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• Top US diplomat in China quits over Trump climate policy, sources say

  05-06-2017 23:49 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement drew anger and condemnation from world leaders and heads of industry.The most senior career diplomat at the US embassy in China has stepped down, amid reports that he opposes the Trump administration’s decision to quit the Paris agreement to fight climate change.
  
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• Spicer taking on 'extra' White House duties

  05-06-2017 23:29 via yahoo.com
  
  Sean Spicer's colleagues have denied the White House spokesman is on the outs, saying he has been given extra duties after his absence from the White House podium on Monday fueled speculation about his future.Spicer was replaced in the White House briefing room by his deputy Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who rejected suggestions the embattled spokesman was stepping down."He is taking on a little bit of extra duty at this point," Huckabee said of Spicer's role.
  
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• Body found at horse park believed to be suspect in slayings

  05-06-2017 23:21 via yahoo.com
  
  SALEM, Ind. (AP) — A body found Monday at a southern Indiana horse park is believed to be the man suspected of killing three people at a rural home where they all were living, police said.
  
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• 75th anniversary of Battle of Midway marked in San Diego

  05-06-2017 23:21 via yahoo.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Seven veterans of the Battle of Midway on Monday joined about 1,000 people aboard a retired U.S. Navy aircraft carrier to mark the 75th anniversary of the turning point in World War II's Pacific Ocean theater.
  
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• Fired factory worker kills five at former Florida workplace

  05-06-2017 23:14 via yahoo.com
  
  John Robert Neumann Jr., 45, was armed with a semi-automatic handgun and hunting knife when he entered a business called Fiamma, which describes itself as one of the world’s largest manufacturers of awnings for recreational vehicles.Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings described Neumann as a disgruntled ex-employee but said it was not clear why he was fired or what prompted his actions.
  
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• Flint official resigns after using racial slur to describe residents who don't pay their water bills

  05-06-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  
  An official in Flint, Michigan, has been forced to resign after a recording of him using a racial slur to describe residents of the city surfaced.Phil Stair, a longtime employee of the Genesee County Land Bank, resigned after water activist and independent journalist Chelsea Lyons released the tape.Mr Stair, a white man, had made the comments while Ms Lyons was with him driving to a restaurant, according to Truth Against the Machine, an organisation where Ms Lyons is a reporter.
  
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• Lawrence: Trump's Miscalculation With Comey's Testimony

  05-06-2017 22:43 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House says Donald Trump won't invoke executive privilege to block James Comey from testifying before the Senate Intel Cmte. Lawrence O'Donnell argues that's a critical mistake for the president.
  
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• No rehearing for ex-Illinois Governor Blagojevich; appeal planned

  05-06-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  
  A federal appeals court on Monday refused to reconsider its recent decision upholding former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich's corruption conviction and 14-year prison term.The order from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago likely ends Blagojevich's chance for a new trial or shorter sentence unless he can persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to take up his case, a long shot.Leonard Goodman, a lawyer for Blagojevich, in an interview said his client will appeal to the Supreme Court.
  
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• Trump complicates travel ban case by grumbling at Justice Department

  05-06-2017 22:37 via yahoo.com
  
  By Mica Rosenberg and Andrew ChungNEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump accused his own Justice Department on Monday of watering down his temporary travel ban on people from several predominantly Muslim countries, potentially hurting his case in the Supreme Court on the matter.In a series of early morning Twitter messages, Trump returned to the issue of the travel ban that he raised immediately after an attack in London on Saturday night that killed 7 people and wounded 48.Legal
  
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• Girl, 3, Puts on Police Uniform to Sell Lemonade and All Her Local Heroes Show Up to Support Her

  05-06-2017 22:33 via yahoo.com
  
  Hannah Pasley, 3, has wanted to be a police officer ever since she saw one on television.
  
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• Family Believes They Were Robbed Until They See the Real Culprit - a Piano-Playing Bear

  05-06-2017 22:11 via yahoo.com
  
  The family was "shocked" to see the security video.
  
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• Trump lashes out at London's mayor, again

  05-06-2017 21:51 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump continued a long-running feud with London's mayor on Monday, criticizing him on Twitter for the second day in a row in the wake of the deadly van and knife attack in the city.
  
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• Disgruntled employee kills five in Florida, takes own life: sheriff

  05-06-2017 21:50 via yahoo.com
  
  A US Army veteran who had been fired in April from his job at a Florida company opened fire Monday at the Orlando business, killing five people before taking his own life, authorities said.Four people were killed at the scene, while a fifth died at the hospital, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings told reporters.The business, Fiamma, makes awnings and other accessories for recreational vehicles.
  
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• Kabul to host peace summit after week of deadly violence

  05-06-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Kabul will host a multinational peace conference on Afghanistan Tuesday, as the capital reels from a wave of bombings and clashes last week that left more than 100 people dead and hundreds wounded.Much of Kabul remains on lockdown ahead of the conference, labelled the "Kabul Process", with tighter than usual security including more armed checkpoints and armoured vehicles patrolling the streets."The Kabul Process is meant to reach a consensus with the region and the world for peace in Afghanistan
  
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• London Mayor: Disinvite Trump

  05-06-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Joy-Ann Reid relays remarks by London Mayor Sadiq Khan calling for Donald Trump's state visit to the UK to be cancelled in light of Trump's attacks on the mayor in the midst of a terror attack and antagonism of NATO allies.
  
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• White House defends Trump attack on London mayor

  05-06-2017 20:51 via yahoo.com
  
  At the White House briefing on Monday, deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended the president’s tweets about the mayor of London following Saturday night’s terror attack.
  
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• Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds the daily press briefing on June 5, 2017

  05-06-2017 20:48 via yahoo.com
  
  On Monday, June 5, 2017, Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders along with Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin hold the daily press briefing with the White House press corp.
  
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• Alex Honnold Scales Yosemite Landmark Without Ropes

  05-06-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Elite rock climber Alex Honnold reached the summit of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park using only his hands and feet. The 31-year-old on Saturday became the first to climb the 3,000-foot (914-meter) granite wall alone without a safety harness or ropes to catch him if he fell, reports the Associated Press.
  
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• Trump who? Tech giants join massive effort to uphold Paris Agreement

  05-06-2017 20:36 via yahoo.com
  
  U.S. tech titans are joining an effort by more than 1,000 U.S. governors, mayors, investors, universities, and companies to commit to meeting the targets of the Paris Climate Agreement. Tech firms, including Apple, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, are banding together following President Trump's controversial decision on June 1 to withdraw the U.S. from the historic climate change treaty.  Social media giants Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat also joined the effort. Noticeably absent were Oracl
  
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• Unplugged Power Cord Causes Canceled Flights for 75,000 People on British Airways

  05-06-2017 20:30 via yahoo.com
  
  We usually joke about someone tripping over a power cord. But over at British Airways this was no laughing matter.
  
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• Scientists Extracted These Faces From Monkey Brain Scans

  05-06-2017 20:30 via yahoo.com
  
  The experiment gives new insight to how our brains recognize faces.
  
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• 'Miracle Baby' Born Without a Nose Dies at 2 Years Old: 'This Will Hurt Deeply for a Long Time'

  05-06-2017 20:23 via yahoo.com
  
  It is an extremely rare condition.
  
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• Leaked Docs Show New Depth of Russian Hacking

  05-06-2017 20:17 via yahoo.com
  
  Ken Delanian, NBC News national security reporter, talks about new revelations of Russian efforts to hack U.S. voting systems in 2016 and the arrest of the NSA contractor who shared secret documents with the news media.
  
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• Iran urges 'dialogue' to resolve Gulf row over Qatar

  05-06-2017 20:15 via yahoo.com
  
  Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday urged Qatar and neighbouring Gulf Arab countries that have severed diplomatic ties with it to engage in dialogue to resolve their dispute.Dialogue is imperative, especially during blessed Ramadan," Zarif tweeted, referring to the Muslim month of fasting.Zarif also phoned his Qatari counterpart to discuss the latest development, and also spoke to the foreign ministers of Arab and Muslim countries, including Algeria, Turkey, Indonesia and Iraq
  
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• Waitlisted by Harvard? Check your inbox — 10 freshmen lose spots over obscene FB messages

  05-06-2017 20:08 via yahoo.com
  
  At least 10 of the 2,056 students accepted to Harvard’s Class of 2021 had their applications rescinded over questionable postings in a private Facebook group.
  
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• Man Kills Childhood Friend With Screwdriver Before Falling Asleep Next to Body: Report

  05-06-2017 20:01 via yahoo.com
  
  Craig Grzesiakowski, 35, is accused of stabbing his longtime friend Jeffrey Ziolo, 35, to death with a screwdriver.
  
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• Panicked Qatar shoppers stock up as Gulf rift bites

  05-06-2017 19:47 via yahoo.com
  
  Shoppers in Doha were taking no chances on Monday despite Qatari officials reassuring residents there was no need to panic after Saudi Arabia imposed a de facto food blockade.Qatar shares its only land border with Saudi Arabia, and relies heavily on food imports, much of it from Gulf countries.Arab nations including Saudi Arabia and Egypt on Monday cut ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting extremism, in the biggest diplomatic crisis to hit the region in years.
  
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• Apple unveils watchOS 4 and the future of Apple Watch

  05-06-2017 19:19 via yahoo.com
  
  We're past 10:00 AM in San Jose, California, which means that WWDC 2017 has officially begun. Apple's keynote on Monday should be jam-packed with announcements, as some attendees say they were told the event could last upwards of two hours. But for now, we'll focus on the company's first big reveal of the day: watchOS 4 and all of the new features coming to the Apple Watch.In watchOS 4, watch faces will have complications of their own, allowing them to change dynamically depending on the day or
  
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• Trump calls immigration order 'travel ban', to rebuke from Conway's husband

  05-06-2017 19:11 via yahoo.com
  
  On Twitter, Donald Trump identified his immigration crackdown as a ‘travel ban’.In the aftermath of the London terror attack, Donald Trump on Monday returned the offensive over security, renewing his criticism of US courts for blocking his attempted travel ban against people from six Muslim-majority countries.
  
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• Trump rolls out plan to privatize U.S. air traffic control system

  05-06-2017 19:07 via yahoo.com
  
  The president began “infrastructure week” by announcing a plan that he says will make American air travel faster and more efficient.
  
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• Newspaper: Harvard pulls student offers over online comments

  05-06-2017 19:02 via yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — At least 10 students who were accepted to Harvard University had their admission offers revoked because they made offensive comments online, the university's student newspaper reported.
  
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• WWDC 2017 live blog: iOS 11, Siri Speaker, MacBook Pro and more

  05-06-2017 18:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Today is the day tens of millions of Apple fans around the world have been waiting for all year long. That's right, Apple is kicking off its annual developers conference with the WWDC 2017 keynote you've all been waiting for. WWDC itself is a great event, if for no other reason than the fact that it helps third-party developers learn how to make better apps — and every iPhone and iPad user out there obviously benefits from that. But the real action for consumers takes place at the very sta
  
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• Top court exempts church-affiliated hospitals from pension law

  05-06-2017 18:49 via yahoo.com
  
  By Andrew ChungWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that church-affiliated hospital systems do not have to comply with a federal law governing employee pensions, overturning lower court decisions that could have cost the hospitals billions of dollars.The court ruled 8-0 that church-affiliated organizations are exempt from the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, a 1974 law that forces private employers to follow rules aimed at protecting pension plan participants.The
  
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• Donald Trump cannot be trusted to give accurate information during a terrorist attack, says leading fact checker

  05-06-2017 18:44 via yahoo.com
  
  The Associated Press says that Donald Trump isn’t a reliable source for accurate information when violent acts are unfolding abroad after the President’s Twitter firestorm over the weekend in response to the terrorist attacks in London.“The latest deadly London attacks, like one in the Philippines last week, prompted visceral reactions from Trump instead of statements shaped by the findings of the U.S. intelligence and diplomatic apparatus,” the news service wrote in a fa
  
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• Why Did Several Arab Countries Suddenly Cut Ties With Qatar?

  05-06-2017 18:38 via yahoo.com
  
  On the heels of Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia, that country and others cut Gulf ties.
  
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• Man Nonchalantly Mows Lawn as Large Tornado Swirls Behind Him

  05-06-2017 18:32 via yahoo.com
  
  He still needed to get his chores done.
  
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• Bill Cosby Arrives for First Day of Sexual Assault Trial With Actress Who Played Rudy on His Hit Show

  05-06-2017 18:24 via yahoo.com
  
  Cosby, who is said to be legally blind, will not take the stand in his trial.
  
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• WWDC 2017 live stream: Watch live as Apple unveils iOS 11, Siri Speaker and more

  05-06-2017 18:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Apple fans, the moment you've been waiting for has finally arrived: Apple's huge WWDC 2017 keynote is about to begin. Well, to be fair, Apple's upcoming iPhone 8 unveiling later this year is the moment most Apple fans are really waiting for more than anything else, but the company's keynote presentation that kicks off WWDC 2017 is a close second. Apple has a ton of announcements to work its way through on Monday, June 5th, and in this post will explain exactly how you can watch all the action un
  
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• Disgruntled ex-employee kills 5, then self in Orlando workplace shooting: Sheriff

  05-06-2017 18:20 via yahoo.com
  
  A former employee of Fiamma near Orlando killed five people in a workplace shooting on Monday morning.
  
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• An Ocean On Mars? Here’s How Much Water Planet Once Had

  05-06-2017 18:13 via yahoo.com
  
  Ancient Mars could have had enough water to fill up a large ocean and many rivers flowing into it.
  
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• Bracing for Russian military exercise, Lithuania puts up a border fence

  05-06-2017 18:04 via yahoo.com
  
  By Andrius SytasRAMONISKIAI BORDER CROSSING POINT, Lithuania (Reuters) - Lithuania has began constructing a two-meter high wire fence along its border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad ahead of military exercises Moscow is planning to hold there in September.While the 45-km-long (30 mile) fence will provide little defense against a full-scale attack, it aims to prevent provocations and incidents, Lithuanian Interior Minister Eimutis Misiunas said on Monday."In order to avoid such situation
  
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• It’s Not China, It’s You, India Seems to Tell Spurned Aussies

  05-06-2017 17:57 via yahoo.com
  
  New Delhi hasn’t forgotten Canberra’s previous flip-flop on regional security, and isn’t ready to let Aussies join three-way naval drills.
  
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• Lawnmower man: Canadian cuts lawn as tornado looms – and photo goes viral

  05-06-2017 17:55 via yahoo.com
  
  Theunis Wessels mows his lawn at his home in Three Hills, Alberta, as a tornado swirls in the background.A Canadian man’s commitment to lawn care has earned him international fame, after social media lit up with a photo of him mowing the lawn as a large tornado loomed on the horizon.On Friday evening, as dark clouds began to gather near Three Hills, Alberta, Theunis Wessels paid little mind.
  
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• ‘Wonder Woman’ Sets Record, Shatters a Hollywood Glass Ceiling

  05-06-2017 17:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Conquering milestones and movie myths at theaters this past weekend, ‘Wonder Woman’ kicked her way to a $100.5 million domestic opening -- the biggest blockbuster ever directed by a woman.
  
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• Justices side with religious hospitals in pension dispute

  05-06-2017 17:50 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Religious hospitals don't have to comply with federal laws protecting pension plans, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case that affects retirement benefits for roughly a million workers nationwide.
  
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• Gunnar Peterson's 4 Exercises for Great Shoulders

  05-06-2017 17:38 via yahoo.com
  
  Celebrity trainer Gunnar Peterson helps you get your shoulders ready to shine in those trendy tops with shoulder cutouts. Watch the video for four quick exercises you can do with dumbbells to sculpt and strengthen your shoulders.
  
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• Another exciting new iOS 11 feature just leaked ahead of WWDC 2017

  05-06-2017 17:36 via yahoo.com
  
  We’ve seen plenty of iPhone 8 rumors so far, but not so many iOS 11 leaks. However, with just a few hours to go until Apple kicks off its annual WWDC keynote, the iPhone maker inadvertently leaked two exciting iOS 11 features, including the brand new iOS Files app and a feature that goes hand in hand with it.Discovered by Steven Troughton-Smith inside the Feedback app for beta testers, a new Drag and Drop feature will let users easily copy and paste content from one app to another. The ful
  
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• Orlando Business Mass Shooting: Fired Employee Kills 5

  05-06-2017 17:31 via yahoo.com
  
  A man who was fired from his job in April opened fire at the warehouse where he used to work Monday, killing five of his former co-workers, before taking his own life.
  
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• Oil falls 1 percent on fears Middle East rift could harm OPEC cuts

  05-06-2017 17:14 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  Oil prices fell about 1 percent on Monday on concerns that the cutting of ties with Qatar by top crude exporter Saudi Arabia and other Arab states could hamper a global deal to reduce oil production.Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain closed transport links with top liquefied natural gas (LNG) and condensate shipper Qatar, accusing it of supporting extremism and undermining regional stability.With production capacity of about 600,000 barrels per day (bpd), Qatar's crude out
  
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• Stricter gun laws tied to fewer fatal police shootings

  05-06-2017 17:09 via yahoo.com
  
  By Lisa RapaportU.S. states with tighter restrictions on the purchase and use of guns and ammunitions may have fewer fatal police shootings than places with more permissive firearm policies, a recent study suggests.The U.S. has more citizen-owned firearms than any other country in the world, but also some of the most relaxed gun laws, researchers note in the American Journal of Public Health.For the current study, researchers examined data on citizens fatally shot by police or other law enforcem
  
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