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• Delta, United Airlines become latest companies to cut NRA ties

  24-02-2018 23:24 via yahoo.com
  Delta Air Lines and United Airlines on Saturday became the latest major corporations to sever marketing ties with the National Rifle Association as the fallout from last week's massacre at a Florida high school took its toll on the gun advocacy group.The exodus of corporate names, ranging from a major insurer to car rental brands and a household moving company, began after the NRA launched a counter-offensive against a student-led campaign for tighter U.S. gun laws.The NRA responded by saying it
  
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• Democrats' FISA memo released by House Intel Committee

  24-02-2018 22:50 via yahoo.com
  Democrats' response to the Republicans' memo regarding possible FISA abuses is released with redactions; Catherine Herridge discusses initial takeaways from the document.
  
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• U.N. Security Council demands truce as air strikes batter Syria's Ghouta

  24-02-2018 22:46 via yahoo.com
  By Ellen Francis and Michelle NicholsBEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Saturday demanded a 30-day truce across Syria as rescuers in the country's eastern Ghouta region said bombing had not let up long enough for them to count bodies during one of the bloodiest air assaults of the seven-year war.Shortly after the unanimous vote by the 15-member council, warplanes struck a town in eastern Ghouta, the last rebel enclave near Syria's capital, an emergency service and a w
  
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• House Intelligence Committee Releases Redacted Version Of Schiff Memo

  24-02-2018 22:39 via yahoo.com
  Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee on Saturday released a memo countering key claims made by their Republican colleagues, the latest chapter in Republican efforts to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation into possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russian efforts.Read the full memo here.Republicans on the committee, led by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), voted earlier this month to release a memo that the
  
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• UN security council votes unanimously for month-long Syria ceasefire

  24-02-2018 22:35 via yahoo.com
  The UN security council voted unanimously on Saturday for a month-long ceasefire across Syria to allow for humanitarian deliveries and medical evacuation.The demand for a 30-day ceasefire was made effective immediately but it was far from clear what impact, if any, the resolution would have on Syria’s battlefields.
  
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• GOP tax law boosts income taxes, budgets in some states

  24-02-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Republican tax overhaul is giving most Americans a break on their federal income taxes. But fallout from the same law means many people could actually see their state income taxes rise.
  
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• Couple Shipwrecked Overnight Rescued After Writing 'HELP' in the Sand

  24-02-2018 22:05 via yahoo.com
  They said 17-foot high waves washed them overboard.
  
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• Mother-daughter duo shoot would-be robber in their liquor store

  24-02-2018 21:50 via yahoo.com
  A mother and daughter took matters into their own hands and shot a would-be robber at their liquor store in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
  
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• The UN in Syria: years of impotence and failure

  24-02-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  Since the start of the conflict in Syria in 2011, the United Nations has repeatedly expressed outrage and indignation but has been powerless to stop the carnage.On Saturday, the UN Security Council, with support from Russia, unanimously approved a resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire to allow for humanitarian aid deliveries and medical evacuations.In April 2011, six weeks after the start of a protest movement in Syria, veto-wielding powers Russia and China block a UN declaration proposed by W
  
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• Florida nabs more teens for making school shooting threats

  24-02-2018 21:19 via yahoo.com
  BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities arrested two teenagers Friday for making shooting threats against two separate schools, days after the mass bloodshed in Parkland.
  
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• Woman Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison After Shopping With Dead Baby in Her Bag

  24-02-2018 20:56 via yahoo.com
  The woman, who was 17 at the time, callously referred to the child in messages
  
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• Colleges Assure Prospective Students That Protesting for Gun Control Will Not Affect Their Admission

  24-02-2018 20:32 via yahoo.com
  They won't face admissions consequences
  
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• New US tax law brings Warren Buffett a nice check: $29 billion

  24-02-2018 20:16 via yahoo.com
  Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company of US billionaire investor Warren Buffett, received a stunning $29 billion check last year from the US government, thanks to a new tax law that massively lowered corporate tax rates.In his much-anticipated annual letter to shareholders, Buffett explained that the company's net gain of $65.3 billion in 2017 was only partly due to his employees' efforts."Only $36 billion came from Berkshire's operations," he wrote.
  
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• NRA Faces Increasing Backlash After Florida School Shooting

  24-02-2018 20:13 via yahoo.com
  The National Rifle Association, and now the State of Florida, faced a growing backlash as companies cut ties to the gun industry
  
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• Former RNC Chair Fires Back At Claim He Was Only Hired Because He Was Black

  24-02-2018 20:10 via yahoo.com
  Former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele blasted Friday a leading conservative’s speech that claimed that he had only been hired because he is black as “painfully stupid.”
  
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• Red Cross: 21 Staffers Resigned or Fired in Sexual Misconduct Cases Since 2015

  24-02-2018 20:05 via yahoo.com
  The Red Cross joins the list of charities that have uncovered sexual misconduct
  
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• Both suspects in Kuwait murder of Filipina held

  24-02-2018 20:04 via yahoo.com
  The employers of a Filipina maid found dead in a freezer in Kuwait were both arrested in the Syrian capital Damascus, Lebanese and Philippine officials said Saturday.Syrian authorities surrendered Nader Essam Assaf to Beirut on Friday because of his Lebanese citizenship but his Syrian wife Mona remains in custody in Damascus, a Lebanese judicial official said.The murder of Joanna Demafelis sparked outrage in the Philippines and prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to impose a departure ban on Fili
  
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• Armed Woman Who Drove Into White House Barrier Had Previous Encounters With the Secret Service

  24-02-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  The Secret Service said they "had previous encounters" with the woman.
  
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• CDC Wants $400 Million to Build a New Lab for the World's Deadliest Germs

  24-02-2018 19:46 via yahoo.com
  The agency disclosed its plans for a new lab on Friday
  
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• Red Cross: 21 resigned or fired since 2015 in sex cases

  24-02-2018 19:37 via yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross has joined the list of prominent charities that have uncovered sexual misconduct among its staff.
  
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• What does Gates' guilty plea mean for Manafort?

  24-02-2018 19:36 via yahoo.com
  Former Trump campaign members Paul Manafort and Rick Gates were indicted on tax and bank fraud charges; 'America's News HQ' political panel weighs in.
  
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• Florida shooting: Two more officers investigated over claim they were outside school but failed to intervene

  24-02-2018 19:33 via yahoo.com
  A local sheriff’s office is investigating claims that three deputies on patrol at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School failed to intervene when a gunman entered the Florida school and killed 17 people.Coral Springs police officers who responded to the shooting that day said two deputies from Broward County were standing outside the building when they arrived, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel.Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said the department was investigating the claims.
  
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• Cow Who Escaped Slaughter And Swam To Island Dies After Recapture

  24-02-2018 19:13 via yahoo.com
  A cow in Poland celebrated as an icon of freedom for her dramatic escape from slaughter has died from stress after being recaptured.
  
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• With $116 billion cash, Buffett says Berkshire needs 'huge' deals

  24-02-2018 19:12 via yahoo.com
  By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett on Saturday lamented his inability to find big companies to buy and said his goal is to make "one or more huge acquisitions" of non-insurance businesses to bolster results at his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc.In his annual letter to Berkshire shareholders, Buffett said finding things to buy at a "sensible purchase price" has become a challenge and is a major reason Berkshire is awash with $116 billion of low-yieldi
  
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• Gay parade permit sparks major debate in Mississippi

  24-02-2018 19:07 via yahoo.com
  STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — At first, the plan to hold a gay-pride parade here didn't seem like such a big deal. Such festivals aren't that unusual even in the traditionally conservative Deep South, and Starkville, "Mississippi's College Town," made a name for itself as the first community in the state to pass a resolution denouncing discrimination against people for sexual orientation.
  
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• Ivy And Zasalamel Unleash Purple Fury In Latest Trailers

  24-02-2018 18:51
  Bandai Namco has revealed two new characters for Soulcalibur VI. One was likely a lock and the other is a surprising pick, but both rock a mean purple streak.
  Ivy has been a series mainstay since the first Soulcalibur, so it was likely her and her unique whip-sword were going to make it in. Zasalamel, on the other hand, was introduced in Soulcalibur III but skipped out on Soulcalibur V. His later introduction also clashes a bit with the game's "back-to-basics" mantra a bit, but as a fan of scyt
  
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• NRA Corporate Partners Are Feeling the Heat as Boycott Calls Increase

  24-02-2018 18:31 via yahoo.com
  A call to boycott the NRA became the top trend on Twitter as users of the platform demanded that a variety of companies sever their ties
  
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• Artist Ai Weiwei’s journey following refugees takes him to Puerto Rico

  24-02-2018 18:06 via yahoo.com
  Artist and activist, Ai Weiwei bears witness to what occurred in the island after Hurricane Maria.
  
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• Olympian Gus Kenworthy Is Bringing Home a Dog From PyeongChang

  24-02-2018 17:20 via yahoo.com
  Kenworthy also brought stray dogs to the United States when he was in Sochi
  
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• FBI carries out largest coordinated sweep of elder abuse in history

  24-02-2018 17:07 via yahoo.com
  The Justice Department announced a roundup of 200 people nationwide charged with targeting older Americans, cheating them out of a total of more than half a billion dollars.
  
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• Sheriff's deputies remained outside Stoneman Douglas High School

  24-02-2018 17:04 via yahoo.com
  Law enforcement sources tell NBC News that three Broward County Sheriff’s Deputies stayed outside the freshman building where most of the shooting took place.
  
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• American in Custody After Severed Head Is Found in Japan

  24-02-2018 17:02 via yahoo.com
  Police found footage of him entering a building with a missing Japanese woman
  
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• Mueller investigation: Manafort accused of secretly funding European pro-Russia group

  24-02-2018 17:00 via yahoo.com
  Paul Manafort released a statement defending himself against ‘untrule piled up charges’.The investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 US election by the special counsel Robert Mueller has brought to light a secretly financed pro-Russian lobbying effort that employed former senior European politicians.According to new charges filed in a Virginia court on Friday, the Europeans known as the “Hapsburg Group” were led by a “former European chancellor” and a
  
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• Thousands in North Carolina bid farewell to Rev. Billy Graham

  24-02-2018 16:57 via yahoo.com
  The funeral procession of Billy Graham made its way through North Carolina to his hometown of Charlotte as thousands came out to say goodbye to “America’s Pastor.”
  
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• Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort 'paid senior former European politicians to lobby for Ukraine'

  24-02-2018 16:51 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s ex-campaign chief paid a secret group of former senior European politicians to lobby on behalf of the pro-Russian government of Ukraine, according to US special counsel Robert Mueller.  Mr Mueller, who is leading the probe into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, made the allegation in a court filing which brought new charges against Paul Manafort, Mr Trump’s 2016 campaign chairman.  Mr Manafort “retained a group of former senior E
  
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• Morocco detains, summons media workers after publisher held

  24-02-2018 16:43 via yahoo.com
  Moroccan police on Saturday detained a journalist and summoned for questioning two employees from an independent media group, a day after its outspoken publisher was detained, his newspaper said.Prominent publisher and journalist Taoufiq Bouachrine, known for editorials critical of authorities in the North African country, was arrested Friday during a raid by 20 plainclothed policemen on the Akhbar al-Yaoum daily in Casablanca.Bouachrine, 49, has faced repeated legal cases in the past for allege
  
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• Turkey urges 'world to say stop to E.Ghouta massacre'

  24-02-2018 16:40 via yahoo.com
  Turkey called on the international community to end the "massacre" in the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta hit by intense regime bombardment ahead of a UN Security Council vote on Saturday."The regime is committing massacres in Eastern Ghouta," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Twitter."The world should say stop to this massacre together," Kalin said.
  
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• Parkland student on protecting schools by arming teachers

  24-02-2018 16:32 via yahoo.com
  Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School junior Ariana Klein attended White House listening session on school safety.
  
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• YouTube 'reprimands InfoWars' for promoting Florida school shooting conspiracy theory

  24-02-2018 16:16 via yahoo.com
  A far-right site known for its false and outlandish conspiracy theories has reportedly been reprimanded by YouTube after it posted a video which suggester survivors of the Florida school shooting were actors.InfoWars' biggest YouTube account, The Alex Jones Channel, is reported to have received one strike from the video-sharing site for the video.YouTube’s community guidelines stipulate the account will be shut down altogether if it gets three strikes in the space of three months, a source
  
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• Ex-Trump aide paid Europeans to lobby for pro-Russia Ukraine: papers

  24-02-2018 16:00 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump's ex-campaign chief Paul Manafort secretly paid a group of former senior European politicians more than two million euros ($2.5 million) to lobby for Ukraine's then-leader backed by Russia, US prosecutors have claimed.The group, which operated from 2012-2013, was managed by an unnamed "former European chancellor," who along with other members of the group lobbied US legislators and White House officials, the indictment alleged.
  
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• U.S. Speeds Up Timetable for Moving Embassy to Jerusalem

  24-02-2018 15:54 via yahoo.com
  The decision has infuriated Palestinian leaders
  
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• Charged 'Putin's chef' runs news sites along with troll army

  24-02-2018 15:47 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — He's been indicted in the U.S. for meddling in the 2016 presidential election with an army of trolls and his private military company has trodden battlefields in Ukraine and Syria. Still, the Russian multimillionaire dubbed "Putin's chef" runs yet another asset that is valuable to the Kremlin: a sprawling Russian media empire.
  
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• Archaeologists find ancient necropolis in Egypt

  24-02-2018 15:42 via yahoo.com
  TUNA AL-GABAL, Egypt (AP) — Egypt's Antiquities Ministry announced on Saturday the discovery of an ancient necropolis near the Nile Valley city of Minya, south of Cairo, the latest discovery in an area known to house ancient catacombs from the Pharaonic Late Period and the Ptolemaic dynasty.
  
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• Bombing hits near NATO's Afghan headquarters

  24-02-2018 15:41 via yahoo.com
  Taliban militants have attacked an Afghan army post and killed 18 government soldiers, while a suicide bomber in the capital killed at least one person and wounded six. Matthew Larotonda reports
  
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• Delta ends NRA partnership and orders gun group to remove airline's information from website, amid growing backlash

  24-02-2018 15:22 via yahoo.com
  A major American airline has stopped giving discounts to members of the National Rifle Association, joining a slew of companies that have cut ties with the gun-rights lobbying group in the wake of a Florida school shooting.Delta Airlines announced on Twitter that they would be ending the NRA's contract for discounted rates through their group travel program.On Saturday morning, the NRA's annual meetings site still stated that they had contracted special flight discounts with United Airlines and
  
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• The Navy's 4 Most Powerful Battleships Ever Unretired 3 Times (Think North Korea and Russia)

  24-02-2018 15:07 via yahoo.com
  On June 25, 1950, the forces of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, backed by the Soviet Union, invaded pro-American South Korea.The invasion triggered an intervention by the United States, and USS Missouri was sent to provide support for American forces.Although Missouri did not directly participate in the amphibious landing at Inchon, it did support the landing by bombarding nearby Samcheok, South Korea, in order to convince North Korean forces the invasio
  
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• Anna Deavere Smith Is The Most Empathetic Person In America

  24-02-2018 15:01 via yahoo.com
  Anna Deavere Smith may be the most empathetic person in America.
  
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• This Is What A Serious Gun Violence Policy Would Look Like

  24-02-2018 14:01 via yahoo.com
  A serious debate over gun policy is underway in the aftermath of last week’s massacre in Florida, and one focus is the federal background check system ― a system that has existed for 20 years but which, by almost all accounts, isn’t doing enough to deter would-be killers from buying firearms.
  
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• The NRA Wasn't Always A Front For Gun Makers

  24-02-2018 14:01 via yahoo.com
  On Thursday, Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association and unofficial leader of America’s largest cult, took the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting in Washington, D.C.
  
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• Execution abandoned after death row prisoner 'repeatedly jabbed' by officials doing lethal injection

  24-02-2018 13:04 via yahoo.com
  An attempted execution in Alabama was halted after medical personnel repeatedly jabbed the death row inmate in the ankles, lower legs and groin but failed to find a usable vein, according to a court filing by his lawyer.The dramatic night began with a temporary stay of execution at around 6pm local time – lifted by the US Supreme Court just three hours later – and ended in confusion as 61-year-old Doyle Lee Hamm was returned to his cell shortly before midnight on Thursday.Lawyer Bern
  
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