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• Trump looks to pin 'socialism' label on Democrats ahead of 2020. Will it stick?

  07-02-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Some Democrats didn't applaud when President Donald Trump denounced socialism Tuesday. Republicans hope that will help Trump get re-elected.
  
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• Green New Deal: Ocasio-Cortez plan has yet to have Pelosi backing as both emphasize climate change

  07-02-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez say they're committed to tackling climate change but they don't yet agree on an answer.
  
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• He wore blackface. Him, too. Virginia, explained.

  07-02-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Also Thursday: A seven-hour ER wait and what Trump's wall idea really looks like.
  
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• President Trump slams Democrats over 'unfortunate' tax probe

  07-02-2019 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  House Intel Committee Chairman Adam Schiff announces sweeping probe into Trump's finances; reaction and analysis on 'The Five.'
  
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• The 'Green New Deal' Was Unveiled Thursday. But Parts of It Are Already Underway

  07-02-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  While the sweeping first draft of the proposal was unveiled Thursday, some of its ideas are already being implemented around the country.
  
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• Trump lashes out as Democrats open probes into his taxes, Russia ties

  07-02-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump lashed out about "presidential harassment" as one House committee opened a hearing into forcing the release of his long-hidden tax returns, and another began questioning his controversial policy to separate immigrant children from their parents at the US-Mexico border."The Dems and their committees are going 'nuts,'" Trump tweeted."The Republicans never did this to President Obama, there would be no time left to run government," he said.
  
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• Hey, how do you think a sentient baguette would move?

  07-02-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  If a baguette was alive and could move around, how would it move?This is the vital question posed by a comedian and animator named Dave (@sheepfilms on Twitter), who gave the internet its latest thing to debate on Thursday. According to Dave, there are four possible ways a baguette could move: worm, gallop, robot rotate, and caterpillar.Please observe: SEE ALSO: Is there something wrong with me if I only hear Yanny and not Laurel?A poll tweeted shortly after the video reveals number 3 (robo
  
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• Blackface scandals highlight U.S.'s troubled racial past - and present

  07-02-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  (Advisory: Note language in paragraph 11)By Andrew Hay(Reuters) - The painful history of blackface in America was highlighted this week as two top Virginia Democrats came under fire after admitting to having blackened their faces to resemble African-Americans while in college in the 1980s.While the practice is less common than it was decades ago, African-American scholars say it persists in some corners as evidence of racism.Apologies by Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark
  
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• US banks BB&T and SunTrust announce $66 billion merger 

  07-02-2019 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  BB&T and SunTrust announced Thursday they will combine in a $66 billion transaction to create a regional banking giant in the industry's largest merger since the 2008 financial crisis.The two midsize banks operating in the fast-growing Southeastern United States described the move as a merger of equals that would enable them to compete against heavyweights like Bank of America and Wells Fargo and save some $1.6 billion in administrative costs.Shares of both companies soared on the announceme
  
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• The 2019 Mazda MX-5 Miata 30th Anniversary Edition Remembers All the Times We Had Together

  07-02-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Mazda finally gives Miata fans what they've been waiting for: a new color.
  
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• Twitter hammered as user losses overshadow improving finances

  07-02-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Twitter shares took a pounding Thursday as an unsettling update on its global user base offset upbeat figures on revenues and profits in the past quarter.Shares skidded 9.8 percent to close at $30.80 following Twitter's fourth quarter update, which showed a consistent profit trend despite a shrinking number of users.Chief executive Jack Dorsey said the results reflect Twitter's efforts at "promoting healthy conversation" by weeding out fraudulent accounts used for abuse, harassment and political
  
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• EU, LatAm ministers call for free elections in Venezuela

  07-02-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The political standoff comes with Venezuela mired in economic crisis, marked by hyperinflation and shortages of food and medicine.The GCI said it would make contact with Venezuelan authorities and regional and international partners to "establish the necessary guarantees for a credible electoral process, as soon as possible," and to allow in humanitarian aid sent by the United States to Colombia's border with Venezuela.
  
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• Taxes 2019: 10 common filing mistakes to avoid this year

  07-02-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Every year, tax professionals see the same common errors, but this year is extra thorny after the tax law's major changes. Here are mistakes to avoid.
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s wipes away tears at protest to defund US border agency: ‘They don't deserve a dime’

  07-02-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was seen wiping tears from her face after using the death of a seven-year-old migrant child to demand an end to funding for the nation’s border agency.At the event on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, the New York congresswoman said US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) did “not deserve a dime”, until it showed it cared about human rights.“Not only will we not agree to fund [ICE], but we are here to say that an agency like ICE, which repeatedl
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez: ICE Doesn’t ‘Deserve a Dime’ of Funding

  07-02-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) said Thursday that she would work to deprive the Department of Homeland Security of funding until the agency adopts more permissive immigration-enforcement policies.“This is one of the most urgent moral issues and crises that we have in America right now,” Ocasio-Cortez said during a rally outside the Capitol building.Children dying in detention centers should not be a partisan concern.
  
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• US Democrats unveil carbon-neutral 'Green New Deal'

  07-02-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Congressional Democrats on Thursday unveiled an unprecedented plan to reverse climate change and eliminate all US carbon emissions within 10 years, by taking drastic steps that would require transformational action across the economy.The "Green New Deal" introduced by liberal congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a rising Democratic star in the House, and Senator Ed Markey is a dramatic, potentially unrealistic, statement of intent on a sustainable path forward."This is our first step," Ocasio
  
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• May, Juncker hold 'robust' Brexit meet, agree new talks

  07-02-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain and the EU agreed Thursday to hold more talks to try to avoid a no-deal Brexit after a "robust" meeting between Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker.After his own talks with May, EU President Donald Tusk warned there was "no breakthrough in sight", although the British leader said she had seen willingness from Brussels to find a deal.May has been desperately trying to salvage the withdrawal agreement she spent months negotiating with Brussels, afte
  
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• Virginia Democrats hunker down amid blackface, sex assault scandal

  07-02-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  "I have never appeared in blackface," Cox, 61, said."As you know, I was a schoolteacher, and that's abhorrent."Both Governor Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring, who is second in line to be governor, have admitted to wearing blackface while in college in the 1980s.With its historic ties to 19th-century U.S. minstrel shows in which white performers would caricature black slaves, blackface is widely seen as racist in modern America, though it remained a trope of popular television show
  
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• Senators Seek to Punish Saudis Over Khashoggi Murder, Yemen War

  07-02-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The bill would prohibit some arms sales to Saudi Arabia and bar U.S. in-flight refueling of Saudi coalition aircraft involved in the civil war in Yemen.The administration has said it already has halted the refueling.
  
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• Trucks carrying US humanitarian aid arrive at Venezuela border: AFP

  07-02-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Cúcuta (Colombia) (AFP) - Trucks carrying desperately-needed US humanitarian aid arrived at the Venezuelan border on Wednesday, AFP reporters said.President Nicolas Maduro has refused foreign aid shipments, saying they would open the way for US military intervention to depose him.The convoy, which departed the day before from the city of Bucaramanga in northeastern Colombia, was cheered on its arrival by a group of Venezuelan migrants in Tienditas.
  
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• U.S. border security talks progressing: negotiators

  07-02-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Speaking to reporters, Tester said it was "entirely possible we could have a deal in a timely manner, which could be tomorrow but certainly by the weekend."Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, who met earlier on Thursday at the White House with Trump, told reporters the 17 Senate and House of Representatives negotiators were on "a positive trajectory".Shelby, a Republican, would not provide any details on a possible deal but said the situation had improved now that there was
  
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• The Latest: Site of Venezuela embassy in Washington down

  07-02-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on Venezuela's political crisis (all times local):
  
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• UN inquiry says Khashoggi murder 'planned and perpetrated' by Saudi officials

  07-02-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  A United Nations-led inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Thursday that evidence pointed to a brutal crime "planned and perpetrated" by Saudi officials. Khashoggi's killing by a team of Saudi operatives on Oct. 2 provoked widespread revulsion and tarnished the image of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, previously admired in the West for pushing deep changes including tax reform, infrastructure projects and allowing women to d
  
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• Harris, Gillibrand Call for Probe of Fairfax Accuser’s Allegations

  07-02-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  College professor Vanessa Tyson has alleged that Fairfax forced her to perform oral sex on him during the 2004 Democratic National Convention.Fairfax has forcefully denied the allegation.“I think there should be an investigation to determine what happened,” Harris told reporters on Capitol Hill. “Certainly her letter reads — it’s quite detailed, and suggests that there’s credibility there.
  
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• The Misguided Sliming of High-School Sports

  07-02-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  In the long shadow of this week’s Super Bowl, high-school football drew some unflattering attention, including headlines such as “As the Super Bowl Approaches, Is High School Football Dying a Slow Death?” (the Guardian) and “Rams’ Run to 2019 Super Bowl Reveals Cracks in Football from High School to the NFL” (Forbes).In recent years, high-school sports have had a tough go of it.Football’s concussion problem has spawned headlines such as CBS’s &ldqu
  
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• Amazon invests in self-driving car startup Aurora

  07-02-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  A self-driving car technology startup founded by former Google, Tesla and Uber executives said Thursday it secured $530 million in new funding that included a "significant" investment from Amazon.The funding round for Aurora Innovation led by Silicon Valley venture capital powerhouse Sequoia reportedly valued the startup launched just two years ago at more than $2.5 billion."We are always looking to invest in innovative, customer-obsessed companies, and Aurora is just that," Amazon said in respo
  
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• No, Trump Probably Isn’t Going to Negotiate a New Nuclear Treaty With China

  07-02-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Beijing would want something in return that Trump likely won’t give up.
  
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• Woman found dead in suitcase identified as NY resident

  07-02-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A woman found dead and bound in a suitcase in a wooded area of Connecticut was identified Thursday as a 24-year-old New York resident who worked at a bookstore and aspired to be a tattoo artist, according to police and co-workers.
  
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• Michael Cohen Search Warrant Documents to Be Made Partly Public

  07-02-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Over objections from federal prosecutors, U.S. District Judge William Pauley on Thursday granted a request by media organizations for access to documents related to the April 9 FBI search of Cohen’s home, office and hotel room, while agreeing with the government that some materials must remain secret to protect ongoing investigations."The public interest in the underlying subject matter of the materials -- which implicates the integrity of the 2016 presidential election -- is substantial,"
  
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• Pelosi throws shade on Ocasio-Cortez's 'Green New Deal' framework

  07-02-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The House speaker has a word of caution for the freshman superstar.
  
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• The 2020 Nissan Rogue Sport Gets a Little Edgy

  07-02-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Cosmetic and safety upgrades usher the Rogue Sport into the 2020 model year.
  
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• US pressed on Khashoggi killing ahead of deadline

  07-02-2019 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Rights groups pressed US President Donald Trump to take action over Saudi Arabia's killing of dissident writer Jamal Khashoggi on the eve of a Friday deadline by Congress to punish perpetrators.Khashoggi, a contributor to The Washington Post who lived in self-imposed exile in Virginia, was killed and dismembered when he visited the conservative kingdom's consulate in Istanbul on October 2.A special UN rapporteur said Thursday that the killing was "planned and perpetrated" by Saudi officials.
  
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• Why Asian horses don't get sick with the flu

  07-02-2019 20:22
  Avian influenza viruses infect horses in Mongolia but do not cause large outbreaks of disease because they failed to acquire key genetic changes to enable greater cross-species transmissibility, according to a new study.
  
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• Trump's attorney general nominee Barr passes first hurdle

  07-02-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general Bill Barr, who would have control over the Russia collusion probe, passed his first confirmation hurdle Thursday in the Senate Judiciary Committee.Barr, a longtime communications industry lawyer who was originally attorney general in the early 1990s, was approved 12-10, with all Republicans in support and all Democrats opposed.Barr would succeed Jeff Sessions, whom Trump sacked in November amid rising pressure on the White House from the R
  
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• Fish Appear to Recognize Themselves in the Mirror

  07-02-2019 20:22
  The cleaner wrasse fish (Labroides dimidiatus), responds to its reflection and attempts to remove marks on its body during the mirror test -- a method considered the gold standard for determining self-awareness in animals. The finding suggests that fish might possess far higher cognitive powers than previously thought, and ignites a high-stakes debate over how we assess the intelligence of animals that are so unlike ourselves.
  
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• Bee dispersal ability may influence conservation measures

  07-02-2019 20:22
  The abilities of various bee species to disperse influences the pattern of their population's genetic structure, which, in turn, can constrain how they respond to environmental change, researchers report.
  
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• Evidence shows Khashoggi murder planned, carried out by Saudi officials: U.N.

  07-02-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Khashoggi's killing by a team of Saudi operatives on Oct. 2 provoked widespread revulsion and tarnished the image of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, previously admired in the West for pushing deep changes including tax reform, infrastructure projects and allowing women to drive.U.S. intelligence agencies believe Crown Prince Mohammed ordered an operation to kill Khashoggi, a critic and Washington Post columnist, and say his body was dismembered and removed to a location still publicly unknown.
  
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• US border crisis: Arizona city denounces Trump administration’s razor wire as ‘inhuman’

  07-02-2019 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  A small border city in Arizona is pushing back against Donald Trump’s decision to install razor wire along its border, with a proclamation that would officially call the measures “irresponsible” and “inhuman”.The city officials in Nogales considered the proclamation on Wednesday, just days after a report indicated the US military installed more concertina wire along the border fence that separates the city from Mexico.The installation of the concertina wire has beco
  
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• Scientists find some fish can ‘recognise themselves’ in mirror

  07-02-2019 20:00
  Wrasse passes intelligence test in disputed study, challenging ‘vacant’ reputation of fishThey are often said to have a three-second memory, but the brain power of fish has been considerably underestimated, according to scientists who found some fish can recognise themselves in the mirror. Related: Talking animals: we aren’t the only species capable of speech …Related: Mirrors have revealed something new about manta rays – and it reflects badly on usRelated: Are We
  
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• Ford investing $1 billion, adding 500 jobs in Chicago

  07-02-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it is investing more than $1 billion in its Chicago operations and adding 500 jobs as it prepares to launch three new SUVs this year and end production of the Taurus.Ford said it is building a new body shop and paint shop at its Chicago Assembly plant, and making major modifications to the final assembly area.At Chicago Stamping, Ford is adding stamping lines, the company added.
  
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• The Latest: Ocasio-Cortez claims good rapport with Pelosi

  07-02-2019 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on congressional Democrats and proposals to address climate change (all times local):
  
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• Acting U.S. attorney general will not testify if House subpoena issued: Justice Department

  07-02-2019 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will decline to testify before a House of Representatives committee on Friday if Democrats issue a subpoena, the Justice Department said on Thursday. House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler said he fears Whitaker could dodge questions about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian links to Trump's 2016 election campaign or his communications with the White House. The panel voted along party lines to a
  
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• Trump Must Turn Over Tax Returns, Democratic Lawmaker Says

  07-02-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats say they want to see Trump’s returns to be sure he’s complying with tax laws, to examine his financial connections abroad, and find out to whom he owes money.“The law is on our side,” Pascrell, a member or Ways and Means, said during an interview on Bloomberg TV.
  
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• Cindy McCain steps back from her report of human trafficking at Sky Harbor airport

  07-02-2019 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  McCain alerted police after she saw a woman with a boy of "a different ethnicity." She claimed it was "trafficking" but police found nothing wrong.
  
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• U.S. Senate panel approves Trump attorney general nominee

  07-02-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate Judiciary Committee approved President Trump's attorney general nominee, he is expected to win full confirmation in the Republican-controlled Senate.
  
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• Leave grey squirrels and all animals alone | Letters

  07-02-2019 19:17
  Squirrel meat isn’t cruelty free, says Jade Emery, and John Richards is up for adding squirrels to his dietThe idea of a cruelty-free meat (Is it ethical to eat grey squirrel?, G2, 5 February) is utter fantasy. Grey squirrels are killed en masse across the UK based on a heinous combination of myth and misinformation. As mentioned in the article, grey squirrel culling can result in lactating mothers being killed, condemning baby squirrels to slowly starve to death. The squirrels who are kil
  
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• Twitter shares tumble on forecasts for weaker revenue, higher costs

  07-02-2019 19:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Twitter Inc forecast that revenue in the first quarter would be weaker than expected while full-year operating costs would rise, sending shares down more than 10 percent in midday trading on Thursday.Investors' concerns over the weak forecast overshadowed strong fourth-quarter results for the social media company that included a 24 percent jump in total revenue, helped by growth in its video advertising business.Monthly active users on the social media platform fell to its lowest in two years an
  
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• Texas border town officials prepare for migrant caravan, as daily life continues for residents

  07-02-2019 19:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Eagle Pass officials prepare for the arrival of a caravan with more than 1,800 migrants, as daily life continues for residents at the border town.
  
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• Redesigned 2020 Subaru Legacy

  07-02-2019 19:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Redesigned 2020 Subaru Legacy Brings Back Turbo, Adds TechThe all-new 2020 Subaru Legacy was unveiled today at the Chicago Auto Show. The redesigned sedan, equipped with new technology and safe...
  
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• GOP Rep. Gaetz calls for border wall at gun hearing, asks for Parkland dads to be removed

  07-02-2019 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  "If we really cared about safer streets, we would build a wall and secure the border," said Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., at a hearing on gun violence.
  
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