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• Venezuela hit with new U.S. sanctions after clashes over food aid on border

  25-02-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  As Colombia's foreign minister warned about "credible threats to the life" of Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido, the Trump administration also took its pressure campaign to the United Nations Security Council, asking it to discuss the situation in Venezuela, diplomats said.The U.S. Treasury Department's sanctions were imposed on four Venezuelan state governors allied with the government of President Nicolas Maduro, blocking any assets they control in the United States.
  
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• Authorities: Kraft visited parlor for sex on day of AFC game

  25-02-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft visited a Florida massage parlor for sex acts the night before and the morning of last month's AFC championship game, authorities said Monday in documents charging him with two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution.
  
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• Sanofi, Regeneron lose U.S. patent challenge to Amgen cholesterol drug

  25-02-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Amgen Chief Executive Robert Bradway said in a statement that the company was "thankful that the jury weighed the evidence carefully and recognized the validity of Amgen's patents."Regeneron and Sanofi said in a statement they disagreed with aspects of the ruling and would seek to have it overturned."We will continue to vigorously defend our positions against Amgen's overly broad patent claims," Joseph LaRosa, Regeneron's general counsel, said in the statement.Thousand Oaks, California-based Amg
  
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• After Putin's warning, Russian TV lists nuclear targets in U.S.

  25-02-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Russian state television has listed U.S. military facilities that Moscow would target in the event of a nuclear strike.
  
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• Material that shields beetle from being burned by its own weapons, holds promise

  25-02-2019 23:02
  Carabid beetles produce caustic chemicals they spray to defend themselves against predators, and the compound that protects their bodies from these toxic substances shows promise for use in bioengineering or biomedical applications, according to researchers.
  
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• Pinterest, YouTube say acting against anti-vaccine messages

  25-02-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Several social networks including Pinterest and YouTube have detailed measures they are taking in response to pressure to combat disinformation on vaccines, which they have been accused of enabling.Pinterest confirmed to AFP Monday it changed its policy last year with regards to anti-vaccine content, a development first disclosed last week by the Wall Street Journal.
  
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• The Latest: Colombian FM warns Maduro on Guaido's safety

  25-02-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The latest on Venezuela's political crisis (all times local):
  
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• Facebook content moderators using drugs `and sex` at work to cope with PTSD symptoms

  25-02-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Facebook content moderations disclosed the extreme consequences that come with the stress of constantly reviewing graphic and offensive material, according to a new report from the Verge.Facebook’s content moderators are based in a facility in Arizona, operated by contract vendor Cognizant, where employees told the tech website that they cope with using drugs and having sex while on the job.The content moderators, most of whom are paid $15 an hour, are hired to look through a constant stre
  
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• The New Peugeot 208 Hatchback Exploits Our Love for French Forbidden Fruit

  25-02-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Peugeot's latest subcompact has a sci-fi design and a new all-electric variant, and we wish it was coming here.
  
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• U.S. to Call for UN Security Council Meeting on Venezuela

  25-02-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  After a failed effort over the weekend to deliver humanitarian aid over the Colombian-Venezuelan border, the U.S. is renewing efforts to pressure the council to call for free elections in Venezuela.Diplomats from Russia -- which has backed Maduro’s government -- have crafted their own resolution expressing concern over threats of force and voicing support for Venezuela’s political independence.
  
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• Trump's sexual assault allegations: The full list of women who have accused the President

  25-02-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Years after women first came forward to accuse then-presidential candidate Donald Trump of sexual assault or harassment, the issue is once again at the forefront of political discourse with a former campaign staffer claiming Mr Trump once kissed her without her consent while making a campaign stop in Florida.The most recent accusation comes from a former campaign staffer, Alva Johnson, who says she had to move her face away as Mr Trump attempted to kiss her on the lips.The accusation comes more
  
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• Couple stranded in Mexico after kicked off cruise ship for medical emergency

  25-02-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The wife's illness while on board in Mexico led the ship's crew to remove the New Jersey couple, leading to a grueling, costly trip home by cab and plane.
  
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• New England Patriots owner, Robert Kraft charged with soliciting prostitution

  25-02-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Robert Kraft, one of the most powerful figures in US sport, has been charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution. Mr Kraft, the owner of Super Bowl winners New England Patriots, is one of 25 people facing similar charges following a lengthy investigation into human trafficking and money laundering across Florida. The 77-year-old sports magnate could, in theory, face a year in jail if convicted. However, announcing the misdemeanour charges, Palm Beach County state attorney Dave Aronberg sa
  
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• 'Bomb cyclone' strikes: 550,000 still powerless from fierce winds

  25-02-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Ferocious winds from a potent 'bomb cyclone' roared across the eastern U.S. Monday, leaving hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses powerless.
  
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• Patriots owner Kraft formally charged in Florida prostitution sting

  25-02-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Florida prosecutors on Monday filed formal charges against Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots football team, and about two dozen other men for soliciting prostitution at massage parlors, authorities said on Monday.The investigation by law enforcement officers in three Florida counties into the trafficking of young women to work at day spas and massage parlors has led to hundreds being charged.Kraft, 77, and the other defendants charged with first-degree misdemeanors
  
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• Culver City police: Missing infant's parents to be arrested in child's murder

  25-02-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The parents of a missing 6-month-old baby will be arrested Monday in connection with the infant's murder, Culver City police told Eyewitness News.
  
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• Justin Fairfax: Virginia lieutenant governor stuns senators by comparing himself to lynching victims

  25-02-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The lieutenant governor of Virginia has likened himself to a lynching victim while battling accusations of sexual assault and calls to resign from his post amid a series of scandals impacting the state’s top lawmakers.Justin Fairfax made the controversial statements during a surprise speech on Sunday, lashing out against his critics in the state Senate as 2019 legislative session was coming to a close.“I’ve heard much about anti-lynching on the floor of this very Senate, where
  
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• Lawsuit accuses Trump of kissing campaign worker without her consent

  25-02-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Alva Johnson said in the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Florida's Middle District, that the alleged incident was "part of a pattern of predatory and harassing behavior towards women" by Trump."This accusation is absurd on its face," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement."This never happened and is directly contradicted by multiple highly credible eye witness accounts."Trump has denied charges by a number of women who said he groped and kissed them over a period of y
  
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• Search continues for body of victim, black box in Amazon Prime Air cargo plane crash

  25-02-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Investigators in Texas continued to search for the body of an Amazon cargo plane crash victim and clues to what caused the accident outside Houston.
  
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• Roundup weed killer contributed to man's cancer, 1st US federal trial told

  25-02-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The controversial weed killer Roundup was a "substantial factor" in the cancer of a US man who woke up one day with a lump in his throat and was soon diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, his lawyer said Monday, opening the first US federal trial of its kind.Edwin Hardeman, of Sonoma County north of San Francisco, filed a complaint against Roundup's manufacturer Monsanto in early 2016, a year after being diagnosed with the cancer.Jurors in a California State Court last August unanimously found
  
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• Venezuela: US increasingly isolated as allies warn against use of military force

  25-02-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  US vice-president Mike Pence has repeated a veiled threat of military intervention in Venezuela, but Washington appeared increasingly isolated in its willingness to contemplate using force to oust President Nicolás Maduro.Both European powers and some of Donald Trump’s key Latin American allies – all of whom have recognised opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate leader – warned that they would oppose sending troops into the country.
  
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• Barrick CEO defends $18 billion hostile Newmont bid as logical tie-up

  25-02-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Barrick, which recently completed a $6.1 billion acquisition of Africa-focused Randgold Resources, launched its all-stock bid on Monday, encouraging the U.S. rival to ditch a previously announced $10 billion takeover of Canada's Goldcorp Inc."This gold industry needs to become more relevant to investors," CEO Mark Bristow said in an interview on the sidelines of the BMO Global Metals & Mining Conference in Hollywood, Florida.Bristow, known for his straight-talking and hands-on approach in ru
  
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• Robert Kraft prostitution scandal exposes the horrors in our backyard: Today's talker

  25-02-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  A 'community' of clients looks for sexual services; Robert Kraft just happened to be a big name among many.
  
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• Explained: Why North Korea's Voluntary ICBM Test-Ban Is a Big Deal

  25-02-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  "This represents a big change," Wright continued. "In the five years 2013 to 2017, North Korea launched more than 80 flight tests of 10 different missiles, or an average of 16 flight tests per year. In 2017 alone, it launched 20 tests of seven types of missiles, including the successful launch of two different long-range missiles."
  
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• The Porsche 718 T Is Pure Driving Enjoyment

  25-02-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  More focused and a touch simpler, Porsche's new 718 T models embody the basic goodness of a driver's machine.
  
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• 900 people died of measles in Madagascar outbreak. Could that happen in the U.S.?

  25-02-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  As public health officials monitor a measles outbreak in Washington state, WHO says a separate measles epidemic in Madagascar has killed hundreds.
  
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• Ex-Trump campaign staffer files sexual misconduct lawsuit against president

  25-02-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  A spokesman for Donald Trump’s campaign denied the claim.A former staffer on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has filed a federal lawsuit against the president, claiming he kissed her without consent.Alva Johnson, who was director of outreach and coalitions in Alabama in 2016, said in the federal lawsuit that Trump made the nonconsensual advance on 24 August 2016 in Tampa, Florida.
  
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• Video shows rare 'ice tsunami' along Niagara River

  25-02-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Incredible video out of Canada shows a rare "ice tsunami" along the Niagara River, which forced officials to close the parkway to protect drivers.
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal Could Cost $93 Trillion, Group Says

  25-02-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The so-called Green New Deal may tally between $51 trillion and $93 trillion over 10-years, concludes American Action Forum, which is run by Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who directed the non-partisan CBO from from 2003 to 2005.“The Green New Deal is clearly very expensive,” the group said in its analysis.
  
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• Manipulating gene expression in neurons with CRISPR

  25-02-2019 19:37
  Neuroscientists have used CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology to regulate genes in the rat brain. This technique paves the way for researchers to probe genetic influences on brain health and disease in model organisms that more closely resemble human conditions.
  
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• ADHD drug Ritalin has no effect on primate prefrontal cortex

  25-02-2019 19:37
  In contrast to studies of mice and rats, new research investigating the effect of methylphenidate (Ritalin) on neuronal activity in monkeys has found no effect of the drug on the prefrontal cortex. The study leaves open the question of how and why Ritalin improves attention in humans.
  
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• Vietnam vows 'maximum level' security for Trump-Kim summit

  25-02-2019 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — With North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on an armored train barreling through China toward Vietnam's capital, and U.S. President Donald Trump en route to Hanoi, Vietnamese officials scrambled Monday to finish preparations for a rushed summit that will capture global attention.
  
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• Ex-Swedish P.M. Mocks Bernie Sanders’s Past Praise of Soviet Union

  25-02-2019 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt mocked Senator Bernie Sanders's (D., Vt.) past praise of the Soviet Union in a Monday morning tweet.Bildt, who was Sweden's prime minister from 1991 to 1994 as the leader of the moderate party, cited a 1988 speech in which Sanders and his wife, having recently returned from the Soviet Union, celebrated the then-crumbling state's public-transportation system and government-backed cultural programs.> Bernie Sanders was lucky to be able to get to the Sovi
  
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• Labour’s Corbyn Says He’ll Back ‘Public Vote’: Brexit Update

  25-02-2019 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has come out in favor of a "public vote" on Brexit, in a shift to the main opposition party’s stance that could make it more likely that Britain holds a second referendum on its divorce.It’s a major shift for Corbyn and comes after members of his team have been pushing him toward a second referendum.
  
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• The Latest: Northeast's highest peak records 144 mph gust

  25-02-2019 18:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The Latest on a windstorm affecting the Northeast (all times local):
  
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• Kambo: the controversial drug derived from stressed-out frogs

  25-02-2019 18:41
  A natural painkiller scraped from the back of an Amazonian tree frog is becoming popular. Fans claim it’s good for anything – except maybe the frog …Name: Kambo.Age: Ancient in the Amazon basin. Less ancient elsewhere. Continue reading...
  
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• U.S. asks U.N. Security Council to meet on Venezuela: diplomats

  25-02-2019 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States has asked the United Nations Security Council to meet to discuss the situation in Venezuela on Tuesday, said diplomats after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's troops repelled foreign aid convoys at the weekend.The United States has been pushing the 15-member council to formally call for free, fair and credible presidential elections in Venezuela with international observers, a move that prompted Russia to propose a rival draft resolution.Moscow and Washington have been at l
  
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• US slaps sanctions on Venezuelan governors supporting Maduro

  25-02-2019 18:35 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States imposed sanctions Monday on the governors of four Venezuelan states aligned with embattled President Nicolas Maduro for standing in the way of humanitarian aid shipments.The action came after a weekend of bloody clashes on the Venezuelan border as security forces beat back attempts by supporters of opposition leader Juan Guaido to bring in US-donated supplies of food and medicine."The illegitimate Maduro regime’s attempts to blockade international aid intended for the Ven
  
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• Elevation matters when it comes to climate change, deforestation and species survival

  25-02-2019 18:34
  A study examining the impact of deforestation on lizard communities in the Dominican Republic demonstrates differing outcomes at different elevations. In the lowlands, deforestation reduces the number of individuals, but not which species occur in an area. In the highlands, it's the opposite. When the forest is cut down at higher elevations, the newly created pastures become filled with species found in the warmer lowlands. But locally adapted mountain lizards cannot survive as temperature rises
  
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• How to roast broccoli florets and get them crispy browned

  25-02-2019 18:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Roasting might just be the best way to cook vegetables. Roasting is a fancy term for cooking food in a hot oven. The intense heat causes excess moisture to evaporate, leaving a crispy, browned exterior. And all that browning makes food taste better.
  
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• How To Write A Good Resume for Applicant Tracking Systems

  25-02-2019 18:13 via news.yahoo.com
  When you submit your credentials online, they are often screened by an applicant tracking system.The applicant tracking system resume evaluation algorithm scans your materials for resume keywords related to the job description, looking for work experience and education that match what the position calls for.This means an effective resume is one that plays the applicant tracking system game well but also appeals to the human reviewer who will hopefully examine it, too.
  
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• Security guard shot protecting news crew robbed at gunpoint in California

  25-02-2019 18:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The crew was gathering interviews when a driver with a gun pulled up and demanded their camera, then shot their guard in the leg.
  
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• In his grandfather's footsteps, Kim Jong Un heads to Vietnam

  25-02-2019 18:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Vietnam's model of reform is being widely touted as the economic path for impoverished North Korea to follow as the United States leads efforts to curb Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program and bring it back to the international fold.In imagery that could have powerful propaganda value at home, Kim Jong Un will mimic aspects of his grandfather's trip to Vietnam by traveling to some of the same locations visited by the elder Kim, two sources with direct knowledge of security and logistics planning
  
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• Pro-Trump political group launches ad campaign to back border emergency declaration

  25-02-2019 17:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The America First Policies ad features former Border Patrol chief Mark Morgan, who served under former President Barack Obama, discussing dangers at the border and urging construction of a wall, according to a video seen by Reuters.America First Policies will spend $250,000 on the ad campaign, which will air on Fox News starting on Tuesday and conclude on Friday, according to Erin Montgomery, a spokeswoman for the group.The group will also launch a text message campaign aimed atTrump supporters
  
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• Another Family Tells Police Serial Killer's Sketch of Victim Is Their Loved One

  25-02-2019 17:32 via news.yahoo.com
  More families are reaching out to police about the picture serial killer Samuel Little drew of a woman he said he strangled to death in Memphis.
  
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• Analysis: Pope's sex abuse summit: What it did and didn't do

  25-02-2019 17:18 via news.yahoo.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' summit on preventing sexual abuse was never going to meet the expectations placed on it by victims groups, the media and ordinary Catholics outraged over a scandal that has harmed so many and compromised the church's moral authority so much.
  
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• 5 Tax Tips Investors Can Use Now

  25-02-2019 17:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Investors still have ways to save at tax time.In addition, investors can use tax season as an opportunity to address charitable giving and estate planning.As deadlines approach for 2018 contributions to qualified vehicles, such as individual retirement accounts, investors should take some time now to review whether or not they are eligible to contribute before April 15.
  
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• South Carolina woman dies after being attacked by her dogs while she was wrestling with them

  25-02-2019 17:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities say a 52-year-old woman in South Carolina has been killed after she was wrestling with her dogs in her front yard and they started to attack her.
  
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• This Twitter thread of dads texting the bare minimum will make you say 'OK'

  25-02-2019 17:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Dads are not known for being prolific texters. While there are exceptions to the rule, we suspect that all dads have, at some point, received secret instructions to only respond with "OK."Now, this phenomenon has been immortalized in an extremely good Twitter thread. It was started by user @zenuhhh, who tweeted her text history with her dad on Saturday.> deep convos with ur dad >>>> pic.twitter.com/6OBpBvMCaX> > -- zena (@zenuhhh) February 24, 2019SEE ALSO: This Twitter thre
  
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• Spring migration is now earlier in European and North American birds

  25-02-2019 16:51
  According to a new study, migratory birds in Europe and Canada have substantially advanced the timing of their spring migration due to climate change. The average migratory bird has advanced its spring migration by approximately one week in five decades, and the duration of the migration season has increased.
  
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