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• Uber Self-Driving SUV Kills Pedestrian Crossing Street

  19-03-2018 23:51 via yahoo.com
  Federal regulators are sending teams to Arizona to investigate a fatal crash in which a self-driving Uber SUV killed a pedestrian crossing the street. The crash, which took place in the Phoenix s...
  
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• St. Joseph's University student found dead in Bermuda after intense search

  19-03-2018 23:48 via yahoo.com
  Bermuda police confirm they have found the body of missing St. Joseph's University student Mark Dombroski; no cause of death has been announced.
  
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• On eve of Trump-Saudi meeting, Riyadh calls Iran nuclear deal flawed

  19-03-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  By Yara BayoumyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia called the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers a "flawed agreement" on Monday, on the eve of a meeting between the Saudi crown prince and U.S. President Donald Trump who have both been highly critical of Iran."Our view of the nuclear deal is that it's a flawed agreement," Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told reporters in Washington.
  
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• No Dreamer deal in sight as Democrats back away from hardline approach with federal funding deadline approaching

  19-03-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  Democratic leaders have backed away from their demands that young illegal immigrants be protected from deportation as the deadline approaches to fund the federal government.Top Democrats had tied their support for previous budget bills to their receiving of commitments from Republicans to consider legislation that would salvage the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme.Instead, they want negotiators in both parties to drop all contentious provisions unrelated to the budget to m
  
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• Palestinian President attacks Hamas, calls U.S. ambassador 'son of a dog'

  19-03-2018 23:35 via yahoo.com
  By Ali SawaftaRAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday called the U.S. ambassador to Israel a "son of a dog" because of his support for Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.Abbas, speaking at a Palestinian leadership gathering, also blamed Hamas for a bomb attack last week on the convoy of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah in Gaza, remarks that threatened reconciliation efforts with the Islamist group.
  
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• Palestinian president calls US ambassador to Israel 'son of a dog'

  19-03-2018 23:25 via yahoo.com
  Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas labelled the US ambassador to Israel David Friedman a "son of a dog" on Monday during an attack on Donald Trump's policies.The scathing comments come with US President Trump still expected to launch a plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians despite Abbas boycotting his administration over his controversial recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
  
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• US, China flex muscles at G20 meeting

  19-03-2018 23:24 via yahoo.com
  Tensions over trade surfaced on the first day of a G20 meeting of finance ministers on Monday as the United States and China -- whose differences are fueling fears of a trade war -- flexed their muscles in the Argentine capital.The meeting of the world's leading economies in Buenos Aires comes days before US tariffs on steel and aluminum are due to come into force on Friday for all countries except Canada and Mexico.The main focus of the talks is the threat of a trade war between the US and its
  
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• Navratilova 'angry' at pay gap to McEnroe for BBC work

  19-03-2018 23:19 via yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — Martina Navratilova said she is "extremely angry" and feels let down by the BBC after learning that John McEnroe gets paid at least 10 times more than her for their broadcasting roles at Wimbledon.
  
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• Family Seeks Help for 4 Kidnapped Children Rescued from Polygamist Compound

  19-03-2018 23:12 via yahoo.com
  The children were allegedly kidnapped by their father and taken to a doomsday cult.
  
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• Court rulings boost Democrats' chances of retaking Congress

  19-03-2018 23:09 via yahoo.com
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Boosting the Democrats' chances of retaking control of Congress in this fall's midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court and a federal panel on Monday rejected Republican challenges to a newly redrawn congressional map imposed on Pennsylvania by the state's high court.
  
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• $456M Powerball ticket sold in Lancaster County

  19-03-2018 23:01 via yahoo.com
  A ticket sold in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania won the $456.7-million Powerball jackpot.
  
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• John Kelly Sure Seems Like A Jerk

  19-03-2018 22:48 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― When John Kelly took over as President Donald Trump's chief of
  
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• US student found dead in Bermuda after intense search

  19-03-2018 22:47 via yahoo.com
  HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — A Pennsylvania college student who disappeared following a rugby tournament in Bermuda was found dead Monday after an intensive search of the British island territory.
  
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• Scope Creep: A useful, treacherous tool, says Heat Signature dev

  19-03-2018 22:36
  "Scope creep is a bad, dirty term, yet it's also been my fundamental development technique," joked Tom Francis, developer behind the games Heat Signature and Gunpoint....
  
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• The Witness team announces a grant for underrepresented devs

  19-03-2018 22:30
  The team behind The Witness has put out a call for submissions encouraging independent game designers from traditionally underrepresented groups to work on grid-based puzzle games. ...
  
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• The Latest: Bermuda police say body found near fort

  19-03-2018 22:25 via yahoo.com
  HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — The Latest on the American student reported missing in Bermuda (all times local):
  
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• Ford Ranger Raptor Dissected: Engine, Styling, Chassis, and More!

  19-03-2018 22:17 via yahoo.com
  Ford subjects its upcoming Ranger to the Raptor regimen.
  
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• Uber self-driving car kills Arizona pedestrian

  19-03-2018 22:14 via yahoo.com
  Ride-sharing giant Uber said Monday it is suspending use of self-driving cars after one of the vehicles struck and killed a pedestrian in the US state of Arizona.The Uber vehicle was in autonomous mode, with an operator behind the wheel, when it hit a woman walking in the street in the city of Tempe late Sunday, according to the San Francisco-based company.Uber said it had temporarily halted its use of self-driving cars for testing or customer rides in Tempe, Pittsburgh, Toronto, and San Francis
  
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• Steve Wynn settled with second woman over sex allegations

  19-03-2018 22:10 via yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Embattled casino mogul Steve Wynn brokered a settlement more than a decade ago with a second woman who accused him of sexual misconduct and recently reported her to the FBI, his attorneys say in court documents.
  
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• Parkland Survivors Call Out Media For Ignoring Gun Violence In Black Communities

  19-03-2018 22:06 via yahoo.com
  A group of students who survived last month's deadly school shooting in
  
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• Turkish leader vows wider offensive against Kurdish militia

  19-03-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Turkey's president vowed Monday to keep up the pressure against a U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish militia after his troops captured the Syrian town of Afrin, threatening to expand the military offensive into other Kurdish-held areas across northern Syria and even into neighboring Iraq.
  
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• Israel arrests French Consulate driver for gun smuggling

  19-03-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A French employee of France's Consulate in Jerusalem is under arrest for allegedly smuggling dozens of weapons from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank, Israel's domestic security agency said Monday.
  
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• Supreme Court rejects Arizona challenge to 'Dreamers' program

  19-03-2018 21:19 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday required Arizona to continue to issue driver's licenses to the young adult immigrants known as Dreamers, refusing to hear the state's challenge to an Obama-era program that protects hundreds of thousands of people brought into the country illegally as children.The case centered on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program created in 2012 under Democratic former President Barack Obama that Republican President Donald Trump already has sought to res
  
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• What the world is saying about Putin's re-election

  19-03-2018 21:17 via yahoo.com
  China was the first world power to react Monday to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin's re-election, vowing to push ties to a "higher level", but Germany questioned the fairness of the vote and warned that Moscow would remain "difficult"."Currently, the China-Russia comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership is at the best level in history, which sets an example for building a new type of international relations," Xi said in a message to Putin."We expect Russia to address the violations and s
  
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• The Latest: Austin neighborhood still on lockdown post-blast

  19-03-2018 21:14 via yahoo.com
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the bombings in Austin, Texas (all times local):
  
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• Ukrainian pilot blamed for MH17 'kills himself'

  19-03-2018 21:11 via yahoo.com
  A Ukrainian pilot falsely accused by Russia of shooting down the MH17 airliner has reportedly taken his own life.  Capt Vladyslav Voloshyn, an SU-25 attack jet pilot, shot himself at home in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv on Monday, local media reported.  Voloshyn, 29, had been working at Mykolaiv airport since he retired from the airforce. He previously flew 33 combat missions in an SU-25 during the war between Ukrainian and Russian and separatist forces in Donbas i
  
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• Students return to Miami school where bridge collapse killed six

  19-03-2018 21:05 via yahoo.com
  Students returned to Florida International University on Monday for their first day of classes since a newly installed pedestrian bridge collapsed last week and killed six people including a student at the school.The meeting on Thursday involved FIGG, which is the private contractor for the overall bridge design, the school, Florida Department of Transportation officials and Munilla Construction Management, which installed the $14.2 million bridge.
  
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• Our 1st interstellar visitor likely came from 2-star system

  19-03-2018 20:58 via yahoo.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Our first known interstellar visitor likely came from a two-star system.
  
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• In order to create empathy in players, writers need to get personal

  19-03-2018 20:58
  iThrive Game's senior creative director Heidi McDonald opened her talk at GDC this afternoon on the narrative burden that writers carry when creating empathy....
  
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• Helicopter Carrying Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Experienced Engine Failure Last Week

  19-03-2018 20:58 via yahoo.com
  Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner were on a helicopter traveling from
  
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• The Latest: German, Polish leaders back UK after poisoning

  19-03-2018 20:34 via yahoo.com
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy and his daughter in Britain (all times local):
  
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• Inspectors analyse toxin used on Russian spy, EU backs Britain

  19-03-2018 20:29 via yahoo.com
  By Alex Fraser and Peter NichollsSALISBURY, England (Reuters) - Inspectors from the world's chemical weapons watchdog on Monday began examining the poison used to strike down a former Russian double agent in England, in an attack that London blames on Moscow.Britain says Sergei Skripal and his daughter, who are critically ill in hospital, were targeted with the Soviet-era military-grade nerve agent Novichok.Russian President Vladimir Putin, who easily won another six-year term on Sunday, said th
  
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• Appreciating the magic (and power) of hidden game mechanics

  19-03-2018 20:27
  At GDC 2018 game designer Jennifer Scheurle breaks down how some of the biggest games "trick" players, showcasing how being a good game maker sometimes requires taking advantage of human perception. ...
  
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• Supreme Court Rejects GOP Plea To Keep Gerrymandered House Map In Pennsylvania

  19-03-2018 20:22 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to step in and block a new
  
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• Cambridge Analytica Execs Bragged Of Using Fake News, Sex To Sway Elections

  19-03-2018 20:21 via yahoo.com
  Disturbing undercover interviews with executives from U.K.-based political
  
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• After the battle: Aid, gunfire and looting in Syria's Afrin

  19-03-2018 20:17 via yahoo.com
  By Mehmet Emin CaliskanAFRIN, Syria (Reuters) - A day after Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies seized control of Afrin, a Turkish aid group started distributing relief supplies in the town center on Monday, but residents continued to leave after widespread reports of looting.Triumphant Syrian rebel fighters stood on a fallen statue, firing shots in the air, while military vehicles patrolled streets still littered with the debris from Turkey's eight-week offensive to drive out Kurdish Y
  
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• Facebook releases engagement-focused Games SDK

  19-03-2018 20:06
  Facebook has released its new Games SDK that aims to let developers build Facebook-based sharing functionality into projects with the goal of boosting community engagement. ...
  
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• Germany's Merkel says EU must have common Russia and China policy

  19-03-2018 19:54 via yahoo.com
  The European Union must have a common policy towards Russia and China, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday."We must have a common policy towards Russia and China," Merkel said via a translator at a joint conference with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw.Merkel also said that the future of the entire European Union was important for her government, not just the future of the eurozone or some other group of states.
  
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• Jim Carrey Starts Controversy With Painting That Looks Like Sarah Huckabee Sanders

  19-03-2018 19:38 via yahoo.com
  Comedian Jim Carrey ruffled feathers Saturday when he tweeted a photo of a
  
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• Google Play is launching download-free instant games

  19-03-2018 19:38
  Google Play Instant is currently in closed beta. The company hopes that the friction-free download option will bolster the power of social shares and marketing campaigns....
  
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• The Latest: 1st lawsuit filed after Florida bridge collapse

  19-03-2018 19:32 via yahoo.com
  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on a Florida university campus reopening after a fatal bridge collapse (all times local):
  
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• AP Explains: What's next after Turkey seizes Syria's Afrin

  19-03-2018 19:23 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Turkey's seizure of the town of Afrin in northern Syria is a significant military achievement for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that gives him control over a large chunk of Syrian territory but also entrenches his troops as an occupying force in a crowded terrain packed with adversaries.
  
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• Political fallout from Sessions' decision to fire McCabe

  19-03-2018 19:09 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Adam Schiff says the deputy director's dismissal from the FBI just hours before his retirement 'may have been justified'; reaction from radio talk show host Bill Spadea and Tiffany Cross, co-founder of The Beat DC.
  
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• Supreme Court takes up new immigration detention dispute

  19-03-2018 19:03 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday took up a new dispute over the detention of immigrants, agreeing to hear an appeal by President Donald Trump's administration of a lower court ruling it says hampers the deportation of immigrants who have committed crimes.The case, the latest immigration-related dispute to come before the nine justices at a time when the administration has taken a hard line toward immigrants, involves people convicted of criminal offenses who are detained by the government for po
  
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• Microsoft launches DirectX Raytracing to streamline real-time rendering

  19-03-2018 19:03
  Microsoft has introduced four new concepts to the DirectX 12 API that aim to give developers entirely new rendering options and bridge the gap between commonly used rasterization techniques. ...
  
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• A Russian Perspective on the Skripal Attack

  19-03-2018 18:57 via yahoo.com
  The former Russian colonel, a British intelligence agent, and his daughter were both poisoned near a local pizzeria in the small town of Salisbury.Without even waiting for a full investigation of the incident, Foreign Minister Boris Johnson announced that Russia was the culprit.Next, Prime Minister Theresa May presented an ultimatum to Russia.
  
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• Body of Missing St. Joseph's University Freshman Mark Dombroski Found in Bermuda

  19-03-2018 18:55 via yahoo.com
  Mark Dombroski, 19, was last seen at a bar called The Dog House.
  
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• Federal Judges Won't Block Fix To Pennsylvania's Gerrymandered Congressional Map

  19-03-2018 18:27 via yahoo.com
  A federal court in Pennsylvania unanimously declined to step in and block the
  
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• Unreal Engine 4 adds Magic Leap One support

  19-03-2018 18:18
  Unreal Engine 4 developers can now create for Magic Leap's Magic Leap One mixed reality headset thanks to recently added Lumin SDK support. ...
  
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• President Trump Is Officially Proposing That We Give Drug Traffickers the Death Penalty

  19-03-2018 18:17 via yahoo.com
  "We have to change the laws," he said
  
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