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• Off-Duty Oregon Firefighter Killed After Motorcycle Slams Into Bear on Remote Highway

  04-06-2018 23:57 via yahoo.com
  Off-duty firefighter Rhett Larsen struck a bear with his motorcycle, then hurled into path of oncoming SUV.
  
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• Boulder-size asteroid disintegrated harmlessly over Africa

  04-06-2018 23:56 via yahoo.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A boulder-size asteroid disintegrated harmlessly over Africa, just hours after its weekend discovery.
  
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• Democrats call for investigation into Hurricane Maria's Puerto Rico death toll

  04-06-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  Fourteen Democrats on the House Committee on Natural Resources have asked committee chair Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, for a “timely” hearing into the central claim of a Harvard study that 4,645 people died last year in Puerto Rico as a result of the hurricane.
  
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• Man run down, 50 years after killing girl in hit-and-run

  04-06-2018 23:37 via yahoo.com
  ALFRED, Maine (AP) — A woman with a history of drunken driving convictions drove her car onto a baseball field in Maine during a game, striking and killing a Vietnam War veteran who confessed five years ago to killing a 4-year-old girl in an alcohol-fueled 1968 hit-and-run, police said.
  
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• Family: Girl shot 7 times in Indiana middle school shooting

  04-06-2018 23:35 via yahoo.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A girl critically wounded in a suburban Indianapolis middle school shooting faces a lengthy recovery after being shot seven times, including in her face, neck and upper chest, her family said Monday.
  
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• Amber Alert: 7-month-old abducted by registered sex offender

  04-06-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in Virginia and North Carolina are searching for a convicted sex offender who kidnapped his 7-month-old daughter from her mother at knifepoint, police said Monday.
  
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• Destiny 2's Year 2's First Expansion Revealed, Details Coming This Week

  04-06-2018 23:17
  Bungie has given us our first look at its newest expansion, Forsaken, and a small glimpse of what will be showcased tomorrow during the Destiny 2 Year 2 reveal stream.
  Though the tease lasts but a few seconds, Cayde-6 and a Guardian are shown arriving on a location that very much looks like the Reef. Destiny 1 Guardians will remember the Reef as the second social space after the Tower and the home of the Awoken.Drop in for the reveal of the second year of #Destiny2.
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• Starbucks chief Schultz retiring, may run for president

  04-06-2018 23:13 via yahoo.com
  Howard Schultz, who built a small Seattle coffee shop into the global powerhouse Starbucks, announced Monday he was retiring from the company, fueling speculation he may run for president as a Democrat in 2020.Schultz, 64, has been serving as executive chairman of Starbucks since stepping down as chief executive in April.Schultz will leave the company at the end of the month and will take on the title of chairman emeritus, Starbucks said in a statement.
  
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• Howard Schultz To Step Down As Starbucks Executive Chairman

  04-06-2018 23:00 via yahoo.com
  Howard Schultz, who helped make Starbucks a global coffee giant, announced
  
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• White House says President Trump did ‘nothing wrong’ nine times during briefing

  04-06-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  President Trump tweeted Monday that he has the “absolute right” to pardon himself, but said he did nothing wrong. During the White House press briefing, Sarah Sanders said Trump did “nothing wrong” nine times within the span of about 15 minutes.
  
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• 12 People Have Died After Doing This Weight-Loss Treatment

  04-06-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  Update June 4, 2018: The Food and Drug Administration is releasing another warning to health care providers about a popular weight loss device. According to a statement issued by the FDA, five more deaths have been reported in patients with two liquid-filled intragastric balloon systems used to treat obesity, totaling 12 deaths attributed to the device since 2016. “We have been carefully tracking adverse events, including a total of 12 deaths over the past two years, that have be
  
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• A US Senator tried to visit a building where the government keeps immigrant children. He wasn't allowed in

  04-06-2018 22:58 via yahoo.com
  When a US senator tried to visit a government shelter for migrant children, his trip ended not with a tour of the facility, but with a visit from police.Senator Jeff Merkley attempted to visit a shelter in Brownsville, Texas this week, in the wake of a new Trump administration policy encouraging the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the border.The shelter in question – which Mr Merkley said was housing children "torn away from their parents" – refused to arrange
  
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• Russia wants 'united and prosperous EU': Putin

  04-06-2018 22:54 via yahoo.com
  President Vladimir Putin on Monday downplayed suggestions Russia was seeking to disrupt the European Union's cohesion, saying it was in his country's interests for the bloc to remain "united and prosperous"."We have an interest in an EU that's united and prosperous, since the EU is our most important commercial and economic partner," Putin told Austria's ORF television a day before an official visit to Vienna."The more problems at the heart of the EU, the more risks and problems there are for us
  
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• Sen. Jeff Merkley: 'Zero Tolerance' Refugee Policy Is Actually 'Zero Humanity'

  04-06-2018 22:35 via yahoo.com
  "Are we really putting children through a traumatic experience here in the U.S. in order to dissuade their parents from seeking asylum?"
  
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• 'The president hasn’t done anything wrong,' Sarah Sanders says 9 times in 15 minutes

  04-06-2018 22:24 via yahoo.com
  The White House Press Secretary made one point over and over during Monday's briefing.
  
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• Destiny 2's next expansion is called Forsaken, could bring back your favorite Fallen

  04-06-2018 22:20 via gamesradar.com
  Big reveal happens tomorrow, but Bungie is being a tease
  
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• A Complete Guide To Buying The Best Father's Day Gifts

  04-06-2018 22:14 via yahoo.com
  It's time to celebrate the guy who taught you everything you know about
  
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• Russia not trying to split EU, Putin says before rare visit to Western Europe

  04-06-2018 22:09 via yahoo.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview broadcast on Monday, said he did not want to divide the European Union as he prepared to visit Austria in his first bilateral trip to a West European country in almost a year."We do not pursue the objective of dividing anything or anyone in the EU," Putin told broadcaster ORF."We are far more interested in the EU being united and flourishing because the EU is our most important trading and economic partner."Putin, who has not made a bilateral vis
  
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• Sandra Bullock Fights Back Tears While Talking About Adopting Children

  04-06-2018 22:07 via yahoo.com
  Sandra Bullock might be gearing up for the release of "Ocean's 8" this week,
  
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• Douglas Parkhurst, Killed While Saving Kids on Maine Baseball Field, Had Confessed to 1968 Hit and Run

  04-06-2018 22:04 via yahoo.com
  He was not charged after confessing to the 1968 case because the statute of limitations had expired.
  
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• Fmr. Trump Campaign Chair accused of Witness Tampering

  04-06-2018 22:01 via yahoo.com
  Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation asked a court to revoke former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort’s bail, accusing him of trying to tamper with witnesses. Former Deputy Atty Gen Harry Litman.
  
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• Seth MacFarlane Links Not Baking Gay Wedding Cake To Not Seating Black People

  04-06-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  After the U.S. Supreme Court sided with a Christian baker who refused to make
  
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• PlayStation's counting down to E3 with five days of game reveals and details

  04-06-2018 20:57 via gamesradar.com
  How to watch the PlayStation E3 countdown reveal streams, featuring new PS4 games
  
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• Sara Gilbert Says She Stands Behind ABC's Decision To Cancel 'Roseanne'

  04-06-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  Sara Gilbert spoke out publicly for the first time Monday since ABC canceled
  
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• Suspect in Arizona Rampage That Left 4 Dead in 3 Days Commits Suicide as Police Close In

  04-06-2018 20:37 via yahoo.com
  The man suspected of killing four people in Arizona has killed himself in a hotel room on Monday after police swarmed the hotel.
  
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• Jury Finds Yet Another Trump Inauguration Protester Not Guilty Of Felony Charges

  04-06-2018 20:37 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― A jury found a defendant arrested on President Donald Trump's
  
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• Subaru Drops Photos Of 2019 WRX, WRX STI Series.Gray

  04-06-2018 20:35 via yahoo.com
  The STI receives an upgraded suspension.
  
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• Fortnite: Shopping Carts Are a Tad Bit Indestructible

  04-06-2018 20:30
  Fortnite fans have discovered that the newly added shopping cart is quite the force of destruction, among other cool abilities.
  Reddit user Pataxu used a shopping cart to slam into the side of the mysterious hatch that was discovered a few weeks ago. Nothing was inside, of course, but it was the first time anything was able to break down that door.
  It's a similar story with the meteorite over at Dusty Divot. User toxicgiraffe built a ramp and zoomed down with the shopping cart, crashing into the
  
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• Scott Pruitt Asked Aide To Buy Used Trump Mattress, Book Flights On Personal Time

  04-06-2018 20:26 via yahoo.com
  Oddjob wasn't just a classic James Bond villain ― it's also apparently the job
  
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• Nintendo Partners With Astro for Zelda: Breath of the Wild Themed Headset

  04-06-2018 20:18
  
  Astro Gaming has officially revealed its first product developed in partnership with Nintendo — an all-new Zelda: Breath of the Wild themed A10 headset that's made to work specifically with Nintendo Switch.
  The headset is designed specifically for Nintendo Switch and is set to release this winter, with a public showing planned for E3. Astro notes that the Zelda themed A10's will feature full chat capability on Switch “with a new discreet chat cable." The unit has an omnidirectio
  
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• Shark feeding frenzy

  04-06-2018 20:17 via yahoo.com
  One committed photographer spent a grand total of 3,000 dive hours trying to get the perfect shots, capturing beautiful images of a rare shark feeding frenzy.
  
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• Iran's supreme leader warns Europe of nuclear 'dream'

  04-06-2018 20:05 via yahoo.com
  Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday warned European leaders against their "dream" of Tehran continuing to curb its nuclear programme while finding itself under new economic sanctions."From some European countries we get the message that they expect the Iranian people to both tolerate the sanctions, deal with the sanctions, and go along with them and give up our nuclear energy activities and continue with the restrictions," he told an audience in a Tehran suburb.Khamenei was sp
  
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• 2018 Ford Shelby Super Snake boasts new looks, more power

  04-06-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  The 2018 Ford Mustang GT is an impressive bit of kit straight out of the box, especially when equipped with its Performance Package Level 2 handling upgrade.The Ford tuner extraordinaire has been offering a Super Snake package for the current Mustang since the 2015 model year.Now Shelby has unveiled its Super Snake package for Ford's updated 2018 Mustang, and the power dial has been turned all the way pass 800 hp! With so much oomph, Shelby says the car will rocket to 60 mph in just 3.5 seconds.
  
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• Dwight Jones Killing Spree: Death Toll Rises to 6 in Arizona Slayings of JonBenet Ramsey Consultant and 5 Others

  04-06-2018 19:58 via yahoo.com
  Arizona authorities said the suspect was responsible for six killings within 30 hours.
  
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• Rocket League Jurassic World DLC Announced

  04-06-2018 19:41
  New Jurassic World-themed DLC has been announced for Rocket League.
  This Jurassic World Car Pack includes the classic Jurassic Jeep Wrangler battle-car, a T. rex explosion upon scoring goals, a Jurassic Park hard hat topper, and Jurassic Park and Jurassic World player banners and flags.
  If deeper cuts are your thing, a Mr. DNA player banner and an InGen flag will also be included in the DLC.
  Priced at $1.99 USD, the Jurassic World Car Pack will be available to download on PlayStation 4, Xbo
  
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• US pushes for Venezuela to be suspended from OAS

  04-06-2018 19:37 via yahoo.com
  The political crisis in Venezuela dominated the opening exchanges of the annual meeting of the Organization of American States on Monday, with Washington pushing for it to be suspended.President Nicolas Maduro's government has already declared it will leave the forum, but US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged members to register a protest against last month's elections.Maduro was returned to power in a vote that was largely boycotted by the opposition and denounced as an unconstitutional assau
  
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• Florida deputy wishes he could have done more to stop school shooting

  04-06-2018 19:26 via yahoo.com
  The Florida sheriff's deputy branded a "coward" for failing to confront a school shooter has broken his silence and said he wishes he could have done more."It's haunting," Broward County sheriff's deputy Scot Peterson told The Washington Post.Peterson, 55, was the only armed deputy on the campus of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14 when a troubled ex-student opened fire on his former classmates with an AR-15-style rifle.
  
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• Best Friends Fall to Their Deaths While Rock Climbing in Yosemite National Park

  04-06-2018 19:19 via yahoo.com
  A pair of experienced rock climbers fell to their deaths Saturday morning while scaling a massive rock formation at Yosemite National Park in northern California, the National Park Service announced
  
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• Guatemalans recall terror of eruption

  04-06-2018 19:17 via yahoo.com
  Sitting on the floor of the community shelter where he and his family found refuge, Manuel Lopez breathed a sigh of relief Monday after his close call with Guatemala's deadly Fuego volcano.Barefoot, with his wife and two-month-old daughter sleeping on a blanket by his side, the 22-year-old recalled the terror that gripped his family as a tide of boiling mud and ash suddenly swept into their hillside home.The floor of the community hall in Escuintla, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of the Gua
  
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• Can Trump actually pardon himself? Experts weigh in

  04-06-2018 19:12 via yahoo.com
  ‘I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong?’ Donald Trump tweeted.Donald Trump, who has not been charged with any crime, asserted on Twitter on Monday morning that he had “the absolute right to pardon” himself.As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong?
  
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• Netanyahu warns Merkel of new refugee crisis sparked by Iran

  04-06-2018 19:11 via yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday that Iranian meddling in the Middle East could touch off massive new refugee flows to Europe, as they clashed about the future of the nuclear deal with Tehran.At the start of a three-day European tour dominated by strategic differences on Iran, Netanyahu charged that Tehran has been able to bankroll a growing military presence in countries such as Syria and Yemen because sanctions had been lifted in exchange
  
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• Sony Revealing 3 New Games Before E3

  04-06-2018 19:07
  Sony will reveal three new games ahead of its E3 showcase next week, including PS4 and PS VR titles.
  Sony has announced it will make a new announcement each day leading up to its E3 showcase, from Wednesday, June 6 until Sunday, June 10. The announcements include three new titles, two for PS4 and one for PS VR.
  Here's what is in store for each day: New PS4 game with PS VR support - Wednesday June 6 at 4pm BST / 8am PDT/ 11am EDT, or 1am AEST on Thursday June 7.Release Date for an upcoming W
  
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• Man Sues CVS For Telling Wife He Had Viagra Prescription

  04-06-2018 19:06 via yahoo.com
  A New York man claims the actions of a chatty CVS employee turned out to be
  
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• U.N. Yemen envoy in talks with Houthis to cede Hodeidah port: sources

  04-06-2018 18:59 via yahoo.com
  By Mohamed MokhashefADEN (Reuters) - The U.N. Yemen mediator is in talks with the Houthi movement to hand over control of Hodeidah port to the United Nations in an attempt to avert a possible assault on the city by a Saudi-led coalition, Yemeni political sources said.Martin Griffiths arrived in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Saturday as coalition-backed troops moved to within 10 km (6.21 miles) of the Red Sea port, long a key target in the war, according to local military officials, who said t
  
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• Immunotherapy cures late-stage breast cancer in world first: study

  04-06-2018 18:44 via yahoo.com
  A woman with an aggressive form of breast cancer which defied chemotherapy and spread to other organs, was cured with an experimental treatment that triggered her immune system, researchers said Monday.The woman has been cancer-free for two years, reported the US-based team, presenting their results as "a new immunotherapy approach" for the treatment of patients with a late-stage form of the disease.In the latest study, a team extracted immune cells called lymphocytes from the patient, tweaked t
  
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• Kanye West Reveals He Was Diagnosed with a 'Mental Condition' at Age 39: 'It's a Superpower'

  04-06-2018 18:38 via yahoo.com
  Kanye West is continuing to open up about his mental health.
  
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• Janet Jackson Calls Police to Check on 1-Year-Old Son's Welfare While Child Is with His Father

  04-06-2018 18:37 via yahoo.com
  The child was with his father, Jackson’s estranged husband, Wissam Al Mana, at the Nobu hotel in Malibu, California.
  
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• Tom Arnold Says Ex-Wife Roseanne Barr Is ‘Obviously’ Racist and Needs to Get Off Social Media

  04-06-2018 18:24 via yahoo.com
  Tom Arnold addresses Roseanne’s mental illness issues & says ABC execs should have "seen this coming"
  
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• Suspect In Arizona Killings Died By Suicide In Standoff, Police Say

  04-06-2018 18:24 via yahoo.com
  The Arizona man who died in a Scottsdale motel standoff after being named a
  
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• Prince Harry announces next Invictus Games

  04-06-2018 18:24 via yahoo.com
  The Invictus Games will be held in the Netherlands in 2020, the Duke of Sussex has announced, as organisers say they feel a moral duty to keep it running.  The Duke of Sussex said the games, for sick and wounded servicemen and women, will be held at The Hague, before continuing every two years for the foreseeable future. The Duke and Duchess are now likely to make a trip to the Netherlands for an official launch this summer, before travelling to Sydney for the next games in Octobe
  
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