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• Venezuela's Maduro closes Brazil border to block aid entry

  21-02-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — As a showdown looms over humanitarian aid destined for Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro closed off his country's border with Brazil, vowing on Thursday to block the emergency food and medicine that has rallied his opponents and which he claims is part of a U.S.-led coup plot.
  
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• Activists worry that Jussie Smollett arrest will discourage hate-crime reporting by real victims

  21-02-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The dramatic turn of events in the Jussie Smollett case was treated by Trump as a vindication, and disheartened gay rights and civil rights advocates who fear that it will discourage future victims of hate crimes from coming forward.
  
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• 'Hear the cry of the little ones': Pope Francis demands action from bishops as sex abuse summit opens

  21-02-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Pope Francis urged high-ranking church officials gathered at the Vatican to "hear the cry of the little ones" who are victims of sexual abuse.
  
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• Jussie Smollett Out on Bond, Accused of Staging Attack to `Promote His Career,` Chicago Police Say

  21-02-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Chicago police say "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett planned the an attack on himself because he was unhappy with his salary and wanted to promote his career.
  
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• What We Want to See Apex Legends Do to Stay on Top

  21-02-2019 23:23
  It’s barely been two weeks since Apex Legends took the world by storm, and not only are many people playing the game — it amassed more than 25 million players in its first week alone-- but even more are watching others play the game. With 41 million hours of Twitch viewership over the past week, Apex Legends has more than doubled the watch time of Fortnite, which has been reigning supreme for almost a year now.Clearly, Apex Legends has quickly dominated the Battle Royale genre, but t
  
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• Deltarune's first free chapter is also coming to PS4 next week

  21-02-2019 23:23 via gamesradar.com
  The not-sequel to Undertale is branching out
  
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• Venezuelan Army Stops Guaido as He Heads to Site of Aid Effort

  21-02-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Three buses carrying lawmakers sympathetic to Guaido left Caracas heading for the town on the Colombian border that’s the focus of the aid effort, but were stopped in Carabobo state.Guaido, traveling separately for security reasons, was held up by army trucks blocking a tunnel east of the capital, said Edward Rodriguez, a spokesman.Maduro, who has said the aid effort is a pretext for a U.S. intervention, also announced that Venezuela’s land crossings with Brazil would shut at 8 p.m.,
  
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• What do Millennials think about Bernie Sanders and the direction of the Democratic Party?

  21-02-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Nathan Rubin, Malia Fisher, Joseph Pinion and Allison Lee Pillinger Choi weigh in on whether or not Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has a chance to win the 2020 Democratic nomination.
  
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• Prosecutor: Actor gave detailed instructions for fake attack

  21-02-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett gave detailed instructions to two brothers who helped him stage a racist, anti-gay attack on himself, including giving them specific slurs to yell, telling them to shout "MAGA country" and pointing out a surveillance camera that he thought would record the beating, a prosecutor said Thursday.
  
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• Woman Dies After Being Handcuffed by Police in Indianapolis Church

  21-02-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  An Indianapolis woman died after being taken into custody by police inside a church. The 43-year-old stopped breathing after officers handcuffed her two weeks ago at a church.
  
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• Southwest Airlines cancels nearly 400 flights as maintenance woes, winter storms linger

  21-02-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The airline continues to have a higher-than-usual number of aircraft out of service due to maintenance and is dealing with snow in Las Vegas.
  
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• North Carolina Officials Order New Election in Disputed House Race

  21-02-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  North Carolina officials on Thursday ordered that a second election take place in the state's ninth district after the initially victorious Republican candidate conceded that the first vote was tainted by an illegal get-out-the-vote effort indirectly backed by his campaign.The state board of elections voted unanimously to hold a second election after being presented with evidence that Leslie McCrae McDowless, a contractor hired by Republican Mark Harris's campaign, ordered his volunteers to go d
  
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• North Carolina board votes to hold new House election over absentee ballot fraud

  21-02-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The North Carolina Board of Elections voted unanimously to hold a new election in the state’s 9th District after overwhelming evidence of vote tampering.
  
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• North Carolina voter fraud: New election ordered after Republican operatives ‘illegally collected ballots’

  21-02-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  A new vote has been ordered in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District after the republican in the race admitted his lead over his democratic opponent was tainted by ballot-tampering conducted by operatives working for is campaign.The new vote was approved unanimously by the state's board of elections on Thursday after several days of evidentiary hearings in which witnesses said that operatives hired by the campaign of Mark Harris conducted illegal door-to-door ballot harvesting in violation
  
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• Complete Guide to Devil May Cry 5's Preorder Bonuses

  21-02-2019 22:33
  
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  It's been a long time coming, but Devil May Cry 5 is set to release for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on March 8. A follow-up to 2008's Devil May Cry 4, this sequel picks up several years later, when a giant "demon tree" appears in Red Grave City and begins killing citizens. Enter a cast of demon hunters, including Nero and Dante, to fight back the invasion.
  If you're ready to lock in your Devil May
  
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• IRS Analyst Charged with Leaking Michael Cohen’s Bank Records to Avenatti

  21-02-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  An Internal Revenue Service analyst was charged Thursday with leaking confidential reports that revealed President Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen sought to profit from his White House access.The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California charged analyst John Fry for leaking a suspicious activity report (SAR) to Michael Avenatti, the attorney who represented pornographer Stormy Daniels in her defamation case against President Trump.Avenatti published the SAR on
  
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• Khloe Kardashian's sisters Kim and Kourtney speak out amid cheating scandal

  21-02-2019 22:27 via yahoo.com
  Khloe Kardashian's sisters, Kim and Kourtney, came to her defense in verydifferent ways on Thursday amid allegations that Tristan Thompson cheated onher with Kylie Jenner's best friend, Jordyn Woods
  
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• Pope Francis Lays Out Plan to Combat Sex Abuse in Church

  21-02-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  On Thursday, the opening day of a Vatican summit addressing the sexual abuse of minors by members of the clergy, Pope Francis laid out a 21-point plan to combat the crisis battering the Church in almost all corners of the world.“We hear the cry of the little ones asking for justice,” Francis said. "We sense the weight of the pastoral and ecclesial responsibility that obliges us to discuss together, in a synodal, frank, and in-depth manner, how to confront this evil afflicting the Chu
  
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• Anthem Review

  21-02-2019 22:15
  I’ve played far too many games like Anthem, an online RPG that only makes good on its promise of meaningful multiplayer gameplay and progression after you’ve labored through its long-winded and repetitive story quests. These pitfalls don’t have to be synonymous with shared-world shooters, MMOs, or online ARPGs, but here we are again. Anthem's endgame is surprisingly fun since its already excellent combat is reinvigorated by interesting loot and challenging gameplay later on. Un
  
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• The Division 2 endgame trailer: Specializations, blowing up drones, and more

  21-02-2019 22:14 via gamesradar.com
  Watch The Division 2's endgame trailer and don't miss these 7 key details
  
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• The Latest: Cardinal condemns how church handles sex abuse

  21-02-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Latest on the Vatican's conference on dealing with sex abuse by priests (all times local):
  
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• Johnson & Johnson stock price falls after federal subpoena on alleged asbestos in baby powder

  21-02-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission investigate the alleged asbestos contamination of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder.
  
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• The Haunting of Hill House sequel is actually a new horror anthology series

  21-02-2019 22:05 via gamesradar.com
  The Haunting of Bly Manor will be based on The Turn of the Screw
  
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• The Haunting of Hill House season 2 is actually a new horror anthology series

  21-02-2019 22:05 via gamesradar.com
  The Haunting of Hill House season 2 is actually The Haunting of Bly Manor based on The Turn of the Screw
  
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• Chicago police chief angry over alleged Smollett hoax

  21-02-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson took it personally when detectives determined that "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett allegedly lied about being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack .
  
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• Operation to end last IS Syria pocket hits evacuation snag

  21-02-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which has steadily driven the jihadists down the Euphrates, has surrounded them at Baghouz near the Iraqi border, but does not want to mount a final attack until all civilians are out.Iraqi sources said the SDF handed over more then 150 Iraqi and other foreign jihadists to Iraq on Thursday, under a deal involving a total of 502.The SDF had expected to pull the last civilians from Baghouz on Thursday, but trucks it sent in left empty.
  
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• Warren Backs Government Reparations for African Americans

  21-02-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) on Thursday followed fellow Democratic presidential contender Senator Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) in calling for the government to pay reparations to African Americans to atone for slavery and subsequent discrimination.Warren's campaign told the New York Times that she does support some form of government reparations for the descendants of slaves, but did not specify what policy she we would pursue if elected in 2020.Warren's support for reparations came
  
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• Syria force hit by IS attack as tries to free last civilians

  21-02-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  A deadly car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group hit US-backed forces in east Syria Thursday as they tried to negotiate the release of civilians trapped in the jihadists' last sliver of territory.The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are working towards evacuating civilians remaining in the holdout, so they can polish off the dying IS "caliphate" whether through an assault or a surrender deal.The jihadists overran large parts of Syria and neighbouring Iraq in 2014, but several offensives hav
  
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• Rubio Predicts Maduro’s Troops Won’t Block Humanitarian Aid

  21-02-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) said Wednesday that Venezuelan troops have already begun to disobey orders and will likely refuse to block the thousands of volunteers who plan to escort a humanitarian-aid caravan across the country's border on Saturday.“Saturday’s a day when we’re going to find a lot about the Maduro regime,” Rubio told Bloomberg in a telephone interview. “I have reason to believe that rank-and-file military are not going to violently suppress a
  
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• Mercedes-Benz Recall | Automated System Problem

  21-02-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Mercedes-Benz Vehicles Recalled for Partially Automated Driving System ProblemMercedes-Benz is recalling 6,200 S-Class sedans, coupes, and convertibles from the 2018 and 2019 model years becaus...
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Invoked Pop Culture to Hit Back at a Critical Billboard

  21-02-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  The congresswoman has hit back at an attack billboard
  
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• Carbon dioxide in our atmosphere may soar to levels not seen in 56 million years

  21-02-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Emissions of carbon dioxide – the greenhouse gas most responsible for global warming – could soar to levels not seen in 56 million years, scientists warned.
  
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• The Latest: Snow forces closure of Vegas to Phoenix route

  21-02-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on rare snowfall in the Las Vegas area (all times local):
  
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• How ISIS Returnees Are Stirring a Debate Over Citizenship, Security and Rule of Law

  21-02-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump wants Europe to take back "over 800 ISIS fighters”
  
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• These are the 10 best cars, SUVs and pickups of 2019, according to Consumer Reports

  21-02-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Consumer Reports reveals its Top 10 picks for the best vehicles of 2019. It's an influential annual list that serves as a guide for many car shoppers.
  
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• Hoda Muthana: Trump's decision to deny Alabama woman re-entry to US after joining Isis is 'mindset of authoritarian', critics say

  21-02-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s refusal to let an American-born woman return to the US after she ran away to join Isis amounts to a dangerous overreach by a president who wants to “operate by executive fait”, immigration lawyers and critics say.The criticism comes after the Trump administration announced this week that 24-year-old Hoda Muthana would not be allowed to return to the US saying she has no legal basis to be in the country, in spite of her lawyer’s and family’s claims tha
  
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• Reggie Fils-Aime is retiring from Nintendo of America

  21-02-2019 20:38 via gamesradar.com
  Senior sales and marketing VP Doug Bowser will take his place
  
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• A global look at the Catholic Church's sex abuse problem

  21-02-2019 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' high-stakes sex abuse prevention summit is meant to call attention to the crisis as a global problem that requires a global response.
  
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• Catalyst Pharmaceuticals defends $375,000 drug price after Bernie Sanders rebuke

  21-02-2019 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Sanders, a vocal critic of high drug prices, had written to Florida-based Catalyst earlier this month, asking it to justify its price for Firdapse, a medication for a rare neuromuscular disease that affects about one in 100,000 people in the United States.It was also one of the campaign promises made by President Donald Trump in the 2016 elections.Last month, the Trump administration proposed a rule to overhaul the industry's system of rebates, or discounts, while Sanders unveiled legislation ai
  
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• More than 150 IS militants handed over to Iraq from Syria

  21-02-2019 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  OUTSIDE BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — U.S.-backed Syrian forces fighting the Islamic State group handed over more than 150 Iraqi members of the group to Iraq, an Iraqi security official said Thursday, marking the biggest repatriation from Syria of captured militants so far.
  
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• An Alien: Isolation animated series is reportedly in the works

  21-02-2019 20:10 via gamesradar.com
  Amanda Ripley's fight for survival continues
  
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• End Of Campaign Season

  21-02-2019 20:00
  Publisher: UbisoftDeveloper: Ubisoft MassiveRelease: March 15, 2019 Rating: Not rated Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
  When the original Division released in 2016, players gave feedback to Ubisoft indicating that the endgame was a little light and there wasn't a whole lot to do after finishing the main campaign. Over time, Ubisoft remedied this with free updates and DLC, but they're understandably wary that people will think The Division 2 will have the same kind of ramp up.To make sure peo
  
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• Manafort Faces March 8 Sentencing for Virginia Fraud Convictions

  21-02-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III set the date on Thursday, giving Manafort until March 1 to reply to Mueller’s recommendation that he serve between 19.6 and 24.4 years in prison.Manafort, 69, was convicted by jurors last August of bank fraud, tax fraud and failure to file a foreign bank account report.Manafort, who was President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman in 2016, also faces a March 13 sentencing in federal court in Washington.
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez faces backlash after Amzaon’s decision to pull out of building a new NYC headquarters

  21-02-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Job Creators Network bought a billboard in Times Square blasting New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for her role in Amazon’s decision to no longer build a new headquarters in New York City; Doug McKelway reports.
  
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• Victims testify at child sex abuse conference, Pope promises to fight ‘enemy within’

  21-02-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Francis convened Catholic leaders from around the world for the four-day meeting to address the scandal that has ravaged the Church's credibility in the United States - where it has paid billions of dollars in settlements - Ireland, Chile, Australia, and elsewhere over the last three decades."Faced with the scourge of sexual abuse committed by men of the Church against minors, I wanted to reach out to you," Francis told the assembled bishops and heads of religious orders.Francis, opening the con
  
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• Amazon lessons for voters, taxpayers, New York and the 237 other places that bid for HQ2

  21-02-2019 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Did Amazon stop needing New York, or did New York drive it away? As cities across America compete for jobs, the messy breakup is a cautionary tale.
  
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• Japan wants frictionless UK-EU trade after Brexit: ambassador

  21-02-2019 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Japan wants Britain to have frictionless trade with the European Union after Brexit, its ambassador said Thursday, insisting a damaging no-deal scenario should be avoided.Japanese companies are looking to expand their investment in Britain but are holding back due to uncertainty over Brexit, Koji Tsuruoka said during a talk in London.
  
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• Polish paedophile priests exposed in new report

  21-02-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  A foundation supporting victims of paedophile priests in Poland on Thursday released a report documenting nearly 400 cases of sex abuse by clergymen in the staunchly Catholic country.Images broadcast on Polish television showed Pope Francis kissing the hand of Marek Lisinski, head of the "Be Not Afraid" foundation, as he handed over the report to the pontiff.The document details the cases of 85 priests convicted of paedophilia, another 88 whose alleged abuse has been exposed by the media and 95
  
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• Venezuela Army Trucks Block Guaido's Travels as Showdown Looms

  21-02-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Earlier today, three buses carrying about 40 lawmakers sympathetic to Guaido left Venezuela’s capital heading for the frontier.The National Assembly president was traveling separately for security reasons and was unable to cross the tunnel, said Edward Rodriguez, his press team coordinator.
  
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• Canada looks to reunite Syrian family after fire claims seven kids

  21-02-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Canada is looking to quickly bring over siblings of a Syrian refugee distraught over the loss of her seven children in a Halifax house fire, the prime minister said Thursday."The immigration minister is seized with this particular case," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said when asked if Ottawa would fast-track the immigration or asylum process to bring the woman's brothers to Canada in order to provide her with family support.The family was among tens of thousands of Syrian refugees welcomed by C
  
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