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• Impatience Swells as Venezuelans Protest Maduro in Caracas Again

  09-03-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Juan Guaido, the challenger to President Nicolas Maduro, brought thousands of supporters to the streets of Caracas, though fewer showed up than in late January after the National Assembly he heads proclaimed him interim president.More than 50 nations, including the U.S., support Guaido as president and want Maduro, the autocratic heir to Chavismo, gone.
  
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• For Jussie Smollett, 1 story equals 16 felony counts

  09-03-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — News that a grand jury had indicted "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly lying to Chicago police about being attacked by two masked men may not have made much of a splash except for one thing: The lone felony count that Smollett had been arrested on last month had turned into 16.
  
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• More blackouts hit Venezuela as opposition, government rally

  09-03-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Venezuelan opposition and government loyalists held rival demonstrations in Caracas on Saturday, as both sides prepared for what some fear could be a protracted power struggle.
  
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• AP source: Trump to seek money for border wall, Space Force

  09-03-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will be making a significant request for border wall funds and seeking money to stand up Space Force as a new branch of the military in the White House budget being released next week, an administration official said.
  
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• Rancho Cucamonga: Gunman sought after shooting at woman during attempted carjacking at gas station

  09-03-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities continued their search for a man who opened fire on a woman's vehicle after attempting to carjack her at a gas station in Rancho Cucamonga.
  
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• The internet can't stop editing live cats into the 'Captain Marvel' poster

  09-03-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  If you need a reminder of how amazing the internet is, look no further than the trending hashtag for Captain Marvel's cuddly cat -- sorry, I mean Flerken -- named Goose.Following the release of Disney's latest superhero blockbuster in South Korea, the hashtag for Goose, "캡틴마블_우리집구스," started trending. But whereas most Twitter hashtags are usually filled with text, this one quickly turned into a gallery of cute kitty overload.SEE ALSO
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan stands by Russia missile deal

  09-03-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkey's deal to buy Russian S-400 missile defence systems had "nothing to do" with the security of the US, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday after a Pentagon warning."It is very clear why Turkey has bought this air defence system, under what conditions it has bought them and how it will be used," Erdogan said in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir.The "issue was not about the S-400s" but about Turkey "taking actions on its own accord", especially in Syria, he added.
  
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• Warren Says Breaking Up Tech Giants Will Keep Market Competitive

  09-03-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  The Massachusetts senator spoke Saturday at the annual South by Southwest cultural festival in Austin, Texas, a day after proposing to take steps to break up companies like Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Co.’s Google if she’s elected.On Friday she called for legislation that would designate large technology companies as “platform utilities,” and for the appointment of regulators who’d unwind technology mergers that undermine competition and harm innovation and small bus
  
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• How strong is the prosecution’s case against Jussie Smolett?

  09-03-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Federal litigator Andrew Stoltmann says the case against Jussie Smollett should be a ‘slam dunk.’
  
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• Two more Isil brides stripped of British citizenship

  09-03-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Two more jihadi brides who joined Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are believed to have been stripped of their UK citizenship while living in a refugee camp in Syria. The disclosure came as a row intensified over the death of a three-week-old baby whose mother Shamima Begum had been stripped of her British citizenship. Reema Iqbal, 30, along with her sister Zara Iqbal, 28, are mothers of five children between them, and are also in a camp. Legal sources told the Sunday Times that the sisters
  
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• R. Kelly released from jail after paying child support

  09-03-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Singer R. Kelly was released from jail Saturday after paying child support following a previous detention on sex abuse charges.The R&B superstar was taken into custody Wednesday after failing to come up with the $161,000 he owed in payments to his ex-wife and their three children."I promise you we're going to straighten all this stuff out," Kelly, 52, told journalists as he left prison.
  
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• Trump: Founder of alleged prostitution spa 'sold Chinese businessmen access to president’

  09-03-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Chinese clients have allegedly been offered access to Donald Trump and his administration by the female founder of a massage parlour involved in a high-profile prostitution sting.Li Yang, the Chinese founder of the Orchids of Asia Day spa in Florida, made headlines last week when US media unearthed a photo of her smiling alongside the US president at his West Palm Beach country club during last month’s Super Bowl.Less than three weeks after the selfie was taken, Robert Kraft, owner of Supe
  
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• Wild weather weekend to bring blizzard for Midwest, possible tornadoes in Southeast

  09-03-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  A massive storm will bring wild weather to the U.S. this weekend: blizzard conditions in the Midwest and the chance for tornadoes in the South.
  
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• Opposition protesters scuffle with police as Venezuela's lights flicker

  09-03-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Dozens of demonstrators attempted to walk along an avenue in Caracas but were moved onto the sidewalk by police in riot gear, leading them to shout at the officers and push on their riot shields.The OPEC nation was plunged into darkness on Thursday evening in what the governing Socialist Party called an act of U.S.-sponsored sabotage but opposition critics derided as the result of two decades of mismanagement and corruption.Much of the country remained without power on Saturday morning, includin
  
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• US-backed fighters could soon resume offensive against IS

  09-03-2019 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — U.S.-backed fighters could soon resume an offensive against the Islamic State group in the last area they control in Syria, an official said Saturday, adding that the battle against the extremists is expected to take three days.
  
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• Man wins mega millions jackpot to tune of $273m after stranger returns lost lottery ticket

  09-03-2019 18:28 via news.yahoo.com
  An unemployed New Jersey man won a $273m (£210m) Mega Millions lottery jackpot last week after a stranger found and returned the winning ticket he had left behind on a shop counter.The man, Michael J Weirsky, told reporters on Thursday he lost two tickets immediately after he bought them at a QuickChek in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, on the day before the lottery draw.Mr Weirsky had spent hours searching for the tickets when he got to his home in Alpha, New Jersey, near the Pennsylvania borde
  
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• More civilians leave Islamic State's Syria enclave, delaying final assault

  09-03-2019 18:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands of people - many of them the wives of IS fighters and their children - have been streaming out of besieged enclave at Baghouz for weeks, forcing the SDF to delay the assault to wipe out the last vestige of the jihadists' territorial rule.The SDF has said it wants to make sure all civilians are out of the enclave before launching its final assault.Hundreds of IS fighters have also surrendered, but the SDF believes the most hardened foreign jihadists are still inside.
  
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• India returns key diplomat to Pakistan as tensions ease

  09-03-2019 18:00 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW DELHI (AP) — India said Saturday that it was returning a key diplomat to Pakistan's capital amid an easing of tensions between the nuclear neighbors, but also demanded that its archrival take concrete steps against terrorists operating from its territory.
  
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• British IS runaway teen's baby son dies in Syria

  09-03-2019 17:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The British government drew fresh criticism Saturday over its decision to revoke citizenship from a London teenager who joined the Islamic State group in Syria, after her baby died in a refugee camp.Shamima Begum, 19, had asked to return home after giving birth to her son Jarrah last month in the camp in northeastern Syria, but London refused.A spokesman for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, Mustefa Bali, told AFP the baby had died, without giving further details.
  
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• Severe thunderstorms expected on Saturday in parts of U.S. Midwest, South

  09-03-2019 16:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Portions of eastern Arkansas, southeastern Montana, southern Illinois and western Kentucky are under a risk of scattered severe storms on Saturday, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Alex Lamers.Isolated severe thunderstorms are also expected from upper Mississippi and northeast Texas to the lower Ohio Valley and Tennessee Valley.Last Sunday's tornadoes in Lee County, Alabama, were spawned by a late-winter "supercell" thunderstorm, ripping through homes and businesses with cyclo
  
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• ICE makes more arrests at decoy university

  09-03-2019 16:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Federal immigration authorities made more arrests at a decoy university created to catch illegal immigrants.
  
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• Stormy Daniels arrest not motivated by politics but still improper, investigation finds

  09-03-2019 16:35 via news.yahoo.com
  An internal police investigation found Ohio officers improperly arrested porn actress Stormy Daniels last year but weren't politically motivated.
  
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• Surprise sale slashes the two most popular Instant Pots to their lowest prices of 2019

  09-03-2019 16:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Well what do we have here, bargain hunters!? It looks like Amazon is feeling particularly generous this weekend because out of the blue, it slashed the prices of the two most popular Instant Pot models on the planet to 2019 lows. Well, technically the Instant Pot DUO60 6 Qt 7-in-1 Multi-Use Programmable Pressure Cooker is within $2 of its 2019 low, but that's close enough for us -- clip the $18 coupon on the Amazon page and you'll snag this incredible $100 Instant Pot for only $71.99. If you hav
  
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• Police launch hate crime investigation after woman sprays unknown substance at subway riders in NYC

  09-03-2019 16:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Police are searching for a woman who apparently randomly sprayed an unknown substance -- possibly mace or pepper spray --at people in two subway stations in Manhattan.
  
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• Jussie Smollett now faces potentially decades in jail after a grand jury indicts him on 16 felonies

  09-03-2019 16:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The ‘Empire’ actor’s lawyer says Jussie Smolllet is a victim of a 'media gangbang.'
  
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• 10 killer deals you don’t want to miss on Saturday

  09-03-2019 14:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Welcome to a special weekend addition of our series that rounds up all the best deals of the day. Before you head out to the theater this weekend to see Marvel's latest blockbuster Captain Marvel, why not be your own hero and save a ton of cash on the most popular products around? Highlights from Saturday's roundup include a new all-time low of just $16.79 for Anker's best fast wireless charger, just $21 for Samsung's lightning-fast EVO 128GB microSD card, a 4-pack of Alexa and Google enabled sm
  
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• Omar furor reflects intensifying national debate over Israel

  09-03-2019 14:09 via finance.yahoo.com
  For Congress, the allegations of anti-Semitism directed toward Rep. Ilhan Omar have no precedent.Fueled by a wave of youthful activists, including many Jews aligning with Muslims, criticism of Israel's policies toward the Palestinians has grown in volume and scope, with persistent calls for boycotts and disinvestment.Among those fearing escalation is Deborah Lipstadt, a history professor at Emory University and author of a new book, "Antisemitism: Here and Now," about the recent resurgence of an
  
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• What Brexit game is EU playing? British parliament leader Leadsom asks

  09-03-2019 13:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Less than three weeks before Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29, Prime Minister Theresa May has failed to secure the changes to the divorce agreement she needs to gain the support of lawmakers who rejected it in a record rebellion in January.At the heart of the dispute is a disagreement over how to manage the border between the British province of Northern Ireland and EU-member Ireland.On Friday, the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier put forward a proposal to keep the border open and
  
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• Vietnam says investigating cause of boat's sinking in contested waters

  09-03-2019 13:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Vietnam is seeking clarification of how a fishing boat came to sink this week in the contested South China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, days after a local rescue agency said it was rammed by a Chinese vessel.Vietnam and China have long been embroiled in maritime disputes in the potentially energy-rich stretch of water, called East Sea by Vietnam.It said all five fishermen on board were rescued by another Vietnamese fishing boat.
  
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• Netanyahu campaign draws accusations of incitement

  09-03-2019 12:41 via news.yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has run into political trouble in the past, he has lashed out at the media, the political opposition and Israel's Arab minority with incendiary and divisive language to galvanize his nationalist base.
  
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• Paul Manafort Was an Agent of Ukraine, Not Russia

  09-03-2019 12:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Paul Manafort, the clandestine agent of Russia at the heart of the Trump campaign’s “collusion” scand — oh, wait.Have you ever noticed what Paul Manafort’s major crime was? After two years of investigation, after the predawn raid in which his wife was held at gunpoint, after months of solitary confinement that have left him a shell of his former self, have you noticed what drew the militant attention of the Obama Justice Department, the FBI, and, ultimately, a speci
  
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• Trump autographs bibles while meeting Alabama tornado victims

  09-03-2019 12:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has sparked controversy for signing bibles of Alabama residents who were hit by a deadly storm that claimed 23 lives.The president made the unusual gesture while visiting a Baptist church in Opelika which is serving as a disaster relief centre.Local volunteer Ada Ingram told reporters Mr Trump signed several hats and bibles - including one for a 12-year-old boy - prompting a crowd of onlookers to erupt into applause.
  
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• Trump or Cohen: Who can you trust in the ongoing blame game?

  09-03-2019 12:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The latest White House legal drama — whether or not the president's former legal fixer asked him for a pardon — has pulled back the curtain on a whole cast of characters whose comments can't always be taken at face value.Michael Cohen, Mr Trump's former attorney who denies asking for presidential intervention, has himself pleaded guilty to lying to Congress — to back up Mr Trump's own stories.
  
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• How to Make Your Dishwasher Last Longer

  09-03-2019 12:00 via news.yahoo.com
  How long should a dishwasher last? Some CR members are happy to report that they've had their dishwasher for more than 20 years, while others express frustration over machines that break in just ...
  
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• KitchenAid has a new line of cooking utensils exclusive to Walmart, and we want them all

  09-03-2019 11:00 via news.yahoo.com
  KitchenAid has a new Walmart-exclusive line of cooking gadgets and tools -- possibly as a tribute to KitchenAid's 100th birthday a few months ago -- and we are psyched. KitchenAid is our jam. There are no new stand mixers in the collaboration (boo), but other gorgeous cooking gear like utensils, strainers, bowls, and more can up the style factor in your kitchen. And that stuff is just as important as the big appliances.SEE ALSO: Walmart just launched a new line of furniture and it's ac
  
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• UK won't accept Brexit deal that puts union at risk: PM's party chairman

  09-03-2019 09:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain cannot accept an EU proposal to break the deadlock in the Brexit talks because it would threaten the unity of the United Kingdom by treating Northern Ireland differently, the chairman of the ruling Conservative Party said.The issue of how to maintain an open border on the island of Ireland is at the heart of the dispute between London and Brussels after British lawmakers objected to the so-called backstop insurance policy which they believe would keep the whole of the UK trapped in an EU
  
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• SpaceX capsule back on Earth, paving way for new manned US flights

  09-03-2019 09:38 via news.yahoo.com
  SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, completing a NASA demonstration mission that paves the way for the resumption of manned space flights from the US.After hours of suspense, the Dragon spacecraft touched down at 8:45 am (1345 GMT) some 230 miles (370 kilometers) off the coast of the US state of Florida.The seven-seat capsule brought its "crew" of one test dummy back to Earth in the same way that American astronauts returned to the planet in the Apollo era
  
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• India slams Pakistan action against militants

  09-03-2019 09:10 via news.yahoo.com
  India said Saturday that its army is on a "strict vigil" for new attacks from Pakistan and renewed warnings to its neighbour to take concrete action against militant groups.An Indian foreign ministry spokesman responded with scepticism to reports of scores of militants being rounded up in Pakistan this week.Islamabad was in "a state of denial" over its support for groups accused of staging attacks in India, the spokesman, Raveesh Kumar, said at a specially convened media briefing.
  
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• Did pro-Israel lobby funding influence Democrats' responses to Ilhan Omar?

  09-03-2019 09:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Some accused congresswoman of antisemitism while others denounced ‘ugly attacks’ on herThe responses to Ilhan Omar about the influence of money from the pro-Israel lobby may back up her point. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesWhen the Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar claimed pro-Israel lobby money influenced American politics, in the way other powerful lobbying groups do, she ignited allegations of antisemitism and sparked a furious debate in her own party. But a look at H
  
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• IS runaway teen's baby son dies in Syria

  09-03-2019 08:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The baby son of Shamima Begum, a British-born teenager who left London to join the Islamic State group, has died in Syria, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces has said.Begum, 19, who was stripped of her citizenship by the British government despite her wish to return, gave birth last month in a refugee camp in northeastern Syria.Begum had previously given birth to two other children who are said to have died, apparently from illness and malnutrition.
  
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• India says Pakistan hiding information by blocking access to bombing site

  09-03-2019 07:50 via news.yahoo.com
  India said on Saturday Pakistan had "plenty to hide" by preventing journalists from accessing the site of an air strike by Indian fighter jets inside Pakistan.Citing "security concerns", Pakistani security officials on Thursday barred a Reuters team from climbing a hill in northeastern Pakistan to the site of a madrasa, or religious school, and a group of surrounding buildings that was targeted by Indian warplanes last week."The fact that Pakistan has now refused access to journalists from visit
  
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• A Deal, Soft Brexit or Reversal: Theresa May's Uncertain Endgame

  09-03-2019 06:00 via news.yahoo.com
  It’s unlikely she will have secured enough concessions from Brussels to win over lawmakers, leaving her with just one strong card to play: If they vote down her deal, Brexit could be abandoned in all but name -- or even altogether.May has promised that if members of Parliament reject her divorce treaty, they will then get a vote on whether to take the country out of the European Union into legal limbo -- an option previous ballots have shown they will reject.Whatever is agreed must convinc
  
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• Caltrans says relief on the way for Silicon Valley, Peninsula commuters

  09-03-2019 04:54 via news.yahoo.com
  It may take 3 years to get here, but Caltrans and elected officials say relief is on the way for drivers who commute on these freeways.
  
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• 'Never-ending' numbers in last IS scrap shock US-backed fighters

  09-03-2019 04:47 via news.yahoo.com
  US-backed fighters have been hoping for weeks that the final day has come for the Islamic State group's "caliphate", but its last tiny sliver of land just won't seem to empty.Tens of thousands of dust-covered women, children and men have streamed out of the ragged tent encampment in the Syrian village of Baghouz since December -- and despite that exodus they still keep on coming."When we began the operation we knew there would be civilians, but not in such a big number," Adnan Afrin, a spokesman
  
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• Victim of Aurora Workplace Shooting Sues Illinois State Police

  09-03-2019 04:33 via news.yahoo.com
  A father of four who was seriously wounded in the Aurora mass shooting last month is suing Illinois State Police.
  
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• 'Intimidation': Tasmanian activists say duck hunters left dead wallaby at camp

  09-03-2019 04:17
  Group trying to disrupt hunt says ‘human urine’ also left at site at start of state’s official duck-hunting seasonTasmanian anti-duck hunting activists say they have been intimidated after a dead wallaby and bags of human urine were left around their campsite.Chris Simcox and a small group of campaigners attempted to disrupt the first day of Tasmania’s official duck hunting season on Saturday at Moulting Lagoon Game Reserve on the state’s east coast. Related: Victor
  
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• Elizabeth Warren Wants to Break Up Amazon, Facebook and Google. Experts Say That Won't Be Easy

  09-03-2019 04:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Antitrust experts said Sen. Elizabeth Warren's plan to break up Amazon, Facebook and Google faces a number of procedural hurdles.
  
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• Smollett's lawyer cites 'overkill' after actor indicted on 16 counts of lying to police

  09-03-2019 03:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The "Empire" star's legal woes deepened after a Chicago grand jury indicted him on 16 felony counts of lying to police about alleged hate-crime attack.
  
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• Google Assistant is getting an update that makes it easier to talk to

  09-03-2019 03:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Having a conversation that feels natural with a digital assistant is still not in the same league as a person-to-person interaction, but there are certainly some assistive technologies that do a reasonably good job of mimicking it. We'd put Google Assistant in that category, thanks to the natural-sounding voice and the assistant's ability to understand a wide range of the complexities of human conversation.Still, that's not to say certain things can't be improved, which is why Google is starting
  
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• Elizabeth Warren Imagines Big Tech After the Breakup

  09-03-2019 02:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, joins a growing chorus across the political spectrum voicing concern about the power of Silicon Valley and proposing some kind of government action.At the center of Warren’s is the argument that certain parts of the tech industry have become utilities. The services these companies provide are so ubiquitous and essential that they’re  now similar to electricity and water: basics for human existence that must&nbs
  
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