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• Mexican government says discussed migrants with U.S. homeland security secretary

  02-04-2018 23:43 via yahoo.com
  Mexico's interior minister said on Monday that he spoke to the U.S. homeland security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, agreeing to work together to study how to best address the flow of migrants."We agreed to analyze the best ways to attend to the flows of migrants in accordance with the laws of each country," Interior Minister Alfonso Navarrete wrote in a post on Twitter.U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out against Mexico on Sunday, writing on Twitter that the Latin American country was doing litt
  
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• Donald Trump Doesn't Know What to Call the White House

  02-04-2018 23:43 via yahoo.com
  Is it a house? Is it a building?
  
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• Fighter. Liberator. Ungovernable Woman. Mother Of A Nation. And A Wife Too.

  02-04-2018 23:38 via yahoo.com
  JOHANNESBURG, South Africa ― The news that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela had died
  
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• SpaceX launches cargo to space station using recycled rocket, spaceship

  02-04-2018 23:36 via yahoo.com
  SpaceX blasted off a load of supplies Monday for the International Space Station aboard a rocket and a cargo ship that have both flown before, marking the second such flight for the California-based company."Falcon 9 is on its way," a SpaceX commentator said as the white rocket surged skyward over Cape Canaveral, Florida at 4:30 pm (2030 GMT).SpaceX's Jessica Jensen, director of Dragon mission management, said the booster had previously launched in August 2017, and the Dragon flew to the space s
  
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• Texas man who invoked 'affluenza' defense released from jail

  02-04-2018 23:28 via yahoo.com
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Ethan Couch, who as a 16-year-old driver drunkenly struck and killed four pedestrians but dodged prison after suggesting at trial that his irresponsibility was a result of his entitled upbringing, walked free Monday after serving almost two years in a Texas jail on a probation violation.
  
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• Papadopoulos reportedly says Sessions “encouraged” him to find out about hacked Clinton emails

  02-04-2018 23:11 via yahoo.com
  Former US Attorney Barbara McQuade speaks to Joy about new developments in the Mueller investigation involving George Papadopolous, Jeff Sessions and Alexander van der Zwaan.
  
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• Supreme Court sides with officer in Arizona police shooting

  02-04-2018 22:57 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court took sides in a police shooting case Monday, ruling that an Arizona police officer who shot a knife-wielding woman four times was immune from being sued. But Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in a dissent that the court's decision "sends an alarming signal to law enforcement officers and the public."
  
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• Saudi crown prince says Israelis have right to their own land

  02-04-2018 22:40 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia's crown prince said Israelis are entitled to live peacefully on their own land in an interview published on Monday in U.S. magazine The Atlantic, another public sign of ties between Riyadh and Tel Aviv appearing to grow closer.Asked if he believes the Jewish people have a right to a nation-state in at least part of their ancestral homeland, Mohammed bin Salman was quoted as saying:"I believe the Palestinians and the Israelis have the right to have their own land.
  
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• Dorian Harris Stole Beer From A Corner Store, So The Clerk Shot Him Dead: Police

  02-04-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  A corner store clerk in Memphis, Tennessee, shot a black teenager to death
  
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• God of War director on the game's length and magnitude: "What have we done?"

  02-04-2018 22:24 via gamesradar.com
  Doing "every single thing" in God of War took one dev 43 hours, Cory Barlog says
  
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• Teen Found Alive After Spending 12 Hours Inside Toxic Sewer System

  02-04-2018 22:13 via yahoo.com
  Rescuers searched 2,400 feet of pipe
  
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• U.S. sues California over law trying to curb federal land sales

  02-04-2018 22:10 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department sued California over a state law that aims to stop the Trump administration from selling or transferring federal lands to private corporations, hitting the state with yet another legal challenge.The lawsuit, filed in federal court on Monday in Sacramento, the state capital, comes less than a month after the Justice Department brought a legal action targeting three California laws largely aimed at protecting illegal immigrants from
  
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• Ted Nugent Says Parkland Survivors Are ‘Liars’ And ‘Have No Soul’

  02-04-2018 22:08 via yahoo.com
  Musician and National Rifle Association board member Ted Nugent personally
  
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• Fire destroys historic farm, 2 houses, kills 23 farm animals

  02-04-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — A blaze that destroyed a historic family dairy farm, including two homes, and killed 23 cows and calves was an accident, Vermont fire officials said Monday.
  
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• 'Affluenza' Texan, who killed four driving drunk, released from jail

  02-04-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  A Texan who killed four people while driving drunk as a teen, then avoided prison by blaming his wealthy upbringing, was released from jail on Monday after serving nearly two years for violating probation in the case, officials said.Ethan Couch garnered international attention in 2013 as the "affluenza teen" when his lawyers argued his privileged childhood impaired his ability to tell right from wrong.Now 20, he walked free from a jail in Fort Worth, where he served time after fleeing to Mexico
  
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• Gaza toll rises to 18, Israel rejects excessive force claims

  02-04-2018 21:50 via yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel's military rejected new allegations Monday of unlawful use of force against unarmed Palestinians during mass protests in Gaza last week, as the Palestinian death toll rose to 18.
  
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• Study: This is the star sign most likely to become a CEO

  02-04-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  Whether you’re a loyal daily horoscope checker or a complete skeptic, it’s
  
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• British and American soldiers killed in Syria were on mission to capture Isil member, Pentagon says

  02-04-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  A British and an American soldier killed in Syria last week were on a secret mission to kill or capture a member of the Islamic State of Iraq in the Levant (Isil), the Pentagon has confirmed. Master Sgt. Jonathan Dunbar, from Austin, Texas, and Sgt. Matt Tonroe, a SAS sniper from Manchester, died in an improvised explosive devise blast in Manbij, Syria. The pair was killed and five other troops wounded on March 30. Few details have been released about the circumstances, but Major Adrian Rankine-
  
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• Does ASEAN Want the U.S. Navy in the South China Sea?

  02-04-2018 21:39 via yahoo.com
  In recent months it has become clear that the lull in Washington’s confrontation with China in the South China Sea is over.Following the election of President Donald Trump, concern over Beijing’s expanding naval presence took a back seat to preoccupation with cooperation on North Korea.America’s continued presence in the waters of Southeast Asia is predicated, in part, on Washington’s insistence that they are needed, and wanted, to help ensure stability.
  
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• 16 Tweets That Will Make Introverts Nod In Agreement

  02-04-2018 21:37 via yahoo.com
  If you're an introvert, you likely value your alone time. You think before you
  
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• Fighters start to quit last rebel pocket of Syria's Ghouta

  02-04-2018 21:36 via yahoo.com
  Syria's regime drew closer to taking full control of Eastern Ghouta on Monday as state media reported that fighters began evacuating the last rebel-held pocket of the former opposition stronghold near Damascus.A Russian-brokered deal had been reported on Sunday for fighters with Jaish al-Islam, the largest rebel group still in Ghouta, to leave the enclave's main town of Douma.The retaking of Eastern Ghouta would mark a major milestone in President Bashar al-Assad's efforts to regain control of t
  
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• Parkland students return from spring break to clear backpacks and TSA-style checkpoints

  02-04-2018 21:28 via yahoo.com
  Students returning from spring break to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Monday were greeted with metal barriers and clear backpacks — new safety measures put in place in the wake of February’s mass shooting at the school.
  
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• Clear bags among security measures at school where 17 died

  02-04-2018 21:24 via yahoo.com
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Students at the Florida high school where 17 students and staff members were massacred are now carrying their belongings in clear plastic backpacks in hopes that it will make it difficult to smuggle weapons onto campus.
  
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• Scott Pruitt Buffeted By Growing Pressure To Resign From EPA

  02-04-2018 21:22 via yahoo.com
  Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt faces mounting
  
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• Kellyanne Conway scoffs at claim that she's the biggest White House leaker

  02-04-2018 21:06 via yahoo.com
  Kellyanne Conway spoke out on Monday against a new book's claim that she is
  
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• Russian FM: Ex-spy's poisoning is a distraction from Brexit

  02-04-2018 21:03 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign minister accused Britain and the United States of spreading "lies and disinformation" about the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy in England, declaring Monday that East-West tensions are worse now than during the Cold War.
  
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• Laura Ingraham Learned The Hard Way She Can't Do What The Boys Do At Fox News

  02-04-2018 20:59 via yahoo.com
  Fox News Host Laura Ingraham may be the latest victim of sexism in the
  
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• 20 killed in Boko Haram attack on Nigerian army base, villages

  02-04-2018 20:48 via yahoo.com
  Boko Haram killed 20 people and wounded scores of others in coordinated attacks overnight on a military camp and villages around the flashpoint northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, which they also tried to infiltrate across a defensive trench, officials said Monday.The brazen operation -- which unfolded around the very city where Boko Haram was born -- turned the spotlight on the authorities' struggle to quell the jihadists' nearly nine-year-old offensive.Boko Haram fighters attacked a military
  
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• The Action Platformer Chasm Releases This Summer

  02-04-2018 20:46
  Chasm, the long-awaited action platformer that fans might remember playing on PlayStation 4 launch demo units, will finally release this summer on PC, PlayStation 4, and Vita.
  The announcement, which was made today via a PSBlog update, recalls Chasm's 2013 Kickstarter that hoped to bring the game out within a year or two. The goal is slightly delayed, but the game is finally coming this summer. The team is putting their final touches on the game in preparation for release in a few months.
  Chasm
  
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• EPA To Scrap The Only Major Federal Rule To Cut Climate Pollution From Vehicles

  02-04-2018 20:46 via yahoo.com
  The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it plans to undo a landmark
  
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• Oklahoma Father Kills Daughter and Estranged Wife, Wounds Son Then Shoots Himself

  02-04-2018 20:45 via yahoo.com
  The son is recovering at a hospital and police say he's not a suspect
  
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• Alex Jones Hit With Another Defamation Lawsuit, And It Could Go To A Jury

  02-04-2018 20:42 via yahoo.com
  Alex Jones may soon learn that ruining the lives of innocent people comes with
  
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• Woman's Dream of Taking Disney Cruise Dashed as She's Turned Away Since She Was Too Pregnant

  02-04-2018 20:41 via yahoo.com
  Disney Cruise Lines forbids women more than 25 weeks pregnant from boarding its ships.
  
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• Accused Louisiana Serial Killer Won't Face Death Penalty

  02-04-2018 20:40 via yahoo.com
  He is charged with shooting four men outside their homes
  
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• Winnie Mandela, 'mother', then 'mugger', of new South Africa

  02-04-2018 20:32 via yahoo.com
  By Ed CropleyJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Hailed as mother of the 'new' South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's legacy as an anti-apartheid heroine was undone when she was revealed to be a ruthless ideologue prepared to sacrifice laws and lives in pursuit of revolution and redress.The contradiction helped kill their marriage and destroyed the esteem in which she was held by many South Africans, although the firebrand activist retained the support of radical black nationalists to the end.In her twi
  
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• Opioids prescribed less in states where medical marijuana legal, studies find

  02-04-2018 20:31 via yahoo.com
  A woman holds the prescribed medical marijuana product used to treat her daughter’s epilepsy after making a purchase at a medical marijuana dispensary in Butler, Pennsylvania.The number of opioid prescriptions for the elderly and the poor declined in states where medical marijuana is legal, two new studies have found.In one study, researchers at the University of Georgia, Athens, used data from Medicare Part D, a government-run prescription drug program for people older than 65.
  
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• Jesse Hernandez Search: How Crews Found Boy Lost in Maze of Sewage Pipes

  02-04-2018 20:25 via yahoo.com
  The boy was found miraculously found alive Monday morning after hours of searching the complicated system of pipes.
  
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• Oklahoma teachers go on strike and rally at State Capitol

  02-04-2018 20:20 via yahoo.com
  Many Oklahoma schools, including the three largest districts, Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Edmond, are closed Monday to honor the walkout. Some schools are offering free meals to students aged 18 or younger while various churches, faith organizations and charitable agencies are providing free day-care services. Spring break was last week in many Oklahoma districts.
  
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• Elephants loose on Spanish motorway after circus lorry overturns

  02-04-2018 20:08 via yahoo.com
   One elephant died and several others ended up loose on a Spanish motorway on Monday after the circus lorry they were in overturned. Police had to close the A30 in Pozo Canada near Albacete south east of Madrid after the extraordinary crash. Motorists filmed the animals strolling towards waste ground and feeding by the side of the road. The dead animal was removed from a ditch by the side of the motorway where its body ended up following the drama around 4pm. Motorists in Spain we
  
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• Walmart opens first small high-tech supermarket in China

  02-04-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  BEIJING/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walmart Inc has opened its first small high-tech supermarket in China, where smartphones can be used to pay for items that are mostly available on the U.S. retailer's store on Chinese online marketplace JD.com, it said on Monday.The world's largest retailer, known for its hypermarkets, is expanding in China as shopping with mobile devices gains popularity in the country, and as retailers and technology companies such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings
  
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• Teen Applies to 20 Colleges, and Gets Full Scholarships to All of Them

  02-04-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  Michael Brown is expected to make his decision by May 1.
  
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• US Supreme Court nixes $655 million jury award against the PLO

  02-04-2018 19:54 via yahoo.com
  The US Supreme Court Monday rejected a bid to make the Palestine Liberation Organization pay $655 million in damages to victims of six attacks in Israel.The court's decision aligned with the view of President Donald Trump's administration, which in this case saw no reason for the high court to intervene despite strains in US relations with the PLO.The court upheld a New York appeals court ruling that in 2016 found that the US courts lacked jurisdiction over attacks in Israel, even though America
  
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• Correction: SUV Off Cliff story

  02-04-2018 19:50 via yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In some versions of a story March 30 about a family killed when their SUV went off a cliff, The Associated Press linked an incorrect video. The video was of a different crash.
  
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• Fortnite Battle Royale for iPhone and iPad is out now, no invites needed

  02-04-2018 19:40 via gamesradar.com
  No invites needed to play Fortnite Battle Royale on iOS
  
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• Mandela and his three wives: Evelyn, Winnie and Graca

  02-04-2018 19:37 via yahoo.com
  Nelson Mandela ducked out of an arranged marriage when he was a student, then went on to wed three times.In sharp contrast to Graca Machel and his feisty second wife Winnie, Mandela's first wife was a demure country girl who kept well away from politics.Like him, Evelyn Wase hailed from the rural Transkei and had come to Johannesburg in the early 1940s to carve out a living in the big city.
  
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• Winnie Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, dies at 81

  02-04-2018 19:35 via yahoo.com
  Winnie Mandela, the former wife of South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, died on Monday at the age of 81, triggering an outpouring of tributes to one of the country's defining and most divisive figures.
  
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• We Check Out The Latest Build Of SpyParty

  02-04-2018 19:30
  At this year's Game Developer Conference, I finally got to
  sit down with SpyParty and developer Chris Hecker in a San Francisco hotel room.
  Hecker started up the laptop with the game on it and then booted up a laptop
  with screenshots, sliding past numerous comparison shots to the beginning of a
  presentation.
  Hecker was excited. And with good reason.SpyParty, a game first shown as a concept at the
  experimental gameplay workshop at GDC 2009, is finally hitting Steam Early
  Access on April 12. Afte
  
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• U.S. top court will not revive verdict against Palestinian Authority, PLO

  02-04-2018 19:29 via yahoo.com
  By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization gained a legal victory at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday as the justices refused to consider reinstating a $655.5 million jury award won against them by 11 American families over militant attacks in Israel.The court declined to hear the families' appeal of a lower court's 2016 ruling throwing out the jury award that was secured in a lawsuit brought under the Anti-Terrorism Act, a law allowi
  
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• The Facts About President Trump's Claim There's a 'Caravan of Immigrants' Trying to 'Take Advantage of DACA'

  02-04-2018 18:58 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump railed against immigrants, Mexico, and Democrats in a series of tweets on Sunday and Monday that suggested a caravan of immigrants reportedly…
  
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• Trump defends rightwing TV network Sinclair after 'fake news' script goes viral

  02-04-2018 18:24 via yahoo.com
  Sinclair Broadcast Group headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland.Donald Trump defended local TV news giant Sinclair Broadcast Group on Monday as the rightwing news network came under fire for forcing its local news anchors to read an identical script criticizing “fake” news stories.Earlier this month CNN broke the news that anchors at Sinclair, the largest local news network with close to 200 television stations across the country, had been told to read a script attacking “the tr
  
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