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• U.S. House backs sanctions on Russia's Rusal in symbolic vote

  17-01-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Later in the day, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer tried to have the Senate vote but Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked it.Amid questions about Trump's relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, many members of the U.S. Congress - both Democrats and some of Trump's fellow Republicans - have been questioning the administration's plan to water down the toughest penalties imposed on Russian entities since the 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
  
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• Bee surveys in newest US national park could aid pollinator studies elsewhere

  17-01-2019 23:52
  Declines in native bee populations are widely reported, but can existing data really analyze these trends? Entomologists report findings about pollinator biodiversity in California's Pinnacle National Park derived from three separate surveys spanning 17 years and say similar studies in other areas are needed.
  
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• This manicure just gave birth, and you have to see the baby

  17-01-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Umbilical cords are not usually part of the traditional manicure experience. Thankfully, there are exceptions to the rule. Russian nail artist Nail Sunny recently shared intricate nail art featuring a detailed chair (with stirrups) and a little woman in a pink hospital gown. The nail appears to be giving birth.> View this post on Instagram
  >> Baby birth-❤️ or? Video by @edo_movs #nailsunnytutorial
  >> A post shared byNail Sunny (@nail_sunny) on Jan 17, 2019
  
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• China's envoy to Canada says Huawei 5G ban would have repercussions

  17-01-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  China's envoy to Canada on Thursday warned Ottawa there would be repercussions if it banned technology firm Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] from supplying equipment to Canadian 5G networks, the latest blast in a deepening bilateral dispute.Ambassador Lu Shaye, speaking at a news conference, did not give details.Canada is currently studying the security implications of 5G networks, but unlike some allies has not announced Huawei equipment will be excluded.
  
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• Divers in Hawaii may have been swimming with biggest great white shark on record

  17-01-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Divers in Hawaii spotted several giant great white sharks off the coast of Oahu, including possibly one of the largest on record named Deep Blue.
  
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• Can Nancy Pelosi delay Trump’s State of the Union address amid government shutdown?

  17-01-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has asked President Donald Trump to postpone his State of the Union address, initially scheduled for 29 January, for as long as the partial government shutdown continues.In a letter she sent to the president on Wednesday, Ms Pelosi suggested that Mr Trump reschedules his address, deliver it from the Oval Office, or perhaps send it over in written form to Capitol Hill, citing that the government shutdown compromises security arrangements for the event.The governm
  
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• Chinese ambassador warns Canada to stop rallying allies

  17-01-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  TORONTO (AP) — China's ambassador to Canada warned the Canadian government Thursday to stop recruiting international support in its feud with China and threatened retaliation if Canada bans Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei for security reasons.
  
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• Even after Trump’s refrain of ‘no collusion,’ Giuliani offers possibility of Trump campaign collusion with Russia

  17-01-2019 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Last night on CNN, President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani opened up the possibility that there was collusion between Trump, or his presidential campaign, and Russia to influence the 2016 election. That’s after President Trump’s continued assertions that there was “no collusion” with Russia.
  
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• The Latest: California storm cancels Santa Anita horse races

  17-01-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on California storms (all times local):
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's first House speech breaks online viewing records

  17-01-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s first speech on the floor of Congress broke digital viewing records for C-SPAN, Capitol Hill’s public affairs network, garnering over a million views on Twitter in roughly 12 hours.The progressive freshman Gouse member took to the floor on Wednesday to decry Donald Trump’s demands for border wall funding to be included in the next federal spending bill — a battle that has spurred the longest government shutdown in American history.“The tru
  
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• Trump Denies Pelosi Plane to Visit U.S. Troops in Shutdown Spat

  17-01-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  “In light of the 800,000 great American workers not receiving pay, I am sure you would agree that postponing this public relations event is totally appropriate,” Trump said in a letter to Pelosi, a day after she suggested he postpone his State of the Union speech scheduled for Jan. 29.
  
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• Saturn's famous rings are a 'recent' addition to the giant planet

  17-01-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  They're the solar system's most iconic feature, but Saturn's glorious rings haven't always been there, a new study suggests.
  
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• Why did Democrats vote for a barrier along the southern border in 2013, but won’t now?

  17-01-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Former U.S. Border Patrol Chief under former President Barack Obama Mark Morgan says that the border wall needs to be built.
  
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• US officials consider lifting China tariffs: report

  17-01-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  US officials have considered lifting tariffs on Chinese imports to calm volatile stock markets and encourage Beijing to make concessions in current trade talks, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.American and Chinese trade officials have until March 1 to resolve their trade war, to prevent a sharp increase in punitive US duties on $200 billion in Chinese goods.Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin raised the idea of revoking tariffs on some or all of the $250 billion in Chinese goods impacted
  
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• Prince Philip unharmed after traffic accident, two injured

  17-01-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Queen Elizabeth II's 97-year-old husband Prince Philip emerged unscathed after a vehicle he was driving was involved in a traffic accident that injured two people on Thursday, according to Buckingham Palace and police.A palace spokeswoman told AFP that the duke was driving near the monarch's Sandringham Estate when the crash occurred but declined to confirm that it overturned in the incident."The Duke of Edinburgh was involved in a road traffic accident with another vehicle this afternoon," the
  
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• Sen. Rand Paul: The only way to reopen the government is for Pelosi to be in Washington

  17-01-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul says that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has to be willing to compromise on border wall funding.
  
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• Violent Sex Offender Arrested Again After Woman Says He Forced Her into Prostitution

  17-01-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  A violent sex offender in Memphis was taken into custody again after a woman claimed she was the victim of sex trafficking.
  
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• Howard Kurtz: Journalists have been yearning for someone to pummel the president

  17-01-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  'MediaBuzz' host Howard Kurtz weighs in on the media reaction to Nancy Pelosi asking President Trump to delay the State of the Union address until after the government shutdown ends.
  
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• 6 Ways to Beat the Lines at Airport Security During the Government Shutdown

  17-01-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Worried about long security lines at the airport due to the federal government shutdown? There’s a lot you can do to navigate around them if you know what special programs are worth paying up for...
  
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• Orchards in natural habitats draw bee diversity, improve apple production

  17-01-2019 22:04
  Apple orchards surrounded by agricultural lands are visited by a less diverse collection of bee species than orchards surrounded by natural habitats.
  
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• House Republicans join rebuke of Trump for easing Russia sanctions

  17-01-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  More than 130 US House Republicans joined Democrats Thursday in opposing the easing of sanctions against an ally of Russia's Vladimir Putin, dealing a rebuke to President Donald Trump's administration.The Democratic-controlled chamber overwhelmingly voted 362 to 53 approving the bill that would block the Treasury Department's December move to lift sanctions on companies connected to Oleg Deripaska.The oligarch was targeted last year as part of US congressional efforts to punish Russia for interf
  
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• On day Jayme escaped, suspect sought job _ with dodgy resume

  17-01-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  BARRON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin man suspected of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents apparently applied for a job online the day that Jayme escaped, calling himself an "honest guy" even though his resume contains inaccuracies about his work experience.
  
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• Detroit auto show models -- the human ones -- embrace new role

  17-01-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Every year at the Detroit auto show, good-looking women -- and men -- are deployed by the carmakers to present their new vehicles.The "product specialists" still have picture-perfect smiles, but they also can tick off the features of each car and prices with such assurance that the iPads they carry for reference can seem merely decorative.Perched on stilettos, Priscilla Tejeda is working for Toyota.
  
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• Total lunar eclipse meets supermoon Sunday night

  17-01-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Here comes a total lunar eclipse and supermoon, all wrapped into one.
  
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• Star Wars Strikes Back? We Explain Trump's Missile Defense Strategy

  17-01-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  It’s back to the future. Three decades after the Reagan Administration’s Strategic Defense Initiative, Trump wants to explore space-based missile defenses.
  
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• The U.S. Navy’s New Missile Defense Is a Bad Idea

  17-01-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  "As a defense against ICBMs, the SM-3 might not work. And even if it does, it might only make America less safe."
  
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• The Best Winter Sales over MLK Day Weekend

  17-01-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Get discounts on mattress, rugs, and everything in between
  
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• US State Department to bring back full staff despite shutdown

  17-01-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The US State Department said Thursday it had found money to bring back full staff to ensure the smooth running of US foreign policy despite a month-long political impasse that has shut down Washington.The department sent out orders for all staff to return as of Sunday, the start of the next pay period.With the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday on Monday, staff will effectively be back at work on Tuesday.
  
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• In third year, U.S. women's marches turn to 2020 elections

  17-01-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Millions of people took part in the women's marches in Washington and other cities in the United States and abroad on Jan. 21, 2017, the day after the Republican president was sworn in.Vanessa Wruble, a co-founder of the original Women's March on Washington who left to start March On, a separate grassroots coalition, said the movement has evolved from being a reaction to Trump's presidency.Women's March, a national nonprofit organization that evolved from the initial Washington march, is using i
  
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• Trump Postpones Pelosi’s Overseas Trip after She Calls on Him to Delay SOTU

  17-01-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump on Thursday postponed Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s upcoming international trip due to the ongoing government shutdown — the same justification Pelosi provided when asking that the president delay his State of the Union address.In a letter sent to Pelosi’s office on Thursday, Trump suggested that her upcoming trip to Brussels, Egypt, and Afghanistan, which he characterized as a “public relations event,” should be cancelled so that the speaker coul
  
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• Tulsi Gabbard apologizes, again, for past antigay views

  17-01-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  A week after announcing her presidential candidacy, the representative from Hawaii releases a video apology.
  
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• SAS hero of Nairobi terror attack in line to receive George Cross

  17-01-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The SAS soldier who saved “dozens of lives” in the Nairobi hotel massacre is in line to receive the George Cross for his “remarkable bravery”. The trooper was off-duty when he dashed to the scene of intense fighting after Islamist terrorists laid siege to the DusitD2 five-star hotel. At least 21 people were killed in a drawn-out assault that saw hundreds of civilians trapped in the hotel complex.  A well-placed source said the SAS man - understood to be a Senior Non-
  
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• More snow! Airlines waive change fees as new storms approach

  17-01-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Airlines are waiving change fees as two more winter storms are set to move across the Midwest, Ohio Valley and Northeast from Thursday into the weekend.
  
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• Scientists: Saturn spent billions of years without its rings

  17-01-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Saturn may have flown solo for billions of years — almost its entire existence — before getting its stunning set of rings, a new study suggests.
  
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• President Trump Canceled Nancy Pelosi's Trip to Afghanistan Over the Shutdown Fight

  17-01-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  One day after she essentially disinvited him from delivering his State of the Union
  
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• More asteroids strike Earth since age of dinosaurs: study

  17-01-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Between two and three times as many asteroids have struck the Earth and the Moon since the age of the dinosaurs, when one massive space rock collision wiped them out forever, researchers said Thursday.The mounting pace began around 290 million years ago, and likely coincides with some kind of large cosmic smashup in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, researchers reported in the US journal Science.The result was space debris, some of which made its way to the Earth and
  
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• Size matters: To livebearer fish, big fins are a big deal

  17-01-2019 20:21
  Biologists studied the evolution of 40 molly and Limia species, and concluded dorsal fin displays arose first for males to compete with other males, only later being used in courtship displays to females. These changes in fin function went hand in hand with enlargement of the male dorsal fin. The fins reached extreme sizes in a few species and appear to be associated with rapid evolution, especially in mollies.
  
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• Illinois parents get 25 years in death of boy, 6, who weighed 17 pounds when he died

  17-01-2019 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  An Illinois father and stepmother will spend decades in prison in the starvation death of their 6-year-old son, who authorities say weighed just 17 pounds when he died.
  
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• Lord of the rings: Saturn's halo may be relatively recent trait

  17-01-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Scientists said on Thursday a calculation of the mass of the rings based on gravitational measurements of the planet collected by Cassini indicated they formed between 100 million and 10 million years ago in roughly the final 2 percent of Saturn's current age.The findings challenge the notion favored by some astronomers that the rings developed soon after Saturn formed about 4.5 billion years ago along with the other planets including Earth."I like the rings and their fascinating dynamics, wheth
  
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• Photos: At least 6 fatalities reported as intense storms slam California

  17-01-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Amid a relentless series of storms, a powerful storm has been wreaking havoc in California from Wednesday into Thursday, further raising concerns of flooding, mudslides and avalanches.
  
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• Photos: At least 5 fatalities reported as intense storms slam California

  17-01-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Amid a relentless series of storms, a powerful storm has been wreaking havoc in California from Wednesday into Thursday, further raising concerns of flooding, mudslides and avalanches.
  
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• Asteroids are smacking Earth twice as often as before

  17-01-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Giant rocks from space are falling from the sky more than they used to, but don't worry.
  
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• California storms kill at least 5 as flooding fears rise

  17-01-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Heavy rain, snow and wind pummeled much of California Thursday, causing at least five deaths, leaving thousands without power and forcing wildfire victims threatened by floods to flee their homes.
  
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• Oxford University suspends funding from China's Huawei

  17-01-2019 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The University of Oxford said on Thursday it has stopped accepting funding from China's Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL], the leading global supplier of telecoms network equipment, after scrutiny over the company's relationship with China’s government."Oxford University decided on January 8 this year that it will not pursue new funding opportunities with Huawei Technologies Co Ltd or its related group companies at present," the university said in a statement."The decision has been taken in the
  
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• Apple boss Tim Cook attacks 'shadow economy' of data in call for new privacy law

  17-01-2019 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook has called for the US to introduce a national privacy law, attacking a “shadow economy” in which people’s personal data is bought and sold without their knowledge. Mr Cook said companies should have to collect as little data as possible and make it easy for people to delete the information that is held about them. It is the latest attempt from Apple to position itself as the steward of consumers’ privacy, and to draw a line between i
  
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• The Latest: So much snow pops parked jet's nose in air

  17-01-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California storms (all times local):
  
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• Lampert wins Sears bankruptcy auction with $5.2B bid

  17-01-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Sears Holdings Corp Chairman Eddie Lampert won a bankruptcy auction to buy the once iconic U.S. retailer, Sears said on Thursday.
  
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• May Said to Promise Brexiteers She Won't Cave: Brexit Update

  17-01-2019 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Follow @Brexit, sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, and tell us your Brexit story. 
  
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• Rep. Steve King raising money off controversy from white nationalism, supremacy comments

  17-01-2019 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Republicans and Democrats are condemning King over his comments on white supremacy, but the congressman is using the backlash to raise campaign money.
  
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• HHS IG: Thousands More Migrant Children May Have Been Separated from Parents

  17-01-2019 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  “It is not yet clear whether [HHS’s] recent changes are sufficient to ensure consistent and accurate data about separated children, and the lack of detail in information received from [immigration authorities] continues to pose challenges,” the report said.
  
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