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• 'This building is closed': Howard U students take over admin building amid financial aid scandal

  31-03-2018 23:57 via yahoo.com
  Howard University's president confirmed earlier this week that financial aid funds had been misappropriated.
  
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• Syrian army command says it has regained most of eastern Ghouta

  31-03-2018 23:23 via yahoo.com
  By Suleiman Al-KhalidiAMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian army command said on Saturday it had regained most of the towns and villages in eastern Ghouta and was pressing its military operations in the last rebel bastion of Douma.In a televised statement, the Syrian army spokesman said the weeks-long military campaign had now brought security to the Syrian capital, Damascus, and also secured its main links to other parts of the country, stretching north and all the way to the Iraqi border to the east.Fo
  
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• Autopsy prompts more protests over killing of black man in California

  31-03-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  By Bob StrongSACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - About 200 people demonstrated in Sacramento on Saturday to protest the fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark, in the latest of nearly two weeks of mostly peaceful rallies since the unarmed black man was gunned down in his grandmother's yard.Saturday's demonstration brought together a multi-racial crowd, many holding signs such as "Stop Police Rage" and "Power to the People." It was led by retired National Basketball Association player Matt Barnes, who
  
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• Hundreds protest in Sacramento after Stephon Clark autopsy shows police shot unarmed black man shot six times in back

  31-03-2018 22:46 via yahoo.com
  A former professional basketball player has led hundreds of protesters who gathered in the centre of Sacramento to demonstrate over the police killing of an unarmed black man, the day after an autopsy showed he had been shot six times in the back.Matt Barnes, a former player with the Sacramento Kings, spoke to protesters as they marched through California’s state capital, for the fifth successive day of demonstrations.It’s about wrong and right,” Barnes told the crowd taking pa
  
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• New York killer who massacred 10 in 1984 freed from prison

  31-03-2018 22:44 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man who killed 10 people in 1984 in one of New York City's most notorious massacres has been released from prison.
  
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• Crowds Rally for Stephon Clark After Autopsy Reveals He Was Shot 6 Times in the Back

  31-03-2018 22:42 via yahoo.com
  The rally was led by former NBA player Matt Barnes
  
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• New Asian-American, Brazilian apostles make Mormon history

  31-03-2018 22:41 via yahoo.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church made history and injected a bit of diversity into a previously all-white top leadership panel on Saturday by selecting the first-ever Latin-American apostle and the first-ever apostle of Asian ancestry.
  
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• Woman Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Voting in 2016 Presidential Election While on Probation

  31-03-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  She was ineligible
  
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• Tesla says 'Autopilot' was engaged during fatal crash

  31-03-2018 22:24 via yahoo.com
  Electric carmaker Tesla has confirmed its "Autopilot" feature was engaged during a fatal crash last week, a development set to exacerbate concerns over the safety of futuristic vehicles.Autopilot is still far from a completely autonomous driving system, which would not require any involvement by a human.Autopilot is considered part of the second of five levels of autonomous driving, with the fifth being fully autonomous -- something once featured in futuristic cartoons but which has moved closer
  
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• Russia demands to know why it has been denied access to the Skripals

  31-03-2018 22:22 via yahoo.com
  Russia has demanded to know why it has been "denied consular access" to the Skripals in a fresh list of questions for British authorities. The embassy published a list of 14 questions on Saturday over the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury. The first question on the list read: "Why has Russia been denied consular access to the two Russian nationals, Sergei and Yulia Skripal, that have become crime victims in the British territory?" It also included demands to know what treatment
  
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• Syria's army vows to finish off last rebels outside Damascus

  31-03-2018 22:04 via yahoo.com
  Syria's army promised Saturday to finish off fighters in the final opposition holdout of devastated Eastern Ghouta outside Damascus after a penultimate pocket was declared "empty" of rebels.After a six-week blitz the only remaining scrap of rebel-held territory centres on the main town of Douma, but Moscow-brokered talks over a possible evacuation have stalled as the group controlling it has pledged to stay put.Syria's army vowed it would now press on with "fighting in the area of Douma to rid i
  
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• Mormon Church Selects First-Ever Latin American and Asian Apostles

  31-03-2018 22:02 via yahoo.com
  Ulisses Soares and Gerrit W. Gong to were selected to leadership positions
  
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• Israel says it will expand response if Gaza clashes go on

  31-03-2018 21:50 via yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel will target militant groups inside Gaza if violence along the territory's border with Israel drags on, the chief military spokesman warned on Saturday, a day after 15 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in the area's deadliest violence in four years.
  
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• Baton Rouge officer threatens to shoot Sterling in the head: video

  31-03-2018 21:48 via yahoo.com
  The Baton Rouge Police Department released on Friday more body camera video showing the confrontation and the shooting of Alton Sterling in 2016. The officer can be heard saying to Sterling 'I'm gonna shoot you in the f***ing head'. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
  
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• Trump critic hopes to become the first Native American woman in Congress

  31-03-2018 21:34 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has come under fire for his track record with the Native American population on more than one occasion.The US president frequently uses the racial slur “Pocahontas” in relation to Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren, and has made a number of policy decisions which will destroy sacred Native American land.The Trump administration’s budget also proposes sweeping cuts to job training programmes which directly help Native Americans into work.
  
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• Final Two Characters, Potential DLC Plans Revealed In New Trailer

  31-03-2018 21:16
  Fighting EX Layer has revealed two more characters for its roster, and its plans for including DLC characters – assuming the game sells well enough.
  The two new characters are only shown briefly, and while they're returning characters, you'd be remiss if you were a fan of the original Street Fighter EX games but didn't recognize them. Hayate, who wields a sword during some of his special moves and supers, sports a very different look, wearing a jacket, t-shirt, and jeans instead of t
  
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• Israeli troops wound dozens on Gaza border as Palestinians bury dead from earlier violence

  31-03-2018 21:12 via yahoo.com
  Israeli troops shot and wounded about 70 Palestinians among crowds demonstrating at the Gaza-Israel border on Saturday, health officials said, after one of the deadliest days of unrest in the area in years.Thousands of people marched through the streets of Gaza in funerals for the 15 people killed by Israeli gunfire on Friday, and a national day of mourning was observed in the enclave and in the occupied West Bank.Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel was responsible for the violence.
  
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• A Toddler Died In a 'Senseless' Shooting in Miami, Police Say

  31-03-2018 20:48 via yahoo.com
  The suspect is in custody
  
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• Trailblazers - F-Zero Meets Splatoon 2

  31-03-2018 20:43
  What would happen if you mixed the fast-paced futuristic racing of F-Zero with the colorful co-operative play of Splatoon 2? Well, you'd probably end up with a game that's remarkably close to Trailblazers, a new racer that aims to combine a unique track-painting mechanic with a critical focus on strategic team-based racing.
  Sounds pretty compelling right? Trailblazers is a passion project that stems from indie developer SuperGonk Games, which has an exceptional amount of talent on its side, rang
  
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• Sacramento Erupts In Protest After Stephon Clark Autopsy Report

  31-03-2018 20:18 via yahoo.com
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Protests engulfed downtown Sacramento on Friday night
  
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• Fox Host Laura Ingraham to Take a Vacation Amidst David Hogg Scandal

  31-03-2018 20:12 via yahoo.com
  She mocked the Parkland shooting survivor on Twitter
  
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• North Carolina officer shoots, kills man during traffic stop

  31-03-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A white North Carolina police officer shot and killed a black passenger who displayed a gun after a late-night traffic stop led to a physical struggle, authorities said Saturday.
  
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• Funeral of renowned physicist Stephen Hawking

  31-03-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  The life of renowned physicist and author Stephen Hawking was celebrated Saturday in English city of Cambridge, with hundreds of well-wishers lining the streets for a glimpse of the hearse carrying his remains to a private funeral.
  
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• Tiangong-1 Reentry: ESA Estimates New Location and Time for China's Falling Space Station

  31-03-2018 19:52 via yahoo.com
  Expect an Easter night light show.
  
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• Waymo Joins Forces With Jaguar With I-Pace

  31-03-2018 19:30 via yahoo.com
  The firm has unveiled plans to launch a self-driving ride-hailing service.
  
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• Baylor University paid ex-football coach $15 million after sex scandal

  31-03-2018 19:21 via yahoo.com
  A spokeswoman for Baylor, a private Baptist university in Waco, said the money was severance pay, made as part of a legal settlement, and came from institutional reserves.Kenneth Starr, who was forced to step down as the university's president and chancellor in the wake of the scandal, received more than $4.5 million in severance pay, the school said.
  
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• Turkey says France sending troops to Syria would be 'invasion'

  31-03-2018 19:12 via yahoo.com
  Turkey on Saturday warned France against increasing its military presence in Syria, saying it would be an "invasion", as tensions between Paris and Ankara remained high.Temperatures were raised after French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday met a delegation of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) made up of Kurdish and Arab fighters.
  
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• The Latest: Mormons diversify leadership and make history

  31-03-2018 19:02 via yahoo.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on Mormon conference in Utah (all times local):
  
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• $521 Million Mega Millions Jackpot Ticket Sold in New Jersey

  31-03-2018 18:53 via yahoo.com
  The winner has not yet claimed the prize.
  
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• Kosovo PM orders probe into expulsion of Gulenists

  31-03-2018 18:49 via yahoo.com
  Kosovo's prime minister has sacked his top security chiefs and ordered a probe into the expulsion of six members of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen's movement, which is blamed by Turkey for a 2016 coup attempt.Five teachers at a Gulen school and a doctor were spirited back to Turkey on Thursday in a covert operation carried out by Kosovo's interior ministry and spy service together with Turkey's National Intelligence Organisation (MIT).
  
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• Fox's Ingraham taking vacation as advertisers flee amid controversy

  31-03-2018 18:44 via yahoo.com
  Eleven companies so far have pulled their ads after a pushback by Parkland student David Hogg, 17, who called for a boycott of her advertisers.A Fox News Channel spokeswoman said Ingraham was taking a pre-planned spring vacation with her children.Hogg took aim at the host's show, "The Ingraham Angle", after she taunted him on Twitter on Wednesday, accusing him of whining about being rejected by four colleges to which he had applied.
  
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• Former prosecutor: ‘Gutless’ not to charge officers in shooting

  31-03-2018 18:37 via yahoo.com
  The two officers who shot and killed Alton Sterling in Louisiana will not face criminal charges. And, the Sacramento community continues to protest the death of Stephon Clark after an independent autopsy found officers shot Clark eight times.
  
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• Opinion: Even If You Hate EA, Don't Dismiss 'A Way Out'

  31-03-2018 18:34
  EA’s public perception might be worse than ever. 2017 saw the company publicly criticized for Star Wars: Battlefront 2’s perceived pay-to-win multiplayer, Mass Effect: Andromeda’s quality issues at launch, and the sudden closure of Visceral Games. People saying they won’t buy another EA game aren’t uncommon, and while I generally agree that ‘vote with your wallet’ is a good practice, the people hurt the most by that when it comes to EA Originals (li
  
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• Howard University Students Stage Sit-in Amid Financial Aid Scandal

  31-03-2018 18:22 via yahoo.com
  A student whistleblower claimed Howard University employees stole nearly one million dollars in financial aid funding.
  
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• Israeli military defends tactics as video appears to show unarmed Gaza protesters shot by snipers

  31-03-2018 18:21 via yahoo.com
  The Israeli military has defended its handling of clashes in Gaza which left 16 Palestinians dead even as footage emerged appearing to show unarmed protesters being shot by Israeli snipers. Palestinian mourners called for "revenge" as they buried their dead after the bloodiest day in Gaza since the 2014 war and both side braced for what is expected to be weeks of rolling protests.    Around 30,000 Palestinians marched towards the Israeli border on Friday, where some hurled rocks and bu
  
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• Tesla Releases Statement on Fatal Model X Crash Involving Apple Engineer

  31-03-2018 18:19 via yahoo.com
  Logs showed driver failed to act before crash.
  
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• Major fire at Yemen's Hodeidah port destroys aid supplies

  31-03-2018 18:18 via yahoo.com
  Thick plumes of smoke were seen rising from a World Food Program storage building in Yemen following a major fire. Rough cut (no reporter narration).Thick plumes of smoke were seen rising from a World Food Programme storage building in Yemen following a major fire. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
  
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• Meet the Parkland educator who taught many student activists

  31-03-2018 18:02 via yahoo.com
  Jeff Foster teaches AP Government at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, influencing the voices of the students now leading the conversation on gun control.
  
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• Dalai Lama calls on Tibetans to remain united as India drifts toward China

  31-03-2018 17:57 via yahoo.com
  By Abhishek MadhukarDHARAMSALA, INDIA (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama called on his people to remain united as the Tibetan community gathered on Saturday in a small hill town to mark 60 years of political asylum in India - although just one federal minister appeared at the event.The "Thank You India" event had been scheduled for India's capital, New Delhi, but was shifted to Dharamsala, a small town in the country's north where Tibetans run a government in exile, as India tries to avoid a confrontati
  
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• Laura Ingraham announces vacation after apologizing for David Hogg comment

  31-03-2018 17:52 via yahoo.com
  Laura Ingraham previously tweeted that Parkland survivor David Hogg was whining about college rejections, with Hogg then calling for advertisers to pull out from her Fox News show.
  
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• Tesla Says Driver in Fatal Model X Crash Was Using Autopilot

  31-03-2018 17:51 via yahoo.com
  The driver of a Model X who was killed in a single-vehicle crash into a concrete barrier a week ago in California was using Tesla’s Autopilot driver-assist system, did not have his hands on the w...
  
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• U.S. ready for North Korean response as joint exercises set to begin

  31-03-2018 17:45 via yahoo.com
  The USS Dewey, sailing in the Philippine Sea, has a radar system that links it with a dozen counterparts in the western Pacific, creating a digital net able to track and shoot down an inbound missile.
  
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• Trump again takes aim at Amazon on Twitter

  31-03-2018 17:43 via yahoo.com
  President Trump accused Amazon of a “Post Office scam” with the postal service losing money for each Amazon package it delivers — a claim experts say can’t be backed up.
  
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• EPA and California set to clash over federal fuel standards

  31-03-2018 17:39 via yahoo.com
  The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to roll back fuel efficiency standards, but California, which sets the toughest standards in the country, has pledged to defend the current guidelines.
  
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• Parkland shooting survivors 'have no souls', NRA board member Ted Nugent says

  31-03-2018 17:35 via yahoo.com
  Ted Nugent, a veteran rock musician and a board member of the National Rifle Association, has claimed the student survivors of the Parkland shooting are pathetic liars “with no soul”.Speaking on a conservative talk show hosted by Joe Pagliarulo, Nugent claimed the students who have been pushing for reform of the US’s gun laws and who helped inspire rallies across the nation last weekend, were “mushy brained children who have been fed lies”.Again, the National Rifle
  
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• Killing Him While He's Dead, A Eulogy For Stephon Clark

  31-03-2018 17:30 via yahoo.com
  Adapted from remarks delivered at Stephon Clark's funeral, March 29, in
  
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• Nintendo's PAX East Lineup Revealed

  31-03-2018 17:21
  Nintendo has unveiled its lineup of titles that will be playable on Switch at PAX East this year.
  As announced in a post on Nintendo's official website, this will be the first time a number of titles—including Dark Souls Remastered, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes, and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy—will be playable by the public on Nintendo Switch.
  Here's the full list of Switch games that will be playable at Nintendo's booth: Donkey Kong
  
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• Boys, 12 and 14, Allegedly Try to Steal Pizza Man's Car but Can't Drive Stick Shift

  31-03-2018 17:20 via yahoo.com
  It's not clear who ordered the pizza.
  
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• Kosovo investigates seizure of Turkish nationals

  31-03-2018 17:13 via yahoo.com
  By Fatos BytyciPRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo authorities are investigating the arrest and extradition of six Turkish citizens, which activists said represented a violation of human rights, Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said on Saturday.The six Turkish nationals were arrested in Kosovo on Thursday at Turkey's request over alleged links to schools financed by the Gulen movement, which Ankara blames for a failed 2016 coup."Today we have decided to start an investigation of all (state) structures th
  
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• Winning ticket for Mega Millions jackpot sold in New Jersey

  31-03-2018 17:04 via yahoo.com
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A winning ticket for a giant lottery jackpot estimated at $521 million has been sold in New Jersey.
  
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