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• Boris Johnson Humiliated by Parliament in First Brexit Vote

  03-09-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  REUTERSLONDON—Theresa May’s abject humiliation over Brexit was three years in the making as she endured failed negotiations, misfiring political gambles, and a series of internal revolts. Boris Johnson got there in just one vote. The biographer of Winston Churchill entered Downing Street breathing rhetorical fire just one day before Parliament was closed for the summer. On his very first day back in Parliament, he lost his majority in the House of Commons and was then defeated by his
  
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• The Latest: Source: Mental health reason for 2014 gun denial

  03-09-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The official tells The Associated Press on Tuesday that Seth Ator had attempted to purchase a firearm in 2014 but was denied after a federal background check.The official said Ator was able to obtain the rifle used in Saturday's rampage in West Texas through a private gun sale, skirting the background check process.
  
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• Democrats in the House Are Split on Impeachment. That Could Come to a Head This Fall

  03-09-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  The number of members in support of action on impeachment has reached 137
  
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• Sayonara Wild Hearts Hands-On Preview: A Sailor Moon-Inspired Rhythm Trip

  03-09-2019 23:21
  If you ever wished Sailor Moon was a badass biker who fought rival gangs set to a soundtrack that’s kind of like something Carly Rae Jepsen would produce, turn your attention to Sayonara Wild Hearts.
  Sayonara Wild Hearts is developed by Swedish developer Simogo, best known for the critically acclaimed mobile horror game Year Walk. Like Year Walk, Sayonara Wild Hearts combines eye-catching art direction with a simple but solid gameplay hook. In this case, it plays almost exactly like the br
  
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• Pilot trainee lands plane after instructor passes out

  03-09-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  A pilot-in-training is being hailed as a hero for landing a plane after his instructor passed out.
  
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• North Carolina court strikes down state legislative map as unconstitutional gerrymander

  03-09-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  A three-judge panel in Wake County Superior Court said the state Senate and state House district lines discriminated against Democratic voters in violation of the state constitution's free elections, equal protection and free speech clauses.The decision is a victory for election reform advocates considering legal challenges to partisan gerrymandering in state courts despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this year blocking such cases in federal courts.State Senate Leader Phil Berger, a Repu
  
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• Democrat leaves Colorado Senate race after Hickenlooper's entry

  03-09-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Mike Johnston is the first Democratic candidate to leave the race after former Gov. John Hickenlooper launched his campaign last month.
  
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• Devastation in Bahamas as Hurricane Dorian crawls towards US coast

  03-09-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Weakening slightly but still packing a powerful punch, Hurricane Dorian churned towards the southeastern coast of the United States on Tuesday after delivering a devastating blow to the Bahamas.Bahamas National Security Minister Marvin Dames said several children were among the five deaths reported in the Atlantic archipelago from the monster storm and predicted more fatalities.Aerial footage of Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas broadcast by CNN showed scenes of catastrophic damage, with hundred
  
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• The Taliban Scoff at Trump’s Afghan Peace Talks Bluff

  03-09-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/ReutersDOHA, Qatar—The American negotiator trying to cut a deal with the Taliban that might let Donald Trump get all uniformed troops out of Afghanistan before next year’s election says that the two sides have an “agreement in principle.”But Taliban officials and diplomats here in the capital of Qatar, where the talks have been held, told The Daily Beast that after Round 9 last week, there was still no deal the Taliban would sign. Trump’s ma
  
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• Never Played Resident Evil Outbreak? Here's What You Need to Know

  03-09-2019 22:36
  Capcom is experiencing a bit of a resurgence right now, with franchises like Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, and Devil May Cry seeing massive success recently. Its most successful franchise from a sales standpoint, Resident Evil, surpassed 92 million units sold with the recent remake of Resident Evil 2. The company’s next project, known as Project Resistance, is set to be shown at Tokyo Game Show 2019. The website currently shows a logo with the letters ‘RE’ emblazoned in red, a
  
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• The Latest: U of Illinois student charged after noose found

  03-09-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  A University of Illinois student accused of leaving a noose in a residence hall elevator has been charged with a felony hate crime.Andrew Smith was also arraigned on misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges Tuesday.Champaign County Assistant State's Attorney Kristin Alferink said during the arraignment that the 19-year-old student from Normal found some rope in an elevator over the weekend and tied it into a noose.
  
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• September 2019 free PS Plus games are here - Batman: Arkham Knight and Darksiders 3

  03-09-2019 22:21 via gamesradar.com
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• Cheerleader Accused of Murdering, Burying Newborn Goes on Trial

  03-09-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photo Courtesy Warren County Sheriff's OfficeIn July 2017, police in small-town Ohio uncovered an unmarked infant’s grave in the backyard of a prominent family. On Tuesday, jury selection began in the case of the alleged murderer—a high school cheerleader accused of killing her newborn baby to protect her good-girl image.Brooke Skylar Richardson, now 20, is charged with is charged with aggravated murder, involuntary manslaughter, and three othe
  
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• Key suspect freed in case of 43 missing students in Mexico

  03-09-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  A key suspect in the kidnapping of 43 students who disappeared in Mexico in 2014 has been freed, lawyers said Tuesday, in what the victims' families said showed the "failure" of the investigation.Mexico remains haunted by the disappearance of the 43 young men from the Ayotzinapa teachers' college in the southern state of Guerrero, who were detained by corrupt police the night of September 26, 2014, and allegedly handed over to gang members who massacred them.The investigation has been marred by
  
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• Renewing or applying for airport fast pass Global Entry? Brace for lengthy delays

  03-09-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The Global Entry trusted traveler program has been plagued by lengthy application delays. Some travelers report over 100 days to renew.
  
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• Chris Hayes and Progressives’ Lack of Respect for the Constitution

  03-09-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Last week, conservatives in the Twitterverse had a good chuckle at the expense of MSNBC host Chris Hayes for something he said about the Electoral College on his show.“The weirdest thing about the Electoral College,” he offered, “is the fact that if it wasn't specifically in the Constitution for the presidency, it would be unconstitutional.”This is one of those things that sound a lot better in your head than they do coming out of your mouth! We’ve all been guilty o
  
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• Florida is ready, but where is the hurricane?

  03-09-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Houses and businesses are boarded up, bridges to barrier islands are blocked and many residents of Florida's beachside communities are long gone."The uncertainty is a little nerve wracking," says Drew Gabrielson, clutching his trembling Chihuahua Rodney as he looks across a beach at the roughening surf.On Tuesday, Dorian began moving at five miles per hour (eight kilometers per hour), a positively jaunty pace after being stuck at a near standstill for the better part of two days as it battered t
  
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• Save $10 on this limited edition Kait Gears 5 controller on Amazon just in time for the game

  03-09-2019 21:27 via gamesradar.com
  The Gears 5 Kait Diaz Limited Edition comes with an in-game skin too
  
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• Lego Star Wars Battles is a new mobile strategy game that draws from the entire saga

  03-09-2019 21:26 via gamesradar.com
  Mix and match vehicles and characters from across the franchise
  
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• Iran oil tanker pursued by US turns off tracker near Syria

  03-09-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  An Iranian oil tanker blacklisted and pursued by the U.S. turned off its tracking beacon off the coast of Syria, leading to renewed speculation Tuesday that its oil will end up there, despite earlier assurances it wouldn't.The disappearance of the Adrian Darya 1, formerly known as the Grace 1, follows a pattern of Iranian oil tankers turning off their Automatic Identification System to try and mask where they deliver their cargo amid U.S. sanctions targeting Iran's energy industry.Its disappeara
  
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• Venezuela's Maduro warns of Colombia attack, orders military exercises

  03-09-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday ordered the armed forces to be on alert for a potential attack by Colombia's government and announced military exercises on the border amid the rearmament of a group of former guerrilla commanders.Former FARC guerillas on Thursday announced a rearmament in a video that Colombian authorities believe was filmed in Venezuela, spurring concern of a worsening of the Colombian armed conflict and expansion of armed groups in Venezuela."I've ordered the str
  
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• Parliament Debates Plan to Block No-Deal Split: Brexit Update

  03-09-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Follow @Brexit, sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, and tell us your Brexit story. Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost his House of Commons majority as he faces a showdown with members of his Conservative Party that will determine the U.K.’s exit from the European Union and the length of his premiership.Johnson has vowed to leave the bloc on Oct. 31, but his political enemies are fighting to stop him from doing so without a divorce deal. Tonight is the first of a series
  
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• Grand Bahama waterlogged in Hurricane Dorian before and after satellite photos

  03-09-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Next-generation satellite technology capable of penetrating cloud cover shows widespread flooding from slow-moving Hurricane Dorian.
  
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• Sen. Manchin says he won't run for West Virginia governor

  03-09-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announced Tuesday he will not run for governor, ending speculation on whether the moderate Democrat would challenge a Trump-backed incumbent in his deep-red home state."Ultimately, I believe my role as U.S. senator allows me to position our state for success for the rest of this century," he said in a statement, pledging to work on energy legislation and steer federal dollars to West Virginia from his perch on the appropriations committee.The 72-year-old senator pr
  
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• Shattering Taliban attack in Kabul even as US deal nears

  03-09-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The Taliban on Tuesday defended their suicide bombing against an international compound in the Afghan capital that killed at least 16 people and wounded 119, almost all local civilians, just hours after a U.S. envoy said he and the militant group had reached a deal "in principle" to end America's longest war.Angry Kabul residents whose homes were shredded in the explosion climbed over the buckled blast wall and set part of the compound, a frequent Taliban target, on fire.
  
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• Waves from Hurricane Dorian pound 2nd story of home in Bahamas | VIDEO

  03-09-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Video shows waves from Hurricane Dorian pounding on the second story of a home in the Bahamas.
  
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• The Latest: Baby, 2 children among victims in family slaying

  03-09-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  A 14-year-old Alabama boy faces murder charges in the slayings of five members of his family, including an infant brother, two other siblings, ages 5 and 6, and his father and stepmother.Limestone County Sheriff's spokesman Stephen Young said Tuesday that the teen is being held in a juvenile facility and faces five counts of murder in the juvenile court system.The adult victims were identified as the suspect's father, 38-year-old John Sisk, and Mary Sisk, the boy's 35-year-old stepmother.
  
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• South Africa vows crackdown on xenophobic attacks after five die

  03-09-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Five people have been killed in a surge of xenophobic violence in South Africa, police said on Tuesday, as President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed to clamp down and the African Union, Nigeria and Zambia condemned the attacks.Hordes of people -- some armed with axes and machetes -- gathered in Johannesburg's central business district for a third day of unrest directed against foreigners, hours after mobs burned and looted shops in the township of Alexandra, prompting police to fire rubber bullets to disp
  
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• World War II Launched a New Age of Global Power. 80 Years After the War Began, That Era Is Ending

  03-09-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  On Sept. 3, 1939, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. Nearly everyone old enough to remember that time as an adult has passed
  
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• Ghost Recon Breakpoint Closed Beta, Year 1 Post-Launch Content Detailed

  03-09-2019 20:47
  Ubisoft has detailed Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint Closed Beta, which runs from September 5-8, and has also revealed its plan for Year 1 Post-Launch content for the sequel to 2017's Ghost Recon Wildlands.
  The Ghost Recon Breakpoint Closed Beta will be available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC for those who pre-order the game, are subscribed on PC to UPLAY+, and who participated in Breakpoint's Online Technical Tests. A group of random players will also be selected from those who sign up
  
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• Mom arrested in connection to 5-year-old's body found decaying in hidden closet in Houston

  03-09-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Police say her mother confessed to hiding the child's body for nearly a week. She says the girl, identified as Sierra Patino, died from ingesting chemicals.
  
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• How to Spot a Serious Gun-Crime Proposal

  03-09-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  There was another massacre, this one in Midland and Odessa, Texas. As usual, tragedy was followed by stupidity.The New York Times, in its poetical mode, observed that the crime “clashed with the typically serene and dusty rural landscape of the region.” In reality, Odessa is the most dangerous city in Texas, with a murder rate about twice the national average. So much for “serene.” It is not particularly rural, either, though you pass through a good deal of rurality on th
  
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• Dozens Of DeLoreans Hiding From Hurricane Dorian In Storage

  03-09-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  We hope these Dorian DeLoreans survive to see another Back To The Future reference.When it comes to a devastating storm like Hurricane Dorian, the protection of vehicles is only a secondary concern to the protection of people, pets and property and the safety of first responders. If you're in the care of classic cars belonging to other people, though, you must do what you can to protect them. That's the situation DeLorean Motor Company of Florida finds itself in with as Orlando is already feelin
  
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• Ford Recalling F-150 and Other Models for Potentially Dangerous Seat Defect

  03-09-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Nearly half a million vehicles are involved, including new and recent F-150, Super Duty, Explorer, and Expedition models.
  
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• Looks like Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag and Rogue may be coming to Switch

  03-09-2019 20:18 via gamesradar.com
  A now-removed listing had the two titles bundled together
  
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• Hurricane Dorian: 'Catastrophic' damage in Bahamas leaves 60,000 needing drinking water

  03-09-2019 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Rescue workers are scrambling to reach the northern Bahamas as Hurricane Dorian pounded the region for another day, leaving a trail of “unprecedented” destruction.  At least five people have been killed in the area and more than 60,000 are expected to need drinking water in the coming days after the “catastrophic” damage.  On Grand Bahama island and the Abaco islands, among the worst affected, more than 13,000 homes were severely damaged or destroyed – som
  
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• Bahamas minister says more deaths expected from Hurricane Dorian

  03-09-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Hurricane Dorian weakened slightly as it crawled towards the southeast coast of the United States on Tuesday after leaving at least five people dead and a swathe of destruction in the Bahamas.Video footage showed catastrophic damage from the powerful hurricane on the islands of Grand Bahama and Great Abaco in the northern Bahamas including shattered homes, fields of debris and flooded streets.The runways at Grand Bahama International Airport in Freeport, the island's largest city, were under wat
  
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• Tropical Storm Fernand forms in Gulf as it moves toward Mexico

  03-09-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The low spinning in the Gulf near Mexico has intensified into a tropical storm.It is expected to move into Mexico Wednesday evening.
  
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• PHOTOS: Hurricane Dorian bashes the Bahamas

  03-09-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Strong winds move the palms of the palm trees at the first moment of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Sept. 1, 2019. (Photo: Ramon Espinosa/AP) Bahamians rescued victims of Hurricane Dorian with jet skis and a bulldozer as the U.S. Coast Guard, Britain's Royal Navy and a handful of aid groups tried to get food and medicine to survivors and take the most desperate people to safety. Airports were flooded and roads impassable after the most powerful storm to hit t
  
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• Doctor Who actor Peter Capaldi is reportedly joining The Suicide Squad cast

  03-09-2019 19:52 via gamesradar.com
  Twelve joins James Gunn's Suicide Squad reboot
  
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• Five dead as mobs burn down shops in 'anti-foreigner' riots in Johannesburg

  03-09-2019 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The death toll from sweeping anti-immigrant riots in Johannesburg suburbs rose to five on Tuesday as police attempted to restore order with rubber bullets. Large sections of Africa’s largest and wealthiest city were deserted as tens of thousands of workers, commuters and school children stayed home to avoid violence directed at ‘foreigners’ from other parts of Africa. Rocks, bricks and rubber bullets lay strewn across the empty streets of Alexandra after mobs plundered the town
  
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• 7 fatally shot, 34 wounded in Chicago during Labor Day weekend gun violence

  03-09-2019 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Gun violence over the Labor Day weekend has left seven people dead and another 34 wounded in Chicago.
  
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• Ford Recalls Pickup Trucks and SUVs for Seat Problem

  03-09-2019 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Ford is recalling 483,325 vehicles in the U.S., 58,712 in Canada, and 8,149 in Mexico because the mechanism that controls how the front driver and/or passenger seatbacks recline may have been imp...
  
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• Whoopi Goldberg Goes Off on Debra Messing: ‘You Don’t Have the Right!’

  03-09-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Whoopi Goldberg is not impressed with actress Debra Messing’s call to out the attendees of an upcoming Trump fundraiser in Beverly Hills. “Please print a list of all attendees please,” the Will & Grace star tweeted at The Hollywood Reporter over the holiday weekend. “The public has a right to know.” After The View co-host Joy Behar joked during Tuesday’s season premiere that instead of a blacklist, they “should call it a white-list,” Goldb
  
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• PM Johnson loses majority ahead of Brexit parliament showdown

  03-09-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday lost his working majority in parliament with the dramatic defection of a party member ahead of a showdown with MPs over Brexit that could lead to an early general election.In a heated parliamentary session, Johnson condemned a plan by lawmakers to block his Brexit strategy as "surrender" and said it would undermine his intention to negotiate a new divorce deal with the EU.Opposition MPs and rebel members of his Conservative party are planning to vote for d
  
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• A 17-year-old celebrating her birthday with her parents was among the dozens who died in the diving boat fire off the coast of California

  03-09-2019 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The Conception was carrying 33 passengers and six crew members when it caught fire off the coast of Southern California, early Monday morning.
  
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• Hurricane Dorian: Millions ordered to evacuate as storm bears down on US

  03-09-2019 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Millions of Americans have been ordered to evacuate their homes after Hurricane Dorian – having relentlessly battered the Bahamas for days, leaving at least five fatalities and dozens of injuries in its wake – picked up speed and size and started bearing down on the southeastern coastline.Officials in the Bahamas said at last 13,000 homes had been destroyed by massive flooding and powerful winds that blasted the nation with a force not matched since 1935. Hubert Minnis, the prime min
  
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• The Latest: French diplo warns against Iran deal retreat

  03-09-2019 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  A French diplomat warns that Iran would send a "bad signal" if the country takes additional steps away from the 2015 nuclear agreement on Friday.France is leading diplomatic talks to try to save the nuclear deal — from which the United States withdrew — and get a de-escalation of tensions in the Gulf region.The French diplomat, who was speaking anonymously because he was not allowed to speak publicly on the sensitive talks, said Iran seeks to get $15 billion through oil exports.
  
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• Mexican president says referendums could decide fate of ex-presidents

  03-09-2019 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday the public should have the right to choose whether ex-presidents should face trial once a bill has passed Congress making it easier to hold referendums.Speaking after an official said an investigation had been opened on a 2014 scandal that battered the reputation of his predecessor, Enrique Pena Nieto, Lopez Obrador said he did not want to pursue former presidents in court."And once (the constitution) has been reformed and these refer
  
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• Gears 5 Getting Dave Bautista as Playable Character Later This Month

  03-09-2019 19:03
  
  Actor and WWE star Dave Bautista (or Batista, depending on where you look) has been trying, and trying, and trying for a long while to get cast in the far-off Gears of War movie, to little success. Thankfully, Gears 5 seems to have found a compromise. Starting September 15, just after the WWE Clash of Champions pay-per-view event, you can play as Dave Bautista in Gears 5.
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