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• The Latest: Exec: 4 on jet that crashed with no survivors

  20-12-2018 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the crash of a business jet in Atlanta (all times local):
  
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• 6 quick facts that explain SNAP, food stamps

  20-12-2018 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  You hear it all the time, but do you know what SNAP is? Here are 6 things you should know about the program that started during the Great Depression.
  
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• Nintendo: A Year in Review - NVC Ep 437

  20-12-2018 23:49
  2017 was a hard act to follow for Nintendo. The Switch’s launch last year was accompanied by some of the best Mario and Zelda games each of their respective series has seen, as well as the fantastic Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. So it’s not too surprising that Nintendo had trouble hitting that bar again in 2018, but that’s not to say it’s had a bad year overall.
  In the special episode of NVC at the top of the page, we broke down the highs and lows of Nintendo’s 2018, an
  
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• New policy will force migrants seeking asylum to wait in Mexico — for years

  20-12-2018 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Effective immediately, Central American asylum-seekers at the southern border will be returned to Mexico for the duration of their immigration proceedings, a process that often takes several years.
  
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• Hawaiian Airlines to add no-frills basic economy tickets in 2019

  20-12-2018 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The airline said the no frills fares will debut in the second half of 2019. JetBlue has already announced plans for a basic economy fare in 2019.
  
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• Trump is right to withdraw US troops from Syria. We've done our job by defeating ISIS.

  20-12-2018 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump's decision to pull US troops is correct, however one feels about the messenger and process. There's nothing left worth fighting to win in Syria.
  
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• Trump pushing rule making work mandatory for food stamps

  20-12-2018 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  NO WORK, NO FOOD STAMPS: States that waived job requirements in the past won't be able to make exceptions if the proposal takes effect.
  
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• Trump Insists on Border Spending as Shutdown Deadline Nears

  20-12-2018 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  “Any measure that funds the government must include border security, has to,” Trump said Thursday at the White House.Hours earlier, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin said the president told him and other Republican leaders he’ll refuse to sign the Senate’s version of a short-term spending bill because it doesn’t include funds he’s demanded for border security.
  
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• Whitaker Clears Himself to Manage Mueller Despite Ethics Concern

  20-12-2018 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Whitaker never asked for a formal ethics recommendation, deciding instead, along with a small group of personal advisers, that there was no precedent for him to recuse under these circumstances, the official said.The official revised an account from earlier Thursday that Whitaker was told by ethics officers that he doesn’t have to recuse himself from being involved in the Mueller probe.
  
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• House vote sends major criminal justice overhaul to Trump

  20-12-2018 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a wide-ranging criminal justice bill on Thursday that will reduce some of the harshest sentences for federal drug offenders and boost prison rehabilitation programs, handing President Donald Trump a legislative victory amid the turmoil over how to avoid a partial government shutdown.
  
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• Wall Street falls again with Nasdaq near confirming bear market

  20-12-2018 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. stocks slid on Thursday, with the Nasdaq close to confirming bear market territory as the Federal Reserve's rate hikes fueled investor anxieties.
  
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• Trump move to pull US troops from Syria opens way to turmoil

  20-12-2018 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The United States' Kurdish allies had been gearing up for a new fight for weeks, digging trenches and defense tunnels in northeastern Syria in preparation for an offensive Turkey's president warned was imminent.
  
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• Homeland Security chief torched by Democratic lawmakers in heated congressional hearing

  20-12-2018 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic lawmakers torched DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday, blasted Trump's border security policies.
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks plunge again, Dow sinks 464 points

  20-12-2018 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• Israeli forces kill Palestinian at West Bank roadblock, Palestinian health ministry

  20-12-2018 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian at a roadblock in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said.The Israeli military, in a statement that made no mention of any casualties, said a vehicle broke through the roadblock and soldiers opened fire.It said it was investigating the incident, which occurred at night near the Palestinian city of Ramallah.
  
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• What's a Christmas pickle? The tradition you haven't heard of but will want to start now

  20-12-2018 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  They're more than just a cute ornament. They're a time-honored tradition that you might not have heard of until now but will want to start this year.
  
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• Obama delights sick children as Santa in Washington

  20-12-2018 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Former US president Barack Obama took on a new high-profile role as Father Christmas on Wednesday for a surprise visit to sick children in Washington.Sporting a festive Santa hat and armed with a sack of gifts, he delighted young patients at Children's National hospital with gifts and hugs."I just want to say thank you to all of you guys," Obama told staff, who greeted him with rapturous cheers, in a video he shared on his Twitter account.
  
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• The Latest: Russian envoy welcomes US troop pullout

  20-12-2018 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria (all times local):
  
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• An aquarium apologized for calling its sea otter 'thicc.' And she isn't even overweight

  20-12-2018 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  'Abby is a thicc girl,' the Monterey Bay Aquarium tweeted. That sparked backlash on Twitter, but it turns out the sea otter is an average weight.
  
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• Democrats Cry Foul on AG Nominee’s Call to Limit Mueller Probe

  20-12-2018 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Key Senate Democrats say the revelation might doom the nomination.William Barr, who Trump nominated this month to run the Justice Department, sent an unsolicited letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in June arguing that Special Counsel Robert Mueller shouldn’t be allowed to investigate and "interrogate" Trump for obstruction of justice.
  
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• House panel to give Trump ally Stone's transcript to Russia probe

  20-12-2018 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats who take control of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee next month have signaled they plan to send Special Counsel Robert Mueller the transcripts of testimony given under oath by some of Trump's closest associates so they can be reviewed for evidence and possible falsehoods.During the 2016 campaign, longtime Republican political operative Stone posted messages on Twitter implying that he had inside knowledge of data in the possession of hackers and WikiLeaks that w
  
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• Congress Holds Key to Rusal’s Fate as U.S. Moves to Lift Sanctions

  20-12-2018 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Congress has a month to decide whether to intervene to block the agreement announced Wednesday by the Treasury Department.Under the deal, Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska will remain under U.S. sanctions and his property will remain blocked, but the Treasury department will remove financial restrictions on Rusal, En+ Group Plc and EuroSibEnergo JSC.
  
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• How to Give Large Money Gifts for the Holidays

  20-12-2018 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  If you are feeling particularly generous toward your family members this year, you may decide to give them money gifts for the holidays. For wealthy families, giving money isn't just welcome; it ...
  
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• London Gatwick Turns to Army as Drones Ruin Holiday Getaway

  20-12-2018 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Gatwick Chief Executive Officer Stewart Wingate said the criminal intrusions involving two drones were “highly targeted” and designed to close the airport with maximum disruption in the run up to Christmas.With night falling and authorities apparently no closer to finding the perpetrators, U.K. Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson announced that military assistance would be provided to help end the disruption, the worst at a London airport since blizzards closed the city’s main H
  
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• The Games and Game Services With the Most Downtime in 2018

  20-12-2018 21:14
  Whenever PSN, Xbox Live or any other major online game or service goes down, these become some of the most heavily searched topics on IGN. So, we wanted to see how various services, platforms and individual games fared throughout 2018 when it came to staying online. To do so, we asked Downdetector, a website that collects data on online service outages, who experienced the most downtime in 2018.
  To determine which games and services go down and for how long, Downdetector "collects status re
  
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• Matthew Whitaker, acting attorney general, cleared to oversee Robert Mueller's Russia probe

  20-12-2018 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is cleared by Justice Department ethics officers to oversee special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.
  
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• New Trump administration policy requires asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico, bans US entry

  20-12-2018 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. has long allowed asylum-seekers to remain here pending an immigration judge's decision on their application. They now must remain in Mexico.
  
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• US government shutdown looms at Christmas as Donald Trump demands $5 billion for border wall

  20-12-2018 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump on Thursday warned he is prepared to shut down the US government just before Christmas in a row with Democrats over paying for his proposed border wall. The US president declared he would not sign a temporary spending bill extending funding for key government departments because it did not contain money for the wall, his signature election campaign promise. Mr Trump's high-stakes decision, along with an interest rate hike, sent the US stock market tumbling. After meeting with the pr
  
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• This War of Mine raises $500,000 for War Child charity

  20-12-2018 20:51 via gamesradar.com
  Helping kids in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo and Yemen
  
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• New Zealand intelligence agency joins allies in blaming Chinese government for hacking

  20-12-2018 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's intelligence agency on Friday joined allies in holding China responsible for a global hacking campaign targeting commercial secrets. "New Zealand is committed to upholding the rules-based international order, and today joins likeminded partners in expressing that such cyber campaigns are unacceptable," said Andrew Hampton, director general of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) in a statement. ...
  
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• Alabama police department blames crimes on rejection of God

  20-12-2018 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  OPP, Ala. (AP) — A rural Alabama police department that used social media to scold community members for rejecting God came under fire from a group that opposes mixing government and religious faith.
  
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• Trump’s Syria Decision ‘Rattled the World,’ Graham Says

  20-12-2018 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  “There’s growing bipartisan support to ask the president to reverse course and to have a conditions-based withdrawal,” said Graham, a South Carolina Republican and frequent Trump ally who is influential on foreign policy, at a bipartisan news conference.Graham said Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Michael Pompeo told him such a withdrawal was premature."I think his entire national security team has expressed concerns about withdrawing now," Graham said, say
  
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• Israel begins destroying Hezbollah tunnels: army

  20-12-2018 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The Israeli army on Thursday night began destroying cross-border tunnels dug by Hezbollah, it said, more than two weeks after announcing their discovery on the frontier with Lebanon."The neutralisation and destruction phase of the cross-border attack tunnels... has begun," the army said in a statement.Since launching an operation to cut off the tunnels on December 4, the army says it has located four underground passageways infiltrating Israeli territory.
  
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• Trump defends decision to pull U.S. troops from Syria

  20-12-2018 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday defended his surprise decision to declare victory over Islamic State militants in Syria and completely withdraw U.S. troops from the country, amid criticism from some Republicans and concern from allies and some U.S. military commanders. Nathan Frandino has more.
  
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• Respawn is hiring for a new Titanfall something, potentially Titanfall 3

  20-12-2018 20:33 via gamesradar.com
  The studio is actively expanding its Titanfall development team
  
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• Private jet crash in Atlanta kills all aboard: officials

  20-12-2018 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The Cessna Citation 560 aircraft went down shortly after noon EST (1700 GMT) about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Fulton County Airport-Brown Field on the west side of Atlanta, from which it had just taken off, FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said by email.The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department said none of the plane's occupants survived.
  
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• Ubisoft Pulls Leaked Division 2 Alpha Footage

  20-12-2018 20:14
  Ubisoft’s The Division 2 held a technical alpha test for the PC over the last week, and many of those who had the chance to play it came away with positive impressions.
  The alpha, which was announced last week, took place between December 15-18, and those who had the chance to play it signed a non-disclosure agreement, strictly limiting what they could or could not publicly say about the game. While many leaks arose during this time, Ubisoft has removed much of this as quickly as possible.
  
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• Mom Arrested For Leaving Her Kids Found Home Alone Watching the Movie Home Alone

  20-12-2018 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  When life imitates art a little too much
  
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• Uncharted movie curse continues as director leaves

  20-12-2018 20:05 via gamesradar.com
  Shawn Levy quits to pursue different project
  
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• Telltale's The Walking Dead's Final Episodes Coming to the Epic Games Store

  20-12-2018 20:00
  Skybound Games has announced it is partnering with Epic Games to release future episodes of Telltale’s The Walking Dead: The Final Season on the Epic Games Store.
  Though the season will be exclusive to the Epic Games Store for all future purchases, fans who already bought the season on PC through a different platform will still be able to receive the final two episodes through their original point of purchase. The final episodes will also become available through the PS4, Xbox One and Nint
  
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• Halo Infinite Confirmed To Have 4-Player Split Screens, Halo Reach Customization and More

  20-12-2018 19:50
  343 Industries announced new features coming to Halo Infinite during a Mixer stream, including the long-awaited 4-player split screen mode.
  Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President and Head of 343 Industries, Bonnie Ross, said at DICE 2017 that all future FPS Halo games will have split screen modes, but it was not officially confirmed for Halo Infinite until now.
  Halo 5: Guardians not having the classic split screen multiplayer was upsetting to fans, and 343 said the decision to not inclu
  
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• For Honor's Assassin's Creed Crossover Event is Available Now

  20-12-2018 19:13
  
  For Honor, for three weeks, will be taken over by Assassin's Creed thanks to the For The Creed crossover event, featuring characters, themes, music, and more from the long-running franchise.
  Revealed during the For Honor Warrior's Den livestream, the For The Creed crossover event will run from today, December 20, through January 10, 2019.
  This limited-time event will feature characters such as Ezio Auditore and Cesare Borgia as Commanders, the soldiers will be dressed as either Templars (Knights
  
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• January 2019's Xbox Games With Gold Features Celeste, Far Cry 2

  20-12-2018 19:03
  Microsoft has revealed January 2019’s Games with Gold lineup, and it packs a couple of heavy hitters.
  Announced by Major Nelson, the lineup features indie darling Celeste and the rally racer WRC 6 FIA World Rally Championship for the Xbox One, and the famous open world shooter Far Cry 2 as well as the isometric action-adventure Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light for the Xbox 360 - both of which are playable on the Xbox One via backward compatibility.
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• Drones paralyze British airport, grounding Christmas travelers

  20-12-2018 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities resisted shooting the drones out of the air for fear of stray bullets, Gatwick Chief Operating Officer Chris Woodroofe said.The airport said flights would remain canceled until further notice on Thursday, a day when 115,000 people were scheduled to pass through, many en route to seasonal breaks."They require a lot of space and food and changing and all that, and the airport is crazy busy so it's challenging," she told Reuters by phone among thousands camped in the terminal.
  
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• Israeli military begins sealing off cross-border tunnels from Lebanon

  20-12-2018 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The Israeli military on Thursday began to seal off four tunnels that it said had been dug by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah under the border from Lebanon.The work was being carried out on the Israeli side of the frontier demarcation, known as the "Blue Line", military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Conricus told reporters.Israel says Hezbollah dug the tunnels with the aim of launching cross-border attacks with backing from its regional sponsor Iran.
  
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• Why the unloved Jaguar XJ-S V12 remains a great luxury buy

  20-12-2018 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Unloved when launched and abused on the second-hand market, Jaguar's XJ-S V12 has endured hard times. Here's why it makes perfect sense as a luxury classic GT
  
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• The internet roasts Trump for saying the wall will be made of 'artistically designed steel slats'

  20-12-2018 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  As of lunchtime Thursday, Capitol Hill was still in chaos over an impending government shutdown unless Trump abandons his demand for border wall funding.On Tuesday night, as all of this debate was really heating up, Trump dropped this pair of tweets over his demands for the wall and what, exactly, he envisioned it would look like.The Democrats, are saying loud and clear that they do not want to build a Concrete Wall - but we are not building a Concrete Wall, we are building artistically designed
  
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• Bank of England warns of intensified Brexit uncertainties

  20-12-2018 18:48 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — Brexit uncertainties have "intensified considerably" since early November, the Bank of England said Thursday, as a leading automotive industry group warned of the possible loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs if the country crashes out of the European Union without a deal.
  
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• Storms halt SpaceX's first U.S. national security space mission

  20-12-2018 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  SpaceX said its Falcon 9 rocket and payload, a roughly $500 million GPS satellite built by Lockheed Martin Corp, were "in good health" and that it was now targeting a Saturday morning launch from Florida's Cape Canaveral.Patrick Burke, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland,said the weather might not clear up until Saturday.A successful launch would be a significant victory for Musk, a billionaire and Tesla Inc chief executive, who
  
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• Brazil judge freezes Boeing-Embraer deal, again

  20-12-2018 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  A Sao Paulo judge on Thursday froze a deal between US planemaker Boeing and Brazilian company Embraer to create a $5.26-billion joint venture at the request of Embraer unions, the state news agency Agencia Brasil reported.It is the second time this month the judge, Victorio Guizio Neto, has suspended the tie-up.Two weeks ago he ordered the accord be put on ice until the next Brazilian government takes over under a far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, who assumes office on January 1.
  
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