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• Ex-Con Freed By New York Judge Is Suspect In Homicidal Crime Spree

  31-07-2018 23:58 via yahoo.com
  A New York judge allowed Danueal Drayton, a man with a violent past whom
  
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• "Everybody wants to find Mollie": Iowa authorities

  31-07-2018 23:41 via yahoo.com
  Officials continue to search for 20-year-old University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts who went missing nearly two weeks ago and was last seen jogging near her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
  
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• Family who lost 9 in duck boat tragedy files 2nd lawsuit

  31-07-2018 23:32 via yahoo.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Fifty-three members of an Indiana family who lost nine relatives when a duck boat sank in Missouri described their pain and unfathomable loss Tuesday while calling for a ban on the amphibious tourist boats that their attorney likened to "coffins and death traps."
  
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• Mexico plane crash: Aeromexico flight crashes in Durango during storm but all 103 on board survive

  31-07-2018 23:25 via yahoo.com
  An Aeromexico plane has crashed in the northern Mexican state of Durango after taking off in stormy weather, with all 103 people on board able to escape before the aircraft was engulfed in flames.The airline said flight number 2431 was an Embraer 190 with a capacity for 100 passengers and was bound for Mexico City when it crashed.Many of the 49 passengers taken to hospital after the crash received treatment for minor injuries and all are expected to live, according to the Durango state governor.
  
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• Herman Shine death: One of few Auschwitz escapees and a voice for Holocaust survivors dies, aged 95

  31-07-2018 23:21 via yahoo.com
  Herman Shine who was one of the few people to escape from Auschwitz – becoming a voice for Holocaust survivors – has died at the age of 95 in his California home.Mr Shine, who was born in Berlin and named Mendel Scheingesicht, was taken to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp as a teenager before later being sent to one of three subcamps included in Auschwitz.There he met Marianne Schlesinger, a woman who worked at the camp but was allowed to live at home because she was only half-Je
  
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• The Latest: Missing student had trip planned for wedding

  31-07-2018 23:19 via yahoo.com
  MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — The latest on the disappearance of an Iowa college student (all times local):
  
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• Apple earnings beat expectations with share prices rising in extended trading

  31-07-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  Shares of Apple Inc have jumped after the company posted quarterly results that beat out Wall Street targets while forecasting revenue above expectations in the current quarter.The immediate spike in shares was not enough, however, to make Apple the first company to be valued at one trillion, but the company has come very close to that moniker and continued growth in future quarters could potentially push it over that line.Apple’s postings showed that the average iPhone sold cost $724, far
  
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• LAPD chief: Officers kill a hostage for 1st time in 13 years

  31-07-2018 23:15 via yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police released video Tuesday showing officers fatally shooting an armed man and the woman he was holding hostage, marking the second time LAPD gunfire has killed a bystander in the last six weeks.
  
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• Redding, California, police chief goes back to scorched home

  31-07-2018 23:12 via yahoo.com
  Redding Police Chief Roger Moore stands where his home once was while discussing the fires that have torn through Northern California.
  
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• Facebook Warns Of ‘Bad Actors,’ Deletes Accounts Ahead Of Midterms

  31-07-2018 23:11 via yahoo.com
  Facebook said Tuesday it removed over a dozen pages, profiles and accounts
  
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• Investigators still baffled by disappearance of Iowa student

  31-07-2018 23:10 via yahoo.com
  MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — Blake and Dalton Jack were planning to leave their small Iowa town Wednesday for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Dominican Republic.
  
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• Sea of Thieves' Cursed Sails update now live - 4 things you need to know

  31-07-2018 23:06 via gamesradar.com
  New ships, new encounters, new story
  
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• Three Russians 'carrying press cards' killed in Central Africa

  31-07-2018 23:05 via yahoo.com
  Three Russians carrying press cards have been killed in the troubled Central African Republic (CAR), Russia's foreign ministry said Tuesday."According to information received on July 30 (Monday), three people were killed not far from the town of Sibut, 300 kilometres (185 miles) north of Bangui," the ministry said in statement.Although the foreign ministry said the trio were carrying press cards, a Russian security official reached in Bangui said representatives in the CAR were not aware of the
  
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• Mollie Tibbetts, what we know so far

  31-07-2018 23:05 via yahoo.com
  What we know so far about the disappearance of 20-year-old college student Mollie Tibbetts.
  
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• See How The Ford Focus Pickup Might Look In Fresh Renders

  31-07-2018 22:52 via yahoo.com
  If it happens, Ford would be the only automaker in the U.S. with a compact, unibody pickup.
  
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• The Latest: Dad suspected in murder-suicide had lots of ammo

  31-07-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a New York City murder-suicide that left four people dead, including a 6-year-old boy (all times local):
  
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• California's Wildfires Are Spreading Faster and Burning More This Year. Experts Say It 'Can Only Get Worse'

  31-07-2018 22:46 via yahoo.com
  More acres have burned across the state this year than at this point in 2017
  
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• League of Legends Reveals New Game Mode, and It’s Not Battle Royale

  31-07-2018 22:44
  League of Legends developer Riot Games has announced a new game mode, dubbed Nexus Blitz. It’s the first of a new, community-driven method of testing possible additional game modes called Experimental Modes.
  In a board post written by gameplay producer Michael “SpaceNorth” Chu, Riot detailed how these Experimental Modes differ from other timed content like the Ultra Rapid Fire mode that comes and goes: “With experimental modes, we're looking for something that could last
  
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• One Big Problem For Trump's Shutdown Threats: Congressional Republicans

  31-07-2018 22:29 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump has once again threatened to shut down the
  
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• No, Kingdom Hearts 3's Play Length Has Not Been Confirmed

  31-07-2018 22:28
  Despite reports suggesting Kingdom Hearts 3 will have a campaign of around 40-50 hours, and additional content bolstering that number to an estimated 80 hours, Square Enix has not yet actually settled on the final length of the anticipated sequel.
  A preview report from Geek.com of Kingdom Hearts 3 published earlier this month suggested those play time estimations had been confirmed. That would make for one of the longest main campaigns in the Kingdom Hearts franchise, and the news of this length
  
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• Queen Elizabeth Gifted Prince Harry and Meghan Markle With a Historic House Inside the Walls of Windsor Castle

  31-07-2018 22:25 via yahoo.com
  Adelaide Cottage was built back in 1831 as a retreat for William IV's wife, Queen Adelaide, and is in the Home Park inside the walls of Windsor Castle
  
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• At Paul Manafort Trial, Defense Puts The Blame On Mueller Witness Rick Gates

  31-07-2018 22:12 via yahoo.com
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. ― An attorney for former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort
  
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• You should play Fortnite's new Fly Explosives mode, especially if you hate building

  31-07-2018 22:09 via gamesradar.com
  The Fly Explosives LTM combines jetpacks and rocket launchers for fiery fun
  
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• Destiny 2: Forsaken - Legendary Collection Contains All Destiny 2 Expansions

  31-07-2018 22:02
  The Destiny 2: Forsaken - Legendary Collection will be arriving day-and-date with the launch of the latest Destiny 2 expansion, Forsaken, on September 4, and will include the base game, Curse of Osiris, Warmind, and of course, Forsaken.
  Announced by Bungie alongside a new trailer, this collection will retail for $59.99 USD and will include everything needed to enjoy this latest adventure, as Forsaken requires players to own all previous expansions to play.
  While this collection includes all prev
  
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• Desperate Women, Desperate Doctors and the Surprising History Behind the Breastfeeding Debate

  31-07-2018 22:00 via yahoo.com
  "What it meant was that a wealthy baby lived and a poor baby died"
  
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• Iran rejects Trump offer of talks as a dream, without value

  31-07-2018 21:59 via yahoo.com
  By Bozorgmehr SharafedinLONDON (Reuters) - Senior Iranian officials and military commanders on Tuesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's offer of talks without preconditions as worthless and "a dream", saying his words contradicted his action of reimposing sanctions on Tehran.Separately, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Trump's repudiation of an international nuclear deal reached in 2015 was "illegal" and Iran would not easily yield to Washington's renewed campaign to strangle Iran's v
  
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• Government Official Says He Warned That Separating Families Could Traumatize Children

  31-07-2018 21:57 via yahoo.com
  The government official leading the effort to reunite immigrant families
  
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• Zimbabwe says election is clean; opposition is skeptical

  31-07-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's election took an uneasy turn Tuesday when the opposition alleged results were not posted outside one-fifth of polling stations as required by law, and the electoral commission said the impatient nation would have to wait longer to learn who will be its next president.
  
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• New N. Korea missiles unlikely to doom talks, experts say

  31-07-2018 21:37 via yahoo.com
  News that North Korea appears to be building more intercontinental missiles does not necessarily mean negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang are headed for trouble, experts said Tuesday.Just weeks after President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met at a high-stakes summit in Singapore, officials told the Washington Post that Pyongyang seems to be developing at least one or two liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missiles.The work is underway at a factory outside Pyon
  
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• Mollie Tibbetts Case: Investigators 'Confident' With Timeline for Day College Student Vanished

  31-07-2018 21:34 via yahoo.com
  Tibbetts was apparently last seen running in Brooklyn, about 60 miles east of Des Moines, on July 18.
  
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• Elon Musk Announces "Party and Camper Mode" Is Coming to the Tesla Model 3

  31-07-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  Just in time for the second half of summer.
  
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• Man Charged With Assaulting Elderly Catholic Priest In Delaware

  31-07-2018 21:28 via yahoo.com
  Police in Delaware have arrested a 25-year-old man they claim violently
  
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• IS claims Tajikistan attack that killed 4 foreign cyclists

  31-07-2018 21:24 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a car-and-knife attack on Western tourists cycling in Tajikistan that killed two Americans and two Europeans.
  
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• Penn State frat member gets house arrest over pledge death

  31-07-2018 21:16 via yahoo.com
  BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A Penn State fraternity member who plied a pledge with vodka the night he was fatally injured in a series of falls avoided jail time Tuesday when a judge sentenced him to three months of house arrest.
  
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• New Footage For Xenoblade Chronicles 2's Torna Expansion Shows Familiar Faces

  31-07-2018 20:40
  Nintendo announced the latest DLC content for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 at E3 this year, showing off a brand new piece of story content named Torna: The Golden Country.The developer released a new trailer today expanded a bit upon the initial trailer with new footage. Be warned that some parts of the trailer can be a bit of a spoiler for some of the story of the main game.In other news, Nintendo revealed in their most recent financial briefing that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has sold 1.42 million copie
  
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• US Vatican cardinal: "Not once did I even suspect" McCarrick

  31-07-2018 20:23 via yahoo.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The highest-ranking American at the Vatican insisted Tuesday he never knew or even suspected that his former boss, disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, allegedly sexually abused boys and adult seminarians, telling The Associated Press he is livid that he was kept in the dark because he would have done something about it.
  
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• Republicans Look To Go All-In On Tax Cuts For The Rich

  31-07-2018 20:11 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration might go around Congress to cut taxes on investors, a
  
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• Carr fire: California wildfires will only get worse in the future because of climate change, experts say

  31-07-2018 20:05 via yahoo.com
  Nearly 20 major wildfires have torn through California in the last month, killing at least six people and causing thousands more to flee their homes.“What we’re seeing over the last few years in terms of the wildfire season in California … [is] very consistent with the historical trends in terms of increasing temperatures, increasing dryness, and increasing wildfire risk,” Stanford Earth System Science Professor Noah Diffenbaugh told The Independent.California recorded 9
  
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• 3D-Printed Gun Blueprints Are Already Being Downloaded By Thousands Of People

  31-07-2018 20:05 via yahoo.com
  As state officials and congressional lawmakers scramble to block the
  
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• Sci-Fi Sidescroller Planet Alpha Shows Off Wild Planets, Familiar Danger

  31-07-2018 20:00
  The indie market abounds with atmospheric sidescrollers. Inside was one of our highest-rated games of 2016, titles like The Artful Escape are somewhere on the horizon, and in September we'll get a stylish new sci-fi take on the genre with Planet Alpha.A new trailer for the game shows the player character, a lanky astronaut, running and jumping away from a variety of of flora, fauna, and robots. Like Inside, it doesn't look like there are ways to directly fight back against enemies. Most of
  
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• No major assault planned on Syria's Idlib: Moscow

  31-07-2018 19:59 via yahoo.com
  Russia on Tuesday said there were no plans for a major assault on Syria's Idlib, despite President Bashar al-Assad earlier saying it was a priority to retake the province."There's currently no question and can be no question of an operation, of a major assault on Idlib," Russia's Syria envoy Alexander Lavrentiev said in remarks reported by Russian agencies.The comments came after talks in the southern Russian city of Sochi backed by Iran and Turkey and with representatives of Damascus and the Sy
  
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• Multistate hunt for antivenom after exotic snake attacks Michigan man

  31-07-2018 19:58 via yahoo.com
  A snake bite forced doctors to frantically call zoos and venom response programs across the country in search of antivenom medicine.A 26-year-old man who was bit by a cobra did not respond to the generic antivenom medicine he was initially provided at a Michigan-area hospital, before being airlifted to Detroit.As his respiratory muscles became paralysed, doctors reportedly scrambled to locate a serum that would neutralize the rare snake venom coursing through his body.
  
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• See Road-Legal, 1800-HP Toyota Supra Do Quarter Mile In 7 Seconds

  31-07-2018 19:16 via yahoo.com
  Press the throttle on the road and get a burnout anytime.
  
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• Fortnite 5.10 Update Will Add a New Mode and Two Guns

  31-07-2018 19:12
  Fortnite's 5.10 update is coming tomorrow at 5 p.m. PDT, and it will include a new mode, a new gun, and the return of an old gun with some modifications.
  In a post today, Epic Games detailed 5.10's content. One of the biggest editions is Fly Explosives, a limited-time mode that gives players jetpacks and arms them only with explosive weapons. The jetpacks will be tweaked a bit with increased fuel regeneration rates and decreased fuel burn rates to keep players airborne longer than norm
  
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• Voting rights advocates wary of Kavanaugh's nomination to Supreme Court

  31-07-2018 19:09 via yahoo.com
  The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, to the Supreme Court drew instant criticism from women’s rights groups that consider him a potential fifth vote to curtail or overturn the right to abortion. But ahead of his confirmation hearing, voting rights advocates, alarmed about the trend toward disenfranchising young, poor and minority voters, are joining the #SaveSCOTUS and #StopKavanaugh movements.
  
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• Donald Trump rejects 'overrated' conservative Koch donor network

  31-07-2018 19:06 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed the powerful Koch-led political donor network as "globalist" and "a total joke," rejecting the conservative group amid reports that it was shifting away from him over trade and immigration issues. The US President's comments follow news media reports that some officials with the Koch donor network sought to distance itself from Mr Trump and the Republican Party at a weekend gathering in Colorado where concerns were also raised that the presiden
  
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• Overcooked 2: IGN Plays Live Today at 1pm PT

  31-07-2018 19:00
  
  Overcooked 2 releases on August 7, but we're streaming some kitchen chaos today on IGN Plays Live. Join us as we check out some four-player action on Nintendo Switch!Catch us live today from 1-2pm PT/4-5pm ET/9-10pm UK (Wednesday, August 1 from 6-7am AET) right here on the front page of IGN.com, or check us out on YouTube, Twitch, or Mixer.
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• US Treasury considers bypassing Congress to secure $100bn capital gains tax cut

  31-07-2018 18:57 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s administration is considering a tax cut worth $100 billion that would mainly benefit the well off and be delivered without legislation, it emerged on Tuesday.  The US Treasury is looking at whether to allow people to take account of inflation when they work out what capital gains tax they owe.  Steven Mnuchin, the US treasury secretary, said in a recent interview that officials were looking at whether the change could be achieved through regulation rather than legi
  
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• Why It Doesn't Matter If 'Collusion' Is A Federal Crime

  31-07-2018 18:48 via yahoo.com
  The excuse you knew was coming is finally here.
  
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• MAPS: Wildfires burning across California

  31-07-2018 18:33 via yahoo.com
  California Governor Jerry Brown declared a State of Emergency in Riverside and Shasta counties as wildfires burn throughout the state.
  
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