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• Wikia's Fandom is getting into the game publishing business

  20-08-2019 23:52
  The Wikia-owned media platform Fandom is expanding its entertainment business and getting into video game publishing, starting with Thorium Entertainment's UnderMine....
  
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• Trump's Muddled Message on Hong Kong Captures the Real Problem With His Foreign Policy

  20-08-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The confusion captures an enduring challenge of the Trump presidency: it’s almost impossible to discern America’s approach to key foreign issues because the process for setting and enforcing policy is ignored or irrelevant.
  
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• Get a job: InnoGames is hiring a Senior Unity Developer

  20-08-2019 23:23
  As a Senior Unity Developer, you will be part of our agile, cross-functional and international development team working on a new mobile-only multiplayer game....
  
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• Jail parents over skipping school? Some 2020 Democrats threatened it

  20-08-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Kamala Harris says she didn't send anyone to jail, but critics say her policy "perpetuates poverty." Other 2020 Dems worked to decriminalize truancy.
  
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• Spider-Man could be out of the MCU thanks to soured deals between Marvel and Sony

  20-08-2019 23:15 via gamesradar.com
  He said he didn't want to go
  
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• Russia's new high-altitude drone just flew for the first time, and they want to arm it with one ton of bombs

  20-08-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  On Tuesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense shared video of a test flight for the Altius-U, a major step forward in its drone program.
  
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• GameStop lays off 120+ people, including some Game Informer staff

  20-08-2019 23:08
  U.S. game and tchotchke retailer GameStop laid off roughly 120 people this week as part of the company's ongoing effort to restructure and respond to its recent financial troubles. ...
  
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• The Matrix 4 is coming, with Keanu Reeves as Neo and Lana Wachowski at the helm

  20-08-2019 23:04 via gamesradar.com
  Carrie-Anne Moss will also return as Trinity
  
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• Police Arrest Two Louisiana Men in 39-Year-Old Cold Case Murder of Teen

  20-08-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Rapides Parish Sheriff's OfficeAfter nearly four decades, Louisiana police have charged two men they believe brutally raped and murdered an 18-year-old girl before disposing of her body in the woods.Leo Laird, 64, and Gary Haymon, 54, were both charged on Monday in the death of 18-year-old Donna Gayle Brazzell, according to the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office. The young woman’s skeletal remains were found near Nichols Cemetery Road in 1980, but authorities were unable to identif
  
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• Spain sends navy to save migrants as Italian justice intervenes

  20-08-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Spain on Tuesday deployed a naval patrol boat to pick up migrants on a charity rescue boat that has been stranded off Italy's Lampedusa island for days after numerous people jumped overboard in a desperate bid to swim ashore.Prosecutor Luigi Patronaggio also ordered the Open Arms charity vessel preventatively seized after inspecting the Spanish boat on which migrants have spent 19 days and "given the difficult situation on board", a judicial source said.Against the backdrop of a major political
  
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• Microsoft has no plans to bring Xbox first-party exclusives to other consoles

  20-08-2019 22:44
  Microsoft says that Xbox has no plans to bring its existing first-party exclusives to other consoles moving forward, though cross-platform play and progression remain on the table. ...
  
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• Respawn CEO apologizes for the Apex Legends Iron Crown Reddit spat

  20-08-2019 22:30 via gamesradar.com
  "I apologize to any of our fans that were offended," Vince Zampella said
  
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• 'Storm Area 51' event pushes rural Nevada county to declare emergency

  20-08-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Lincoln County commissioner pre-signed an emergency declaration ahead of the "Storm Area 51" raid event that's drawn more than 2 million RSVPs.
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he died by suicide, court records say

  20-08-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Multiple attorneys representing Epstein’s alleged victims had previously vowed to go after the millionaire’s estate after news of his death.
  
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• Marianne Williamson pledges to remove Oval Office portrait of Andrew Jackson put there by Trump

  20-08-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson pledged to remove the portrait of former President Andrew Jackson that President Donald Trump chose to hang in the Oval Office if she is elected to be its next occupant.
  
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• Trump decries 'great disloyalty' of Jews who vote for Democrats

  20-08-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump said Tuesday that Jews who voted for Democrats were either ignorant or disloyal.
  
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• Three migrant children die of flu in detention with US authorities refusing to give vaccines, as reports of child molesting emerge

  20-08-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  At least three migrant children being held in detention centres have died at least in part from the flu, but US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says that it does not plan on giving immigrant families it detains vaccines as winter approaches.The decision has renewed criticism of the squalid conditions in US detention centres, as further reports suggest children are being molested in some sites while in the care of the government.
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez: The Electoral College Is a ‘Scam’

  20-08-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) on Monday called the U.S. Electoral College "a scam" that negatively affects minorities."We're coming to you live from the Electoral College," the New York Democrat said in a video on Instagram, which featured her driving along a sparsely populated highway in what appears to be a desert somewhere in the western part of the country. "Many votes here, as you can see. Very efficient way to choose leadership of the country. I mean I c
  
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• Assad troops force Syrian rebels to retreat from key town

  20-08-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Bashar al-Assad has vowed to recapture all of Syria as his forces made significant battlefield gains and drove rebel fighters out of a strategic town he once attacked with chemical weapons. Syrian regime troops pushed rebel forces from Khan Sheikhoun, a town where Assad’s jets once dropped chemical weapons and killed nearly 100 people, prompting Donald Trump to launch retaliatory airstrikes in 2017.  The town has been under rebel control since 2014 and its fall marks a victory fo
  
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• ReadySet Heroes is the first Sony-published game to debut on Epic's Games Store

  20-08-2019 21:44
  The debut of Robot's PS4 co-op dungeon crawler on the Epic Games Store suggests Epic's efforts to lure devs to its young storefront are compelling enough to sway even big, platform-holding publishers. ...
  
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• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne gets a new trailer and dev diary - here are 10 unmissable details

  20-08-2019 21:40 via gamesradar.com
  The most important takeaways in the latest Iceborne deep-dive
  
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• A Fox News host hit back at Trump's claims that the network has 'changed' after it published a poll showing him losing head-to-head matchups with leading Democrats

  20-08-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump has recently ramped up his war with the network that has long been his ally and is said to be afraid that it isn't loyal enough.
  
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• Missing employee of UK consulate in Hong Kong detained: family

  20-08-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  The family of a missing employee of Britain's consulate in Hong Kong said Wednesday that authorities told them he was detained while returning from a business trip but do not know why, where or how long he will be held.
  
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• Phoenix police must now report whenever they point a gun at someone

  20-08-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Chief Jeri Williams provided an update on Phoenix Police Department changes following a record number of police shootings in 2018.
  
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• Video: Think you're ready to pitch a publisher? You're not, and here's why

  20-08-2019 21:08
  In this 2019 GDC talk, Finji's Rebekah Saltsman explains how Finji builds and uses pitch documents, key art and game play videos to help developers improve their pitches to publishers....
  
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• A man walked into a sheriff's office and said he killed his daughter that day, police say

  20-08-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  A North Carolina father told a dispatcher that he was there to turn himself in for murder. The victim was his 15-year-old daughter.
  
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• Suspect in Utah student Mackenzie Lueck's death is charged in a second case

  20-08-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  The man suspected of killing University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck was charged Tuesday with sexual abuse and kidnapping of another woman.
  
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• Huawei’s founder just sent a desperate but brutal memo to workers

  20-08-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  When he was a younger man, Huawei's billionaire founder Ren Zhengfei joined China's People's Liberation Army as an engineer, at one point heading out with the army for China's frigid north as part of a crew tasked with building a synthetic fiber factory.That background no doubt inspired the overtly military-themed tone of a desperate memo Zhengfei distributed internally at the company on Monday as the US ban against it lingers, with the company founder warning that workers need to band together
  
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• The police officer who fatally choked Eric Garner has been fired. The guy who filmed it is still in prison.

  20-08-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Former NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo escaped criminal prosecution. Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed the deadly encounter, has been locked up for years.
  
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• Guns are a huge part of American society; taking them away won't help: Today's talker

  20-08-2019 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Guns are vital for protection in America. The acts of the few shouldn't affect citizens' rights to guns, which is protected by the Second Amendment.
  
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• Yakuza Remastered Collection brings Yakuza 3, 4, and 5 to PS4 starting now

  20-08-2019 20:26 via gamesradar.com
  Yakuza Remastered Collection updates the 3 missing Yakuza games for PS4
  
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• Trump vows to continue China trade war even if recession hits US, as he says Russia should be readmitted to G7

  20-08-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has said he will continue with his trade war with China even if it means the United States falling into recession.The president stressed that he thought the US was “very far” from a recession but acknowledged that his administration was looking at a payroll tax cut to boost the economy, something that had previously been denied. And he said he was pressing on with his trade policies "whether it's good or bad for" the prospects of a recession.
  
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• Texas school district sued for coloring black pupil's scalp with marker

  20-08-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Parents of a black teenager in Texas are suing their Houston-area school district after three white middle school personnel used a marker to blot out a design in their son's scalp.The federal civil rights lawsuit was filed Sunday against the Pearland Independent School District and the three staff members of Berry Miller Junior High who used the marker to color the student's scalp.The three claimed that his "common African American 'fade' haircut violated the Pearland ISD dress code policy," the
  
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• Joe Biden's former brain surgeon explains why he's not too old to be president

  20-08-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Biden's surgeon said he's voting for the one candidate that he is "absolutely certain has a brain that is functioning."
  
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• Neo-Nazi arrested over threat to exterminate Hispanics said 'I thank God every day Trump is president'

  20-08-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  A man arrested by the FBI on suspicion of threatening to kill Hispanic people in Miami allegedly wrote that he thanked God every day that Donald Trump was president.Eric Lin, 35, made a series of threats against the Hispanic community in the Miami area before being arrested in Seattle.
  
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• New York Sues to Block Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Migrants Who Use Public Services

  20-08-2019 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  New York joined Vermont and Connecticut Tuesday in filing a lawsuit to block the Trump administration's attempt to crack down on immigrants who rely on public services.New York attorney general Leticia James announced Tuesday that she, along with the attorneys general of Vermont and Connecticut, has filed suit against the federal agencies responsible for expanding the public-charge rule to make it more difficult for immigrants who rely on public services to obtain a visa.“Quite simply, und
  
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• U.S. removed almost 2.7 million barrels daily of Iranian oil from market: Pompeo

  20-08-2019 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has removed nearly 2.7 million barrels of Iranian oil from global markets daily as a result of Washington's decision to reimpose sanctions on all purchases of Iran's crude, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday.
  
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• 23 towns in Texas were hit by possibly the largest-ever ransomware attack, in what could be the first coordinated cyberattack of its kind

  20-08-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The coordinated ransomware attack on 23 Texas towns was carried out by a "single threat actor," the Texas Department of Information Resources said.
  
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• A man lost his wife in the El Paso Walmart shooting, then his car was stolen during her funeral. His community came together to replace it.

  20-08-2019 19:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Antonio Basco's Ford Escape was stolen after a funeral for his wife, Margie Reckard, in El Paso. The community banded together to find him a new one.
  
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• CNN Pundit’s Bodyguard Charged with Assault after Removing Reporter Covering Her Speech

  20-08-2019 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  CNN pundit April Ryan's security guard has been charged with assault after he forcibly removed a local New Jersey reporter from an event at which Ryan was delivering a speech.Charlie Kravotil, editor of New Brunswick Today, claims that Ryan's bodyguard, 30-year-old Joel Morris, approached him during Ryan's speech at The Heldrich Hotel on August 3 and stole his camera after he refused to stop filming.A video of the incident shows Kravotil, who secured press credentials for the event, fo
  
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• Shell workers were incentivized with their paycheck to attend a Trump event, and one expert says it signals the 'slow death of democracy'

  20-08-2019 18:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Despite his disdain for supposedly paid protesters, Trump himself has benefited from people being paid to attend his events over the years.
  
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• Trump: Tlaib 'hates Israel' and 'I don't buy [her] tears'

  20-08-2019 18:51 via news.yahoo.com
  At a press conference addressing Israel’s decision to bar her and Rep. Ilhan Omar from visiting the country, Rep. Rashida Tlaib fought back tears while recalling her experiences visiting Jerusalem as a child. The president was unmoved.
  
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• Beloved California teacher shot to death in front of 5-year-old son 'for no reason'

  20-08-2019 18:51 via news.yahoo.com
  California teacher Nancy Magaña, 24, was shot to death in front of her boyfriend and five-year-old son early Saturday morning.
  
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• New Cyberpunk 2077 screenshots give you a fresh look at dialog and Night City life

  20-08-2019 18:50 via gamesradar.com
  Check out fresh Cyberpunk 2077 screenshots from Gamescom 2019
  
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• The Sims 4: Realm of Magic is Hogwarts for your Sims in all but name

  20-08-2019 18:39 via gamesradar.com
  Featuring a wand duel Gilderoy Lockhart would be proud of
  
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• Unannounced Rockstar title "Bonaire" rated in Australia could be Read Dead Redemption 2 DLC

  20-08-2019 18:23 via gamesradar.com
  We don't know what Bonaire is, but the Australian ratings board sure doesn't like it
  
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• Girlfriend of U.K. Consulate Worker Says China Has Detained Him

  20-08-2019 18:21 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- China has detained an employee of the U.K. consulate in Hong Kong during a trip to the mainland, according to his girlfriend, in a case that threatens to further strain ties between Beijing and London.Simon Cheng, 28, was reported missing after failing to return from an Aug. 8 meeting in the adjacent city of Shenzhen. The Hong Kong police said it has launched a “missing person” investigation and was keeping “close contact” with Chinese authorities. News sit
  
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• Bond 25 finally has a title: No Time to Die

  20-08-2019 18:19 via gamesradar.com
  Daniel Craig's likely final outing as James Bond has an ominous new name
  
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• Starbreeze posts $6.6 million loss amid ongoing reconstruction

  20-08-2019 18:17
  Starbreeze has been in dire financial straits for a while now, and the company is still in the process of refocusing its attention and efforts on core businesses to stay above water....
  
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• 2 Proud Boys Convicted in 2018 NYC Clash with Protesters

  20-08-2019 18:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Two members of the alt-right Proud Boys have been found guilty of charges including attempted gang assault for their part in a New York City attack.
  
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