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• It Turns Out Puffins Have Fluorescent Beaks That Glow Under UV Light

  07-04-2018 23:30 via yahoo.com
  As if puffins -- the super cute seabirds know for digging burrows and mating
  
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• March for our Lives gun control activists leave empty chairs for politicians who ignored invites to town hall meetings

  07-04-2018 23:22 via yahoo.com
  Student-led protesters around the country are staging town halls to discuss gun violence with their federal representatives, and leaving empty chairs for the politicians who dodged their invitations to attend.The March for Our Lives protesters — who staged a massive rally last month in communities across the country — are conducting the town halls in order to advocate and discuss gun policy reforms, which Washington has been reluctant to implement.A list of the scheduled events on th
  
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• Part of Route 30 collapses in East Pittsburgh: Buildings damaged, evacuations ordered

  07-04-2018 23:15 via yahoo.com
  Part of route 30 has collapsed and damaged an apartment building in East Pittsburgh following recent rain.
  
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• Tarana Burke Trashes 'Guru' Tony Robbins Over Hot Garbage Take On #MeToo

  07-04-2018 23:08 via yahoo.com
  Something amazing happened during one of Tony Robbins' huge self-help lectures
  
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• South Carolina Republicans push bill that would allow secession if the US violates the Second Amendment

  07-04-2018 22:45 via yahoo.com
  South Carolina Republicans have introduced a bill that would give the state capital the power to secede from the United States if the federal government violates the Second Amendment and begins seizing legally purchased guns.The bill, which went to the state’s House Judiciary Committee Thursday, is unlikely to make it through the legislature this session, but its introduction sends a powerful message at a time when the US is seeing an intense debate about gun control.“The general ass
  
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• Palestinian journalist killed in Gaza during Israeli border clashes

  07-04-2018 22:18 via yahoo.com
  Hundreds attended the funeral of a well-known Palestinian journalist in Gaza on Saturday who was killed while covering mass protests along the Israeli border the previous day.
  
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• House panel investigating Pruitt's condo rental

  07-04-2018 21:58 via yahoo.com
  A U.S. congressional panel is investigating Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's use of a condominium tied to an energy lobbyist, a House Republican aide said on Saturday.The House of Representatives Oversight Committee, chaired by Republican Representative Trey Gowdy, has begun looking into Pruitt's housing arrangements, according to the aide, who was not authorized to speak publicly.The EPA had no immediate comment.
  
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• Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman to meet Emmanuel Macron in France

  07-04-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is due to arrive in France on Sunday, where his host President Emmanuel Macron is under pressure to halt lucrative weapons sales to the oil-rich kingdom because of its bombing campaign in Yemen. The two-day official visit comes after the prince’s weeks-long tour of the United States, Britain and Egypt, where the prince has courted business leaders and signed a host of multimillion dollar deals. The prince's agenda for the visit to France has
  
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• Münster: Driver kills himself after ploughing vehicle into crowd leaving at least two dead

  07-04-2018 21:49 via yahoo.com
  At least two people have been killed and 26 injured after a vehicle ploughed into pedestrians in the German city of Münster, with police confirming that the driver of the vehicle has also killed himself.  Unconfirmed reports are suggesting that the suspect is a 48-year-old German with a history of mental issues. It is believed that police are currently searching his apartment. The daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, public broadcaster ZDF and news agency DPA said the assail
  
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• Ingraham due back at Fox following tweet backlash, vacation

  07-04-2018 21:36 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel host Laura Ingraham is expected back at work on Monday following a backlash by advertisers upset over her tweet mocking a Parkland, Florida, school shooting survivor.
  
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• Dozens of people in Pennsylvania forced from homes by road collapse

  07-04-2018 21:29 via yahoo.com
  "Everybody is now safe," Cheryl Moon-Sirianni, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's executive director of district 11, told reporters.At least 30 people in apartment buildings alongside the road were asked to evacuate on Friday in anticipation of the possible collapse of a section of Route 30, she said.Soil was dislodged at the bases of other buildings, which were likely to be saved, Moon-Sirianni said, adding that repairs could take a month or more.
  
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• Two soldiers killed in Kentucky copter crash: army

  07-04-2018 21:25 via yahoo.com
  Two US soldiers with an airborne combat brigade died when their Apache helicopter crashed during a routine training mission at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, the army reported Saturday.The incident involving an AH-64E Apache helicopter occurred late Friday, said a statement from the army's 101st Airborne Division."This is a day of sadness for Fort Campbell and the 101st Airborne," Brigadier General Todd Royar, acting senior commander of the 101st Airborne and of Fort Campbell, said in a statement.
  
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• National Guard Veteran: Deploying troops to border is a ‘waste’

  07-04-2018 21:01 via yahoo.com
  Mary Jennings Hegar, a U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard combat veteran, said the National Guard should be used as the last option in “critical situations.” She said President Trump’s decision to activate troops does not meet this metric.
  
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• Former Border Patrol Agent: National Guard plays a ‘crucial’ role

  07-04-2018 20:56 via yahoo.com
  Hipolito Acosta, a former Border Patrol agent, said most of the agents in the field approve of having National Guard members alongside them.
  
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• Laura Ingraham Expected Back at Fox News After Controversial Tweet

  07-04-2018 20:37 via yahoo.com
  She upset advertisers over her tweet mocking a Parkland shooting survivor
  
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• Fire breaks out in Trump Tower, killing one

  07-04-2018 20:15 via yahoo.com
  A fire in an apartment on the 50th floor of Trump Tower claims the life of one man, and injures several firefighters.
  
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• Sharpton, school survivor, announce anti-gun violence rally

  07-04-2018 19:32 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A survivor of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting joined the Rev. Al Sharpton on Saturday to announce a June rally in front of President Donald Trump's Manhattan apartment to protest gun violence eased by access to assault weapons.
  
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• Teen Gets Decades In Prison For ‘Murder’ Of Someone Killed By A Cop

  07-04-2018 19:20 via yahoo.com
  A judge on Thursday sentenced an Alabama teenager to 65 years in prison for a
  
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• Malaysia PM pledges cash, jobs as polls inch closer

  07-04-2018 19:05 via yahoo.com
  Malaysia's scandal-hit Prime Minister Najib Razak Saturday pledged millions of new jobs and more cash for low-income workers, ahead of a tough election battle expected early next month.Najib is fighting to win a third term at the head of his ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, which has governed Malaysia since independence in 1957 but has seen support drop in recent years."This war, we must win! Never let it go to the opposition!" he told thousands of supporters in a packed stadium on the outskir
  
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• 2 Soldiers Killed in Helicopter Crash at Fort Campbell

  07-04-2018 19:01 via yahoo.com
  The crash is still under investigation
  
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• Deadly van crash in Muenster, Germany

  07-04-2018 18:58 via yahoo.com
  A man drove a van into a group of people sitting outside a popular restaurant in the old city center of Muenster in western Germany on Saturday, killing at least two of them before shooting himself dead, police said.
  
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• Democrats’ Chances Of Taking Over The House Just Got Better, Per New Forecast

  07-04-2018 18:53 via yahoo.com
  Democrats' shot at taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives just
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan says France is abetting terrorists

  07-04-2018 18:45 via yahoo.com
  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused France of abetting terrorists by "hosting them" at the Elysee Palace, amid a diplomatic row between the NATO allies over Paris's support for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).Relations between Ankara and Paris have been tense in recent weeks, with France one of the most vocal critics of Turkey's two-month-old military operation in northern Syria against the Kurdish YPG, which Turkey considers a terrorist organization.
  
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• Mystery over identity of 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy finally solved by FBI

  07-04-2018 18:40 via yahoo.com
  A century-long mystery over the identity of a 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy has finally been solved by the FBI.It took a forensic scientist at the FBI, using advanced DNA sequencing technology, to say definitely that the head belonged to the governor himself.Odile Loreille, an FBI biologist, drilled into a tooth extracted from the skull, collected the powder and dissolved it in a chemical solution.
  
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• Teens Who Killed Man After Throwing Sandbag From Overpass Won't Serve Jail Time

  07-04-2018 18:34 via yahoo.com
  The family's attorney is highly upset.
  
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• One Seriously Injured in Trump Tower Fire in NYC

  07-04-2018 18:24 via yahoo.com
  A least one person is seriously injured in a 50th-floor fire at Trump Tower in New York City. Tom Winter, investigations reporter, gives insight on the incident. President Trump, first lady, and family were not present.
  
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• California says Trump administration playing favorites with offshore drilling plan

  07-04-2018 18:16 via yahoo.com
  A proposal from the Trump administration would open about 90% of America’s coast to new offshore drilling with only one state receiving an exemption: Florida.
  
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• Calls to crack down on Russian elites accused of laundering money through London real estate

  07-04-2018 18:14 via yahoo.com
  After a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned in England, officials are looking to get tough on Russian elites close to President Vladimir Putin who are buying up posh London properties.
  
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• Parkland high school yearbook staff honors the 17 lives lost

  07-04-2018 18:12 via yahoo.com
  The yearbook staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are creating an emotional tribute to the 17 lives lost in the February 14 shooting and also telling the stories of the survivors.
  
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• Fire on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in NYC

  07-04-2018 18:00 via yahoo.com
  Firefighters are at the scene of a fire at Trump Tower in New York City.
  
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• ‘Town Hall for Our Lives’ brings gun control conversation to lawmakers nationwide

  07-04-2018 17:57 via yahoo.com
  Just two weeks after young people took to the streets for March for Our Lives, they held town halls with lawmakers in more than 100 cities across the country in an effort to push the gun control forward.
  
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• National Guard deployed, part of Trump’s plan for ‘sealing up’ southern border

  07-04-2018 17:55 via yahoo.com
  The move was approved by the Secretary of Defense and championed by President Trump. NBC’s Maya Rodriguez is a the border with the story.
  
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• At least 15 dead after Canadian junior hockey team’s bus and truck collide

  07-04-2018 17:53 via yahoo.com
  The Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team from Saskatchewan was on the way to a game when a truck collided with their bus. Among the dead is the team’s head coach, and at least 14 others are injured.
  
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• Van plows into crowd in Germany, killing two

  07-04-2018 17:49 via yahoo.com
  A van crashed into a crowd at an outdoor restaurant in Muenster, killing at least two people and injuring 20, according to police. The motive of the driver, a middle aged man who shot and killed himself while inside the vehicle, is still unclear.
  
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• Nine-Day Sit-in at Howard University Ends with Majority of Students’ Demands Met

  07-04-2018 17:41 via yahoo.com
  The nine day long student sit-in at Howard University has ended Friday after the board of trustees and administration agreed to meet most of the students’ demands.
  
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• Fresh raids pound Syria's rebel Douma after talks falter

  07-04-2018 17:30 via yahoo.com
  Deadly bombardments pounded the last opposition holdout in Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Saturday, after regime troops resumed a military blitz to pressure rebels to withdraw.Backed up by Russia's firepower, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has ousted his armed opponents from nearly all of Ghouta, their last stronghold on the edge of the capital.The regime has used a combination of a fierce military onslaught and two negotiated withdrawals to empty out 95 percent of the enclave, but rebels are still
  
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• 3 Dead in Germany as Van Plows Into Crowd, Police Say

  07-04-2018 17:18 via yahoo.com
  The van killed two people and injured 20 others before the driver killed himself
  
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• Earthquakes in northwest Oklahoma include magnitude 4.6

  07-04-2018 17:16 via yahoo.com
  COVINNGTON, Okla. (AP) — A magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook Oklahoma on Saturday and was also felt in neighboring Kansas and Missouri, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
  
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• Lawyers: Prosecutors withheld evidence of teen's innocence

  07-04-2018 16:57 via yahoo.com
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A legal team has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its claim that Louisiana prosecutors withheld evidence for a murder trial that ended in a guilty verdict against an intellectually disabled teenager accused of killing a pizza deliveryman.
  
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• 'I’m Not Going to Be a Gabby Giffords.' Rep. Ralph Norman Pulls Gun at Constituent Meeting

  07-04-2018 16:51 via yahoo.com
  "I’m not going to be a Gabby Giffords."
  
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• Hungary's Orban tipped for re-election, but upset not ruled out

  07-04-2018 16:35 via yahoo.com
  Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, one of Europe's most controversial leaders, looks set to win a third straight term on Sunday despite uncertainty over tactical voting and turnout that could trigger an upset.At a final campaign rally on Friday, Orban urged supporters to turn out in droves.The strongman nationalist's Fidesz party has opinion poll leads of between 20 and 30 percentage points over its closest rival Jobbik, a far-right party, and the leftist Socialists.
  
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• Suspect in German vehicle attack was a German-born citizen

  07-04-2018 16:27 via yahoo.com
  At least three people are dead and several others are injured after a vehicle drove into a small crowd in Muenster, Germany. The suspect is a German-born citizen, who committed suicide inside the van. The motive for the attack remains unclear.
  
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• Russian embassy seeks Boris Johnson meeting over spy case

  07-04-2018 16:02 via yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — Russia's embassy in London on Saturday sought a meeting with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson over the poisoning of a former Russian spy, saying its dealings with Britain over the issue had been "utterly unsatisfactory."
  
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• 4.6-magnitude earthquake rattles Oklahoma Saturday morning amid rare April snow

  07-04-2018 15:32 via yahoo.com
  Early risers in Oklahoma not only woke up to snow on Saturday morning, but also to the strongest earthquake the state has experienced since 2016.
  
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• Couple who 'beat 4-year-old child to death for spilling cereal' charged with murder

  07-04-2018 15:31 via yahoo.com
  Police accused the boy’s mother, Lisa Smith, 19, and her boyfriend Keiff King, 26, of repeatedly hitting Tahjir Smith in the head and torso at their home in Abington, Pennsylvania.Calling it a “senseless killing”, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said:“The forensic pathologist’s determination that Tahjir’s death was homicide shows what detectives found in our investigation—that this was a violent, sustained beating of a 4-year-old that ca
  
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• Ethiopia's PM seeks end to violence that displaced nearly a million

  07-04-2018 15:25 via yahoo.com
  By Aaron MaashoADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed travelled on Saturday to a region where clashes have displaced nearly a million people, his first trip since being sworn in as premier five days ago.Violence along the border of the Horn of Africa country's Somali and Oromiya provinces first erupted in September last year, with both regions blaming the other for the unrest.The area has been plagued by sporadic clashes for decades.
  
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• Japan launches Marines unit amid China's growing presence

  07-04-2018 15:07 via yahoo.com
  Japan's military on Saturday launched its first Marines unit, tasked with defending remote islands in the face of China's growing maritime presence in the region.The Self-Defence Forces' amphibious fighting unit staged an exercise with US Marines at Sasebo in western Japan following the inauguration ceremony.The 2,100-member brigade, based in Sasebo, will be responsible for defending remote islands and retaking them if they are invaded.
  
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• Misused data from Facebook users could ‘absolutely’ be higher than 87 million, Cambridge Analytica co-founder says

  07-04-2018 15:05 via yahoo.com
  Christopher Wylie says in an interview with Meet the Press, it’s “very difficult to verify” how many people had access to data of Facebook users, but that it “could be higher” than 87 million, the number Facebook provided this week.
  
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• Refugees Fleeing Violence In Myanmar Have A New Worry: Elephants

  07-04-2018 14:02 via yahoo.com
  KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh ― Around midnight on Jan. 19, a heavy sound jolted
  
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• How Trump vs. Amazon Explains His Entire Presidency

  07-04-2018 14:02 via yahoo.com
  Since taking office last year, Donald Trump has carried out sustained attacks
  
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