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• Valerie Jarrett on Roseanne Barr's racist tweet: 'I think we have to turn it into a teaching moment.'

  29-05-2018 23:59 via yahoo.com
  Just hours afterRoseanne's cancellation, Valerie Jarrett is weighing in. After Roseanne Barr posted a racist tweet about Jarrett, a former aide of President Barack Obama, ABC moved quickly to cancel her show, noting that the tweet was "abhorrent, repugnant, and inconsistent with our values" in its official statement.  Now, in an MSNBC town hall titled "Everyday Racism in America," Jarrett's responded, calling the experience "a teaching moment." SEE ALSO: Dictonary.com just came for Roseanne
  
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• Spawn movie picks up some serious steam with Jamie Foxx casting

  29-05-2018 23:59 via gamesradar.com
  But he might not be the star, per se
  
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• US to keep confronting Beijing in S. China Sea: Mattis

  29-05-2018 23:43 via yahoo.com
  Defense Secretary Jim Mattis vowed Tuesday that the US would keep confronting China over its territorial claims in the South China Sea, where Beijing has established a significant military presence on contested islands.Mattis's remarks came after Beijing voiced "strong dissatisfaction" Sunday after two US warships sailed by an island in the disputed Paracel Island chain."You'll notice there's only one country that seems to take active steps to rebuff (such operations) or state their resentment o
  
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• Kremlin-Critical Russian Journalist Found Shot and Killed in Kiev, Ukraine

  29-05-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  Arkady Babchenko's wife found him bleeding at their apartment building in Kiev and called an ambulance, but he died on the way to a hospital.
  
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• 'I'm Still Alive.' Ukraine Faked the Death of a Journalist Who Was Critical of the Kremlin

  29-05-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  Arkady Babchenko, reported dead, showed up at a news conference very much alive
  
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• 'Walking Dead' Season 9 Spoilers: One Huge Main Character to Leave the Show

  29-05-2018 23:15 via yahoo.com
  But it means good things for one other character.
  
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• Mattis says U.S. to continue operations in South China Sea

  29-05-2018 23:14 via yahoo.com
  By Idrees AliABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday that the United States would continue to confront what Washington sees as China's militarization of islands in the South China Sea, despite drawing condemnation from Beijing for an operation in the region over the weekend.Reuters first reported that two U.S. Navy warships sailed near South China Sea islands claimed by China on Sunday, even as President Donald Trump seeks Chin
  
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• Prominent Russian journalist who criticized Kremlin shot dead in Kiev

  29-05-2018 23:12 via yahoo.com
  By Natalia ZinetsKIEV (Reuters) - A prominent Russian journalist and critic of President Vladimir Putin was shot dead in Ukraine where he had fled into exile following threats, police said on Tuesday.Arkady Babchenko, 41, died of his wounds in an ambulance after his wife found him covered in his blood in their home, police said, adding they suspected the murder was due to Babchenko's professional activities.Babchenko, a former soldier in the Chechen war who became one of Russia's best-known war
  
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• Video: Unproven game AI techniques that might just work

  29-05-2018 23:06
  At GDC 2016 a cabal of game AI devs proposed pie-in-the-sky ideas that they've been unable to try, may never be able to try, and which may or may not even be feasible....
  
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• Here's How Reese Witherspoon, Ashley Graham and 8 Other Celebrities Spent Their Memorial Day

  29-05-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  From backyard barbecues to lounging in private pools, here's how Reese Witherspoon, Ashley Graham, Kylie Jenner, and other celebs spent the holiday
  
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• Uber and Lyft subpoenaed for employment records after landmark gig economy ruling

  29-05-2018 22:23 via yahoo.com
  San Francisco’s city attorney has demanded that Uber and Lyft turn over employment records after a California high court ruling that could reshape the gig economy.Technology firms that allow people to perform discrete tasks for money - like driving passengers to their destination - typically classify those workers as independent contractors, rather than full-time employees, a designation that means they are not entitled to wage and benefit guarantees.The California Supreme Court recently t
  
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• Donald Trump Jr. retweets Roseanne Barr's discredited George Soros claims

  29-05-2018 22:12 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump Jr. saw fit to retweet Roseanne Barr's claims that billionaire Democratic donor George Soros was "a Nazi."
  
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• Get a PS4 Pro for $50 off or a special edition PS4 slim in Sony's second Days of Play sale

  29-05-2018 22:11 via gamesradar.com
  Save on PS4 Pro, God of War, and DualShock controllers in the upcoming E3-adjacent event
  
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• George Soros responds to Roseanne Barr's false claim that he is 'a Nazi'

  29-05-2018 22:09 via yahoo.com
  Billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros has dismissed attacks from Roseanne Barr, the star of ABC’s now-cancelled sitcom Roseanne, who falsely accused the Jewish businessman of being a Nazi.Ms Barr went on a Twitter tirade on Tuesday morning, making racist comments about members of the Obama administration and falsely claiming that Chelsea Clinton was married to a nephew of Mr Soros – a Hungarian-born businessman and major left-wing donor.After Ms Clinton corrected the
  
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• Vacationers on cruise ship stuck for 2 days in Tampa port

  29-05-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of passengers on a Carnival Cruise ship were supposed to be enjoying sun and fun, but instead they were kept in port in Tampa for two days.
  
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• Supreme Court rejects challenge to strict Arkansas abortion law

  29-05-2018 22:02 via yahoo.com
  By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a setback to abortion rights advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday paved the way for Republican-backed restrictions on medication-induced abortions to take effect in Arkansas that could lead to the shuttering of two of the state's three abortion clinics.The nine justices, with no noted dissents, declined to hear an appeal by abortion provider Planned Parenthood of a lower court ruling that had revived the 2015 state law, which sets regulations r
  
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• Engine and Transmission

  29-05-2018 22:00 via yahoo.com
  2018 Audi S4 Review
  
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• The Latest: US seeks urgent UN meeting on Gaza rocket attack

  29-05-2018 21:56 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the violence along the Israel-Gaza border (all times local):
  
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• Get a job: Total Domination dev Plarium Ukraine is hiring a Games Writer

  29-05-2018 21:52
  Plarium is looking for an experienced writer with a background in a range of published mobile, console, or PC titles to help craft the voice, lore, and content of its prototypes and games. ...
  
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• Mexican campaigns awash with dirty money, pre-election report finds

  29-05-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  A man cast his ballot during the election of 60 deputies in Mexico City, Mexico on 5 June 2016.For every peso spent by Mexican parties on campaigning and reported to electoral authorities, another 15 pesos goes unreported, according to a new study showing that the country’s political campaigns are awash in cash from dubious sources.The report, published on Tuesday by the anti-graft group Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity, comes four week’s before the country’s presidenti
  
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• British campaigner Andy Tsege released from prison after four years on death row in Ethiopia

  29-05-2018 21:36 via yahoo.com
  A Briton who spent four years on death row in Ethiopia walked out of prison on Tuesday, freed by the regime that once labelled him a “terrorist”. Andargachew Tsege, who fled to Britain in 1974, was greeted by hundreds of supporters who gathered outside his family’s home in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, to celebrate the release of one of the government’s most outspoken critics. Such scenes in one of Africa’s most repressive regimes would have been unthinkable j
  
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• Xbox Games with Gold for June 2018 is a time for gods and hedgehogs

  29-05-2018 21:30 via gamesradar.com
  The Games With Gold June 2018 lineup might not be the most bombastic in GwG history, but boy howdy if it doesn't have some good (albeit somewhat under-the-radar) games
  
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• Don't Miss: What 20+ years of Fallout games have taught the series' devs

  29-05-2018 21:28
  Take a look back at this 2015 chat with devs who have worked on multiple Fallout games to learn how things have changed in the 20+ years since the series got its start. ...
  
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• Jenna Dewan Was 'Very Happy Being A Wife' Before Channing Tatum Split

  29-05-2018 21:14 via yahoo.com
  Jenna Dewan might've lopped off Tatum from her last name (and her brunette
  
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• Supreme Court ruling allows Arkansas law ‘banning’ medication-induced abortions

  29-05-2018 20:57 via yahoo.com
  The US Supreme Court has made it possible for Arkansas to ban medication-induced abortions.The law was passed in 2015 and was challenged by women’s health services organisation Planned Parenthood.It is meant to provide follow-up care in case of complications however doctors administering the abortion drugs have had a hard time finding fellow physicians who will partner with them, meaning medication-induced abortions are essentially made impossible.
  
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• PUBG Corp. files copyright infringement lawsuit against Fortnite dev Epic Games

  29-05-2018 20:57
  The suit alleges that Epic's Fornite Battle Royale is far too similar to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and, as a result, infringes on PUBG Corp.'s copyrights....
  
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• Justices allow Arkansas to enforce abortion restrictions

  29-05-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Arkansas to enforce restrictions on how so-called abortion pills can be administered while a legal challenge to the restrictions proceeds, which critics say effectively ends that option for women in the state.
  
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• 'Racial anxiety' overshadows black experience in America

  29-05-2018 20:35 via yahoo.com
  Key to racial sensitivity training like what Starbucks is providing its employees is awareness of how black people are conscious of racism in every aspect of their public lives.
  
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• Trump accuses Mueller's team of 'meddling' in US elections

  29-05-2018 20:24 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has accused the federal investigators probing his campaign’s alleged ties to Russia of “meddling” in the US midterm elections.“The 13 Angry Democrats (plus people who worked 8 years for Obama) working on the rigged Russia Witch Hunt, will be MEDDLING with the mid-term elections, especially now that Republicans (stay tough!) are taking the lead in Polls,” Mr Trump tweeted.The tweet was a reference to special counsel Robert Mueller’s team,
  
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• Apple said to have chosen OLED for new iPhones; Japan Display shares plunge

  29-05-2018 20:22 via yahoo.com
  TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) - Apple Inc has decided to use OLED screens in all three new iPhone models planned for next year, according to South Korea's Electronic Times - a report that sent shares in Japan Display tumbling 10 percent.Japan Display, one of the main suppliers of iPhone liquid crystal display (LCD) screens, has lagged its South Korean rivals in OLED production.By contrast, shares in LG Display Co Ltd surged.
  
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• Dictonary.com just came for Roseanne Barr and her racist comments

  29-05-2018 20:11 via yahoo.com
  Roseanne Barr is the subject of countless headlines and tweets on Tuesday after posting racist remarks on Twitter before announcing she would be leaving the platform altogether. Barr's since-deleted tweet was pointed towards Barack Obama's former advisor Valerie Jarrett, saying if the “Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.” As noted by many Twitter users, some outlets covered the incident without explicitly calling the behavior "racist." Instead, they chose to in
  
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• Hungary moves to jail NGOs for aiding migration

  29-05-2018 20:08 via yahoo.com
  NGO workers in Hungary could soon face prison after Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government tabled what it calls the "Stop Soros" laws to parliament Tuesday, targeting "organisers of illegal migration".According to the text of the legislation, helping asylum-seekers to acquire refugee status could result in jail for up to one year if those persons were not in immediate danger, or had entered Hungary illegally."Hungary's security interests must come first," said state secretary Csaba Domotor, ad
  
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• The Latest: Searchers find body of missing Maryland man

  29-05-2018 19:52 via yahoo.com
  ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of Maryland's flash flooding (all times local):
  
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• Hungary aims to criminalize aiding illegal migration in 'Stop Soros' bill

  29-05-2018 19:51 via yahoo.com
  By KrisztinaThanBUDAPEST (Reuters) - Individuals or groups who help migrants not entitled to protection to submit requests for asylum or who help illegal migrants gain status to stay in Hungary will be liable to jail under legislation submitted to parliament on Tuesday.Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government has also proposed amending the constitution to state that an "alien population" cannot be settled in Hungary, rejecting European Union quotas to distribute migrants around the bloc.In power
  
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• Can I roast a marshmallow over lava?

  29-05-2018 19:50 via yahoo.com
  At more than 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, the lava oozing out of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano will easily toast a marshmallow, but that doesn't mean you should go out and start making volcanic s'mores. On Monday, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) explained on Twitter that roasting marshmallows over scorching, molten rock is not a great idea for a multitude of reasons. SEE ALSO: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano could keep erupting for months. Here's why. "Is it safe to roast marshmallows over volcanic vents?," Twit
  
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• Most Americans believe racism is still a major problem in their society, survey finds

  29-05-2018 19:48 via yahoo.com
  Affirming the reasoning for thousands of Starbucks employees attending racial bias training, a new survey found most Americans believe racism is a paramount issue.Just under two-thirds of respondents to an NBC News/Survey Monkey poll said that racism remains a “major problem” in American society.Nearly three-quarters said racial discrimination against blacks represented a serious issue.
  
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• Three Israeli soldiers wounded as dozens of mortars fired from Gaza in heaviest barrage since 2014 war

  29-05-2018 19:45 via yahoo.com
  Israel warned it was closer to war in Gaza than it had been in years after Palestinian militants fired dozens of mortars at Israeli towns and Israel’s military responded with heavy airstrikes across Gaza.  In the most serious exchange of fire between the two sides since the end of the 2014 conflict, Israel’s military said waves of missiles were fired out of Gaza into southern Israel. At least three soldiers were wounded. One shell fell into the yard of a kindergarten, spraying t
  
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• Balancing contract work while bringing Moonlighter to life

  29-05-2018 19:24
  We chatted with the CEO of WildFrame and Digital Sun to discuss the business of making small indie games like Moonlighter while balancing work for other clients. ...
  
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• Mobile dev Voodoo secures an estimated $200M investment from Goldman Sachs

  29-05-2018 19:23
  Voodoo has received $200 million from Goldman Sachs it aims to use to double its staff, build messaging tools, and more efficiently use data collected from players. ...
  
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• Derek Hough & Jenna Dewan Say That Season 2 of 'World of Dance' Is 'On Another Level'

  29-05-2018 19:19 via yahoo.com
  Season 2 of NBC's "World of Dance" premieres Tuesday, May 29th.
  
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• Courtnite: The PUBG devs are suing the Fortnite devs over copyright infringement

  29-05-2018 19:15 via gamesradar.com
  Remember when PUBG threatened to sue Fortnite? It actually did and here's what's going down
  
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• What Medical Schools Are Doing to Reduce Student Debt

  29-05-2018 19:08 via yahoo.com
  The rising cost of higher education makes affording medical school tough for the vast majority of students.According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, 75 percent of medical students who graduated in 2017 borrowed student loans to pay for school.Among U.S. medical school graduates who borrowed, those who attended public institutions finished their degrees with nearly $170,000 on average in student loans, according to data submitted to U.S. News by 52 ranked schools in an annual sur
  
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• The Latest: Germany: Rejected asylum-seeker sets self ablaze

  29-05-2018 18:58 via yahoo.com
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The Latest on Europe's migrant crisis (all times local):
  
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• Kendall Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian Pose in Sexy Bikinis for 'Low-Key' Memorial Day Weekend

  29-05-2018 18:51 via yahoo.com
  Kendall Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian spent their Memorial Day at the pool, showing off their summer-ready figures in sultry bikinis.
  
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• What really happened to the 1,500 immigrant children the Trump administration 'lost'?

  29-05-2018 18:50 via yahoo.com
  The internet was ablaze this weekend with reports that the US government had “lost” nearly 1,500 immigrant children inside the country.Steven Wagner, an acting assistant secretary at the agency, told Congress in April that HHS had lost track of 1,475 immigrant children they had placed with sponsors inside the US while their asylum cases were processed.“When I think about the 1500 lost children and those who are systematically separated from their mothers at the border, I come b
  
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• Wanda Sykes Says She's Left 'Roseanne.' Others React To Barr's Racist Remarks.

  29-05-2018 18:49 via yahoo.com
  Comedian and writer Wanda Sykes has quit her job as a consulting producer on
  
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• Tesla Model 3 Performance Fans Just Got Some Incredible News From Elon Musk

  29-05-2018 18:43 via yahoo.com
  New, more powerful cars could be arriving soon.
  
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• President Macron offers citizenship to migrant who saved dangling child

  29-05-2018 18:42 via yahoo.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron granted Mamoudou Gassama citizenship and offered him a job with the Paris emergency services.
  
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• Nicaragua using mobs to suppress opposition protests: Amnesty

  29-05-2018 18:30 via yahoo.com
  Nicaragua is using paramilitary groups dubbed "Sandinista mobs" to suppress demonstrations against the government of Daniel Ortega, the human rights group Amnesty International said in a report released Tuesday."They are oppressing the civilian population using semi-automatic weapons, under the protection of the police themselves," said Amnesty's Americas director Erika Guevara-Rosas.At least 87 people have been killed and almost 900 wounded since protests began on April 18 against Ortega and hi
  
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• Roseanne Barr 'Sorry' After Racist Comment About Former Obama Adviser Valerie Jarrett

  29-05-2018 18:23 via yahoo.com
  UPDATE: 2:00 p.m. ― ABC has canceled "Roseanne" following her racist tweet on
  
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