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• Researcher kills four staff at Turkish university

  05-04-2018 23:59 via yahoo.com
  A researcher killed four fellow staff members in a shooting Thursday at a university in the western Turkish city of Eskisehir, in one of the deadliest incidents of its kind seen in Turkey.Deadly shootouts -- often caused by arguments that degenerate into violence -- are relatively common in Turkey.The university's rector Hasan Gonen confirmed to CNN-Turk television that four people had been killed.
  
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• Air Force names Thunderbirds pilot killed in Nevada crash

  05-04-2018 23:47 via yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds pilot who died in the crash of a military jet during a training flight in Nevada was a former civilian flight instructor and banner tow pilot from Valencia, California, officials said Thursday.
  
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• Body Of CDC Scientist Missing Since February Found In Georgia River

  05-04-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientist who mysteriously
  
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• Perks await those who cooperate with Mueller's Russia probe

  05-04-2018 23:29 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — George Papadopoulos, taken by surprise by FBI agents at an airport last summer, now tweets smiling beach selfies with a hashtag for the Greek resort island of Mykonos.
  
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• Mexican politicians unite to slam deployment of US guardsmen

  05-04-2018 23:29 via yahoo.com
  CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Mexican politicians put aside differences Thursday to condemn U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to deploy National Guard troops to the border.
  
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• Searchers find cellphone where SUV went off California cliff

  05-04-2018 23:25 via yahoo.com
  MENDOCINO, Calif. (AP) — Searchers looking for three missing children whose family's SUV plunged off a Northern California cliff have found a cellphone that could have belonged to a member of the large brood.
  
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• Donald Trump Says He Didn't Know About Stormy Daniels Payment

  05-04-2018 23:22 via yahoo.com
  Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday, President Donald Trump
  
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• League of Legends Dev Says New Character Was 'Unnecessarily Sexualized'

  05-04-2018 23:14
  
  In a Q&A posted today, League of Legends developer Riot Games admitted that it unintentionally made its newest champion, Kai’Sa, look “unnecessarily sexualized.”
  Riot had previously committed to not adding any more “hyper sexualized” champions to League of Legends, so some players cried foul when they saw the deep V-neckline on Kai’Sa. Lead Producer of Champions Ryan Mireles responded to exactly that complaint in an official dev Q&A, saying that they &
  
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• Migrants leave caravan camp in southern Mexico

  05-04-2018 23:09 via yahoo.com
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Migrants in a caravan that drew criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump began packing up their meager possessions and boarding buses to Mexico City and the nearby city of Puebla on Thursday.
  
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• Trump Claims Without Evidence That Millions Of People Are Voting Illegally In California

  05-04-2018 23:08 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump claimed Thursday that millions of people were voting
  
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• 13 Other Spider-Man PS4 Costumes We Want

  05-04-2018 23:05
  Insomniac’s Spider-Man for PS4 will be hitting on September 7, and when it does, it will include numerous different suits that players can switch into. Naturally, our minds immediately started buzzing with all of the possibilities from the comics, so we’ve come up with a list of our dream picks for the coolest Spidey costumes we want to wear as we web-sling across New York City.
  But before we get started, let’s lay out some criteria. As we saw in the first trailer at E3 2017, M
  
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• Estonia’s president says Trump gets it about Russia

  05-04-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  As questions swirl around President Trump’s relationship with the Kremlin, the president of Estonia, a country on Russia’s border, dismissed concerns about American foreign policy.
  
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• The Latest: Woman suing Mormon church speaks of alleged rape

  05-04-2018 22:43 via yahoo.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on a woman suing the Mormon church over alleged sexual abuse (all times local):
  
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• Great White Shark Sneaks Up on Cops Patrolling the Waters

  05-04-2018 22:39 via yahoo.com
  The officers said they felt the shark brush up against their engine.
  
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• Opioid crisis: Top doctor urges access to overdose antidote

  05-04-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — The nation's chief doctor wants more Americans to start carrying the overdose antidote naloxone to help combat the nation's opioid crisis and save lives.
  
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• The Latest: Air Force identifies Thunderbirds pilot who died

  05-04-2018 22:22 via yahoo.com
  NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AP) — The Latest on the crash of a military jet that killed a member of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team (all times local):
  
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• Avenatti reacts to Mueller/Cohen news, Trump's Stormy comments

  05-04-2018 22:20 via yahoo.com
  Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti joins Lawrence O'Donnell and Joy Reid to react to the new report that Robert Mueller is looking into Michael Cohen’s roles in Trump business deals — and Trump’s first public comments on Stormy Daniels.
  
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• Mueller probing Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's role in Trump deals

  05-04-2018 22:19 via yahoo.com
  Kevin Hall, a senior investigative reporter for McClatchy who broke tonight's story about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation looking into Michael Cohen and the Trump Organization, joins Lawrence O'Donnell.
  
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• Ghouta evacuation stalls over differences among Syria rebels

  05-04-2018 22:16 via yahoo.com
  Al-Wafideen (Syria) (AFP) - Evacuations of rebels and civilians from the last opposition pocket in Syria's Eastern Ghouta stalled on Thursday as divisions continued within the Islamist faction that holds the area, state media said.A convoy of 20 buses organised by the government had entered the former rebel bastion's main town of Douma to prepare for a fourth day of evacuations but later pulled back to the town's outskirts, an AFP correspondent said.Syria's state news agency SANA said the buses
  
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• Mueller not done with Manafort, also scrutinizing Michael Cohen

  05-04-2018 22:15 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on new court filings that show that Robert Mueller's prosecutors have executed another search warrant on Paul Manafort as recently as a month ago...
  
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• Oklahoma teacher protests rumble on despite funding pledge

  05-04-2018 21:58 via yahoo.com
  Oklahoma teachers vowed Thursday to keep up their protests after the US state's lawmakers bowed to intense pressure and approved more school funding -- but the pledge still fell short of teachers' demands.Tens of thousands of educators and their supporters have rallied in the capital Oklahoma City this week -- shutting down schools across the state as they demanded a reversal of a decade of education funding cuts.The House chamber of the Republican-controlled state legislature late Wednesday app
  
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• Earthquake hits off coast of Southern California, shaking felt in Los Angeles

  05-04-2018 21:53 via yahoo.com
  A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook Southern California early Thursday afternoon, the strongest earthquake to rattle the region since 2014.
  
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• Sasse on Trump trade war: 'the dumbest possible way to do this'

  05-04-2018 21:51 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on Donald Trump raising the stakes in the trade war he is starting with China, and the reaction of Republican Senator Ben Sasse who says Trump is "threatening to light American agriculture on fire."
  
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• Trump resurrects 'conspiracy theory' that millions vote illegally

  05-04-2018 21:49 via yahoo.com
  President Trump just can’t seem to give up on an idea that he may have actually won the popular vote in 2016, despite the fact that his assertion has been shown to be false.“In many places, like California, the same person votes many times,” said Trump during an event in West Virginia Thursday afternoon.In fact, experts who have examined the claim have ruled that it is a conspiracy theory.
  
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• U.S. military cancels training exercise near Djibouti after aircraft mishaps

  05-04-2018 21:32 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. military has canceled a training exercise off the coast of Djibouti and paused air operations from the country after two air mishaps this week raised questions about the state of military readiness, U.S. officials said on Thursday."U.S. air operations in Djibouti are on hold and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command has canceled the remainder of exercise Alligator Dagger in response to two separate aviation incidents in Djibouti," the military said in a statement.
  
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• Migrant caravan breaks up in southern Mexico

  05-04-2018 21:28 via yahoo.com
  Matías Romero (Mexico) (AFP) - The caravan of Central American migrants whose trek across Mexico infuriated US President Donald Trump began breaking up Thursday, after abandoning its plan to travel en masse to the United States.Starting in the early morning hours, the migrants began boarding buses or striking out on foot.Some planned to head to the central Mexican city of Puebla, where the activists who organized the caravan have convened a legal clinic to help the Central Americans seek
  
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• US air accidents lead to cancellation of exercise

  05-04-2018 21:15 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Thursday canceled the remainder of a training exercise in the Horn of Africa, and the government of Djibouti called a halt to U.S. military air operations in its country, following two U.S. Marine aircraft accidents this week in Djibouti.
  
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• Arabs ask UN chief to launch investigation of Gaza killings

  05-04-2018 21:14 via yahoo.com
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Arab ambassadors urged the U.N. secretary-general Thursday to launch an independent investigation into the killing of 18 Palestinians during a protest march last week against a stifling decade-old Israeli blockade of Gaza.
  
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• The Latest: Oklahoma Senate leader: Friday important day

  05-04-2018 21:09 via yahoo.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Latest on teachers rallying for higher pay and more education funding in several Republican-led states across the U.S. (all times local):
  
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• Raccoons' bizarre behavior gets locals' attention in US

  05-04-2018 21:05 via yahoo.com
  Raccoons are normally shy, nocturnal creatures.Over the past two weeks, police in Youngstown, Ohio have responded to some fifteen calls from residents reporting sightings of "zombie" raccoons, according to local TV station WKBN.Robert Coggeshall, a retired banker turned nature photographer, described the "extremely strange behavior" of a raccoon that entered Coggeshall's front yard as he played with his dogs.
  
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• PHOTOS: Immigrants caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border

  05-04-2018 20:48 via yahoo.com
  Even though the Trump administration speaks of an immigration "crisis" on the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Border Patrol statistics show the fewest apprehensions of illegal immigrants on the border in 46 years. In the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2017, there were 303,916 such arrests, the lowest level since fiscal 1971. Unable to get the U.S. Congress or Mexico to fully fund his border wall, President Donald Trump will post National Guard troops along the Mexican frontier, officials said. (Reute
  
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• Fear, solidarity drive migrants to stick with Mexico 'caravan'

  05-04-2018 20:41 via yahoo.com
  By Delphine SchrankMATIAS ROMERO, Mexico (Reuters) - Impoverished Central American migrants traveling in a "caravan" through Mexico that angered U.S. President Donald Trump said they would stick together for safety even though the group will ends its journey in Mexico City rather than the U.S. border.Since peaking at around 1,500 people, the caravan has dwindled under pressure from Trump and Mexican migration authorities, which vowed to separate those migrants with a right to stay in Mexico from
  
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• Atlantic Fires Kevin Williamson After Suddenly Realizing He Believes The Things He Says

  05-04-2018 20:41 via yahoo.com
  In an email to his staff Thursday afternoon, The Atlantic's editor-in-chief,
  
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• Saudi Arabia's first cinema in decades to show Black Panther

  05-04-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia's first cinema in more than 35 years will open on April 18 in Riyadh, and the first screening will reportedly be Marvel's superhero film Black Panther.  Forty cinemas will be opened over the next five years by AMC Entertainment Holdings, and they will not be segregated by gender like most other public places in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom. Saudi Arabia had some cinemas in the 1970s but its powerful clerics closed them, reflecting rising Islamist influe
  
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• Turkey or Kurdish YPG militia? Pick a side, Turkish minister tells France

  05-04-2018 20:21 via yahoo.com
  By John IrishPARIS (Reuters) - Turkey warned France on Thursday that it needed to choose who it wanted as an ally to fight Islamic State in Syria, and urged it to do what is necessary to ensure Kurdish militias leave the northern Manbij region.Relations between Ankara and Paris have been tense in recent weeks, with France increasingly criticizing the two-month-old Turkish military operation against the Kurdish YPG in northern Syria, which Turkey considers a terrorist organizationThat came to a h
  
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• Eighty-six US teenagers have been killed by gun violence in the 50 days since Parkland, Florida school shooting

  05-04-2018 20:19 via yahoo.com
  At least 86 teenagers have been killed by bullets in America in the 50 days since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida.Taken together, the stories of the dead paint a tragic portrait of gun violence that threatens teenagers across the United States.Data detailing accidental discharges, domestic violence, robberies gone awry and a number of other events, appears random in its geography and the cultural class affected, but chillingly predictable in the volume year
  
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• Game of the Year Watch 2018 Begins

  05-04-2018 20:07
  Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game talk show. This week we're kicking off Game of the Year Watch 2018 with Monster Hunter World, Spider-Man, God of War, and more. Watch the video above or download the podcast below.
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• Virgin Galactic completes first powered flight since  fatal crash in 2014 

  05-04-2018 20:02 via yahoo.com
  Virgin Galactic has completed its first powered flight since a fatal crash nearly four years, a milestone which Sir Richard Branson said brought space ‘tantalisingly close.’ The company has struggled to re-establish itself following the death of co-pilot Michael Alsbury, 39, who was killed when his aircraft crashed into the Mojave Desert in California in October 2014. Virgin Galactic had promised to send space tourists to the edge of Earth’s atmosphere where they could see the
  
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• Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of air strikes ahead of leaders' talks

  05-04-2018 20:02 via yahoo.com
  The Afghan government on Thursday accused Pakistan of air strikes in the Afghan province of Kunar, which borders Pakistan, causing "huge financial damage".The tension comes ahead of a scheduled visit to Kabul on Friday by Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, when he and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani are expected to discuss cooperation on stopping militant attacks.Pakistani jets dropped four bombs on Wednesday evening in Kunar's Dangam district, according to a statement from Afghanistan
  
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• Magic: The Gathering is Bringing Back Some of Its Most Historic Cards

  05-04-2018 20:00
  Magic: The Gathering is returning to where it all began for its 25th anniversary. MTG’s next expansion is called Dominaria, named after the location of the game's very first set. This new set heads back to Dominaria and brings familiar faces with it in the form of returning cards and homages to some other classics.
  We’ve got a look at six cards coming in Dominaria, two that are homages to classic cards from the beginning of MTG, and four of which are reprints from previous expansions
  
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• How the Art of Magic: The Gathering Has Evolved Over 25 Years

  05-04-2018 20:00
  Magic: The Gathering’s upcoming Dominaria expansion will be bringing back some of its earliest cards. Whether they are reprints or homages, cards like Drudge Skeletons and Fire Elemental have been around since the beginning, and their art has constantly evolved over the last 25 years.
  Wizards of the Coast was kind enough to send us the art for every iteration of five of the cards coming to Dominaria, and some have shifted more drastically than others. See how they’ve changed over tim
  
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• You can brave Hearthstone's spooky new expansion, The Witchwood, starting April 12

  05-04-2018 19:52 via gamesradar.com
  Prepare yourself for Echo and Rush cards galore
  
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• Overwatch League All-Access Pass Includes Twitch Emotes, in-Game Skins, and More for $30

  05-04-2018 19:40
  
  Twitch and Blizzard gave teamed up for an Overwatch League All-Access Pass that gives viewers exclusive Twitch content, in-game rewards, and "insider content" granting access to the Overwatch League Command Center, that includes alternate camera angles, and behind-the-scenes VODs.
  The pass was announced this week and is priced at $29.99 for the inaugral season, with all of the benefits lasting up until the start of 2019's Overwatch League. Pass holders will be granted 23 Twitch global
  
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• YouTube Shooter Was Enraged After Popular Video Earned Her Just 10 Cents

  05-04-2018 19:27 via yahoo.com
  Nasim Aghdam expressed her anger on her website after a video that was viewed 300,000 resulted in income of just a dime.
  
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• PUBG's Next Event Mode, Tequila Sunrise, Announced

  05-04-2018 19:27
  PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds next event mode kicks off this week on Miramar, and is live for just 72 hours.
  Tequila Sunrise is a shotgun and melee weapons only mode, with squads of four battling it out on the Miramar map. Shotguns and melee weapons will spawn at three times the usual rate during the event, as will shotgun ammo. Additional tweaks for this event include a smaller initial safe zone, no care packages, and the time of day will be locked at sunrise.
  The event will run for 72 hours on
  
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• 'Police Had a Choice.' Father of Man Shot By NYC Police While Holding a Pipe Says His Son Was Mentally Ill

  05-04-2018 19:27 via yahoo.com
  "Police had a choice"
  
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• Israeli airstrike on Gaza border kills Palestinian

  05-04-2018 19:24 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed a Gaza man Thursday, while a second Palestinian died of wounds sustained in last week's mass protest along the Gaza-Israel border, officials said.
  
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• Turkey urges Paris not to make 'same mistake' as US on Syria

  05-04-2018 19:22 via yahoo.com
  Turkey on Thursday urged France not to "make the same mistake" as the United States by sending troops to the Syrian town of Manbij, which Ankara has threatened to attack to dislodge Kurdish militia.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey would expand its offensive against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia to the town in north Syria.Turkey's pro-government Yeni Safak daily reported that France had deployed 50 soldiers to Manbij to support the YPG, while state-run Anadolu
  
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• Missing CDC Employee Timothy Cunningham Found Dead Two Months After He Vanished

  05-04-2018 19:21 via yahoo.com
  He vanished nearly two months ago
  
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• 3,000 Google employees 'sign letter protesting company’s work with the Pentagon'

  05-04-2018 19:09 via yahoo.com
  More than 3,000 Google employees have reportedly signed a letter protesting the company’s work with the Pentagon that could help with drone strikes.  The letter, obtained by The New York Times, includes the line: “We believe that Google should not be in the business of war”.  Dozens of senior engineers have added their name to the letter, which has been circulating internally for weeks.  It calls on the company to stop working on Project Maven, a Pentagon pilot p
  
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