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• Cuba denies military in Venezuela, charges U.S. readies intervention

  19-02-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump and members of the administration have charged that Cuba’s security forces and military control Venezuela’s and that troops are also on the ground there.“Our government categorically and energetically rejects this slander,” Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said at a Havana press conference, adding all of the some 20,000 Cubans in Venezuela were civilians, most health professionals.Communist-run Cuba has been a key backer of the Venezuelan
  
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• Jussie Smollett attack: Police investigate tip that Smollett, brothers seen together on night of alleged incident

  19-02-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Chicago police are investigating a tip that on the night "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett reported being attacked, he was seen in an elevator with two brothers who were arrested in relation to the probe and later released, according to a CPD spokesperson.
  
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• AP Explains: Venezuela opposition's fight to win over troops

  19-02-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and Venezuela's opposition are pushing the military to let in humanitarian aid in the belief that it could break a month-long standoff over power in the troubled South American nation. But top commanders are showing no signs of breaking their loyalty to Nicolas Maduro and disgruntled rank-and-file troops have yet to act.
  
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• Walmart reports jump in 4Q profits on higher US sales

  19-02-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  A boost in US holiday sales helped retail behemoth Walmart's profits surge at the end of 2018, but store executives acknowledged Tuesday they have not yet solved the profitability riddle for the fast-growing online business.Higher comparable sales at Walmart's namesake US stores -- the source of two-thirds of revenues -- offset declining sales at Walmart International and Sam's Club stores.Often seen as a rival to Amazon in the retail big leagues, Walmart now offers grocery pickup at more than 2
  
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• Super Moon? Snow Moon? Full moon? Whatever you call it, a lunar spectacle is coming Monday night/Tuesday morning

  19-02-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Whether you call it full, snow or super, the biggest, brightest moon of the year is coming to a sky near you Monday night/Tuesday morning.
  
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• The Latest: Governor says reviewing lapse in retrieving gun

  19-02-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  AURORA, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on the mass shooting at a warehouse in Aurora, Illinois (all times local):
  
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• Third migrant dies in Border Patrol custody in as many months

  19-02-2019 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  A migrant man died in Border Patrol custody on Monday, following the deaths of two Guatemalan children in the agency's custody in December.
  
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• North Carolina poll workers admit improperly running early results

  19-02-2019 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The investigation into the disputed Nov. 6 election for the state's 9th Congressional District seat also uncovered an unlawful absentee ballot scheme by an operative for Republican candidate Mark Harris, according to testimony at the hearing that could prompt a new vote.Poll worker Agnes Willis told the five-member State Board of Elections in Raleigh on Tuesday that she and other poll workers viewed early results in the Bladen County sheriff's race before the general election.North Carolina law
  
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• California's Lawsuit Over Trump's Border Wall Is the State's Latest Act of Resistance

  19-02-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  These six examples show no state in the union has resisted Trump as reliably as California
  
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• Trump's threat raises Venezuelan fears - and hopes

  19-02-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump's threat to the Venezuelan military enraged government loyalists on Tuesday and raised hope among its critics in a potentially volatile standoff over aid shipments.Trump raised the tension on Monday when he warned Venezuelan military commanders would have "no safe harbor" if they did not abandon Maduro and start letting US food and medical aid into the country."It would be good if we could get some of the medicine and food that we are lacking, because we need it for sur
  
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• Global stocks mixed as US-China trade talks resume

  19-02-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Global stocks finished mixed on Tuesday following a meandering session as investors eyed ongoing US-China trade talks.
  
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• American ISIS bride Hoda Muthana, from Alabama, wants to return, face US justice

  19-02-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  American Hoda Muthana wants to come home and face the U.S. justice system, her family's lawyer tells USA TODAY.
  
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• Poland awaiting Israel's apology for minister's comments

  19-02-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish government official said Tuesday that Warsaw is still waiting for Israel's government to apologize for comments the acting foreign minister made about Poles and their role in the Holocaust.
  
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• Lesbian couple turned away by Indiana tax preparer four years after Mike Pence signed anti-LGBTQ law

  19-02-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  A married lesbian couple in Indiana were turned away by a tax preparer when they attempted to file their taxes jointly last week, making them one of many victims of the state’s anti-LGBTQ laws.Bailey and Samantha Brazzel got married last July and decided to file their taxes jointly for the first time.The couple went to Carter Tax Service in Russiaville to meet with Nancy Fivecoate, a tax preparer Ms Bailey used for the last four years.
  
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• Venezuela shuts border with Caribbean islands ahead of aid efforts

  19-02-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Maduro has rejected offers of foreign aid, denying there are widespread shortages and insisting that the country's economic problems are the result of sanctions by Washington.Opposition leader Juan Guaido, who has been recognized by dozens countries as the legitimate head of state, has said that food and medicine provided in part by the United States will enter Venezuela by land and sea on Saturday.The closure blocks movement of boats and aircraft between the western Venezuelan coastal state of
  
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• Aurora gunman's family: 'We deeply apologize' for shootings

  19-02-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  AURORA, Ill. (AP) — The family of the man who fatally shot five people at a suburban Chicago manufacturing warehouse is offering condolences to the victims' families, with one relative saying "we deeply apologize" for the killings.
  
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• Ford Deals a Blow to Bolsonaro With Plan to Shutter Brazil Plant

  19-02-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The automaker expects to record $460 million in charges related to exiting the heavy-truck business in all of South America, according to a statement.It’s halting production this year at its São Bernardo do Campo assembly plant, which employs almost 2,800 workers building Cargo, F-4000 and F-350 trucks, plus the Fiesta small car.“We know this action will have a major impact on our employees in São Bernardo and we will be working closely with all our stakeholders on the
  
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• The Latest: Consultant unaware how ballots were collected

  19-02-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a hearing outlining a ballot fraud investigation in an undeclared North Carolina congressional race for which a winner hasn't been finalized (all times local):
  
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• White House 'tried to rush' sale of nuclear power technology to Saudi Arabia, report says

  19-02-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The White House has been accused of pushing a project to share nuclear power technology with Saudi Arabia despite objections from national security officials. A report released by a Democrat-controlled congressional committee said whistleblowers within the administration had witnessed "abnormal acts" regarding the White House's proposal to build dozens of nuclear reactors across the kingdom. Democrats and some Republicans have expressed concerns that Saudi Arabia could develop nuclear weapo
  
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• Chilean nuns find 'relief' in Pope's recognition of Church abuse

  19-02-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Three former Chilean nuns who claim to have been sexually abused over two decades ago by priests in their religious order have hailed comments by Pope Francis earlier this month in which he recognized the abuse of nuns in the Catholic Church.The three nuns, who had been members of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan order in the Chilean city of Molina, 130 miles south of Santiago, told Reuters in an interview on Friday that they were embraced and fondled during the 1990s and 2000s by several pries
  
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• 'Malthouse Compromise' on Brexit not dead: UK lawmaker after PM May talks

  19-02-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  A eurosceptic British lawmaker said the "Malthouse Compromise" - an attempt to redraft the contentious Irish backstop in the Brexit deal - was "alive and kicking" after a meeting withPrime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday.Steve Baker, a member of a euroskeptic group in May's ruling Conservative Party, said: "The Malthouse Compromise is alive and kicking.
  
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• Venezuela military backs Maduro, on 'alert' for border violations

  19-02-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela's military reaffirmed its support for embattled President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday and said they were on "alert" for border violations following threats by US President Donald Trump who urged them to back opposition leader Juan Guaido."The armed forces will remain deployed and on alert along the borders ... to avoid any violations of territorial integrity," said Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino, reading out a statement in a public appearance alongside top commanders."We reiterate unr
  
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• Maryland town hopes to build Civil War memorial featuring large portrait of John Wilkes Booth

  19-02-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  A small Maryland town is considering a controversial proposal to build a new Civil War memorial that would feature John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln's assassin, along with other famous figures from the conflict.
  
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• Pakistani PM says he's willing to talk but warns India

  19-02-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's prime minister offered Tuesday to hold talks with India, even as he warned New Delhi to refrain from launching any attacks on his country following last week's suicide bombing in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
  
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• Benetton's new French flair colours debut in Milan

  19-02-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Benetton took to the catwalk in Milan for the first time Tuesday with its debut collection by French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac in a bid to revive the historic Italian brand.The show, which kicked off Milan fashion week, opened with a homage to Karl Lagerfeld, who died Tuesday aged 85."Thank you, Karl," Castelbajac said.
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court bars Texas from executing death row inmate

  19-02-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Texas cannot execute a black death row inmate convicted in the 1980 Houston murder of a grocery store clerk, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, concluding that he is intellectually disabled and therefore exempt from capital punishment.The divided court ruled that a Texas appeals court misapplied the law by again rejecting an appeal brought by inmate Bobby Moore, 59, seeking to avoid execution on the basis of intellectual disability.Texas has executed more prisoners than any other state sin
  
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• The Mysterious RBG returns, alive, to Supreme Court bench, refuting conspiracy theories

  19-02-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to the Supreme Court bench Tuesday to hear oral arguments for the first time since undergoing cancer surgery in December.
  
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• Conspiracy theorists are claiming Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dead. She isn’t.

  19-02-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to the Supreme Court bench Tuesday to hear oral arguments for the first time since undergoing cancer surgery in December.
  
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• Jussie Smollett attack: Brothers claim 'Empire' actor staged attack after threatening letter, source says

  19-02-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Two brothers told police Smollett staged an attack on himself because he was upset a threatening letter he received a week prior did not get enough attention, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told ABC News.
  
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• The Best Thing in IKEA's New Summer Collection Is . . .

  19-02-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Hint: It's going to transform your backyard BBQ setup
  
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• Trump might have a solid case for emergency declaration, analysts say

  19-02-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Many legal analysts who watched Donald Trump declare a national emergency over immigration on Friday thought the president had weak legal grounds for doing so.“This quote should be the first sentence of the first paragraph of every complaint filed this afternoon,” tweeted George Conway, a top Washington lawyer and the husband of Trump aide Kellyanne Conway.
  
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• Dozens of civilians, fighters quit Syria jihadist holdout: SDF

  19-02-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  US-backed forces said several jihadists and dozens of civilians quit the Islamic State group's last patch of territory in Syria Tuesday, and warned remaining fighters should surrender or face death.Backed by air strikes by the US-led coalition, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have trapped the jihadists in a segment of Baghhouz village that is less than half a square kilometre (a fifth of a square mile)."Dozens of civilians and some fighters have handed themselves over", SDF spokesman Ad
  
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• Weld Says He Can Beat Trump With Help From Independent Voters

  19-02-2019 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  “That is an opening,” he said of the independent voters in a Bloomberg Television interview.Weld, 73, who served as Massachusetts governor from 1991 to 1997, declared Feb. 15 at a New Hampshire breakfast that he’s formed an exploratory committee to consider running as a Republican against Trump.
  
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• Marsupial lived among Arctic dinosaurs

  19-02-2019 19:29
  A research team has discovered a previously unknown species of marsupial that lived in Alaska's Arctic during the era of dinosaurs, adding a vivid new detail to a complex ancient landscape. The thumb-sized animal, named Unnuakomys hutchisoni, lived in the Arctic about 69 million years ago during the late Cretaceous Period.
  
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• Familiarity breeds aggression

  19-02-2019 19:28
  Aggressiveness among animals may increase the longer individuals live together in stable groups. The study used the Amazon molly, a naturally clonal fish species that produces genetically identical individuals to isolate the effects of familiarity on behavior.
  
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• AP source: FBI had backup plan to save Russia probe evidence

  19-02-2019 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI developed a backup plan to protect evidence in its Russia investigation soon after the firing of FBI Director James Comey in the event that other senior officials were dismissed as well, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.
  
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• Almost 100 Jewish graves desecrated hours before French march against 'unprecedented' anti-Semitism surge

  19-02-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  President Emmanuel Macron has promised to punish vandals who daubed swastikas on almost 100 graves at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France just hours before nationwide rallies to denounce an “unprecedented” wave of anti-Semitic acts. "We shall act, we shall pass laws, we shall punish," Mr Macron told Jewish leaders while inspecting the 96 tombstones daubed with blue and yellow swastikas in the village of Quatzenheim, near the Alsatian city of Strasbourg. His words came before almost a
  
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• Subaru's Mysterious Concept SUV Will Show Off New e-Boxer Hybrid Tech

  19-02-2019 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The lifted plug-in hybrid from the all-wheel-drive specialist is set to debut at this year's Geneva auto show.
  
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• Dog helps his owner shovel snow like a pro in Boston area

  19-02-2019 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Rossi the dog loves to help out his mom. The smart pup learned how to shovel snow after a recent winter storm blanketed the Boston area.
  
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• Saudi Arabia Is Investing $20 Billion in Pakistan. Here's What It's Getting in Return

  19-02-2019 18:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Islamabad honored the Saudi crown prince's visit with a public holiday, a gold-plated gun and the country's highest civilian award
  
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• 7 Stocks Warren Buffett Just Bought or Sold

  19-02-2019 18:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Warren Buffett is wheeling and dealing.The most anticipated 13-F filing each quarter is that of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK.A, BRK.B).Here are seven stocks Buffett has been buying and selling according to this month's filing.
  
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• Netanyahu slams 'shocking' anti-Semitic vandalism in France

  19-02-2019 18:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday slammed the "shocking" anti-Semitic vandalism of a French cemetery, which prompted a cabinet colleague to urge French Jews to "come home" to Israel."Today something shocking happened in France.Eighty Jewish graves were desecrated with Nazi symbols by wild anti-Semites," Netanyahu said in a video clip released by his office.
  
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• Venezuela armed forces on 'alert' for border violations

  19-02-2019 18:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela's armed forces said Tuesday they were on "alert" for border violations following threats by US President Donald Trump who urged them to back opposition leader Juan Guaido."The armed forces will remain deployed and on alert along the borders... to avoid any violations of territorial integrity," said Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino, reading out a statement in a public appearance alongside top commanders."We reiterate unrestrictedly our obedience, subordination and loyalty" to President
  
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• Troop withdrawal in Yemen's Hodeidah could start Tuesday, Wednesday: U.N.

  19-02-2019 18:20 via news.yahoo.com
  After weeks of diplomacy, the United Nations said on Sunday the parties had reached agreement on phase one of a troop redeployment."With the beginning, possibly even today or tomorrow, of the implementation of that part of the Hodeidah agreement we now have the opportunity to move from the promise made in Sweden to hope now for Yemen," Griffiths told the 15-member council.Under phase one, the Houthis would withdraw from the ports of Hodeidah, Saleef, used for grains, and Ras Isa, used for oil.
  
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• Catholic Church 'nowhere close' to confronting global 'epidemic' of child sex abuse by priests

  19-02-2019 18:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The Catholic Church is "nowhere close" to enacting the reforms needed to stop the "epidemic" of sex abuse by predatory priests and bishops against children, campaigners warned on Tuesday. Pope Francis is "in retreat" from any meaningful effort to bring abusers to justice, said Bishop Accountability, a leading pressure group. The scathing criticism comes as the Vatican admits it has secret guidelines on how to deal with priests who break their celibacy vows and sire children.  Nearly 20
  
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• Trevor Noah talks Jussie Smollett: 'Either this guy is telling the truth or he deserves an Emmy'

  19-02-2019 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  "Who are the MAGA supporters who hate gay people, who hate black people, but also happen to watch ‘Empire?’ ” Noah asked of Jussie Smollett's account.
  
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• Crush Twitter proves that sometimes subtweets can be good

  19-02-2019 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  An Ode to... is a weekly column where we share the stuff we're really into in hopes that you'll be really into it, too.* * *Twitter is the very definition of "too many cooks in the kitchen," but breaking the platform down into sections and focusing on your own specific interests makes it significantly more bearable.People who are passionate about government issues, for example, can follow Politics Twitter. Those looking to promote their businesses in a cheesy fashion can engage with Brand Twitte
  
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• McCabe Says Lawmakers Didn't Object When FBI Opened Trump Probe

  19-02-2019 18:12 via news.yahoo.com
  “That’s the important part here,” McCabe said in an interview Tuesday on NBC’s “Today Show.” “No one objected.McCabe said he briefed those leaders -- known as the “Gang of Eight” -- about the Trump probe in the days after the president fired FBI director James Comey in May of 2017.
  
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• US weather latest: Powerful coast-to-coast storm to blast Americans with snow, ice and torrential rain

  19-02-2019 17:58 via news.yahoo.com
  A powerful storm is expected to hit up to 200 million Americans with snow, ice and torrential rain, over the coming week.About 60 per cent of the US will likely to be hit by wintry weather on Tuesday, according to AccuWeather, an American media company that provides commercial weather forecasting services worldwide.It said the storm will develop over the western Gulf of Mexico before moving northwards.
  
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• Does every box of eggs contain a potential chick?

  19-02-2019 17:53
  A schoolboy has hatched a duckling from a Waitrose egg using an incubator he bought on eBay. It’s enough to put anyone off their boiled egg and soldiers …Fourteen-year-old William Atkins has put the cat among the pigeons – or perhaps the fox among the ducklings. He wanted to know if it was possible to hatch a supermarket egg, so he bought an incubator on eBay for £40 and half a dozen free-range duck eggs from Waitrose. Three days later, when he shone a torch on to one of
  
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