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• Some IS jihadists surrender in eastern Syria enclave but more remain

  04-03-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The jihadist group faces defeat in Baghouz on the banks of the Euphrates, but it still holds remote pockets of land further west and has launched guerrilla attacks in other areas where it has lost control.Baghouz, a collection of hamlets and farmland near the border with Iraq, is the last patch of populated territory Islamic State (IS) still holds in the area straddling the two countries where it declared a caliphate in 2014.The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said earlier on Monday they had slow
  
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• Backcountry skier found dead after Colorado avalanche

  04-03-2019 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  DENVER (AP) — Crews on Monday recovered the body of a missing backcountry skier who apparently died in an avalanche in southwestern Colorado as the danger level remained elevated following heavy snow over the weekend.
  
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• The Latest: Mrs. Trump gives pep talk to Oklahoma student

  04-03-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on Melania Trump's three-state tour to promote "Be Best" (all times local):
  
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• Like 'giant knife,' tornadoes slash eastern Alabama, killing 23

  04-03-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The tornadoes, spawned by a late-winter "supercell" thunderstorm, ripped through Lee County on Sunday with cyclonic winds of up to 170 miles (274 km) per hour, at step four of the six-step Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale of tornado strength.Mobile homes were tossed on their sides and ripped open, their contents strewn over a ravaged landscape littered with debris and gnarled, uprooted trees.There are slabs where homes formerly stood, debris everywhere, trees are snapped," Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones
  
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• Global stocks mixed on reports of trade deal progress

  04-03-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Global stocks finished mixed on Monday following reports the United States and China were close to a major trade agreement that would roll back some of the tariffs imposed in recent months.
  
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• U.S. East Coast digs out from snow, braces for bitter cold

  04-03-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  New England dug out from more than a foot of snow on Monday that snarled commutes and canceled flights, although New York City was spared the worst of the late-winter storm, which was expected to be followed by bitter cold in the days ahead.A band of winter weather stretching from Maryland to Maine dumped 15 inches (38 cm) of snow overnight on downtown Boston and some 5 inches (13 cm) on Central Park in the heart of New York City, National Weather Service meteorologist Marc Chenard reported.New
  
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• Musk says $35,000 Model 3 to reach volume production mid-year

  04-03-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  "Gap in understanding is that $35k Model 3 production *starts* this month, but will not reach volume production until mid year.Extremely difficult to predict middle part of manufacturing S-curve," Musk said in response to a tweet https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1102669715095212032.It was not immediately clear what Musk meant by "volume production".
  
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• The Latest: UN calls for dialogue in Venezuela standoff

  04-03-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on Venezuela's political crisis (all times local):
  
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• Google compensates 'underpaid' male employees

  04-03-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Google has compensated many of its male workers after finding they received comparatively fewer bonuses and pay rises than women last year. The company, which has faced many accusations of failing its female employees, said it had automatically topped up men's pay to address a gender gap within its ranks of software developers. An analysis of pay across the company revealed that more women software engineers at a certain level had been handed bonuses or raises from managers t
  
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• Hoda Muthana, who married into ISIS, won't get fast-tracked case, federal judge rules

  04-03-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal court ruled that Hoda Muthana, a woman who fled Alabama to marry an Islamic State fighter in Syria, won't get a fast-tracked legal case.
  
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• Iran's Khamenei doubted Europe could help Tehran against U.S. sanctions

  04-03-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  A closed-door speech last year by Iran's Supreme Leader voicing doubt about the Iranian government's diplomatic overtures to Europe was released on Monday in a sign of feuding over foreign policy that led to a short-lived resignation by the foreign minister.The address by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in mid-2018 appeared to forecast difficulties European countries would have in honoring pledges to protect trade with Iran from new U.S. sanctions after Washington abandoned a 2015 nuclear deal between Te
  
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• Trump claims Cohen hearing may have hurt North Korea summit

  04-03-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is suggesting that a congressional hearing Democrats arranged with his former personal attorney may have contributed to his failure to reach a summit deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
  
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• Guaido returns to Venezuela, calls for more street protests

  04-03-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A defiant Juan Guaido returned home to Venezuela on Monday despite concerns the opposition leader might be detained and urged supporters at a rally to intensify their campaign to topple the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
  
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• Trump and Xi Are Close to a Deal, But the Trade War Isn't Over

  04-03-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  More work remains on a deal that will ensure that Beijing will follow through on its commitments, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told Congress last week.Days later, Trump warned he can still walk out on China like he did with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at their summit over a nuclear deal in Vietnam.China wants Trump to remove tariffs that he imposed last year on $200 billion of Chinese goods, but it’s not yet clear if the president will roll back some or all of the duties
  
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• Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez Just Hired Joanna Gaines to Help with Their New Malibu Home

  04-03-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Lopez and Rodriguez purchased the impressive three-story mansion in January
  
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• Senate has votes to block border emergency

  04-03-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says a resolution to end President Trump's U.S.-Mexico border emergency declaration looks set to pass in the chamber. Vanessa Johnston reports.
  
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• Royal family releases social media guidelines in wake of Meghan Markle, Kate Middleton online abuse

  04-03-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Due to Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton being subjected to sexist and racist comments on social media over the last few months, the British royal family has issued social media guidelines to 'help create a safe environment on all social media channels.' Anyone who posts obscene or offensive content will be blocked or even possibly reported to police.
  
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• Guaido Warns Supporters of Long Struggle After Aid Gambit Failed

  04-03-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Obviously not,” Guaido told supporters at a Caracas rally.After days of speculation over how he would sneak back into Venezuela without being arrested, the opposition leader took a Copa Airlines flight straight to the nation’s biggest airport, effectively daring the government of President Nicolas Maduro to act against him.
  
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• Trudeau 'concerned' as China suspects Canadian of spying

  04-03-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau voiced strong concern Monday that China suspects a detained former Canadian diplomat of spying and stealing state secrets.The allegations against Michael Kovrig mark a new escalation in the diplomatic row between Beijing and Ottawa stemming from Canada's arrest of Meng Wanzhou, an executive from Chinese telecoms giant Huawei."We are obviously very concerned with the position that China has taken," Trudeau told reporters.
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez Declines to Denounce Maduro

  04-03-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday declined to denounce socialist Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, calling the country's current crisis a "complex issue."At a press conference to mark the opening of her first congressional office in Queens, the freshman Democrat was asked about the "Venezuelan crisis" and her willingness to "denounce the Maduro regime."“Yeah, so I think that this is absolutely a complex issue," Ocasio-Cortez began. "I think it’s imp
  
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• Bernie Sanders on 'The Breakfast Club' is a 'no' on slavery reparations

  04-03-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The Vermont senator has spent the first few weeks of his Democratic presidential campaign trying to connect with African-American voters, something he largely failed to do in 2016.
  
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• The Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Roadster Isn't a Surprise, and That's Just Fine

  04-03-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  With 759 horsepower and a 217-mph top speed, the Roadster is just as absurd as the coupe.
  
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• House Dems to Introduce Anti-Semitism Resolution in Response to Rep. Omar’s Israel Comments

  04-03-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats will vote Wednesday on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism in response to comments made last week by Representative Ilhan Omar (D., N.Y.) that were deemed anti-Semitic by a number of prominent fellow Democrats.It remains unclear whether the resolution, which was first reported by the Washington Post, will condemn Omar by name or just anti-Semitism in general.Omar, who has been repeatedly chastised by lawmakers from both parties for criticizing U.S. policy toward Israel in
  
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• 5 rescued after vehicle goes over cliff in Angeles National Forest

  04-03-2019 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Los Angeles County firefighters rescued five patients after a vehicle went over a cliff in the Angeles National Forest above La Cañada Flintridge.
  
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• Big US chains called out for selling tobacco to kids

  04-03-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  US health authorities on Monday announced new steps to pressure 15 leading retail chains that regularly sell tobacco products to underage consumers.The US Food and Drug Administration released a list of problem actors among US retailers that includes major gasoline chains such as Exxon and BP, big box giant Walmart, grocery chain Kroger and drugstore brand Walgreens, which was found to have sold tobacco products to underage consumers at 22 percent of 6,350 stores.The FDA is demanding the compani
  
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• Volvo imposes speed limit on cars to bring attention to 'dangers of speeding'

  04-03-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Volvo plans to impose a speed limit of about 112 miles per hour on all of its vehicles beginning in 2020.
  
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• Pininfarina Battista - 1900-HP Electric Hypercar from a Legendary Italian Name

  04-03-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  "Above all, it must be beautiful," says the firm that has made some of history's most legendarily beautiful sports cars.
  
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• I Worked Hard to Get Top Secret Clearance. It's Troubling That Jared Kushner Didn't

  04-03-2019 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Getting Top Secret clearance is an exhausting process, as it should be. It's troubling that Jared Kushner didn't have to go through it.
  
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• Eli Lilly seeks to quell drug price anger with cheaper insulin

  04-03-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Major drugmakers including Lilly, a leading producer of insulin, have come under fire from patients and lawmakers over the rising cost of the life-saving medication used to treat diabetes.Lilly's rebranded product will be called Insulin Lispro, while Humalog, which makes $3 billion in annual sales, will remain available for those wishing to access it through existing insurance plans.The cost of insulin for treating type 1 diabetes in the United States has nearly doubled over a five-year period,
  
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• Here’s a Look at the 2020 Audi e-tron Sportback Electric “Coupe” SUV

  04-03-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  This new version of Audi’s new electric crossover seems extremely close to production.
  
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• China is going to Mars with a new rover next year

  04-03-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  China got a very, very late start in its efforts to explore space. The U.S., Russia, and other countries forged new paths to the Moon and beyond before China even got started, but it's making up for lost time in a big way. Following successful Moon missions, including landing on the far side of the rock for the first time ever, China is now looking to the Red Planet for its next big space mission.As CNN reports, China's space division is planning a rover mission to Mars that could launch as earl
  
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• Guaidó returns to Venezuela with new hope to unseat Maduro

  04-03-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Washington warned on eve of arrival Maduro faces ‘strong and significant response’ if Guaidó is detained or threatened Juan Guaidó reacts during a rally held by his supporters in Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday. Photograph: Carlos García Rawlins/ReutersThe opposition figurehead battling to dislodge Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro has made an audacious and dramatic homecoming, flying into the country’s main airport as he sought to re-energize
  
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• Volkswagen's Latest I.D. Concept Is an Electric Dune Buggy Built Purely for Fun

  04-03-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  VW is taking electric cars seriously, but this latest variation on the MEB EV platform is amusingly retro.
  
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• Kevin Brady says the House will sustain a Trump veto of any resolution to block border emergency declaration

  04-03-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump has the legal and constitutional authority to declare a national emergency, says Congressman Kevin Brady, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee.
  
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• Google Study: Male Employees Are Underpaid More Often Than Females

  04-03-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Google released an internal analysis on Monday that indicates its male employees received less pay than other employees for doing the same work more often than their female counterparts.As a result of the findings, which were first reported by the New York Times, Google provided an additional $9.7 million to 10,677 employees, the majority of whom are men, to compensate them for unexplained discrepancies between their 2018 pay and that of co-workers who have the same responsibilities.Google
  
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• This Brand-New Electric Sports Car Charges 80 Percent of Its Battery in Five Minutes

  04-03-2019 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The Piëch Mark Zero can zip from zero to 60 m.p.h. in three seconds, while driving for more than 300 miles of battery power, all for a very steep price
  
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• The Piëch Mark Zero, with a New Kind of Battery System, Is Almost Too Good to Be True

  04-03-2019 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The Piëch Mark Zero posts some intriguing specs including fast charging, despite a slightly generic appearance.
  
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• Donald and Ivanka Trump donated thousands to Kamala Harris as she rose in California politics

  04-03-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump and his daughter, Ivanka, repeatedly donated to Kamala Harris during her rise in California politics, supporting the Democratic senator as she vied to become the state’s top cop, a new report has revealed.The president first donated to Ms Harris in 2011 as she was running for attorney general.In 2014 she donated a reported $2,000 (£1,517) to Ms Harris’ re-election efforts.
  
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• Tickets on sale now for new Southwest Airlines Hawaii flights beginning March 17

  04-03-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The airline's first flights to Hawaii begin in March from Oakland to Honolulu. One-way fares started at $49.
  
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• Trudeau 'very concerned' that China suspects Canadian of spying

  04-03-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau voiced strong concern Monday after Chinese state media reported that a former Canadian diplomat detained in the country was suspected of spying and stealing state secrets."We are obviously very concerned with the position that China has taken," Trudeau told reporters, referring to the case of Michael Kovrig, who was detained in December following the arrest in Canada of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.Trudeau reiterated that Canada considers China to have arbitrarily
  
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• Guaido back in Venezuela to challenge Maduro

  04-03-2019 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has arrived back in Venezuela to renew his campaign to topple the government of President Nicolas Maduro.(March 4)
  
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• Hoda Muthana: Isis bride says she is allowed to return to US despite government denials - ‘I’m not a threat to America’

  04-03-2019 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Hoda Muthana, who left Alabama at the age of 19 to join the terror group Isis in Syria, said she is “not a threat to America” and wants to return to the US as her lawyer battles her case in court.Speaking to CBS News in northern Syria, Ms Muthana claimed to be a US citizen, rejecting denials from Donald Trump’s administration, while noting the son she had with a now-deceased Isis fighter does not hold citizenship to any country.Ms Muthana has been held by Kurdish forces allied
  
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• How megalodon's teeth evolved into the 'ultimate cutting tools'

  04-03-2019 19:42
  Megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived, is known only from its gigantic bladelike teeth. But these teeth took millions of years to evolve into their final, iconic form.
  
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• Ancient mammal remains digested by crocodiles reveal new species

  04-03-2019 19:42
  Fossilized bones that appear to have been digested by crocodiles in the Cayman Islands have revealed three new species and subspecies of mammal that roamed the island more than 300 years ago.
  
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• Trump's sons and scores of others receive document requests from House committee

  04-03-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Jared Kushner all received a request for documents from the House Judiciary Committee on Monday.
  
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• Huawei to sue US for banning federal agencies from using its products

  04-03-2019 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Huawei is preparing to sue the US government for banning federal agencies from using its technology, according to a new report. The Chinese firm is said to be readying to file a lawsuit on Thursday which accuses the US of acting unconstitutionally.  The US government has blocked the use of Huawei technology within federal agencies over concerns that the company’s close relation with the Chinese government could allow its technology to be used for espionage. However, Huawei has co
  
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• British Isil fighters surrender to US-backed forces amid Baghuz offensive

  04-03-2019 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  British fighters are among hundreds of Islamic State jihadists who surrendered to Western-backed forces in eastern Syria, a senior commander has said.  Some 400-500 people, including Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) fighters left the village of Baghuz on Monday, in the latest sign that fanatical resistance inside the terror group's last village is crumbling.   “There are different nationalities: Iraqi, French, Russian, English. I don’t have the exact number
  
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• Air Force Halts Tanker Deliveries After Finding Planes Are Full of Trash

  04-03-2019 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Unwanted tools and debris could pose a danger to flight crews.
  
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• China accuses two detained Canadian men of spying

  04-03-2019 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  China has accused two detained Canadians of spying, intensifying a diplomatic row between the two countries. It came just days after Canada announced it will proceed with a request from the United States to extradite Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of the telecom giant Huawei. Michael Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat, was accused of spying and stealing state secrets and intelligence, with the help of Canadian businessman Michael Spavor. It was the first time the two detained men's cases
  
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• President Trump's approval rating continues to climb

  04-03-2019 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump's rising poll numbers come despite the record 35-day government shutdown, which most voters blamed on the president.
  
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