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• Missing Woman Found Dead in New Jersey Home; Son, 2 Others Charged: Police

  06-02-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  A missing woman has been found dead in her New Jersey home, and her son and two others have been arrested for allegedly concealing her body, police said Wednesday.
  
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• National Organization for Women Calls on Fairfax to Resign

  06-02-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The National Organization for Women (NOW) called on Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax to resign Wednesday in response to the sexual assault allegation leveled against him earlier this week.“Dr. Vanessa Tyson has made the brave decision to come forward and reveal in her own words what happened between her and Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax during the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston.
  
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• U.S. banks weigh whether to embrace or avoid progressive firebrand Ocasio-Cortez

  06-02-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Barely a month into the new Congress, financial lobbyists in Washington are already strategizing how to handle the star power of rookie Democrat lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.The Democratic Socialist and Wall Street critic joined the 60-member House Financial Services Committee in mid-January and more than a dozen lobbyists interviewed by Reuters say the 29-year-old activist and former bartender is too high-profile to ignore.Richard Hunt, chief executive of the Consumer Bankers Association,
  
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• Respawn used fake names and disabled voice chat to test Apex Legends' amazing ping system

  06-02-2019 23:41 via gamesradar.com
  Now that's authentic
  
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• UK's May set to delay second parliament vote on Brexit deal: report

  06-02-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  British Prime Minister Theresa May is preparing to delay the second parliament vote on her Brexit deal until the end of February, the Telegraph newspaper reported late on Wednesday.Last month, British lawmakers rejected May's original deal that set out the terms by which Britain would exit the European Union.The vote on a new deal is now being planned for the week beginning Feb. 25, just over a month before Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29, according to the report.
  
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• El Chapo jury ends 3rd day of deliberations without verdict

  06-02-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors at the trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman ended their third day of deliberations at his U.S. trial Wednesday without a verdict after asking whether killing someone over personal beef could be part of a drug-trafficking conspiracy.
  
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• The 2019 Audi TT RS Is a Five-Cylinder Fury with Some New Colors and Air Scoops

  06-02-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Minor exterior and interior updates for the world's only five-cylinder sports car in production.
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez hits back at columnist for State of the Union criticism: 'I'm not here to comfort anyone'

  06-02-2019 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clapped back at a Wall Street Journal columnist who tweeted that the New York Democrat looked “sullen, teenaged and at a loss”, during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address.“AOC had a rare bad night, looking not spirited, warm and original as usual but sullen, teenaged and at a loss,” Peggy Noonan tweeted to her followers on Tuesday night after the president completed his speech.AOC had a rare bad night, looking n
  
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• With border blocked, desperate Venezuelans ask how U.S. aid will arrive

  06-02-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Despite widespread hunger and shortages of staple goods in Venezuela, Maduro vowed to turn back U.S. aid after President Donald Trump's administration last month recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as the rightful interim ruler of the South American nation.Venezuelan security forces blocked the three-lane border crossing from the Colombian town of Cucuta on Tuesday using two shipping containers and a fuel tanker.The Cucuta crossing was quiet on Wednesday but Colombian migration officials pu
  
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• 'El Chapo' jury deliberations to stretch into fourth day

  06-02-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Guzman, 61, is accused of trafficking tons of cocaine, heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine into the United States as leader of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel.The 11-week trial in federal court in Brooklyn, in which more than 50 witnesses testified, offered the public an unprecedented look into the inner workings of the cartel, named for the state in northwestern Mexico where Guzman was born in a poor mountain village.The defense has argued Guzman was set up as a "fall guy" by Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada
  
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• Venezuela opposition plans to get oil money from U.S. fund

  06-02-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The fund would receive income accrued by state-run oil firm PDVSA's U.S. unit Citgo Petroleum Corp since last month, when U.S. President Donald Trump recognized Juan Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate head of state, opposition legislator Carlos Paparoni told Reuters.Guadio, head of Venezuela's National Assembly, last month declared himself to be the South American country's interim ruler.
  
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• U.N. warns against politicizing humanitarian aid in Venezuela

  06-02-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. officials said trucks carrying aid had arrived in Colombia for delivery to Venezuela at the request of Juan Guaido, who last month declared himself interim president."The Venezuelan people desperately need humanitarian aid.The U.S. & other countries are trying to help, but Venezuela's military under Maduro's orders is blocking aid with trucks and shipping tankers," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo posted on Twitter on Wednesday, along with a photo of a blocked road.
  
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• Bill Nighy: 'You can guess how much I knew about Pokemon before I did Detective Pikachu'

  06-02-2019 22:44 via gamesradar.com
  Actor and national treasure on his introduction to the gaming phenomenon
  
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• The Latest: 2 arrested at protest over black man's shooting

  06-02-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the police shooting of a black man in an Alabama shopping mall (all times local):
  
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• US: SpaceX no-load test is delayed

  06-02-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  NASA announced Wednesday that SpaceX's no-load rocket test has been pushed back to March 2 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.NASA has made SpaceX and Boeing responsible for transporting astronauts starting this year.SpaceX uses its Falcon 9 rocket, at the top of which is fixed a Dragon capsule specially designed to accommodate astronauts.
  
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• Anthem roadmap: Cataclysms, post-launch support, new endgame activities, and more

  06-02-2019 22:15 via gamesradar.com
  Act one of Anthem's post-launch supports starts in March
  
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• The Division 2 beta codes are rolling out, how to preload, and everything you should know

  06-02-2019 22:14 via gamesradar.com
  The Division 2 beta will let you explore part of the open-world and even skip ahead to level 30
  
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• Migrant caravan detained in old factory, across from Texas

  06-02-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico (AP) — A caravan of 1,600 Central American migrants was surrounded Wednesday by Mexican authorities in an old factory a short distance from Texas, where they hoped to seek asylum even as U.S. authorities sent extra law enforcement and soldiers to stop them.
  
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• Zynga bookings beat estimates as turnaround takes hold

  06-02-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The company had once thrived on the popularity of its Facebook-based "Farmville" game, but hit a rough patch after gamers ditched their desktops for mobile phones.As part of its mobile-focused strategy, Zynga has snapped up several smaller game makers including Gram Games and the card and board games studio of Peak Games."We are no longer looking at fixing things, we are now focussed on growing things," Chief Executive Officer Frank Gibeau told Reuters.
  
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• Best Stick Vacuums of 2019

  06-02-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  “In the past few years, stick vacuum suction has gotten a lot stronger, especially in battery-powered stick vacuums,” says Frank Rizzi, a senior Consumer Reports test-lab engineer who tests vacuu...
  
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• U.S. might lift sanctions on Venezuelan military who back Guaido: Bolton

  06-02-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States would consider lifting sanctions on senior Venezuelan military officers if they recognize the government of self-declared interim president Juan Guaido, White House national security adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday."The U.S. will consider sanctions off-ramps for any Venezuelan senior military officer that stands for democracy and recognizes the constitutional government of President Juan Guaido.If not, the international financial circle will be closed off completely," Bol
  
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• Slovakia declines to back Venezuela's Guaido as Maduro faces rising pressure

  06-02-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Slovakia declined to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate head of state on Wednesday, joining Italy in breaking the coordinated action of European Union nations and the United States.About 20 European Union nations including Britain, Germany, France and Spain have aligned with the United States in recognizing Guaido's leadership and pressuring socialist President Nicolas Maduro to call a new election.Slovakia's foreign ministry said last week the country sawGuaido, t
  
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• Milwaukee police officer killed while serving warrant

  06-02-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  A Milwaukee police officer was shot and killed while serving a warrant, according to medical examiner.
  
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• Anthem Post-Launch and Endgame Content Revealed

  06-02-2019 21:33
  The first details on Anthem's post-launch and endgame content have been revealed.
  On Twitter, Anthem Lead Producer Ben Irving revealed details on the post-launch content release schedule for Anthem, which will include the continuation of Anthem's story, the addition of guilds and leaderboards, an expanded progression system, new missions, events, and difficulty settings, and more. A full breakdown is available on the official Anthem Endgame site.VERY excited to start sharing more
  
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• The Nightmare in Venezuela Finally Has the World's Attention. Can the Opposition's Gamble Pay Off?

  06-02-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The nightmare in Venezuela finally has the world's attention. But with two men claiming the presidency, the way out isn't clear.
  
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• Nancy Pelosi clap at SOTU has social media talking

  06-02-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  What was your take on the Speaker of the House's clap?
  
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• Mom blames tanning for losing ear to skin cancer

  06-02-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  43-year-old Anthea Smith wants to ban tanning beds, claiming the device caused her skin cancer.
  
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• Trump calls probes into his Russia links 'harassment'

  06-02-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Just a day after preaching an end to division in his State of the Union speech, President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at "harassment" by Democrats probing his links to Russia.It's called presidential harassment.
  
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• Michelle Carter: High court upholds conviction of woman who encouraged boyfriend's suicide with text messages

  06-02-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The Massachusetts Supreme Court has upheld the manslaughter conviction of a woman who persuaded her boyfriend through text messages to commit suicide.Michelle Carter, 22, will serve 15 months in prison for the July 2014 suicide of Conrad Roy III, 18, after she was found guilty in 2017.Prior to the court’s decision Wednesday, Carter’s sentence had been placed on hold as her appeal was reviewed.
  
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• See what the fight over the wall boils down to: 200 miles on a 2,000-mile border

  06-02-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump wants $5.7 billion to add about 100 miles, and upgrade 115 more, of fencing between the USA and Mexico. A graphical look at what that would mean for border security.
  
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• Fairfax Accuser Describes Alleged Sexual Assault in Graphic Statement

  06-02-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Vanessa Tyson released a statement Wednesday describing for the first time in graphic detail the sexual assault she alleges she suffered at the hands of Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax.Mr. Fairfax put his hand behind my neck and forcefully pushed my head towards his crotch.
  
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• Ex-New Mexico athletic head charged with fraud, laundering

  06-02-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Former University of New Mexico athletic director Paul Krebs, who left in 2017 amid questions over spending, was charged Wednesday with fraud, money laundering and other felonies, state prosecutors said.
  
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• United courts the well-heeled with more premium seats

  06-02-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  United, Delta and American Airlines are engaged in an airlines arms race to grab the most affluent customers.
  
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• Stacey Abrams: Trump tax reforms have 'rigged the system'

  06-02-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  On February 5, President Trump delivered his second State of the Union
  
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• Virginia Democrats Face Triple Scandal Combining Race and #MeToo

  06-02-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Virginia’s Democratic governor and attorney general both were forced to admit they wore blackface in the 1980s, and the lieutenant governor is confronting an allegation that he sexually assaulted a woman more than a decade ago.The extraordinary triple scandal in Virginia’s state capital of Richmond is reigniting a national debate about racism and sexual assault, one with statewide and national political implications.It comes as Virginia tilts ideologically leftward in statewide and n
  
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• Cyborg Villain Raidou Returns To Dead Or Alive 6

  06-02-2019 20:45
  Publisher: Koei TecmoDeveloper: Team NinjaRelease: February 15, 2019 Rating: Rating Pending Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
  Before its delay, we'd be right on the eve of Dead or Alive 6's release. We'll be seeing it just two weeks later, but the developers have one last reveal before the game comes out in the form of Raidou, Dead or Alive's longtime cybernetic villain.You can check out his reveal trailer below.Click here to watch embedded mediaMuch like previous games, Raidou's fighting st
  
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• Why Vietnam? 4 Reasons the Southeast Asian Nation Is Perfect for the Second Trump-Kim Summit

  06-02-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Once a bitter U.S. enemy, Vietnam provides a model North Korea could emulate
  
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• How to infect yourself with Hearthstone's viral new card back

  06-02-2019 20:33 via gamesradar.com
  Acquiring this snazzy new card back is simple (and safe for your health)
  
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• Pentagon Sends Troops to Texas Border as Trump Again Raises Fears About Caravans

  06-02-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The Defense Department said Wednesday it sent about 250 troops to the southern border in Texas ahead of the arrival of a migrant caravan.
  
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• Fox Business Network presenter blames schools teaching ‘fairness’ as poll shows support for higher taxes on multi-millionaires

  06-02-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  A Fox Business Network presenter blamed the fact schools have being teaching children “fairness” after the organisation’s own polling showed there was overwhelming support for higher taxes on multi-millionaires.Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren has proposed a “wealth tax” for those earning more than $50m and has won support from both Democrats and Republicans.In response to the poll, Charles Payne, host of Fox Business Network's Making Money with Charles Payne, sa
  
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• Cuomo Hits Back after Trump Criticizes NY Abortion Bill in SOTU

  06-02-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  New York governor Andrew Cuomo hit back at President Trump on Wednesday, a day after Trump blasted the recent New York bill loosening restrictions on late-term abortions in his State of the Union address.“The president’s diatribe was part of the far-right’s escalation of its assault on a woman’s constitutional rights,” the governor wrote in an op-ed for the New York Times published Wednesday.During his address to the joint session of Congress, Trump c
  
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• The European Volkswagen Passat Is Still a Lot Cooler Than the American One

  06-02-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  A facelift for Europe's version of the Passat makes it better than ever-and better than ours.
  
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• Death Stranding's Norman Reedus says it's positive, scary, and depressing all at the same time

  06-02-2019 20:29 via gamesradar.com
  Death Stranding trailers 'show you an aspect' but the game is 'like a whole other thing'
  
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• AP Explains: Racist history of blackface began in the 1830s

  06-02-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A racist photo on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's yearbook page and a subsequent admission from his attorney general that he wore blackface in 1980 has roiled Virginia politics. The photo in the 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook shows someone in blackface standing next to a person in a Ku Klux Klan hood and robe. Attorney General Mark Herring said Wednesday that he wore brown makeup to look like a black rapper during a party as an undergraduate at the University
  
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• Pompeo demands that Venezuela let in US aid

  06-02-2019 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday demanded that Venezuela's military let in US-backed humanitarian aid, which President Nicolas Maduro has alleged is a cover for invasion."The Venezuelan people desperately need humanitarian aid.The US and other countries are trying to help, but Venezuela's military under Maduro's orders is blocking aid with trucks and shipping tankers," Pompeo tweeted.
  
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• New Mexico's governor literally runs through walls in response to Trump's border wall

  06-02-2019 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  For all of the various responses to Tuesday night's State of the Union address by President Trump -- including responses from Stacey Abrams, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Sen. Kamala Harris  -- perhaps the greatest was delivered by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.Immediately after Trump's speech concluded on Tuesday night, Grisham tweeted the following  video, which showed her taking Trump to task over his immigration stance and love of border walls by literally running through walls
  
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• On abortion, Trump agenda likely leads to Supreme Court, not Congress

  06-02-2019 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Bolstered by Trump's appointment of two conservative justices, the nine-member court could soon begin to pare back abortion rights, starting with a major case from Louisiana that is one of several similar pending appeals.The addition of Trump appointees Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch could alter the conservative-majority court's approach to abortion.Kavanaugh replaced Justice Anthony Kennedy, a conservative who backed abortion rights in key rulings in 1992 and 2016.
  
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• Six days of turmoil: Virginia Democrats' nightmare February

  06-02-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Northam was elected in 2017 and Virginia governors are limited to a single four-year term.
  
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• Mark Herring: Top Virginia Democrat admits wearing blackface as state scandal deepens

  06-02-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring has confirmed he wore blackface to a college party in 1980, just days after calling on the state’s governor to resign over a similar racial scandal.
  
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• O.J. Simpson's advice to Roger Stone: 'Man up' and 'stop crying'

  06-02-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Simpson, who has faced his own public legal battles, was not moved by Stone's complaints about his treatment during his arrest.
  
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