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• We Saw Red Dead Redemption 2 In Action - Unlocked 346

  17-05-2018 23:51
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  On this week's Xbox show, Alanah, Brandin, and Destin give their impressions of State of Decay 2, and one of our Wiki editors, Jon Ryan, chats about seeing actual Red Dead Redemption 2 gameplay. Thanks to our sponsor this week, Hims. Check 'em out at ForHims.com.
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• Police: Rifle bought by mom used in Illinois school shooting

  17-05-2018 23:44 via yahoo.com
  DIXON, Ill. (AP) — A teenager used a 9mm semi-automatic rifle in firing shots at a northern Illinois high school before he was shot by a school resource officer, police said Thursday.
  
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• Meet Suzanne Scott: the new Fox News CEO who enforced the 'miniskirt rule'

  17-05-2018 23:38 via yahoo.com
  Suzanne Scott is Fox News’s first female CEO.Fox News announced today their new CEO will be Suzanne Scott, currently the president of programming.The company has effectively been without an official CEO since Roger Ailes was ousted in 2016 amid sexual harassment allegations, although Rupert Murdoch had stepped in to run the channel during the interim.
  
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• FEMA announces plan to extend emergency power restoration mission in Puerto Rico

  17-05-2018 23:38 via yahoo.com
  FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Mike Byrne announced additional assistance to Puerto Rico, where nearly all of the over 1.5 million residents lost power after Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the island two weeks apart last September.
  
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• Dog Overjoyed to Be Reunited With Military Mom Who Rescued Her From Iraq

  17-05-2018 23:28 via yahoo.com
  Erby the dog bounded over to U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Tracy McKithern as they reunited at Tampa Airport after seven months apart.
  
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• Governor of New Jersey confirms fatalities in school bus crash

  17-05-2018 23:05 via yahoo.com
  On Thursday, May 17, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy gave an update on the fatal school bus crash in Mount Olive Township, N.J.
  
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• The Latest: Police say mom bought shooting suspect's gun

  17-05-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  DIXON, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a northern Illinois high school (all times local):
  
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• Republican Immigration Fight Derails Food Stamp Bill

  17-05-2018 22:52 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― The most conservative Republicans in Congress say they won't vote
  
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• Play Fortnite's new Solo Showdown and you could win up to 50,000 V-Bucks

  17-05-2018 22:50 via gamesradar.com
  Fortnite competitive mode is finally on the horizon and it starts with Solo Showdown
  
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• Republican congressman explains sea-level rise: it's rocks falling into the sea

  17-05-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  A member of Congress has suggested that the White Cliffs of Dover tumbling into the English Channel was causing rising sea levels.Republican Mo Brooks of Alabama pushed back at the notion that rising sea levels were the result of global warming in a hearing of the House Science, Space and Technology on Wednesday.
  
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• Weekly Jobs Roundup: FoxNext, Telltale, and more are hiring now!

  17-05-2018 22:26
  From QA and community management to programming and VFX work, here are just some of the jobs currently taking accepting applications on the Gamasutra Job Board...
  
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• Rovio sees profits rise amid strong revenues from Angry Birds 2

  17-05-2018 22:26
  Rovio Entertainment, the studio behind Angry Birds, released its financial report earlier today. ...
  
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• Trump accuses Obama of embedding spy in his campaign while citing no evidence, in misspelled early morning tweet

  17-05-2018 22:13 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has accused Barack Obama and the FBI of using an "imbedded (sic) informant" to spy on his presidential campaign.The US president made the claim, without any supporting evidence, following an earlier tweet branding the special counsel investigation into potential ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, "the greatest witch hunt in American history"."Wow, word seems to be coming out that the Obama FBI “SPIED ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WITH AN IMBEDDED INFORMANT,” Mr Trump wr
  
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• Battlerite's New Battle Royale Map Is Called Talon Island

  17-05-2018 22:08
  
  Stunlock Studios has released the first image of Battlerite's Battle Royale Map in its latest developer update, coming with the new mode "this summer."
  The post from Stunlock Studios' art developer Johan Aronson shows off some early concept art of the Talon Island map. The island is 30 times larger than Battlerite's standard arena map and contains a number of different areas: Anvilfall, the Glimmering Woods, the Starlight Oasis, and the Ancient Tomb. Players will be able to enter many of the bui
  
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• Trump defends 'animals' remark, says he'll always use it

  17-05-2018 22:01 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday defended his use of the word "animals" to describe some immigrants who enter the country illegally, saying he would continue to use the term to refer to violent gang members in spite of a sharp rebuke from Democratic leaders.
  
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• 'We can launch games whenever we're ready and whenever we want,' says Guillemot

  17-05-2018 21:50
  During a recent investor Q& A, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot explained that the industry has changed in a way that allows Ubisoft to prioritize quality over quantity or even timing....
  
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• Court to Summer Zervos on discovery in Trump lawsuit: Go for it

  17-05-2018 21:50 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on a court ruling that Summer Zervos can proceed with discovery in her lawsuit against Donald Trump. Zervos is suing Trump for defamation after he called her a liar when she described being sexually assaulted by him.
  
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• Leaders of NAACP and Mormon church hold historic meeting to call for an ‘end to prejudice and greater racial harmony’

  17-05-2018 21:45 via yahoo.com
  The presidents of the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) and the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) have met in an historic news conference to call for an end to prejudice and greater ethnic and racial harmony.Leaders of the two organisations met Thursday in Salt Lake City, where the LDS church is headquartered and has its primary temple.The organisations had met to begin exploring how they might collaborate to enrich efforts in areas like humanitarian work and ed
  
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• Royal Wedding: Clues About Meghan Markle's Dress Emerge

  17-05-2018 21:42 via yahoo.com
  Inside Edition also tried a similar wedding cake.
  
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• Meghan Markle's mother meets the Royal family from Prince Charles to Princess Charlotte

  17-05-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  The chapel is booked, the military escort perfected, and the orders of service, quite literally, printed. Meghan Markle has been left negotiating the last-minute dilemma of who was going to walk her down the aisle, as her mother settled in to life with the Royal family. Doria Ragland, who is now the most likely candidate to accompany the bride down the aisle, enjoyed tea with the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, after Ms Markle’s father was confirmed as being absent from the weddin
  
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• Trump says North Korea is 'talking to us like nothing happened' after threatening to pull out of summit

  17-05-2018 21:29 via yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump has downplayed North Korea’s threats to pull out of an upcoming nuclear summit, claiming the North was communicating with his administration “as though nothing happened”.Mr Trump fielded questions about the summit during a press conference days after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un announced he would suspend the talks over joint US-South Korean military drills."North Korea's actually talking to us about times and everything else as though nothing happe
  
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• New Xbox Update Adds Discord Linking and More

  17-05-2018 21:28
  The May update for Xbox One is now available, bringing with it Discord linking, increased refresh rate support, and more.
  In response to user feedback, Xbox users can now link their Discord account with their Xbox account, allowing them to use the popular chat program to see and share Xbox Live gaming activity with friends.
  Xbox One S and Xbox One X users connected to 120Hz refresh rate-supporting monitors and TVs can now take advantage of those higher refresh speeds by enabling 120Hz support, a
  
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• Suspect in attack on 87-year-old man in Manhattan bank blames 'bad spirits'

  17-05-2018 21:06 via yahoo.com
  Matthew Lee, 50, was taken away in handcuffs early Thursday and charged with robbery and assault. Despite video evidence, the suspect claims he doesn't remember the attack.
  
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• White House says Trump's use of 'animals' to describe MS-13 wasn't strong enough

  17-05-2018 20:51 via yahoo.com
  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday sharply defended President Trump’s characterization of undocumented immigrants who commit violent crimes as “animals.”
  
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• The Latest: Some Hawaii residents leave as Kilauea spews ash

  17-05-2018 20:43 via yahoo.com
  PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — The Latest on the summit eruption of Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island (all times local):
  
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• Forget Yanny and Laurel, what the heck is this toy saying?

  17-05-2018 20:43 via yahoo.com
  The Yanny/Laurel debate divided the internet more than The Dress did a few years ago. It ruined more friendships than pineapple on pizza. It's facilitating more arguments than theAmerican Chopper meme. It's tearing us apart more than Lisa ever did.  SEE ALSO: What Yanny vs. Laurel taught us: We yearn to be divided But let's be real: the Yanny/Laurel thing is already getting kind of old — isn't there anything else to talk about? When you log intoany social media site, it seems like eve
  
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• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 won't have a single-player campaign but will offer battle royale

  17-05-2018 20:36
  The upcoming first-person shooter won't include a traditional single-player campaign, opting instead to deliver narrative exclusively through multiplayer experiences. ...
  
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• Hawaii's Kilauea volcano just exploded

  17-05-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  Hawaii's volcanologists got it right. Although Hawaii's volcanoes rarely erupt explosively, a perfect stage had been set for such an eruption to occur this week, and it did. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted explosively at 4:15 a.m. Hawaii time on Thursday morning. An imposing ash cloud reached 30,000 feet into the sky, presenting danger to aircraft and potential respiratory issues for islanders, depending on where the ash lands.  SEE ALSO: Dee
  
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• Black Ops 4: Release Date, News, Trailers, and Rumors

  17-05-2018 20:25
  Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (officially known as Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII) is an upcoming first-person shooter for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It’s developed by Treyarch and published by Activision.
  In the lead-up to launch, we've compiled all the news, trailers, and rumors about Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, from initial leaks to its official announcement.
  Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Release Date and Platforms Release date: October 12, 2018Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox OneDevelop
  
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• Royal Wedding: Thomas Markle Jr., Who Penned Letter Asking Prince Harry to Cancel, Arrives in London

  17-05-2018 20:24 via yahoo.com
  The half-brother of Meghan Markle does not have an invitation to the wedding.
  
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• Opinion: Can World of Warcraft 'stat squish' its XP levels?

  17-05-2018 20:23
  Gamasutra contributor Katherine Cross checks in on the state of Blizzard's aging MMORPG titan and asks: 'Why not simply hit the reset button and make the new level cap...60 once again?' ...
  
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• Oklahoma woman mauled to death by seven small dogs

  17-05-2018 20:21 via yahoo.com
  A woman in Oklahoma has died after she was mauled to death by pack of seven dogs.Tracy Garcia was attacked by the dogs, who are thought to have weighed less than 20kg and were no more than knee high, near her home.Police shot one dog and the rest were put down at an animal shelter.
  
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• Air Force apologizes for tone-deaf 'Yanny-Laurel' tweet

  17-05-2018 20:08 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. Air Force walked back a tweet about the viral debate over whether a sound clip sounds like the word “Yanny” or “Laurel.”
  
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• A school bus crashed into a dump truck in New Jersey

  17-05-2018 20:03 via yahoo.com
  A horrifying scene in Mount Olive Township, N.J., after a school bus crashes into a dump truck
  
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• Mario Tennis Aces Demo Coming Next Week

  17-05-2018 20:02
  A demo for Mario Tennis Aces will be landing on the eShop next week, followed by a three-day long online multiplayer tournament starting early next week. The tournament is set to kick off on Friday, June 1, and run until Sunday, June 3.
  Users will be able to find the demo in the free software section on the Nintendo Switch eShop starting Thursday, May 24. Users who download the demo will be able to choose to between Mario, Peach, Yoshi, and Bowser to compete in online multiplayer matches. Player
  
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• Treyarch Reveals Multiplayer Modes, Zombies, And Battle Royale

  17-05-2018 20:00
  Call
  of Duty: Black Ops 4 releases October 12, and will not feature a traditional
  single-player campaign. However, players will be able to engage with some other
  modes that have traditionally been limited to multiplayer as solo players, as
  well as embrace a story that takes place between Black Ops 2 and 3 via
  single-player missions that focus on multiplayer specialist training. At a Call
  of Duty community event in Los Angeles today, many aspects of Call of Duty:
  Black Ops 4 have been unveiled.M
  
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• Far Cry 5 and Assassin's Creed Origins lead to record profit and sales for Ubisoft

  17-05-2018 20:00
  Ubisoft exceeded its own sales projections by 92 million euros (~$108.5 million), something that helped the company achieve both record sales and profitability for the fiscal year. ...
  
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• 2 Dead In School Bus Collision With Truck On New Jersey Highway

  17-05-2018 19:58 via yahoo.com
  Two people were killed as a school bus carrying fifth graders on a field trip
  
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• Jared Kushner's Family Has Been Looking for Help With a Troubled Office Tower for Years. Qatar Might Bail Them Out

  17-05-2018 19:56 via yahoo.com
  666 Fifth Avenue is over-leveraged
  
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• Black Ops 4 Battle Royale mode is called Blackout, is 100x bigger than most maps, and is built from 10 years of BLOPS history

  17-05-2018 19:48 via gamesradar.com
  Battle royale comes to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 in a new mode called Blackout that sounds like a theme park ride through the series’ history
  
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• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Battle Royale Mode Announced

  17-05-2018 19:47
  Blackout is Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s battle royale mode, Treyarch announced at its Black Ops 4 reveal event.
  The mode will be available in Black Ops 4 at launch and features a map 1,500 times bigger than an average Call of Duty map. Blackout brings the Black Ops universe together by integrating parts of different multiplayer maps into its own and playable characters from all Black Ops games, including Zombies characters.
  Not many details were revealed about Blackout, but there will be s
  
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• Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Oded Balilty

  17-05-2018 19:46 via yahoo.com
  Oded Balilty is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Israeli photographer.Born and raised in Jerusalem, he began his career as a photographer for the Israeli army magazine Bamahane.In 2002, at the height of the second Palestinian uprising, Balilty joined the Associated Press.
  
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• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Doesn’t Have a Traditional Campaign

  17-05-2018 19:46
  This year’s Call of Duty is forgoing a traditional campaign and instead features different kinds of solo experiences.
  Revealed at the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 event, developer Treyarch is looking to expand the “multiplayer universe” with solo missions featuring both returning and new Specialist characters. These missions would not only serve as a place to learn tactics with the different Specialists but also learn the Specialist characters’ backstories. These storie
  
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• Unearthed Video Shows New York Attorney Aaron Schlossberg Is No Stranger to Racist Rants

  17-05-2018 19:45 via yahoo.com
  Meanwhile, the Yelp page of Schlossberg's law firm has been flooded with 1-star reviews.
  
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• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's PC Version Is Exclusively on Battle.net

  17-05-2018 19:45
  Developer Treyarch is teaming up with Beenox to custom build a version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 for PC, and it’ll be exclusively available on Blizzard’s Battle.net.
  Revealed at the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 event, Treyarch showed a reel showcasing how it’s working with a team at Beenox to build its custom version of Black Ops 4 for PC. Black Ops 4 will have dedicated servers, supports 4K, and has an uncapped framerate.
  Activision Blizzard President and COO Coddy Johnson men
  
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• Zombies Maps, New Mode, Difficulty Levels Revealed for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

  17-05-2018 19:42
  Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Zombies mode is getting three maps at launch, difficulty levels, tutorials, custom modes, and much more, Treyarch announced at the Black Ops 4 reveal event. All three "experiences," as Treyarch calls them, will be available day-1.
  This Zombies iteration features an entirely new storyline, world, characters, and enemies. During the event, three maps were revealed featuring four new characters in wildly different settings.
  The first cinematic shows the four charac
  
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• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Zombies adds three campaigns, an easy mode, player creation tools and more

  17-05-2018 19:42 via gamesradar.com
  Black Ops 4 is bringing the biggest and most varied Zombie mode the series has ever seen
  
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• 7 Myths About The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

  17-05-2018 19:41 via yahoo.com
  On Monday, one day prior to the 70th anniversary of Israel's founding, the
  
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• Audi RS Q3 Possibly Spied Lapping The Nürburgring

  17-05-2018 19:25 via yahoo.com
  Or do these photos reveal Audi's development of a more aggressive brake setup for the SQ3?
  
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• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Multiplayer Features New Major Tactical Features, No Wall Running

  17-05-2018 19:21
  
  Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is bringing back its predecessor’s Specialist roles and other familiar features for multiplayer, but Black Ops 4 also sees major changes in movement, health regeneration, and game pacing, developer Treyarch announced at the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 reveal event.
  Thrust jumps and wall running will not be in Black Ops 4, but Treyarch’s Studio Design Director David Vonderhaar said that with the studio’s philosophy of Guns Up, the action stays fluid. This
  
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