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• Homeless Arizona woman killed by Uber self-driving SUV was 'like everyone's aunt'

  20-03-2018 23:59 via yahoo.com
  The Arizona pedestrian killed by an Uber self-driving vehicle was a homeless woman close to getting off the streets, her friends said, describing her as a fighter who took care of those around her.Elaine Herzberg, 49, known fondly as "Elle" and "Ms. Elle," was widely known and liked throughout the homeless community of Tempe, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix."She was like everyone's aunt," said Benjamin Jeffrey, a friend of Herzberg and also homeless, who spoke to Reuters from an encampment near the
  
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• PlayStation 4 Was February 2018's Top-Selling Console

  20-03-2018 23:58
  Sony took the top spot in console sales for February 2018, and Monster Hunter World was the best selling game for the month.
  Overall hardware spending was up 55% over the same period last year, something the NPD group attributes to "growth in Switch and Xbox One sales." Nintendo Switch's pace shows no sign of slowing down, with the system reaching the "highest installed base for a console platform" ever.
  Dollar sales remained flat compared to February 2017. Switch software helped keep the number
  
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• The Most Popular U.S. Destinations Of 2018, According To TripAdvisor

  20-03-2018 23:55 via yahoo.com
  TripAdvisor has unveiled their list of top places to visit in the U.S. and
  
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• John Oliver Didn't Think Pence-Trolling, Gay-Themed Book Would Be A Hit

  20-03-2018 23:36 via yahoo.com
  John Oliver's queer-themed, Mike Pence-trolling children's book, A Day In the
  
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• Pennsylvania GOP Moves To Impeach Supreme Court Democrats For Gerrymandering Ruling

  20-03-2018 23:13 via yahoo.com
  A dozen GOP Pennsylvania lawmakers filed legislation on Tuesday to impeach
  
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• Ben Carson Said Trans People In Homeless Shelters Make Others 'Not Comfortable'

  20-03-2018 22:52 via yahoo.com
  Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson spoke Tuesday about
  
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• Two wounded in Maryland school shooting; student gunman dies

  20-03-2018 22:51 via yahoo.com
  A 17-year-old student opened fire at a Maryland high school on Tuesday, in an attack that left two fellow students wounded, then died after a gunfight with an officer stationed there, amid a renewed debate over gun violence in schools.The shooting in St. Mary's County followed last month's Florida high school massacre and came just days ahead of a national march backing stronger gun laws.The gunfire erupted shortly before 8 a.m. (1200 GMT) at Great Mills High School, about 70 miles (110 km) sout
  
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• What You Need To Know About Cambridge Analytica

  20-03-2018 22:34 via yahoo.com
  The reported breach and misuse of roughly 50 million Facebook users' data is
  
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• Florida shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz’s guardian details troubling ‘warning signs’ in months before massacre

  20-03-2018 22:19 via yahoo.com
  A woman who took care of alleged Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz after his mother died, has said she warned police multiple times about “warning signs” in his behaviour, including one instance where he put a gun to his family members’ heads.Rocxanne Deschamps was close friends with Lynda Cruz, the adoptive mother of both Mr Cruz and his brother, Zachary.At a press conference on Tuesday, she said she had cared for the boys for a little less than a month after Ms Cruz died in
  
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• Nintendo just confirmed 14 new Switch games in the Nindies Direct - check 'em out

  20-03-2018 22:13 via gamesradar.com
  Nintendo continues to receive a ton of third-party support
  
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• Teen shoots girl in Maryland school, dies in confrontation

  20-03-2018 22:11 via yahoo.com
  GREAT MILLS, Md. (AP) — A teenager with a handgun shot and critically wounded a girl inside a Maryland school on Tuesday and the shooter was killed when a school resource officer confronted him moments after the gunfire erupted.
  
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• 2019 Ford Fusion Gets Minor Facelift, More Standard Safety Tech

  20-03-2018 22:10 via yahoo.com
  You can see it in person next week at the New York Auto Show.
  
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• Senate to take another look at the 2001 ‘war on terror’ resolution

  20-03-2018 22:09 via yahoo.com
  Three presidents have relied on a 2001 congressional measure in applying deadly force overseas. Now, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will meet to discuss replacing or revising it.
  
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• Brother of Florida school shooting suspect held on $500,000 bail

  20-03-2018 22:08 via yahoo.com
  Zachary Cruz, 18, told deputies he went to the campus of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, to “reflect on the school shooting and to soak it in,” according to the arrest report."Weeks after his brother murdered, injured and terrorized the school, he is there with no legitimate purpose," Assistant State Attorney Sarahnell Murphy said of Zachary Cruz.
  
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• Fifth Texas parcel bomb blast leaves U.S. investigators baffled

  20-03-2018 22:02 via yahoo.com
  By Jon Herskovitz and Jim ForsythAUSTIN/SCHERTZ, Texas (Reuters) - A package bomb blew up at a FedEx distribution center near San Antonio on Tuesday, the fifth in a series of attacks that have rocked Texas this month and left baffled investigators searching for what they suspect is a serial bomber.The package filled with nails and metal shrapnel was mailed from Austin to another address in Austin and passed through a sorting center in Schertz, about 65 miles (105 km) away, when it exploded on a
  
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• Federal Judge Rips Kris Kobach For Failing To Fully Comply With Court Order

  20-03-2018 22:01 via yahoo.com
  A federal judge lambasted Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) on Tuesday
  
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• Why aren't Western sanctions stopping Putin?

  20-03-2018 21:54 via yahoo.com
  Western countries keep heaping sanctions on Russia and on cronies of President Vladimir Putin, but they haven’t deterred him from military aggression, cyberattacks and assassinations. Why not?
  
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• DeVos Finally Agrees Federal Dollars Shouldn't Fund LGBTQ Discrimination In Schools

  20-03-2018 21:54 via yahoo.com
  Questioned by a persistent lawmaker on Tuesday, Education Secretary Betsy
  
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• California city aims to opt out of state's 'sanctuary' law

  20-03-2018 21:54 via yahoo.com
  LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — The heated battle over immigration exploded in a small Southern California city as elected officials took steps to opt out of a state law limiting cooperation between police and federal deportation agents.
  
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• Cambridge Analytica Suspends CEO After Alarming Reports On Its Election Maneuvers

  20-03-2018 21:45 via yahoo.com
  Cambridge Analytica, the British political research group linked to President
  
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• An Elementary School Teacher Left a 4-Year-Old Alone So She Could Buy Marijuana, Police Say

  20-03-2018 21:43 via yahoo.com
  She was arrested and charged with child neglect and marijuana possession
  
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• Stormy Daniels Passed Polygraph Test About Alleged Trump Affair: Report

  20-03-2018 21:38 via yahoo.com
  Stephanie Clifford, aka Stormy Daniels, passed a 2011 polygraph test in which
  
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• Apple Will Reportedly Reveal iPhone X Plus in September

  20-03-2018 21:29
  Apple will reportedly reveal the iPhone X Plus this September, and it'll be the biggest iPhone ever.
  Forbes reports the iPhone X Plus will sport a 6.2-inch edge-to-edge Retina display (OLED) instead of the rumored 6.5-inch screen with an LED display. The screen size will allegedly be similar to Samsung's S9+, but wider and shorter.
  Apple is also set to make some minor changes to the iPhone X, including "adding new color options and integrating faster components."
  Reports
  
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• Congress leaders near deal on government funding bill: senators

  20-03-2018 21:14 via yahoo.com
  By Susan Cornwell and Richard CowanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers neared agreement on Tuesday on a massive government spending bill that Congress hopes to pass by Friday, as congressional leaders worked to narrow their differences on thorny issues such as President Donald Trump's border wall.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, said he and his counterparts in the House of Representatives and Senate were "moving to completing" work on the $1.3 trillion spending bill that w
  
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• Trump touts weapons deals with Saudi Arabia as peace groups accuse US of fuelling kingdom's war on Yemen

  20-03-2018 21:12 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has bragged about how Saudi Arabia is a “big purchaser” of American armaments as peace groups assert that the weapons the US is selling to the kingdom are being used to kill thousands of innocent people in Yemen.“A lot of people are at work” because of Saudi Arabia’s business, Mr Trump said while welcoming Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to the White House, adding that the kingdom has finalised $12.5bn in purchases of planes, missiles and frigate
  
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• The Latest: House speaker says Safe Schools Act should pass

  20-03-2018 21:09 via yahoo.com
  GREAT MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting at a Maryland high school (all times local):
  
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• Nintendo Releases List of Top 10 Best-Selling Indie Games on Switch So Far

  20-03-2018 21:06
  Nintendo has released a Top 10 list of the best-selling indie games to hit the Switch.
  Nintendo revealed the list at a Nindies presentation at GDC, which IGN attended, and it includes complete global life-to-date sales up to March 5. The list follows: Steamworld Dig 2 (Check out IGN's Steamworld Dig 2 review)Stardew Valley (Check out IGN's Stardew Valley review)KamikoCeleste (Check out IGN's Celeste review)
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• Police Officer Who Shot and Killed Justine Damond Charged With Murder

  20-03-2018 21:05 via yahoo.com
  Officer Mohamed Noor turned himself in Tuesday after a warrant was issued for his arrest.
  
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• The Latest: Russian diplomats expelled by UK arrive home

  20-03-2018 20:54 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy and his daughter in Britain (all times local):
  
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• Rebel rocket fire kills 35 in Damascus suburb

  20-03-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  A rocket killed 35 people in a Damascus shopping district Tuesday, in one of the deadliest rebel attacks on the Syrian capital, as fire in the other direction left dozens of civilians dead in an opposition stronghold.The rocket attack came as heavy bombardment killed 38 civilians in the shrinking rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta east of Damascus.State media said the opposition fire hit the area of Jaramana, which residents said was full of shoppers -- including some buying presents ahead of Mothe
  
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• Mississippi's new law restricting abortion blocked by judge for 10 days

  20-03-2018 20:49 via yahoo.com
  A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a Mississippi law that enacted the tightest restrictions on abortion in the United States, in a ruling handed down a day after the governor signed the measure.The Mississippi law would prohibit abortion after 15 weeks of gestation, with some exceptions.It went into effect immediately after Republican Governor Phil Bryant signed it on Monday.
  
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• Two wounded, shooter dead at Maryland high school

  20-03-2018 20:46 via yahoo.com
  A 17-year-old student armed with a handgun shot and critically wounded a female classmate at a Maryland high school on Tuesday, officials said, in an outburst of violence just days before a student-organized nationwide march for gun control.St. Mary's County Sheriff Tim Cameron said the assailant, identified as Austin Rollins, died of a gunshot wound after a school security officer "engaged" with him at Great Mills High School in southern Maryland.Cameron said the security officer fired a shot a
  
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• Fortnite Devs Removed Friendly Fire in Effort to Fight Against Player Toxicity

  20-03-2018 20:30
  Fortnite's development team at Epic Games' decision to get rid of friendly fire in the popular free-to-play game was driven by issues with in-game toxic behavior.
  According to a Polygon interview with Ben Lewis-Evans, a user experience lead researcher at Epic Games, Fortnite launched with friendly fire enabled, a decision which was quickly walked back after players reported they were being killed by their own teammates for the items they carried.
  When the functionality was turned off,
  
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• White House defends Trump’s congratulations to Putin

  20-03-2018 20:22 via yahoo.com
  White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders defended President Trump’s decision to congratulate Russian President Vladimir Putin on winning reelection.
  
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• CD Projekt Red Opens 3rd Studio to Work on Cyberpunk 2077

  20-03-2018 20:20
  CD Projekt Red is opening a new studio in Wroclaw, Poland, to aid in the development of upcoming title, Cyberpunk 2077.
  CD Projekt Red announced the new Wroclaw studio is made up of 18 veteran game developers, and largely comprised of former members of Wroclaw-based developer Strange New Things, which in turn was created by former Techland and IO Interactive developers.
  The Wroclaw studio will join CD Projekt Red Warsaw and Cracow to help bring the futuristic RPG to life.
  "We're pretty hyped to
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn mocked by his own MPs after claiming Russia should be given the right to test nerve agent itself

  20-03-2018 20:02 via yahoo.com
  Jeremy Corbyn has been mocked by own MPs after saying Russia should be given a sample of the nerve agent used in the Salisbury attack so it can "say categorically one way or the other" whether it is responsible.  The Labour leader also said he would be happy to work with President Putin if he was Prime Minister and stopped short of blaming the Kremlin for the attack, despite his deputy John McDonnell doing so over the weekend.  It exposes a deepening split in the party's position on th
  
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• Grown man Ben Carson blames his wife for the $31,000 dining room set

  20-03-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  One of the most powerful men in government, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, is terrified of desks. Carson disclosed his highly un-understandable anxiety in a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Tuesday. The Secretary was asked to speak about the $31,000 dining set he recently tried to purchase for his office. Carson then used the opportunity to pass the buck. First, he blamed formidable desks.  Then, he blamed his wife, who... does not serve in government. SEE ALSO
  
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• Officer Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Justine Damond

  20-03-2018 19:52 via yahoo.com
  The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an Australian woman in July
  
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• Overwatch: Brigitte Now Available on All Platforms

  20-03-2018 19:49
  Update: Blizzard has announced that Brigitte is officially now live and playable for everyone on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
  The daughter of weapons designer, Torbjörn Lindholm, Brigitte is the 27th hero to join the Overwatch roster. Read on below for more details on all of her attacks.
  And if you're looking to jump into the fray as Brigitte, check out IGN's Overwatch wiki for Brigitte tips.
  After being available for play on the PTR, Brigitte is finally coming to competitive and q
  
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• How to Avoid Getting Sick on a Plane, According to Science

  20-03-2018 19:36 via yahoo.com
  The secret is picking the right seat
  
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• Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica Controversy Could Be Big Trouble for the Social Network. Here’s What to Know

  20-03-2018 19:34 via yahoo.com
  50 million Facebook users had their data harvested without their consent
  
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• Iranian leader says Tehran has defused regional threats

  20-03-2018 19:28 via yahoo.com
  By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Babak DehghanpishehLONDON (Reuters) - Iran has defused all regional threats against the country, the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday, as tension rises between Tehran and Washington over the influence of the Islamic Republic in the Middle East.In an Iranian New Year message, Khamenei did not specify any particular threat.Shi'ite Iran has also been locked in a regional power struggle with Sunni Saudi Arabia which has extended to the war in Yemen a
  
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• Rare Continuing to Look Into Sea of Thieves Servers

  20-03-2018 19:12
  Some Sea of Thieves users have experienced server issues with the game's launch, but Rare said its working to settle things down so everyone can enjoy smooth sailing.
  Players have reported problems with missing items and gold when logging in. There's also a problem where no gold or reputation is awarded once a quest is completed.
  At the moment, the only fix Rare has is "to exit to main menu and matchmake back into the game," and it warns this fix may take multiple tries. As for the missing rewar
  
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• Good Samaritans help flip a man's car following crash

  20-03-2018 19:09 via yahoo.com
  A group of good Samaritans in Chester County, Pa., came to the aid of a driver who was trapped under his burning car after a crash.
  
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• Google buys NYC's Chelsea Market building for $2.4 bn

  20-03-2018 18:35 via yahoo.com
  Google on Tuesday bought up New York's Chelsea Market for $2.4 billion, finalizing its acquisition of the emblematic retail and food hall that stands opposite the internet giant's current headquarters in the city.Google had already paid $1.7 billion for the building facing the market in 2010, which has 275,000 square metres of office floorspace.It already has offices in the Chelsea Market building -- built in 1913 by architect Albert G. Zimmerman as a factory for the Nabisco biscuit company -- w
  
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• A Look Back At Puerto Rico, 6 Months After The Storm

  20-03-2018 18:27 via yahoo.com
  Six months after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico, HuffPost revisits a reporting trip from October to show how the island’s most vulnerable residents had to wait weeks for aid.
  
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• Cambridge Analytica scandal: This is what happened when we went to Facebook headquarters seeking answers

  20-03-2018 18:22 via yahoo.com
  Politicians on two continents would love to know where Mark Zuckerberg is.The Facebook CEO opened this year with a public mea culpa after the social media platform he nurtured into global dominance became entangled in congressional enquiries into Russian election meddling, with mounting evidence that Russian surrogates had used the platform to distort and divide.Mr Zuckerberg had already walked back dismissing the notion that Facebook could be a vessel for political chicanery as “crazy&rdq
  
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• People Won't Let Avengers: Infinity War Outshine These Other Crossovers

  20-03-2018 18:20 via yahoo.com
  Can these existing crossovers possibly be outdone?
  
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• Jason Chaffetz urges Congress to stand up for itself

  20-03-2018 18:09 via yahoo.com
  Republicans are getting closer to issuing a subpoena for documents related to the Hillary Clinton email probe; reaction on 'Outnumbered.'
  
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• 17 Games Announced for Switch in March 20th's Nindies Showcase

  20-03-2018 18:06
  
  Nintendo held its latest Nindies Showcase today, revealing a wide array of new indie games for Nintendo Switch owners to look forward to in 2018.
  Here's a rundown of all the titles that were announced for Switch today during Nintendo's 2018 Spring Nindies Showcase.
  Release: Fall 2018
  A remastered version of Klei Entertainment's side-scrolling stealth action game, Mark of the Ninja, will be released for Nintendo Switch this fall. For our thoughts on the original version, which launched for X
  
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