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• Justice Kennedy's Retirement Could Harm Reproductive Rights For Decades

  27-06-2018 23:54 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's pick to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony
  
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• Democrats have a risky long shot at blocking Trump's next Supreme Court pick

  27-06-2018 23:43 via yahoo.com
  The Democrats are reeling from the announcement that Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring. They could try to use the so-called quorum rule to block Republicans from tipping the balance of the court — but they probably won't.
  
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• BioWare Producer Says Release Timing May Have Hurt Mass Effect: Andromeda

  27-06-2018 23:38
  Mass Effect: Andromeda was not as critically well received as past entries in the series, and one BioWare producer offered his insight into one aspect he believes may have contributed to Mass Effect: Andromeda's review scores.
  In a Twitter thread today, BioWare Executive Producer Mark Darrah wrote that he believes Andromeda suffered somewhat from releasing in the midst of a crowded schedule. Nier: Automata, Nioh, Horizon: Zero Dawn, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild all released mere w
  
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• Worker found dead in stadium cooler was Minnesota inventor

  27-06-2018 23:36 via yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — A body found inside a beer cooler at the major league home of the Atlanta Braves belongs to a Minnesota inventor who was doing contract work at the stadium, police in Atlanta's suburbs said Wednesday.
  
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• Jeb Hensarling clashes with Waters during committee hearing

  27-06-2018 23:35 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Maxine Waters responds to Chairman’s comments on civility during House Financial Service committee hearing.
  
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• Pakistan ex-PM banned in one seat as election bias claims persist

  27-06-2018 23:18 via yahoo.com
  By Asif ShahzadISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani election tribunal disqualified outgoing Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday from running in his home constituency, dealing the latest blow to the party of ousted leader Nawaz Sharif.The ruling follows the arrest by an anti-corruption body of another member of Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) after he was named to contest a seat.In the case of Abbasi, an election commission tribunal ruled that he did not declare an accurat
  
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• The Volvo S60 You Really Want Will Be Very Rare

  27-06-2018 23:14 via yahoo.com
  Just 20 of these 415-hp will be brought to the US for 2019.
  
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• Both sides on abortion agree: Roe is in play now

  27-06-2018 23:10 via yahoo.com
  Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement after 30 years as a moderate swing vote on the Supreme Court poses a real threat to abortion rights in the United States, advocates and constitutional scholars agree. But exactly how that threat will play out is uncertain.
  
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• Officer charged in death of black teen who was shot in back

  27-06-2018 22:58 via yahoo.com
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — A white police officer was charged Wednesday with homicide in the death of an unarmed black teenager who was shot in the back while fleeing a traffic stop, a shooting that has fueled daily protests around Pittsburgh.
  
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• Harley-Davidson: Donald Trump says 'we won't forget' and company should 'stay 100% in America'

  27-06-2018 22:54 via yahoo.com
  The president tweeted that “Harley-Davidson should stay 100 per cent in America,” despite the fact that it already has some production outside of the United States.“I’ve done so much for you, and then this,” Mr Trump said.The American brand, synonymous with American motorcycle culture, was founded in 1903 in Wisconsin.
  
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• Puerto Rico introduces bill to become US state

  27-06-2018 22:47 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Puerto Rico's non-voting representative in Congress is introducing a bill that seeks to make the U.S. territory a state by 2021.
  
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• Warframe's TennoCon 2018 event is coming up, here's how you can watch from home

  27-06-2018 22:43 via gamesradar.com
  See the future of Warframe live on July 7 with this TennoCon 2018 stream
  
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• My Friend Pedro For Nintendo Switch Will Make You Feel Like Deadpool

  27-06-2018 22:38
  
  My Friend Pedro is a gun-fu ballet 2D action-platformer in which a talking banana assists a man with glowing eyes in the mass execution of, from what I've seen so far, geriatric gangsters.
  Are you having trouble visualising what that might actually mean? Yeah, I thought as much, so I brought some gifs.The problem for your humble video game writer is that the sheer, beautiful excess of My Friend Pedro is extremely hard to put into words. It's a game that presents you with all the tools to do incr
  
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• Democrats aim to hold Trump to McConnell's Garland standard

  27-06-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  Senator Chris Murphy talks with Rachel Maddow about the Democratic strategy to block Donald Trump's next Supreme Court pick until at least after the midterm elections.
  
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• Appellate judge on D.C. Circuit seen as early favorite on Trump's Supreme Court shortlist

  27-06-2018 22:31 via yahoo.com
  Bloomberg and the Los Angeles Times are both reporting that the favorite is Brett Kavanaugh, 53, a federal appellate court judge based in Washington, D.C., who previously clerked for Kennedy.
  
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• Cheetah Explained: Who Is the Wonder Woman 1984 Villain?

  27-06-2018 22:27
  
  Update: For your first look at Cheetah in the Wonder Woman sequel, head here!
  While details surrounding Wonder Woman 1984 -- a.k.a. Wonder Woman 2 -- remain scarce, we do at least know which DC villain Gal Gadot's heroine will be battling in the sequel. Kristen Wiig has been cast as Cheetah, one of Wonder Woman's oldest and most nefarious foes.
  While we wait for this epic clash between comic book titans, here's everything you need to know about Cheetah and the various women who have held that ti
  
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• 12 Awesome Playground LTM Creations From Fortnite's V4.5 Update

  27-06-2018 22:26
  
  With just a few hours since release, Fortnite players have already constructed a number of different creations in the new Playground limited time mode.
  The new mode gives players one full hour to run around the entire map with just yourself or a squad with the freedom to do just about anything you want. While server issues forced Epic to temporarily disable the mode, the small window of time allowed fans to build whatever they desired and we've rounded up 12 of the most impressive constructions
  
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• Tornado injures 8 people, 2 critically, in small Kansas town

  27-06-2018 22:16 via yahoo.com
  EUREKA, Kan. (AP) — Residents in a small Kansas town were surveying damage Wednesday after the community took a "direct hit" from a tornado for the second time in two years.
  
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• 'The McConnell rule': Some Dems say the vote for Justice Kennedy's replacement should be delayed

  27-06-2018 22:14 via yahoo.com
  Justice Anthony Kennedy’s surprise announcement on Wednesday that he is retiring from the Supreme Court reverberated throughout Washington, where President Trump and his fellow Republicans are now poised to cement conservative control of the high court.
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Just Made The Democratic Party Safe For Democracy Again

  27-06-2018 22:00 via yahoo.com
  In the Democratic Party primary for New York's 14th Congressional District,
  
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• Alfa Romeo 4C Coupe Gets The Axe, But The Spider Lives On

  27-06-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  It was nice knowing you, Alfa Romeo 4C Coupe.
  
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• Democrats see major upset as socialist beats top-ranking US congressman

  27-06-2018 21:48 via yahoo.com
  Ocasio-Cortez: who is the new progressive star of the Democrats?Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old Democratic socialist from the Bronx, has unseated Joe Crowley, a 20-year congressman, in a stunning political upset that sent shockwaves through the party.The victory, in a New York district primary election to determine who stands against the Republicans in November’s midterms for a seat in Congress, immediately prompted debate about the wider ramifications for the Democrats, and whethe
  
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• Justice Elena Kagan Says The Supreme Court Turned The First Amendment 'Into A Sword'

  27-06-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 that
  
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• 10-Year-Old Boy Allegedly Said He 'Liked Boys' Before Being Beaten To Death

  27-06-2018 21:36 via yahoo.com
  Investigators believe a 10-year-old California boy told his family members he
  
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• New Cassini findings suggest Saturn moon could support life

  27-06-2018 21:15 via yahoo.com
  Complex organic molecules have been discovered originating from one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus, adding to its potential to support life, researchers said on Wednesday.The Cassini spacecraft first flew close to the ice-covered moon in 2005 as part of a mission to gather data on Saturn that will be analyzed for years to come.A team led by Frank Postberg and Nozair Khawaja of the University of Heidelberg in Germany said they had identified fragments of large organic molecules in ice grains that w
  
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• Heavy Rain's a free PS Plus game for July and grab Black Ops 3 while you can

  27-06-2018 21:02 via gamesradar.com
  Check out what's coming to Sony's Instant Game Collection next
  
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• Israel says Gaza militants fire more than a dozen rockets

  27-06-2018 20:48 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — More than 12 rockets were launched from Gaza toward southern Israeli communities early Wednesday, the Israeli military said.
  
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• Jeff Sessions jokes about critics of migrant family separations in speech

  27-06-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  While delivering a speech to the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, Attorney General Jeff Sessions joked about the “hypocrisy” of those who have criticized the family separations and “zero tolerance” policy for illegal crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border.
  
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• Mattis, China leaders strike positive tone despite tensions

  27-06-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Chinese leaders struck a largely positive public tone Wednesday, talking up increased military cooperation and open dialogue between the two powers despite security tensions and an impending trade war.
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Went From Bartender To History-Maker In Just Months

  27-06-2018 20:25 via yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn't just a force to be reckoned with because she
  
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• Cigar-shaped interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua classified as comet

  27-06-2018 20:06 via yahoo.com
  The reddish cigar-shaped object called 'Oumuamua spotted last year tumbling through space is a comet, scientists said on Wednesday, solving the mystery over how to classify the first interstellar object found passing through our solar system.'Oumuamua (pronounced oh-MOO-uh-MOO-uh) initially was pegged as a comet, but it lacks the tail of gas and dust characteristic of many comets, and some scientists argued that it was perhaps a dry asteroid."It does not display any tail in any observation we ob
  
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• Despite Trump Urging, Republicans Fail On Immigration Again

  27-06-2018 20:03 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning called on House
  
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• Abandoned buildings photo series shows beauty in urban decay

  27-06-2018 20:03 via yahoo.com
  An urban explorer has created a powerful photography series in a campaign to show the beauty of abandoned buildings and to urge us to stop tearing them down. Shelley Koon, 54, from Dover, Del., hopes to shatter the illusion that the forgotten sites are dark and drab to reveal their beauty and appeal. Visiting hospitals, asylums, schools and factories in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, she says she can easily spend eight hours at a time exploring and photographing the locations. (Caters News)
  
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• Pokemon Quest Now Available on iOS, Android Devices

  27-06-2018 20:01
  Pokemon Quest is now out on mobile devices.
  The action RPG from developer Game Freak Inc. has been released on iOS and Android devices. You can download the game for free right now on the App Store and Google Play Store. The game launched on Nintendo Switch back in May.
  Pokemon Quest has players battling with wild Pokémon, hunting for treasure, discovering unexplored areas, and cooking recipes to tempt new Pokémon to join your party. The game takes place on 
  
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• House defeats immigration bill backed by Donald Trump

  27-06-2018 19:58 via yahoo.com
  The Republican-led House has rejected a far-ranging immigration bill despite its eleventh-hour endorsement by President Donald Trump, as the gulf between the party's moderate and conservative wings proved too deep.The vote was 301-121, with nearly half of Republicans opposing the measure.The depth of opposition was an embarrassing showing for Mr Trump and a rebuff of House GOP leaders, who'd postponed the vote twice and proposed changes in hopes of driving up the vote for a measure that seemed d
  
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• Metro Exodus Is a Bit Rough Around the Edges So Far

  27-06-2018 19:55
  After Metro Exodus’ visually stunning reveal at last year’s E3, I came into this year’s event with the long-running post-apocalyptic survival shooter high on my list of games I was eager to get my hands on. Unfortunately, I walked out of my demo a lot less excited than I was going in, as technical woes plagued my hands-on session.
  Metro Exodus isn’t an open-world game, the developers told me, but it does have open-space missions where you’re free to roam. And so my
  
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• 'No Justification' for Officer to Shoot Unarmed Teen Antwon Rose, DA Says

  27-06-2018 19:54 via yahoo.com
  "Unless you see a genuine threat, it's inappropriate, in fact it's criminal, to take someone's life." District Attorney Stephen Zappala said
  
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• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery Adds Expensive Pets

  27-06-2018 19:47
  The notorious free-to-play mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery announced it will be adding optional pets — however, they come at a cost.
  To obtain the pets, players will need to spend Gems, Hogwarts Mystery's premium currency. Each pet will cost between 160 and 320 Gems, which can generally be purchased in packs of 130 for $4.99. Though gems are obtainable through playing as well, it's a slow process.
  The pets included are a toad, cat, owl, and rat. Each will generate some Ener
  
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• PlayStation boss says he hears your screams of Fortnite anguish, and Sony is "looking at a lot of the possibilities"

  27-06-2018 19:44 via gamesradar.com
  Is one of them actually making cross-play work? Maybe!
  
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• Supreme Court Conservatives Crush Workers, Again

  27-06-2018 19:20 via yahoo.com
  The radical conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court have twice now in two
  
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• And now, a cute story about Mads Mikkelsen going to a pub with Hideo Kojima and getting him a cake

  27-06-2018 19:15 via gamesradar.com
  The origins of a bromance
  
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• Man Charged With Killing Heather Heyer In Charlottesville Faces 30 New Counts

  27-06-2018 19:10 via yahoo.com
  James Alex Fields Jr., the suspect accused in the killing of Heather Heyer in
  
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• Xi tells Mattis China won't give up 'even one inch' of territory

  27-06-2018 18:54 via yahoo.com
  By Phil Stewart and Ben BlanchardBEIJING (Reuters) - China is committed to peace but cannot give up "even one inch"of territory that the country's ancestors left behind, Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday during his first visit to Beijing.Xi's remarks underscored deep-rooted areas of tension in Sino-U.S. ties, particularly over what the Pentagon views as China's militarization of the South China Sea, a vital transit route for world trade.Beijing is a
  
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• Fallout 3 Headlines Xbox Game Pass' New July Titles

  27-06-2018 18:52
  Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass service will add nine new titles in July, seven Xbox One games and two Xbox 360 games. Although they may be dated, the two Xbox 360 games – Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – look like they'll be next month's heavy hitters when they arrive on July 1.
  The seven Xbox One games, meanwhile, are: Abzu, July 1DiRT 4, July 1Zombie Army Trilogy, July 1Shadow Complex: Remastered, July 1Human Fall Flat, July 1Bomber Crew, July 10Warhammer: Vermi
  
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• Antwon Rose: Police officer Michael Rosfeld charged over shooting of unarmed black teenager

  27-06-2018 18:48 via yahoo.com
  A Pittsburgh police officer has been charged with criminal homicide in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager.The Allegheny County, Pennsylvania district attorney charged East Pittsburgh police Officer Michael Rosfeld in the death of 17-year-old Antwon Rose II on Wednesday.The high-school honours student died last week after Mr Rosfeld shot him three times in a traffic stop, according to the criminal complaint.
  
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• Fortnite V4.5 Patch Brings Dual Pistols

  27-06-2018 18:44
  Dual pistols are coming to Battle Royale in Fortnite in the latest patch, along with Playground, and Final Fight Limited Time Modes.
  Fortnite patch V4.5 is here and brings new weapons to Battle Royale with Dual Pistols, available in both Epic and Legendary variants. The weapons use medium ammo and will fire simultaneously with one trigger pull. The Dual Pistols don't use first shot accuracy (a "perk" that essentially ensures you'll hit your target if you're not moving, haven't recently fired you
  
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• Eighth Arrest Made In Stabbing Of 15-Year-Old Lesandro Guzman-Feliz

  27-06-2018 18:42 via yahoo.com
  Police have arrested an eighth suspect in last week's stabbing death of a 15
  
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• Xi refuses to budge on South China Sea in talks with US defense chief

  27-06-2018 18:40 via yahoo.com
  Chinese President Xi Jinping stiffly defended his country's claim to disputed islands in the South China Sea after US Defense Secretary James Mattis questioned the militarisation of the region in a day of meetings in Beijing Wednesday with top officials.The two sides held firm to their stances on a hot-button issue which has added to broader tensions between the rival superpowers, but US officials said it did not undermine Mattis's effort to rescue the fraying relationship between the two milita
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Proof 'Millennial' Publications Deserve Your Attention

  27-06-2018 18:39 via yahoo.com
  Alexandia Ocasio-Cortez made history Tuesday night by toppling powerful Rep.
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077 is still a long way off - that E3 demo wasn't even from an alpha version

  27-06-2018 18:32 via gamesradar.com
  Here's what that means for when Cyberpunk 2077 may come out
  
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