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• Mueller report finds no evidence that Trump campaign colluded with Russia: Justice Department

  24-03-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  In a major political victory for Trump, who quickly hailed the announcement as "complete and total exoneration," Mueller's nearly two years of investigation ended with a finding that no one in Trump's campaign "conspired or coordinated with the Russian government," according to a summary of Mueller's findings.The long-awaited report into whether Trump's campaign colluded with Russia to help the Republican defeat his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, marked a major milestone of his presidency
  
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• Reaction to AG William Barr's summary of Mueller report

  24-03-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Reaction to Attorney General William Barr's summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the investigation of Donald Trump's campaign and Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
  
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• Mueller report: Here's what we know and still don't know (and may never know)

  24-03-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Robert Mueller finished his investigation into Trump's campaign and Russian election interference. Here's what we know.
  
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• Another Parkland Student Has Died by Apparent Suicide

  24-03-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The death follows the recent suicide of Parkland shooting survivor Sydney Aiello
  
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• 'Apparent suicide' of Parkland student days after massacre survivor took her life

  24-03-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  A student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida has died in "an apparent suicide," police said on Sunday, less than a week after a 19-year-old survivor of the 2018 massacre at the school took her own life.“We’re calling it an apparent suicidebecause we don’t have the exact results back from the medical examiner’s office,” Reik said by phone.The Miami Herald reported that the suicide victim was a male sophomore who attend the Parkland, Florida, school wh
  
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• Blind dog gets his own 'seeing eye' dog. Excuse us, we can't see through happy tears

  24-03-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The puppy helps the blind 11-year-old golden retriever find his lost toys. The older dog has even begun to act younger.
  
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• Mali leader sacks generals, disbands vigilantes after massacre

  24-03-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The ethnic bloodshed took place less than a week after a deadly assault by jihadists on an army post killed at least 23 soldiers, also in Mali's central region.The army chief of staff General M'Bemba Moussa Keita was removed and replaced by General Abdoulaye Coulibaly, while chief of land forces General Abdrahamane Baby was replaced by Brigadier-General Keba Sangare.Mali's Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga said in a statement after an emergency cabinet meeting that President Keita had also
  
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• Donald Trump declares 'complete exoneration' as Robert Mueller finds no collusion with Russia

  24-03-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump and his aides did not collude with Russia in the 2016 election campaign, special counsel Robert Mueller concluded in his report, according to a summary from the US attorney general.  Mr Mueller also did not find that Mr Trump obstructed justice in his alleged attempts to thwart the investigation, instead choosing not to reach a conclusion and simply presenting the evidence.  The US attorney general and his deputy - two Trump appointees - then decided there was not enough p
  
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• Republican leader McConnell welcomes more information on Russia probe

  24-03-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday he was disturbed by Russia's ongoing efforts to interfere with U.S. democracy and looked forward to reviewing additional information from the special counsel's report, which was summarized by Attorney General William Barr."I appreciate the Attorney General’s commitment to continue to review the record in this matter over the coming days, in conjunction with Special Counsel (Robert) Mueller, with the goal of producing as much
  
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• The Latest: Slain teen's mother joins supporters at vigil

  24-03-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  RANKIN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the acquittal of an ex-East Pittsburgh police officer's fatal shooting of a teen (all times local):
  
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• How gun laws in a dozen countries compare with New Zealand's new ban on semiautomatic weapons

  24-03-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  The approach to gun laws in each of the 12 countries varies widely depending on whether owning a gun is considered a right or a privilege.
  
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• Russian air force planes land in Venezuela carrying troops: reports

  24-03-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  A flight-tracking website showed that two planes left from a Russian military airport bound for Caracas on Friday, and another flight-tracking site showed that one plane left Caracas on Sunday.Reporter Javier Mayorca wrote on Twitter on Saturday that the first plane carried Vasily Tonkoshkurov, chief of staff of the ground forces, adding the second was a cargo plane carrying 35 tonnes of material.
  
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• Turkey Probes JPMorgan After Lira’s Worst Slide Since 2018 Crash

  24-03-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency, known as BDDK, on Saturday said a research note a day earlier by two JPMorgan analysts that recommended selling the lira against the dollar had “misguiding and manipulative” content that resulted in volatility in markets and hurt the reputation of Turkish banks.The Capital Markets Board began its own investigation on similar grounds, according to a statement on its website.
  
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• Terror at sea: Helicopter rescues frighten cruise passengers

  24-03-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Rodney Horgen recalled the moment he thought he was facing the end: when a huge wave crashed through the Viking Sky cruise ship's glass doors and swept his wife 30 feet across the floor.
  
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• Serbia, Kosovo mark start of NATO intervention 20 years ago

  24-03-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Twenty years after NATO intervened to stop Serbia's onslaught in Kosovo, Belgrade on Sunday commemorated the victims of what it says was an aggression while Kosovo hailed the beginning of its national liberation.
  
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• Erdogan moots renaming Istanbul's Hagia Sophia a mosque

  24-03-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday mooted the possibility of renaming Istanbul's Hagia Sofia museum as a mosque, in comments during a television interview.Erdogan, who is a former mayor of Istanbul, is campaigning for votes for his Justice and Development Party (AKP) ahead of municipal elections on March 31.The former church and mosque, now a museum, often sparks tensions between Christians and Muslims over Islamic activities held there including the reading of verses from the Kora
  
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• Full text: AG Barr's letter to Congress summarizing the Mueller report

  24-03-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Read the full text of Attorney General William Barr's letter to Congress summarizing Robert Mueller's report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
  
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• Mueller report does not have proof of Trump crimes: Justice Department

  24-03-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election did not find that President Donald Trump committed a crime but also does not exonerate him, according to a summary of Mueller's findings released on Sunday.Mueller, who spent nearly two years investigating allegations that Russia meddled in the 2016 election to help Trump defeat his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, also found no evidence that any member of Trump's election campaign conspired with Russia
  
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• Russian military planes deliver troops and cargo to Venezuela: Sputnik

  24-03-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Two Russian military planes delivered troops and equipment to Venezuela over the weekend, Russian state news agency Sputnik reported Sunday."Two Russian planes arrived in Venezuela on Saturday with equipment and personnel to fulfill technical military contracts," the agency reported on the Spanish-language version of its website.It gave no other details but quoted an unnamed official from the Russian embassy in Caracas saying "there is nothing mysterious" about the flights.
  
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• Barr Delivers ‘Principal Conclusions’ of Mueller Report to Congress

  24-03-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney General William Barr on Sunday delivered to Congress a summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's findings, setting off what is sure to be a protracted partisan battle over how much of the report will eventually be made public.According to Barr's summary of the report, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's nearly-two year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election failed to produce sufficient evidence that Trump or anyone involved in his campaign aided in Russ
  
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• America's Allies Are Still Allured by Russia's S-400 Air Defense System

  24-03-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Washington isn't ready for the fallout from Ankara and Doha buying Moscow's missile system.
  
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• A Skeptics Guide to Managing the India-Pakistan Conflict

  24-03-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Washington's and Beijing's visions for the Indo-Pacific region are reflected in their reactions to the recent uptick in tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi.
  
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• Gillibrand Kicks Off Campaign With the Trump Marquee in Backdrop

  24-03-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Gillibrand has struggled to break through a crowd of Democratic presidential hopefuls that already includes the party’s 2016 runner-up and a handful of candidates widely known by their first names, and is likely to be soon joined by a former vice president.While people close to her campaign resist casting Sunday’s speech as a reset, it’s an opportunity for Gillibrand to jump-start her candidacy and show voters that she’s ready to take on the president in a Democratic prim
  
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• Thailand's pro-army party leads in election; results delayed

  24-03-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The Election Commission had been scheduled to announce the unofficial results Sunday night for the 500-seat lower House of Representatives but later said it was delayed until Monday, without giving a reason.With 93 percent of overall votes counted, the Election Commission reported Palang Pracharat was leading with 7.64 million votes.Trailing with 7.16 million votes was Pheu Thai, a party linked to the self-exiled ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, whose loyalists have won every election s
  
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• Donald Trump 'totally exonerated' as Robert Mueller finds no collusion with Russia

  24-03-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Robert Mueller, the special counsel, has concluded that Donald Trump did not collude with Russia to win the 2016 US election. The finding was contained in a four-page summary released to the public by Bill Barr, the attorney general. Mr Barr wrote: "The special counsel's investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 US presidential election." Mr Mueller also looked at whether the pres
  
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• 'No jail time!': Dr. Dre boasts daughter got into USC 'on her own,' then deletes post

  24-03-2019 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Dr. Dre is taking a jab at Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, who made headlines for their alleged involvement in a college bribery scandal.
  
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• Romania, Honduras recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital

  24-03-2019 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The leaders of Romania and Honduras on Sunday announced that they will recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, following the lead of President Donald Trump.
  
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• 'Have A Great Day!': Trump posts first tweets since Mueller investigation concluded

  24-03-2019 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Those who had been counting the minutes between tweets and looking for hidden meaning in the Twitter break likely found the posts a bit anti-climatic.
  
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• Norwegian cruise ship reaches port with remaining passengers after mayday, helicopter rescues

  24-03-2019 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  A cruise ship stranded off Norway’s western coast that airlifted more than half its passengers to safety amid a ferocious storm has now reached port.
  
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• 2020 Democrats respond to Mueller report: ‘It is beyond a shadow of doubt that Trump sought to obstruct justice’

  24-03-2019 18:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential candidates have issued calls for transparency over the findings of the Mueller report, and made it clear they believe Donald Trump is guilty of wrongdoing.Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report was delivered to the Justice Department on Friday and is now in the hands of attorney general William Barr.“It is beyond a shadow of doubt that, once in office, the president of the United States sought to obstruct justice,” former Texas congressman Beto O’
  
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• Nadler says he will fight for full disclosure of Mueller report

  24-03-2019 18:27 via news.yahoo.com
  "It's so crucial that the entire report and the evidence underlying it be released to the public," Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union" Sunday. “Transparency is key here.”
  
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• Mueller report: Trump claims Russia probe was 'illegal takedown' and suggests Democrats should now be investigated

  24-03-2019 18:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has described Robert Mueller’s probe into alleged collusion between his election campaign and Russia as an “illegal takedown”, while suggesting Democrats should now be investigated.The president claimed the report represented a “total exoneration”, when in fact Mr Mueller specifically said that while his probe did not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also did not exonerate him.Mr Mueller did not make a determination on whether Mr Trump
  
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• Homebuyers to get springtime boost from lower-than-expected mortgage rates

  24-03-2019 18:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Mortgage rates are at 4.5 percent and aren't forecast to rise much for this year. Here’s what this means for this year’s housing market.
  
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• 2nd Parkland high school student dead in apparent suicide

  24-03-2019 17:54 via news.yahoo.com
  This latest tragedy for the Parkland community comes just days after a survivor of the 2018 shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School took her own life.
  
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• Death toll from central Mali massacre up to 134, says UN

  24-03-2019 17:45 via news.yahoo.com
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The death toll from a massacre in a central Malian village rose to 134 dead, the U.N. said, as new video emerged Sunday showing victims strewn on the ground amid the burning remains of their homes.
  
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• New Zealand mosque killings spark debate over free speech

  24-03-2019 17:37 via news.yahoo.com
  DUNEDIN, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealanders are debating the limits of free speech after their chief censor banned a 74-page manifesto written by the man accused of slaughtering 50 people at two mosques in the city of Christchurch.
  
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• Swift Pushback on Stephen Moore, Trump's Latest Pick for the Fed

  24-03-2019 17:36 via news.yahoo.com
  “He does not have the intellectual gravitas for this important job,” Greg Mankiw, a Harvard professor who was chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush, wrote in a blog post on Friday.“It is time for senators to do their job.
  
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• Raptor Killer: Could Russia's S-500 Shootdown an F-22 Stealth Fighter?

  24-03-2019 17:13 via news.yahoo.com
  We take a look.
  
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• HPD sergeant in custody in connection with shooting of Pearland ISD librarian, sources say

  24-03-2019 16:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities have identified the victim as Pearland ISD educator, Belinda Hernandez.
  
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• Ethiopian Airlines questions Boeing's 'aggressive' software

  24-03-2019 16:49 via news.yahoo.com
  An Ethiopian Airlines executive questioned whether Boeing had told pilots enough about "aggressive" software that pushes a plane's nose down, a focus of investigation into a deadly crash in Ethiopia this month.Comments by the CEO and vice president of the airline this weekend will fuel a debate over the safety of Boeing's 737 MAX aircraft, two of which have crashed in similar circumstances in the last five months.Ethiopian Airlines, Africa's most profitable airline, hasrobustly defended its own
  
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• We Don't Know What the Mueller Report Says. But We Do Know About How Much It Cost

  24-03-2019 16:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The total reported cost, not including the last six months, is $25.2 million
  
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• Stranded Norway cruise ship MV Viking Sky returning to port after air evacuations; nearly 900 aboard

  24-03-2019 16:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The Viking Sky carried 1,373 passengers and crew when it had engine trouble in an unpredictable area known for rough, frigid waters.
  
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• Media suggests there is a ‘cover-up’ in the works for the Trump-Russia probe

  24-03-2019 16:29 via news.yahoo.com
  MSNBC host Joy Reid says there is a cover-up in the works for the Mueller report.
  
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• Furniture flies across deck as stranded Norway ship Viking Sky rocks violently: VIDEO

  24-03-2019 16:14 via news.yahoo.com
  One passenger joked that the cruise was "officially over" as furniture flew across the room and tiles fell from the ceiling.
  
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• Cruise ship reaches Norway port after near disaster, dramatic rescues

  24-03-2019 16:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The Viking Sky sent out a mayday signal on Saturday as it drifted in rough waters in the Norwegian Sea to within 100 meters of land.A total of 1,373 people had started the voyage and about 900 people were still on board as the ship arrived at the port of Molde on Norway's west coast.The ship drifted to within 100 meters of running aground before they were able to restart one of the engines," police chief Hans Vik, who heads the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre for southern Norway, told TV2.
  
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• UPDATE 1-U.S. air strikes kill a dozen Afghans, battle intensifies in Taliban strongholds

  24-03-2019 16:00 via news.yahoo.com
  KUNDUZ/LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, March 24 (Reuters) - U.S. air strikes in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz killed about a dozen civilians on Saturday, local officials said, as battle intensified there and in southern Helmand province.The air strikes killed 13 civilians, said Safiullah Amiri, a member of Kunduz provincial council.The bodies were brought into Kunduz city in the back of a truck as part of protests by dozens of civilians against the deaths.
  
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• Jihadists emerge from tunnels to surrender after 'caliphate' falls

  24-03-2019 15:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Islamic State group jihadists emerged from tunnels to surrender to US-backed forces in eastern Syria on Sunday, a Kurdish spokesman said, a day after their "caliphate" was declared defeated.An AFP reporter saw dozens of people -- mostly men -- file out of the battered jihadist encampment in the remote village of Baghouz to board pickup trucks."They are IS fighters who came out of tunnels and surrendered today," said Jiaker Amed, a spokesman for the Kurdish units spearheading the US-backed Syrian
  
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• Warm weather is coming, and this $22 Bluetooth speaker with 22,500 5-star ratings is ready for the pool

  24-03-2019 15:09 via news.yahoo.com
  It might seem like winter will never end, but believe it or not spring is almost here. You'll be poolside before you know it, and no one likes splashing around in silence or even just lounging without a decent soundtrack. The OontZ Angle 3 3rd-Gen Portable Bluetooth Speaker doesn't just offer great sound quality and battery life at a ridiculously affordable price, it's also IPX5 rated so you don't have to worry about splashes. It's just $22 right now on Amazon and you should definitely check it
  
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• American Airlines extends Boeing 737 MAX flight cancellations through April 24

  24-03-2019 15:00 via news.yahoo.com
  American Airlines said Sunday it will extend flight cancellation through April 24 because of the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX after two fatal crashes since October and cut some additional flights.American is the second-largest U.S. operator of the MAX in the United States with 24 jets, behind Southwest Airlines with 34.
  
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• Waiting for the Mueller report: Justice Department could reveal conclusions of Russia inquiry on Sunday

  24-03-2019 14:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The "principal conclusions" of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on President Trump and Russian election interference could reach Congress Sunday.
  
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