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• Migrant Children Report Physical, Verbal Abuse In At Least 3 Federal Detention Centers

  21-06-2018 23:51 via yahoo.com
  Migrant children as young as 11 years old have reported suffering physical and
  
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• Parents in California torture case ordered to stand trial: prosecutors

  21-06-2018 23:47 via yahoo.com
  A judge on Thursday ordered a married couple to stand trial on 49 counts of torture, false imprisonment and abuse over the treatment of 13 siblings who were found imprisoned and starvingin their suburban California home, prosecutors said.David and Louise Turpin were bound over for trial after a two-day hearing in Riverside County Superior Court in which the court heard tape of an emotional 911 call by a 17-year-old girl who climbed out a window and dialed police on a borrowed and deactivated cel
  
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• More time needed to achieve peace, South Sudan rebels say

  21-06-2018 23:42 via yahoo.com
  By Denis DumoJUBA (Reuters) - South Sudanese rebels said on Thursday that more time is needed to secure lasting peace in the country and it would be necessary to address the root causes of a civil war."There is no shortcut to peace," the group said in a statement after peace talks in Ethiopia between its leader Riek Machar and President Salva Kiir, the first time the two men had met since 2016, when a peace deal collapsed and fighting re-erupted between their forces.SPLM/SPLA (IO) said the solut
  
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• Nintendo and Microsoft partner to bring cross-play of Minecraft on Switch

  21-06-2018 23:39
  Nintendo and Microsoft are collaborating to bring cross-play capability for Minecraft to the Switch by announcing a new update that will bring cross-platform play with other consoles. ...
  
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• Jeff Sessions Says He Never 'Intended' To Separate Immigrant Families. That's A Lie.

  21-06-2018 23:38 via yahoo.com
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday that the Trump administration
  
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• Family: Kate Spade's father dies on eve of her funeral

  21-06-2018 23:32 via yahoo.com
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The father of fashion designer Kate Spade died on the eve of her funeral, according to a statement released by her family shortly before her service began Thursday in her hometown of Kansas City.
  
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• Here's Everything We Know About Meghan Markle's Daily Diet

  21-06-2018 23:27 via yahoo.com
  As the new Duchess transitions into her royal duties, we're digging up everything we know about what Meghan Markle eats in a day.
  
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• Pentagon agrees to provide space for 20,000 migrant children

  21-06-2018 23:26 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will make space available on military bases for as many as 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children detained after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a spokesman said Thursday.
  
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• Pokemon Go: Legendary Pokemon Regice Available Today

  21-06-2018 23:24
  
  Legendary Pokemon Regice will be available in Pokemon Go starting today.
  According to Pokemon Go’s official site, Regice will begin spawning in raids today and will remain in the game until 1:00 PM Pacific Time on July 19. Regice will be followed by Legendary Pokemon Regirock and Registeel later this summer.Regice is the sixth Legendary Pokemon to appear from generation 3, following Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, and Latios and Latias in the last few months. Once Regice, Regirock and Registeel
  
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• The Crew 2 open beta is live now - here's how to start racing by land, sea, and air

  21-06-2018 23:16 via gamesradar.com
  The Crew 2 open beta gives you the keys for the whole weekend
  
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• People Want Time Magazine To Pay Young Immigrant Girl On Cover

  21-06-2018 23:03 via yahoo.com
  Time magazine is getting a lot of attention for its provocative new cover that
  
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• Nintendo Switch 'Flip Grip' Seeks Kickstarter Funding for Vertical-Mode Gaming

  21-06-2018 22:43
  Flip Grip is a new accessory on Kickstarter that's designed to allow the Nintendo Switch to be played in vertical mode while playing the system on the go.
  On Kickstarter, accessory and apparel retailer Fangamer has outlined its solution to vertical gaming on the Switch. By flipping the Switch by 90 degrees, a whole host of games become much more accessible to play, including Ikaruga, Gunbird and more.
  The project is being helmed by Jeremy Parish of the Retronauts podcast and hardware engine
  
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• Microsoft says original Crackdown 3 dev no longer working on the game

  21-06-2018 22:41
  Reagent Games has gone dark after Microsoft Studios confirms that the creator of the Crackdown franchise is no longer involved in the game's development....
  
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• Trump admin’s mixed border messages

  21-06-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  Lawrence says that Melania Trump had to know that millions of people were going to be wondering what she was trying to communicate with the words written on her back which were, "I really don't care. Do you?" as she boarded the plane to Texas.
  
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• SEC judge appointments unconstitutional, U.S. high court says

  21-06-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  By Andrew ChungWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court gave presidents more control over key jobs in federal agencies on Thursday, ruling that the way the Securities and Exchange Commission selected in-house judges who enforce investor protection laws violated the U.S. Constitution.The justices agreed with President Donald Trump's administration that the SEC, in having low-level staff install administrative law judges, infringed upon powers given to the president in the U.S. Constitution's
  
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• Overwatch Teases Hero 28

  21-06-2018 22:22
  
  The official Overwatch Twitter account posted a six-second video clip Thursday, potentially teasing either its 28th hero or a new map.
  The short video shows off a dimly lit alley, most notably featuring a series of tattered posters, the most center of which depicts a monkey and a dog space suits. The text below them reads “no bots,” and a separate poster to the right advertises Horizon Lunar Colony.Continue reading…
  
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• House Passes Symbolic Food Stamp Cuts

  21-06-2018 22:21 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― More poor people would have to get jobs in order to keep food
  
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• Separating 'Tender Age' Children At The Border Is A Specific Kind Of Child Abuse

  21-06-2018 22:18 via yahoo.com
  After a massive public outcry, President Donald Trump signed an executive
  
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• Don't Miss: Veteran director Khris Brown on the secrets of great voice acting

  21-06-2018 22:12
  Producing believable, satisfying voice acting for your game is tricky business, so Gamasutra sat down with Khris Brown to explore how high-quality voicework in games comes together. ...
  
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• GOP Senators Accuse National Science Foundation Of Funding Climate 'Propaganda'

  21-06-2018 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Four Republican senators this week demanded an investigation of the National
  
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• Father of Honduran girl whose devastated face shocked America says she is with her mother in Texas

  21-06-2018 22:06 via yahoo.com
  The father of the little girl on the US-Mexico border, whose distraught face came to symbolise the plight of families separated by the Trump administration, has said that his daughter and wife are together, and doing well.   Denis Javier Varela Hernandez, 32, said that his two-year-old daughter Yanela was with his wife Sandra in a shelter. Mr Varela Hernandez, a ship’s captain from Puerto Cortes, Honduras, said he had not spoken to his them, but was informed on Wednesday that they wer
  
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• Weekly Jobs Roundup: Funcom, Tilting Point, and more are hiring now!

  21-06-2018 22:04
  Here are just some of the many, many positions being advertised right now on the Gamasutra Job Board. ...
  
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• Life Is Strange 2 Prequel Captain Spirit Gets Release Dates

  21-06-2018 22:02
  
  The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit now has global release dates. Developer Dontnod Entertainment tweeted today that the free Life Is Strange sequel will release June 25 in North America and Europe and June 26 in Australia.
  Captain Spirit was first announced last week during Microsoft's E3 media showcase. Set three years after Life Is Strange, Captain Spirit tells the story of a 10-year-old boy named Chris who either is or believes he is the titular superhero — it's not clea
  
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• Assad presses assault in southwest Syria, civilians flee

  21-06-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  By Tom PerryBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces pounded rebel-held areas of the southwest with artillery on Thursday, in a steady escalation by President Bashar al-Assad who has vowed to win back the area bordering Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 12,500 civilians had fled the town of Busra al-Hariri and nearby areas of Deraa province in the last two days.The United States has warned it would take "firm and appropriate measures" i
  
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• Scott Pruitt spent more than $4m on his security detail, report reveals

  21-06-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), spent $4.6m (£3.47m) of taxpayer money on his security detail, a new report has revealed.Other expenses outlined in spending documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, was the nearly $3,000 (£2,264) Mr Pruitt spent on “tactical polos” and “tactical pants”."[The expenses] are routine expenditures for our Criminal Investigative Division (CID) and Protective Security Detail (PS
  
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• SteamVR introduces new skeletal input system for advanced animations

  21-06-2018 21:37
  SteamVR introduces the Skeletal Input System, allowing for developers to capture more accurate hand motions. ...
  
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• Fallout 76 nukes explained: why they probably won't ruin your day but they'll still be super important

  21-06-2018 21:31 via gamesradar.com
  Fallout 76 nukes give players a countdown to escape and high-level challenges after that
  
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• Discord takes a page from Steam's book with a new, game-focused hub page

  21-06-2018 21:14
  Discord is launching a new Games Tab that aims to put games in the spotlight. ...
  
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• Melania Trump makes surprise visit to migrant child facility in Texas

  21-06-2018 21:11 via yahoo.com
  Melania Trump made an unannounced visit to a Texas facility Thursday, talking with children and staff as she got a first-hand look at some of the migrant children sent there by the U.S. government after their families entered the country illegally.The first lady’s stop at Upbring New Hope Children’s Center came the morning after President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting the practice of separating these families.
  
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• U.S. passengers file suit against Southwest over fatal engine explosion

  21-06-2018 21:08 via yahoo.com
  Eight passengers have sued Southwest Airlines Coover a catastrophic engine blowout in April that killed a passenger and injured several others.The plaintiffs, eight passengers from Flight 1380 on April 17 and one passenger's husband, filed suit on Tuesday in the Supreme Court of the State of New York County of New York.Passengers Cindy Candy Arenas, Jaky Alyssa Arena, Jiny Alexa Arenas, Elhadji Cisse, Donald Kirkland, Beverly Kirkland, Connor Brown, and Cassandra Adams, and Cindy Arenas' husband
  
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• Melania Trump Wears Jacket With ‘I Really Don’t Care’ On It To Visit Immigrant Children

  21-06-2018 21:01 via yahoo.com
  Melania Trump was reportedly seen wearing an army-style jacket with the phrase
  
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• Turkey gets first F-35 delivery from US

  21-06-2018 20:44 via yahoo.com
  The United States delivered Thursday its first shipment of F-35 stealth fighter jets to Turkey, despite tensions with the country and US lawmakers' opposition.American defense giant Lockheed Martin officially transferred possession of the first plane, designed to evade even the most advanced radars, to Turkish officials during a ceremony in Fort Worth, Texas.A second plane is due to be delivered in the coming days and the two aircraft will be brought "at a later date" to Luke Air Force Base in A
  
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• The Latest: Parents accused of shackling kids to face trial

  21-06-2018 20:43 via yahoo.com
  RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California parents accused of shackling their kids (all times local):
  
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• U.S. centers force migrant children to take drugs: lawsuit

  21-06-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Immigrant children are being routinely and forcibly given a range of psychotropic drugs at U.S. government-funded youth shelters to manage their trauma after being detained and in some cases separated from parents, according to a lawsuit.Children held at facilities such as the Shiloh Treatment Center in Texas are almost certain to be administered the drugs, irrespective of their condition, and without their parents' consent, according to the lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles-based Cen
  
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• Steam Summer Sale Now Live

  21-06-2018 20:19
  It's time to start browsing your queues, the Steam Summer Sale is up and running.
  Valve has officially launched the two-week long seasonal sale, this time with an outer space theme. The Intergalactic Summer Sale includes a number of discounts on big titles.
  Entries in the Fallout franchise range from 30% to 75% off, with Fallout 4 coming in at 50% off. The sale makes it a great opportunity for those wanting to dive into the series for the first time, or revisit it ahead of Fallout 76's launch la
  
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• Order on family separation offers no relief for thousands already being held 

  21-06-2018 20:19 via yahoo.com
  Despite a federal policy change that will affect the detention of new families caught illegally entering the country, children who’ve already been separated from their parents will remain so.
  
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• House Republicans Gear Up For Failure On Immigration

  21-06-2018 20:16 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Despite President Donald Trump's stated ― if not, at times,
  
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• Melania Trump Visits Texas Shelter For Undocumented Children

  21-06-2018 20:13 via yahoo.com
  First lady Melania Trump arrived in McAllen, Texas, on Thursday to visit a
  
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• Minecraft Trailer Highlights Nintendo and Xbox Cross-Play Following Continued PlayStation Backlash

  21-06-2018 20:09
  
  Nintendo has released a new trailer that focuses on Cross-Play between the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One, and PlayStation is still notably missing.
  The trailer features two players, one holding Switch Joy-Cons and the other holding an Xbox One controller. Both players are seen working together in a rare promotional video featuring hardware, imagery, and more from both companies.
  The video ends reinforcing this message of unity by stating "Create Together, Explore Together, Survive Together, Bette
  
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• Complete Guide to Octopath Traveler Preorder Bonuses

  21-06-2018 20:00
  
  If you buy something through this post, IGN may get a share of the sale. For more, read our Terms of Use.
  Octopath Traveler is Square Enix's return to the JRPG days of the Super NES, with modern gameplay sensibilities blended with a gorgeous tilt-shift amalgam of pixel-art and 3D effects. It's absolutely charming, and if you haven't tried the 3-hour long demo, it's definitely worth picking up. The best part is all your progress from the demo carries over Octopath Traveler when it releases on Nin
  
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• Fortnite: Players Discover New TV Message After Altering the Date and Time on PC

  21-06-2018 19:58
  
  Fortnite fans have discovered a new message on every TV on the map by changing the date and time on PC.
  With the altered date, TV screens in Fortnite will change from the recent ominous skull to a flashing signal that simply reads "LAUNCH." This goes right along with the recent datamine leak that strongly suggests players will soon be able to launch the rocket from the evil lair on the west side of the map.A new image appears after altering the date on PC.Continue reading…
  
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• Paul Ryan Accuses Democrats Of Caring More About Open Borders Than Kids

  21-06-2018 19:57 via yahoo.com
  Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) suggested Thursday that Democrats don't care that
  
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• Philadelphia Phillies Fan Nursing a Black Eye After She Was Shot by Hot Dog Cannon

  21-06-2018 19:56 via yahoo.com
  Kathy McVay says that despite the accident, she's not angry, and will continue attending games.
  
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• Nintendo stole the show during E3, at least as far as Twitter is concerned

  21-06-2018 19:56
  Twitter has put together a nifty roundup that offers devs a look at what Twitter users were talking about during E3 last week. ...
  
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• Italy to pick up migrants, impound German charity ship

  21-06-2018 19:55 via yahoo.com
  By Steve Scherer and Angelo AmanteROME (Reuters) - Italy appeared to relent on Thursday after at first refusing to accept 226 migrants on board a German charity rescue ship, saying later in the day it would take them in but would impound the vessel.Anti-immigrant interior minister Matteo Salvini initiallysaid the Dutch-flagged ship Lifeline should take the people it plucked from the Mediterranean to the Netherlands and not Italy."We will assume the humanitarian generosity and responsibility to s
  
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• Israel says Gaza baby's family paid to blame army for death

  21-06-2018 19:55 via yahoo.com
  Israel said Thursday it has evidence the family of a baby who died near the Gaza border was paid by Hamas to accuse Israel's army over her death, an account the family rejected.Gaza's health ministry and family members said eight-month-old Leila al-Ghandour had died after inhaling tear gas along the border during a day of clashes in May, in which at least 61 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire.
  
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• Epic Games Striving to Make Fortnite Endgame More Interesting

  21-06-2018 19:55
  To currently win Fortnite, you'd better know how to build.
  If you've ever been skilled, or lucky, enough to get to the top five in a Fortnite Battle Royale game, you know that the strategy of the endgame shifts pretty dramatically. You have to hurriedly slap together complex forts, attack other forts with shotguns and rocket launchers, or both. It gets pretty predictable. In a blog post today, Epic Games said it wants to change that.
  "We are going to continue to make changes to evolve the game t
  
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• 911 Call: Mom said ex-boyfriend had gun, 4 kids with him

  21-06-2018 19:46 via yahoo.com
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman who escaped her apartment after her ex-husband started beating her told a 911 dispatcher she didn't want to leave her four children alone with him too long "because he might do something."
  
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• Appeals court grants new sentencing hearings for DC sniper

  21-06-2018 19:44 via yahoo.com
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A sniper serving life in prison for terrorizing the Washington, D.C., region as a teenager must get new sentencing hearings in Virginia, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
  
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• Mother of 'Little Jacob' Dumped His Body at the Beach Because He 'Liked The Water': Affidavit

  21-06-2018 19:42 via yahoo.com
  The 4-year-old boy's mother and her girlfriend have been charged in connection with his murder.
  
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