replace Atta Mohammad Noor as governor of the northern province.Noor, nicknamed "King of the North", has refused to leave the post he has held since 2004, rejecting a claim by Ghani's office that he had resigned and throwing up a challenge to the president's authority.The tussle with Noor -- which many fear could turn violent -- comes at a bad time for Ghani,
  
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• Flight from Denver to Hawaii Diverted After Toilet Troubles on Plane

  16-01-2018 19:57 via yahoo.com
  Toilet troubles caused a United Airlines flight from Denver to Hawaii full of passengers to divert back to land when they were halfway over the Pacific Ocean.
  
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• Assassin's Creed Origins DLC Packs Get Release Dates

  16-01-2018 19:49
  Ubisoft has announced the release dates for Assassin's Creed Origins' upcoming DLC packs, including The Hidden Ones, Discovery Tour, and The Curse of the Pharoahs.
  Over the next few months, players will gain access to all of the season pass content for Ubisoft's open-world titan.
  The Hidden Ones will launch on January 23, and will be a story-driven expansion set four years after the events of Origins as the Brotherhood wars against Roman forces occupying the Sinai, a brand new region. The expans
  
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• Trump's Homeland Security Chief Not Sure If Norway Is Mostly White

  16-01-2018 19:38 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Tuesday that she doesn’t know if Norway is predominantly white.
  
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• Chrissy Teigen Offers To Pay Possible Fine For McKayla Maroney's Truth-Telling

  16-01-2018 19:22 via yahoo.com
  Chrissy Teigen offered her support to former Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney in a big way on Tuesday morning: The model said she’d be “absolutely honored” to pay a $100,000 penalty that Maroney might face for violating a nondisclosure agreement with USA Gymnastics if she choses to speak at the sentencing for disgraced team doctor Larry Nassar.
  
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• World's largest sea turtle could come off 'endangered' list

  16-01-2018 19:20 via yahoo.com
  Federal ocean managers say it might be time to move the East Coast population of the world's largest turtle from the United States' list of endangered animals.
  
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• Final Fantasy 15: Royal Edition arrives March 6 with new dungeons, modes, and *controllable boat*

  16-01-2018 19:08 via gamesradar.com
  Final Fantasy 15 is about to get a heaping helping of even more DLC on March 6, when FF15: Royal Edition comes to PS4 and Xbox One
  
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• As President Trump Is Mocked for Lack of Chivalry, Inside Melania's Year as First Lady

  16-01-2018 19:04 via yahoo.com
  The president was seen leaving wife Melania and son Barron fending for themselves as he held an umbrella on a rainy Florida day.
  
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• Kosovo Serb politician killed in drive-by shooting

  16-01-2018 19:01 via yahoo.com
  Prominent Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic was shot dead in a brazen drive-by shooting on Tuesday that risked fanning ethnic tensions in the volatile region.The killers struck on the very day that Belgrade and Pristina resumed EU-moderated talks on normalising ties after a hiatus of more than a year.Both Serbian and Kosovo Albanian officials refrained from explicitly accusing each other of being behind the killing as the international community urged the two sides to remain calm.
  
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• 2019 Mercedes-Benz G-Class Is Bigger and Modernized but Keeps Its Off-Road Appeal

  16-01-2018 18:22 via yahoo.com
  The 2019 Mercedes-Benz G-Class has received its most comprehensive update in decades, though you’d probably never guess it from the exterior of this rugged SUV. While the original G-Class started...
  
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• EMILY'S List President: Trump Has Empowered American Women — By Accident

  16-01-2018 18:16 via yahoo.com
  Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY's List, shares how she thinks President Trump has affected women during his first year in office.
  
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• Xbox One X Has Over 100 Enhanced Games Now

  16-01-2018 18:01
  With a new Forza Horizon 3 update out, Microsoft has announced there are now over 100 Xbox One X enhanced games available.
  The milestone comes a little more than two months after the Xbox One X launched. We have a list of current and upcoming Xbox One enhanced games, which means they take advantage of the new system for higher resolutions — like 4K in addition to HDR — and better frame rates.
  Microsoft made note of some of the biggest Xbox One X enhanced games so far. They include As
  
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• Man brought to US as child says goodbye to family after Trump administration deports him

  16-01-2018 17:59 via yahoo.com
  Thirty years after moving to the United States as a child, a 39-year-old landscaper and father has been deported back to Mexico.Jorge Garcia’s eyes welled up as he said goodbye to his two children ad his wife — all American citizens — Monday in Detroit.United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers stood by, watching him closely.
  
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• Accused Killer Claims Missing UPenn Student Was Trying to Hit on Him

  16-01-2018 17:54 via yahoo.com
  Blaze Bernstein was stabbed more than 20 times
  
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• Someone Edited 'The Last Jedi' To Make A 'Chauvinist Cut' Without Women

  16-01-2018 17:52 via yahoo.com
  Someone edited “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” to remove almost all women from the hit movie and anonymously uploaded the result to The Pirate Bay website on Monday.
  
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• Modder puts cut Bloodborne enemies back into game, to varying degrees of success

  16-01-2018 17:41 via gamesradar.com
  While some Bloodborne fans continue to wait for news of a Bloodborne 2 (which may or may not ever happen), others are doing the hard work of reassembling content left on the original's cutting room floor
  
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• DHS Secretary Says She Doesn’t Remember Trump Saying THAT Curse Word

  16-01-2018 17:39 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testified under oath on Tuesday that she “did not hear” President Donald Trump refer to African nations as “shithole countries” during a meeting last week.
  
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• This Cyberpunk 2077 report says it's gonna be huge at E3 and I need to believe so badly

  16-01-2018 17:35 via gamesradar.com
  It's probably still too early to say our years of patience waiting for Cyberpunk 2077 will soon pay off
  
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• Kosovo Serb leader shot dead in divided town of Mitrovica

  16-01-2018 17:30 via yahoo.com
  By Fatos Bytyci and Ivana SekularacPRISTINA/BELGRADE (Reuters) - Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic, who was standing trial over the killings of ethnic Albanians during the 1998-99 war, was shot dead on Tuesday in what Serbia called an act of terrorism.The killing increased tension between Kosovo and Serbia, and a round of European Union-sponsored dialogue on a normalisation of relations that was due to take place in Brussels was suspended at the request of Belgrade.The European Union and United
  
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