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• Woman pleads guilty to GoFundMe scam involving homeless man

  15-04-2019 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey woman pleaded guilty Monday to her role in concocting a feel-good tale about a homeless man rescuing her from the side of a highway in order to scam 14,000 donors out of $400,000 in GoFundMe contributions.
  
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• Cardinals Dolan and O'Malley pray for Notre Dame

  15-04-2019 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The leaders of the Catholic church in in New York and Boston react to the tragic fire in Paris.
  
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• Amazon has white LED light strips for $8 each today

  15-04-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  If you want to create some very cool lighting effects in your home and you don't care about changing colors, there's a deal on Amazon right now that you definitely need to check out. The nation's top online retailers has HitLights Warm White LED Light Strips available today for just $7.99 each, which is a fantastic deal. Each strip is 16.4 feet long and is packed with 300 LED lights. You can cut them to any length you want, and the back has adhesive so you can stick them just about anywhere. Plu
  
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• Donald Trump's Changing Positions On Releasing His Taxes

  15-04-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has changed tactics on the question of whether he would follow a decades-old precedent and release his old tax returns.
  
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• How Nancy Pelosi is leading divided Democrats through political turmoil, Trump's administration

  15-04-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Nancy Pelosi, the only woman to become House speaker, faces demands from her left flank to act more boldly and her right flank to move with caution.
  
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• What makes a jellyfish?

  15-04-2019 23:21
  Genomic study reveals how jellyfish develop into floating beauties, rather than staying stationary like corals or sea anemones.
  
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• Pelosi warns Democrats of liberal 'menace' ahead of 2020 vote

  15-04-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday her Democratic Party must avoid the "menace" of liberal policies pushed by rising political stars if it wants to beat President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.The top congressional Democrat used an appearance at the London School of Economics to set out a centrist vision that could help woo Republican voters frustrated with Trump's approach."When we won this election, it wasn't in districts like mine or Alexandria's," Pelosi said in reference to the N
  
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• Woman pleads guilty to state charges for $400,000 GoFundMe scam

  15-04-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Johnny Bobbitt, the homeless veteran who was one of three people charged in a GoFundMe scam that raised more than $400,000 pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday.
  
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• Redacted Mueller report to be issued by U.S. attorney general on Thursday

  15-04-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  REDACTION DECISIONSJustice Department regulations give Barr, a Trump appointee and the top U.S. law enforcement officer, broad authority to decide what to release and what to withhold from the report.Last week, Barr told a U.S. Senate panel he believed that "spying" did occur on Trump's campaign, and he plans to investigate whether it was properly authorized.
  
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• Donald Trump draws criticism over suggestion of fighting Notre Dame fire with 'flying water tankers'

  15-04-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump called the Notre Dame fire "horrible to watch" and said in a tweet: "Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out."
  
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• Trump seeks mileage for tax cuts at truck company appearance

  15-04-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — President Donald Trump played up the benefits of his tax cuts on Monday's tax filing day in a state where he's aiming to turn a narrow defeat in the 2016 presidential race into a victory in his re-election bid next year.
  
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• Chinese woman arrested at Mar-a-Lago 'up to something,' denied bail: judge

  15-04-2019 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Yujing Zhang, who was carrying multiple electronic devices when arrested, pleaded not guilty at her arraignment and detention hearing on Monday in West Palm Beach, Florida.Zhang, 33, was indicted on Friday on charges of making false statements to a federal officer and entering or remaining in a restricted area at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, an incident that raised concerns about security at the Palm Beach club.During the hearing, a federal prosecutor said Zhang could face more charges and U.S. Ma
  
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• Lori Loughlin, husband Mossimo Giannulli plead not guilty in college admissions scam

  15-04-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Loughlin and Giannulli said in court documents they waived their right to appear in court for an arraignment and plead not guilty.
  
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• Google searches reveal popular bird species

  15-04-2019 22:39
  Cross-referencing a decade of Google searches and citizen science observations, researchers have determined which of 621 North American bird species are currently the most popular and which characteristics of species drive human interest.
  
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• Donald Trump suggests Boeing should 'rebrand' troubled 737 Max aircraft in wake of fatal crashes

  15-04-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has suggested Boeing should "rebrand" its grounded 737 Max fleet and give it "a new name" in the wake of two deadly crashes involving the jets. The US president tweeted on Monday: "What do I know about branding, maybe nothing (but I did become President!), but if I were Boeing, I would fix the Boeing 737 Max, add some additional great features...rebrand the plane with a new name." He added: "No product has suffered like this one. But again, what the hell do I know?" American ma
  
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• Who is Rep. Ilhan Omar, the Muslim lawmaker Donald Trump loves to attack?

  15-04-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Freshmen Rep. Ilhan Omar was already getting outsized attention before receiving death threats after President Trump attacked her. So who is she?
  
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• Muslim congresswoman Ilhan Omar sees spike in death threats after Trump's 9/11 tweet

  15-04-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  US congresswoman Ilhan Omar has blamed Donald Trump for a spike in death threats against her after the president tweeted a video suggesting she was dismissive of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.  "This is endangering lives," she said, accusing Mr Trump of fomenting right-wing extremism. "It has to stop." Mr Trump has been heavily criticised for the tweet and accused by some of inciting violence against Ms Omar, who became one of the first Muslim women to sit in Congress in January. The video inc
  
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• U.S. to press allies to keep Huawei out of 5G in Prague meeting - sources

  15-04-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - The United States will push its allies at a meeting in Prague next month to adopt shared security and policy measures that will make it more difficult for China's Huawei to dominate 5G telecommunications networks, according to people familiar with the matter and documents seen by Reuters.The event and broader U.S. campaign to limit the role of Chinese telecommunications firms in the build out of 5G networks comes as Western governments grapple with the national secu
  
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• The Latest: Fire chief unsure Notre Dame fire won't advance

  15-04-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on a fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (all times local):
  
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• JPMorgan, Barclays Join Itau in Slashing Brazil Growth Forecast

  15-04-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  “Although we continue to expect pension reform to be approved eventually later this year, we see growing risks of delays and further dilution,” Barclays’s economist Roberto Secemski wrote in a report on Monday.
  
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• Computer games for fish uncover why some prey lead and others follow

  15-04-2019 21:46
  For the first time, researchers have shed new light on the evolution of different social roles within animal groups by exploring how fish predators target and attack groups of virtual prey. The study found leaders in groups of animals are more vulnerable to attack from predators.
  
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• AOC: 'I don’t regret opposing' Amazon headquarters deal

  15-04-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Days after Amazon pulled out of the deal with the city, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasted Democrats like Ocasio-Cortez over their opposition. Ocasio-Cortez disagrees with the governor.
  
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• U.N. Libya envoy says Haftar made coup attempt with advance on Tripoli

  15-04-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Haftar's eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) advanced to the outskirts of Tripoli almost two weeks ago, predicting defections and victory within two days.Haftar, a 75-year-old former general in the late dictator Muammar Gaddafi's army, has been building up troop numbers and intensifying air strikes in a campaign he is selling as necessary to restore order and eradicate jihadists.Haftar's side confirmed the warrant had been issued and Serraj's government said it had been immediately rejected
  
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• Student Dies After Falling 40 Feet in Bell Tower at Fordham University

  15-04-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  A Fordham University studentdied after she fell 40 feet from the top of the school's bell tower early Sunday, according to an email sent out by the university.
  
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• The Latest: Trump 'celebrating' tax day in Minnesota

  15-04-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's trip to Minnesota (all times local):
  
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• Man accused of throwing boy at Minnesota mall first sought to kill an adult: prosecutors

  15-04-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Emmanuel Aranda, who police said has a history of mental issues and arrests on relatively minor charges, went to the mall last Thursday and left without following through on his plan, the Hennepin County Attorney's office said in a statement.In a GoFundMe post that has so far raised more than $570,000 for the child's medical expenses, a friend of the family identified as Noah Hanneman of Woodbury, Minnesota, said on Sunday that the boy, whom he identified by his first name Landon, was still
  
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• U.S. airlines face too many travellers, too few planes in 737 MAX summer dilemma

  15-04-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Normally, U.S. airlines compete to sell tickets and fill seats during the peak summer travel season.The grounding of Boeing Co's fuel-efficient, single-aisle workhorse after two fatal crashes is biting into U.S. airlines' Northern Hemisphere spring and summer schedules, threatening to disarm them in their seasonal war for profits.Southwest Airlines Co, the world's largest MAX operator, and American Airlines Group Inc with 34 and 24 MAX jetliners respectively, have removed the aircraft from their
  
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• 'Body eruption': the aphids that sacrifice themselves for colony

  15-04-2019 21:00
  Scientists study species that releases huge quantities of bodily fluids to plug nest holesWhile humans might change their locks to deal with intruders, a species of aphid opts for a communal sacrifice, releasing huge quantities of a sticky bodily fluid to plug holes in their nests.Researchers who studied the makeup of the fluid found the process for nest repair was similar to what happens when aphids are wounded, involving the release of substances that clot and form a scab. This means similar m
  
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• Canada: police hunt hitman disguised as delivery person who shot woman

  15-04-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Suspect injured woman with a crossbow in a ‘premeditated, targeted’ attack, police say, in November 2018Police say the bow and arrows used in the attack are designed for hunting big game like moose. Photograph: Chris Helgren/ReutersPolice in Canada are hunting a suspected hitman who they say disguised himself as a delivery person to carry out a “premeditated, targeted and isolated attack” on a woman, gravely injuring her with a crossbow.Details of a brazen murder attempt
  
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• Today is a really good day to expand your Arlo wireless home camera system

  15-04-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The original Arlo wireless home security cameras are always available for less than the newer Pro and Pro 2 models, but today there's a killer sale going that'll save you even more money that usual. The Arlo Wireless Home Security Camera System - 3-Camera Kit retails for $350, but it typically sells for between $275 and $300. Right now, however, it's on sale on Amazon for just over $200. If you have an Arlo system you want to expand, today is definitely the day to do it!Here are the bullet point
  
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• Boy thrown nearly 40-feet from Mall of America balcony is a 'strong survivor'

  15-04-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The boy survived the fall, but police didn't comment on his condition after the boy's family requested privacy.
  
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• Democrats request documents on White House 'sanctuary city' idea

  15-04-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Top Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday demanded documents from the Trump administration over a White House proposal to release migrants from detention and transport them to "sanctuary cities."U.S. media reported on Thursday the administration had considered the idea, which would send migrants and asylum seekers who had crossed the U.S. border with Mexico to districts represented by Democratic lawmakers.Sanctuary cities are local jurisdictions that generally refuse to use th
  
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• S&P 500 dips, on pace for just its third loss in 3 weeks

  15-04-2019 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Falling bank stocks pulled U.S. indexes a touch lower on Monday, and the S&P 500 was on track for just its third loss in the last three weeks.
  
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• Israel's president starts consultations on prime minister nomination

  15-04-2019 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's nomination seemed virtually ensured after his right-wing Likud won the largest number of parliamentary seats in the April 9 ballot, and his closest rival, Benny Gantz of the centrist Blue and White party, conceded defeat.President Reuven Rivlin said he would announce his choice on Wednesday after meeting with all of the parties that captured seats in the 120-member Knesset.Under Israeli law, after consultations with the parties the president taps a legislator
  
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• 9 Home Decor Sales We’re Excited About This Week

  15-04-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
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• Prosecutors Rule Out Arson at Paris' Famous Notre Dame Cathedral as Firefighters Extinguish Blaze

  15-04-2019 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Blaze causes widespread damage but firefighters say the structure has been saved
  
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• Boeing under pressure amid canceled flights, Trump tweets

  15-04-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing faces a wave of flight cancelations by US airlines and pressure from President Donald Trump to rebrand its top-selling 737 MAX aircraft, a month after the plane was grounded worldwide in the wake of deadly crashes.American and Southwest Airlines say the grounding will disrupt scheduled flights through the summer, during the peak travel season which helps generate corporate profits.American is canceling all 737 MAX flights through August 19 while Southwest, which owns the largest 737 MAX f
  
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• This Congress not 'smart enough' to understand Trump's tax returns, Sarah Sanders says

  15-04-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  "I don't think Congress, particularly not this group of congressmen and women, are smart enough to look through the thousands of pages," she said.
  
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• Trump Gave Most Americans a Tax Cut and They Didn’t Notice

  15-04-2019 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Republicans passed a sweeping tax cut for two-thirds of Americans in 2017, saying it would pay for itself and the American public would thank them.
  
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• Schiff and Nunes: Mueller ‘Must Brief’ Intel Committee—And Turn Over All His Materials

  15-04-2019 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Drew Angerer/GettyThe top two members of the House intelligence committee have said Special Counsel Robert Mueller “must” brief them on his investigation, according to a letter obtained by The Daily Beast. The letter, signed by Democratic Chairman Adam Schiff and Republican Ranking Member Rep. Devin Nunes, was sent on March 27, shortly after Attorney General Bill Barr released a short letter summarizing Mueller’s findings. They sent it to Barr, FBI Director Chris Wray, and Depu
  
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• Pelosi: Socialism ‘Not the View of the Democratic Party’

  15-04-2019 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that she rejects the socialist ideology recently embraced by the left wing of her caucus and claimed that it does not represent a consensus position within the Democratic party.During an appearance on 60 Minutes Sunday evening, Pelosi told CBS's Leslie Stahl that the party has not succumbed to socialism despite the fact that all of its top 2020 presidential contenders have endorsed the elimination of the private health-insurance market.“It is allo
  
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• AOC on 'Game of Thrones' finale: It'd be 'badass' if it ended in democracy

  15-04-2019 19:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., offered an optimistic view on the potential conclusion of “Game of Thrones.”
  
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• India bans BJP state chief minister from campaign after anti-Muslim comment

  15-04-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  India's election commission on Monday banned a Hindu state chief minister from campaigning for three days after anti-Muslim comments in an election that will end next month.The saffron-clad Yogi Adityanath, a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party, had been warned this month about his campaign speeches, the election commission said.The commission said Adityanath, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, had spoken about a "green virus" in a speech last week in reference to Muslim voters w
  
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• Trump Lawyer Invokes Civil Rights Struggle to Keep Tax Returns Secret

  15-04-2019 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Nicholas Kamm/GettyIn a letter to the Treasury Department on Monday, Donald Trump’s attorney compared the pursuit of Democratic lawmakers gunning for the president’s long-hidden tax returns to the government targeting civil-rights leaders during the height of segregation. “Congress’s motives do matter under the Constitution. Take the Constitution’s ban on intentional racial discrimination, for example. What if, during the height of the civil-rights movement, the Dem
  
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• Ivanka Trump honors Ethiopian crash victims

  15-04-2019 18:55 via news.yahoo.com
  During a visit to Addis Ababa, Ivanka Trump honoured the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash that occurred soon after takeoff in March 2019. (April 15)
  
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• US STOCKS-Wall Street drops after tepid big bank results

  15-04-2019 18:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Wall Street's main indexes fell on Monday, following a rally in the previous session that put the S&P 500 within striking distance of its record high, as underwhelming results from Goldman Sachs and Citigroup pressured financial stocks.The sector fell for the first time in four sessions, down 0.75%, dragged lower by a 3.2% tumble in Goldman Sachs Group Inc and a 0.7% dip in Citigroup Inc after the banks missed revenue estimates.
  
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• 'This is endangering lives': Ilhan Omar claims spike in death threats after Trump tweet

  15-04-2019 18:39 via news.yahoo.com
  "The President’s words weigh a ton, and his hateful and inflammatory rhetoric creates real danger," Pelosi said in a statement on Sunday.
  
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• Report: Raiders WR Brown settles furniture-tossing suit

  15-04-2019 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Oakland Raiders receiver Antonio Brown has settled a lawsuit filed by a man who claimed his toddler was nearly hit by furniture Brown threw off a balcony last year, TMZ.com reported Monday.Sternberg's lawsuit claimed that items tossed by Brown, including vases and an ottoman, landed just feet from the child, who was allegedly traumatized by the event.According to TMZ.com, Brown and Sternberg agreed to a confidential settlement and the matter has been closed.
  
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• Yemen parties agree details of pullback plan: UN envoy

  15-04-2019 18:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Yemen's government and Huthi rebels have accepted a detailed plan for a much-delayed pullback from the flashpoint city of Hodeida, the UN envoy said Monday, but no timetable was announced for the withdrawals.The redeployment of forces was agreed in December under a ceasefire deal reached in Sweden that offered the best hope in years of moving toward an end to the war that has pushed Yemen to the brink of famine.UN envoy Martin Griffiths told the Security Council that "both parties have now accep
  
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• Warren Has a Good Beginning for Ending Corporate-Tax Avoidance

  15-04-2019 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  The first is a basic quarterly profit and loss statement that is widely disseminated to shareholders, analysts and the media.The second is the firm’s annual corporate tax filing, submitted to Uncle Sam.For companies such as Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., these two numbers can vary by tens of billions of dollars.
  
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