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• U.S. recalls more than 200 million eggs over salmonella fears

  15-04-2018 23:55 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Nearly 207 million eggs from a farm in North Carolina are being recalled from nine U.S. states after 22 people fell ill, the federal Food and Drug Administration has said.It is the largest recall of eggs in the United States since 2010, the Food Safety News website reported.The eggs may have been contaminated with salmonella braenderup, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems
  
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• France's President Emmanuel Macron says he has 'convinced' Donald Trump to keep troops in Syria

  15-04-2018 23:32 via yahoo.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron has said he has “convinced” Donald Trump to keep troops in Syria, as he defended the use of air strikes in the wake of an apparent chemical attack in Syria.The US, France and Britain launched more than 100 missiles targeting a number of what they said were three facilities linked to the chemical weapons programme, with Mr Macron saying that during the discussions President Trump was persuaded to drop the idea that Washington would be pulling out of Sy
  
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• Kentucky governor apologizes for saying teacher strike led to sexual assaults

  15-04-2018 23:23 via yahoo.com
  In an interview with a WDRB-TV television reporter on Friday, the Republican governor said he could guarantee that somewhere in Kentucky a child was sexually assaulted after being left home with no supervision because of the walkout.Kentucky's Republican-majority House of Representatives passed a bipartisan resolution on Saturday criticizing the governor's comments, and the Republican state Senate president said Bevin should apologize, according to local media.Teachers in Kentucky, as well as in
  
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• Photos: Antiwar activists and Syrians protest U.S.-led airstrikes against Syria

  15-04-2018 23:09 via yahoo.com
  Antiwar activists and Syrians worldwide demonstrated against the joint U.S., British and French airstrikes launched in Syria Saturday. The missile attack was in response to a suspected chemical attack on civilians by Syrian President Bashar Assad's government. (AP)
  
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• Syria's allies say airstrikes undercut political resolution

  15-04-2018 22:50 via yahoo.com
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The leaders of Russia, Iran and the Hezbollah group in Lebanon said Sunday that Western airstrikes on their ally, Syria, have complicated prospects for a political settlement to the country's seven-year conflict.
  
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• Trudeau in 'financial' talks to resolve heated pipeline dispute

  15-04-2018 22:47 via yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday his government is holding "financial discussions" and weighing legislation to help resolve a high-stakes clash between two Canadian provinces over a major pipeline project.The dispute in Canada's west has oil-rich Alberta boycotting trade with British Columbia over its environment-based opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline.The spat has raised fears of a constitutional crisis, and Trudeau's own political future may be at stake.
  
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• Starbucks CEO apologizes to 2 black men arrested

  15-04-2018 22:43 via yahoo.com
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Starbucks sells itself as a community gathering spot as much as a coffeehouse, a welcoming place with comfortable chairs for lingering, trendy music and Wi-Fi. That's one reason the arrest of two black men who were sitting in a Starbucks struck a nerve for so many: They were doing exactly what people do at most any of the chain's 28,000 stores worldwide.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn will try to force parliamentary vote to keep Theresa May in check over Syria 

  15-04-2018 22:31 via yahoo.com
  Jeremy Corbyn will try to force a vote in Parliament that would make it difficult for Prime Ministers to take military action without the approval of MPs as he suggested Bashar al-Assad could be innocent of last week’s chemical weapons attack. The Labour leader suggested on Sunday that all planned use of force should be signed off by the Commons as he announced plans for a “war powers act” which would ensure that all governments are accountable “for what they do
  
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• Will Trump Fire Rosenstein? It May Not Matter.

  15-04-2018 22:28 via yahoo.com
  Something very fishy happened last week. On Friday, we were treated to almost
  
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• Hear The 2019 Audi TT RS Play Its Five-Cylinder Symphony

  15-04-2018 22:11 via yahoo.com
  Don't expect any major styling changes.
  
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• Saudi king slams Iran, US Jerusalem move at Arab summit

  15-04-2018 21:56 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Sunday slammed Iran's "blatant interference" in the region and lashed out at the US over Jerusalem as Arab leaders met in the kingdom for their annual summit.The 82-year-old monarch dubbed the Arab League meet the "Jerusalem summit" as he took aim at Washington's decision to recognise the disputed city as the capital of Israel and transfer the US embassy from Tel Aviv.
  
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• Gessen: Putin wants a rhetorical war without too many coffins

  15-04-2018 21:40 via yahoo.com
  Masha Gessen, author of “The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia,” says a war of words between Russia and the West serves Vladimir Putin better than an actual war.
  
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• German minister tells Russia its behavior must change

  15-04-2018 21:25 via yahoo.com
  By Andrea ShalalBERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Sunday criticized Russia for a series of activities beyond its borders, blaming it for a cyber attack on his own ministry, and said Moscow must change its ways.Maas listed a series of what he called problematic actions that also included the lack of progress in implementing a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, a poison gas attack in Britain, support for the Syrian government, and efforts to influence Western elections."We had an
  
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• Britain pushes for Syrian ceasefire alongside US and France

  15-04-2018 21:08 via yahoo.com
  The UK will join the US and France in a push for a peaceful path forward to the Syrian crisis, proposing a new United Nations-backed ceasefire. The three allies have produced a draft resolution that will be debated by the Security Council in New York, although it remains unclear when the vote will take place. It comes as Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said new sanctions would be imposed on Russian businesses that help the Assad regime make and deploy chemical weapons. The
  
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• The MMO Sequel Is Headed To The West

  15-04-2018 21:05
  Nexon has announced its long-awaited MMO sequel, MapleStory 2, is finally headed to the West.
  Originally released in Korea in 2015 and in China last year, MapleStory 2 improves on the original's 2D sprites and playing field by turning them 3D. You can split your time between dungeon-crawling and facing monsters, or idly build up your house after exploring the world.
  Though Nexon did not announce a release date, players can sign up for a closed beta until May 6. The beta will run from May 9-16.
  
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• Barbara Bush's Health is Failing, Will Not Seek Additional Medical Care

  15-04-2018 21:05 via yahoo.com
  She will instead focus on comfort.
  
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• NASA's new planet-hunter to seek closer, Earth-like worlds

  15-04-2018 21:04 via yahoo.com
  NASA is poised to launch a $337 million washing machine-sized spacecraft that aims to vastly expand mankind's search for planets beyond our solar system, particularly closer, Earth-sized ones that might harbor life.The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, is scheduled to launch Monday at 6:32 pm (2232 GMT) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.NASA predicts that TESS will discover 20,000 exoplanets -- or planets outside the solar system -- including more than 50 E
  
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• ‘SNL’ Host John Mulaney Wrote Last Night’s Best Sketch In 2010

  15-04-2018 20:57 via yahoo.com
  Comedian John Mulaney wrote for "Saturday Night Live" from 2008 to 2014. In
  
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• Valkyria Chronicles Announced for Switch in Japan

  15-04-2018 20:40
  SEGA is bringing the first Valkyria Chronicles game to Nintendo Switch.
  The company shared the news during its annual SEGA FES event in Japan, and relayed the information in a post on Twitter. The game will be released for Switch in Japan this fall on the eShop. The Switch version will include all of the DLC, just like the remastered version for PS4, Gematsu reports.
  There's currently no word on when/if the first Valkyria Chronicles will be released for Switch outside of Japan.
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• Mother Says Her Two-Year-Old Daughter Will Never Get Justice After Father`s Ex-Fianc Found Guilty of Murder

  15-04-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  A Kansas man`s ex-fianc pleaded no contest to killing his two-year-old daughter, and a judge found her guilty.
  
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• Barbara Bush In 'Failing Health,' Won't Seek More Medical Treatment

  15-04-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  Barbara Bush is in failing health and will not seek additional medical
  
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• New U.S. sanctions will hurt Washington and Europe more than Russia: lawmaker

  15-04-2018 20:14 via yahoo.com
  New U.S. sanctions against Moscow will be hard for Russia but do more damage to the United States and Europe, RIA news agency cited a senior Russian lawmaker as saying on Sunday.U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said earlier on Sunday that Washington was preparing new sanctions against Russia over its support for Syrian President Bashar-al Assad.
  
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• Gay rights lawyer immolates self in NYC in ecology protest

  15-04-2018 19:45 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer who burned himself to death in a grisly protest against ecological destruction was a nationally known gay rights advocate and lead attorney in a famous case involving transgender murder victim Brandon Teena.
  
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• Starbucks arrests highlights disparity of racial experiences

  15-04-2018 19:44 via yahoo.com
  A viral video shows two African American men being arrested in a Starbucks after a manager claims they trespassed by not buying anything and sitting in the store. Kwame Jackson, an entrepreneur and businessman, called it evidence of a “humanity gap.”
  
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• Former FBI official: Comey book puts him in 'same gutter’ as Trump

  15-04-2018 19:31 via yahoo.com
  Frank Figliuzzi, former assistant director of counterintelligence at the FBI, said the timing of Former FBI Director James Comey’s book hurts Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into alleged Russian election meddling.
  
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• US to impose new Russia sanctions over Syria: Haley

  15-04-2018 19:13 via yahoo.com
  The United States will impose new sanctions on Russia over an alleged chemical attack by the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad, US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Sunday.Haley said the sanctions, to be announced Monday by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, would target companies that supplied Damascus with equipment and other material related to chemical weapons.
  
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• AP Analysis: Gaza flare-up driven by deep misery in strip

  15-04-2018 19:09 via yahoo.com
  ALONG THE ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER (AP) — The flareup of deadly violence in Gaza is of a new kind, even in the inventive annals of Mideast conflicts: Israeli soldiers shooting at Palestinian demonstrators burning tires and hurling firebombs across what looks like an international border, inflicting casualties while claiming concerns of a mass breach of the barrier.
  
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• SpaceX and NASA TESS Launch: When It Starts and How to Watch

  15-04-2018 19:03 via yahoo.com
  The hunt for planets begins.
  
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• California fire: Blaze spreads near Coachella music festival

  15-04-2018 19:03 via yahoo.com
  A large fire is quickly spreading near the Coachella music festival in California.Firefighters have said the blaze, currently six miles from the festival, is 10 per cent contained.More than 100 firefighters are battling the blaze – which was first reported at 4.30am local time.
  
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• US to impose new sanctions on Russia in wake of Syria chemical attack, says UN ambassador Nikki Haley

  15-04-2018 18:41 via yahoo.com
  Washington will impose new sanctions on Russia, US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has said – as Western allies look to put some diplomatic clout behind military strikes launched on Syria in the wake of an apparent chemical weapon attack.“Russian sanctions will be coming down,” Ms Haley said during on appearance on CBS’ Face the Nation, adding that the new sanctions are expected to be announced by treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin on Monday.It comes as the US,
  
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• Beyoncé Makes History As First Black Woman To Headline Coachella

  15-04-2018 18:29 via yahoo.com
  Beyonce made history this weekend at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts
  
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• Mother Discovers Cancerous Tumor on Her Foot During Pedicure

  15-04-2018 18:27 via yahoo.com
  She had to have her foot amputated.
  
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• Israel says new Gaza tunnel foiled, lifts veil on detection lab

  15-04-2018 18:17 via yahoo.com
  By Dan WilliamsJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday it destroyed a guerrilla tunnel from the Gaza Strip and gave rare details on a classified military laboratory spearheading efforts to foil the cross-border digs.Palestinian gunmen used tunnels to blindside Israeli forces during the 2014 Gaza war.Israel has since been developing detection technologies and laying down an underground frontier wall which, it says, will end the Gaza tunnel threat by 2019.
  
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• Opposition to immigrant sanctuary spreading in California

  15-04-2018 18:08 via yahoo.com
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — More local governments in California are resisting the state's efforts to resist the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, and political experts see politics at play as Republicans try to fire up voters in a state where the GOP has grown weak.
  
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• 'I just have to do it.' Teachers struggle with second jobs

  15-04-2018 18:06 via yahoo.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of American schoolteachers work second jobs to boost their income. They speak of missing time with family, struggles to complete lesson plans and nagging doubts over whether it's worth the sacrifices to stay in their profession.
  
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• 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 2: Spock Confirmed, But Not the Way You Think

  15-04-2018 18:05 via yahoo.com
  This is big.
  
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• Outrage after two black men arrested at Philadelphia Starbucks

  15-04-2018 17:57 via yahoo.com
  Protesters gathered at a Philadelphia Starbucks on Sunday, days after a manager called 911 leading to the arrest of two black men who had asked to use the restroom but hadn’t purchased anything.
  
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• Trump bashes Comey as 'slippery' ahead of book release

  15-04-2018 17:40 via yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump hurled a new set of insults on James Comey on Sunday, challenging accusations the former FBI director makes in a tell-all book that is due for release this week, and insisting that he never pressed Comey to be loyal to him."Slippery James Comey, a man who always ends up badly and out of whack (he is not smart!), will go down as the WORST FBI Director in history, by far!" Trump wrote in one of five Twitter posts aimed directly at the fired FBI chief.The renewed attacks
  
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• First group of Rohingya refugees returns to Myanmar 

  15-04-2018 17:37 via yahoo.com
  Myanmar has accepted what appears to be the first five among some 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled to neighboring Bangladesh to escape military-led violence against the minority group, even though the United Nations says it's not yet safe for them to return home. A government statement said Saturday that five members of a family returned to western Rakhine state from the border area. The statement said authorities determined whether they had lived in Myanmar and provided
  
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• Trump Rages Against Comey Over Claims In New Book

  15-04-2018 17:32 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump attacked James Comey in a series of tweets Sunday,
  
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• Paul Ryan Brushes Off Criticism That He Enabled Trump

  15-04-2018 17:29 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) attempted in an interview airing
  
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• US pastor faces terror charges in fraught trial in Turkey

  15-04-2018 17:19 via yahoo.com
  IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — An American pastor imprisoned in Turkey is going on trial for alleged terror ties and spying in a case that has increased tensions between Washington and Ankara.
  
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• Myanmar takes back 1 Rohingya family despite UN concerns

  15-04-2018 17:02 via yahoo.com
  BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar has accepted what appears to be the first five among some 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled to neighboring Bangladesh to escape military-led violence against the minority group, even though the United Nations says it's not yet safe for them to return home.
  
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• Pro-EU Milo Djukanovic wins Montenegro's presidential election

  15-04-2018 16:45 via yahoo.com
  Montenegro defied Russia on Sunday by electing a pro-Nato political veteran who hopes to lead the small Balkan state into the European Union. On Sunday night, officials announced that Milo Djukanovic, who has dominated politics in the former Yugoslav republic for nearly 25 years, had secured victory.  Milos Nikolic, a spokesman for the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists, said: "Milo Djukanovic is the new president of Montenegro... this is a great victory, a historic victor
  
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• Ford Recalls 350,000 Trucks and SUVs

  15-04-2018 16:30 via yahoo.com
  The recall includes several F-Series vehicles along with the Expedition SUV.
  
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• U.S. troops not leaving Syria until goals accomplished: Haley

  15-04-2018 16:26 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Sunday that the United States would not pull its troops out of Syria until its goals were accomplished.Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Haley listed three aims for the United States: ensuring that chemical weapons are not used in any way that pose a risk to U.S. interests, that Islamic State is defeated and that there is a good vantage point to watch what Iran is doing.It is our goal "to see American troops come home, but we are not going to
  
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• Assad's children visited Crimean holiday camp, Russian lawmaker says

  15-04-2018 16:17 via yahoo.com
  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's children last year visited a holiday camp in Russian-annexed Crimea, the RIA news agency cited a Russian lawmaker as saying on Sunday.Assad met a group of Russian lawmakers in Damascus on Sunday after the West launched missile strikes against Syria over a suspected poison gas attack.Lawmaker Dmitry Sablin told RIA that Assad had said his children visited the Artek holiday camp in Crimea last year.
  
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• 'I hardly even knew this guy': Trump lashes out at Comey in Sunday morning tweetstorm

  15-04-2018 16:07 via yahoo.com
  Excerpts from former FBI Director James Comey’s upcoming memoir, and from an interview Comey gave to ABC News, set off a Sunday-morning tweetstorm of accusations, corrections and annotations from President Trump, including the bizarre assertion that “I hardly even knew this guy.”
  
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• Comey 'violated... FBI's own guidelines' with leak, but didn't break law: GOP senator

  15-04-2018 16:00 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, sits down with George Stephanopoulos to discuss the latest developments in the special counsel's investigation, James Comey's new book, and the military strike on Syria.
  
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• Putin: Further Western strikes on Syria will lead to chaos -agencies

  15-04-2018 15:59 via yahoo.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Sunday that further Western missile strikes on Syria would lead to chaos in international relations, Russian news agencies cited the Kremlin as saying.Putin and Rouhani spoke by phone to discuss the situation in Syria after the United States, France and Britain launched missile strikes on the country over a suspected poison gas attack.
  
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