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• Black Parishioners in Louisiana Pray on Easter for Alleged Racist Who Burned Down Their Church

  21-04-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Glenna GordonOPELOUSAS, Louisiana—Decked out in vibrant pink and yellow dresses and suits and elaborate hats, the all-black congregation of the Greater Union Baptist Church packed into a plain, windowless room in a private Masonic lodge with plastic folding chairs Sunday morning to hold their Easter service. They’ve been gathering in this cramped donated space since April 2, when their historic church was burned to the ground in a series of alleged suspected hate crimes that destroye
  
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• PHOTOS: Bonnets, costumes on display in New York City's Easter Parade

  21-04-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  The fancy hats and finery were out and on display for New York City's annual Easter extravaganza. Participants in the annual Easter Parade made their way along Manhattan's Fifth Avenue on Sunday in a procession of the wild and whimsical. The annual event is a New York City tradition that goes back well over a century, when the wealthy would get dressed in their best and go out for a stroll after Easter church services.
  
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• Is Sri Lanka Easter Massacre a Bid to Revive Global Holy War?

  21-04-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  STR/GettyNEW YORK—“It’s really a shame it had to come to this,” said an NYPD counterterrorism officer who was posted Sunday morning outside a Catholic church on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Inside, the pews were filled with the faithful at Easter mass.I asked her if she and her colleague were there because hundreds of people were killed hours earlier, halfway around the world, at Easter services in Sri Lanka. No, she said, this deployment in New York was scheduled m
  
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• Land Rover's Unsung Heroes Hit Big Anniversaries For 2019!

  21-04-2019 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Four anniversaries sure to resonate with Land Rover enthusiasts the world over will be celebrated at the upcoming 2019 Land Rover Legends show.  The event is due to take place over the weekend of Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May at Bicester Heritage, a former WWII RAF station in Oxfordshire UK, which has hosted numerous historic motoring events in recent years.Is The Land Rover Freelander A Modern Classic?
  
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• Comedian Zelenskiy wins Ukrainian presidential race by landslide: exit polls

  21-04-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The apparent landslide victory of Volodymyr Zelenskiy, 41, is a bitter blow for incumbent Petro Poroshenko who tried to rally Ukrainians around the flag by casting himself as a bulwark against Russian aggression and a champion of Ukrainian identity.Two national exit polls showed Zelenskiy had won 73 percent of the vote with Poroshenko winning just 25 percent.Zelenskiy, who plays a fictitious president in a popular TV series, is now poised to take over the leadership of a country on the frontline
  
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• Egyptians vote for second day in referendum on keeping Sisi in power

  21-04-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Egyptians voted on Sunday for a second day on whether to back constitutional amendments that could see President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stay in power until 2030.The three-day referendum was called last week, a day after Egypt's parliament overwhelmingly endorsed the proposals, which would also bolster the role of the military and expand the president's power over judicial appointments.Sisi's supporters argue that he has stabilized Egypt and needs more time to reform the economy, but critics say th
  
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• Democrats 'may' pursue impeachment against Donald Trump as Giuliani defends president

  21-04-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said it would have been OK for the president to accept Russia's help in the campaign.
  
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• Mueller report revives Trump impeachment talk, even as Democratic leaders try to tamp it down

  21-04-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  “Damning” details found in Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election sparked impeachment talk again.
  
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• Increased security at St. Patrick's Cathedral for Easter services

  21-04-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Security was tight as thousands of worshippers headed to churches in New York City to celebrate Easter Sunday.
  
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• Walmart, Whole Foods and Sears are open Easter Sunday. Find out where else you can shop.

  21-04-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  If you forget a key ingredient for your Easter meal, you have some options. Walmart is open, but Target is closed.
  
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• Report: Israel Just Used In Combat Its New Rampage Missile. Here Is What It Can Do.

  21-04-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel reportedly used in combat for the first time a new kind of fast, long-range missile.According to aviation journalist Babak Taghvaee, on April 13, 2019 Israeli air force warplanes fired, for the first time, at least one Rampage air-launched ballistic missile at a missile factory and weapons warehouses in Masyaf, Syria.The Israelis chose to deploy Rampage “due to the danger of Syria Air Defense Force's S-300PM-2s,” Taghvaee tweeted. The S-300 surface-to-air missile, in theory, c
  
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• Sri Lanka bombings put Christians on frontline of religious divides

  21-04-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The Easter Sunday attacks on three churches in Sri Lanka mark a devastating escalation of violence against a Christian minority that has been targeted in the past, but never to such brutal and deadly effect.Ethnic and religious violence has plagued Sri Lanka for decades, with a 37-year conflict with Tamil rebels that claimed 100,000 lives and an upswing in recent years in clashes between the Buddhist majority and Muslims.The US State Department's most recent report on religious freedom said the
  
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• Turkish opposition leader safe after attack at soldier's funeral

  21-04-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Kemal Kilicdaroglu, head of the secularist Republican People's Party (CHP) that pulled off victories in the March 31 vote, had attended a funeral for one of four Turkish soldiers killed on Friday in clashes with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, whose AK Party wants the election results annulled in Istanbul, had repeatedly warned during last month's campaign that PKK members were among the CHP's list of candidates.The PKK clashes in the country's southe
  
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• Rep. Norman on Mueller report: Democrats don't like the message so they're trying to kill the messenger

  21-04-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats issue subpoena for the full Mueller report; reaction and analysis from South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman, Republican member of the House Oversight Committee.
  
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• Comedian upsets Ukraine's president in landslide election victory

  21-04-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  A comedian who plays the president on television has turned art into real life in a landslide election against the incumbent in conflict-torn Ukraine, according to exit polls. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, 41, had 73 per cent of the vote against 26 per cent for Petro Poroshenko, 53, who was elected after protests toppled a pro-Russian leader in 2014. The story is remarkably similar to the hit show Servant of the People, where a teacher played by Mr Zelenskiy is elected president on the strength of a
  
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• British woman killed, three other people kidnapped in northern Nigeria

  21-04-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Kidnappings are rampant in Nigeria, where both locals and foreigners are targeted — mostly for ransom.The British High Commission named the woman as Faye Mooney and said it was aware of the incident that happened late on Friday but added it would not speculate on the motive or nature of attack.Mooney was employed in Nigeria by a non-governmental organization called Mercy Corps.
  
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• Trump lawyer attacks Mueller report, sees nothing wrong in taking Russian info

  21-04-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump's top lawyer on Sunday attacked "calumny, lies and distortions" in the Mueller investigation report, and said there is "nothing wrong" with taking hacked information from Russia.Rudy Giuliani mounted a combative defense of the president in Sunday talk show appearances that took aim at Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators, the evidence they amassed and the witnesses they cited.
  
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• The Latest: Social media services blocked in Sri Lanka

  21-04-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Latest on explosions in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday (all times local):
  
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• Rudy Giuliani: There's 'Nothing Wrong' With Trump Campaign Taking Information From Russians

  21-04-2019 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Robert Mueller's report detailed over 100 interactions between Trump's associates and Russians
  
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• Comedian Zelensky wins Ukraine presidency in landslide

  21-04-2019 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on Sunday, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment.Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks.It was an extraordinary outcome to a campaign that started as a joke but struck a
  
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• Iran's top leader picks new Revolutionary Guard chief

  21-04-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's supreme leader on Sunday appointed a new chief of the country's powerful Revolutionary Guard, picking a general with a history of threatening the U.S. just days after America designated the paramilitary force a terrorist organization.
  
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• Cardi B rejects plea deal in strip club brawl case, facing up to one year in jail

  21-04-2019 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Cardi B rejected a deal to plead guilty to one misdemeanor count in strip club brawl, even though it would keep her out of jail.
  
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• Khamenei names new chief for Iran's Revolutionary Guards

  21-04-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The TV station did not give a reason for the change when it announced the appointment of Brigadier General Hossein Salami to the position and his promotion to the rank of Major General."The Supreme Leader has appointed Salami as the new commander-in-chief of the Guards, who will replace Mohammad Ali Jafari," it said.Major General Jafari had held the post since September 2007.
  
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• Sudanese protesters to suspend contacts with military rulers: protest leader

  21-04-2019 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Representatives of Sudan's protesters and main opposition groups said on Sunday they were suspending contacts with the political committee of the ruling military council, accusing it of being composed of "remnants" of the ousted regime."Our dealings with the political committee had been positive but it deals with us in the same old manner, which prompted us to suspend dealings with it," a leader of the group known asForces of the Declaration of Freedom and Change.The military council's political
  
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• ‘Nothing wrong with taking information from Russians’, Giuliani says as Democrats keep Trump impeachment options open

  21-04-2019 19:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s personal lawyer has claimed there was “nothing wrong” with his campaign taking information from Russia, as the fallout and toxicity triggered by the publication of Robert Mueller’s report grew.As Democrats said they were keeping open their options of seeking to impeach Mr Trump for his alleged efforts to obstruct Mr Mueller’s probe, Rudy Giuliani went on the offensive, saying “any politician” in the US would have sought damaging informatio
  
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• Giuliani rails against Mueller report as Democrats mull Trump impeachment

  21-04-2019 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  * Trump lawyer: ‘Nothing wrong with information from Russians’* Teflon Don: how Trump the mafia boss fought the law … and won* Opinion: Moral squalor, not impeachment, will remove TrumpDonald and Melania Trump arrive at the Bethesda-by-the-Sea church for Easter services in Palm Beach, Florida. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty ImagesAs the White House mounted a furious assault on the Mueller report and critics of a president not found to have conspired with Russia but not cl
  
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• Nadler on impeachment: 'We may get to that, we may not'

  21-04-2019 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler called President Trump’s repeated efforts to thwart the investigation as outlined in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report potential grounds for impeachment.
  
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• Burrowing down to carbon date ‘Roman’ rabbits | Letters

  21-04-2019 18:44
  Naomi Sykes on finding out when bunnies came to Britain, and Terry Walsh on the origins of the Welsh word for rabbitIt’s lovely to see so much response (Letters, 19 April) to our rabbit story. With regards to concerns about the linguistics – our Leicester team is working on this. It is tempting to draw links between Latin terms and the Romans but it’s not always so straightforward. The Easter E.g. team, who reported on the Fishbourne rabbit, are very aware of the famous Lynford
  
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• Pakistan's Prime Minister Khan in Iran to talk security, ties

  21-04-2019 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in Iran on Sunday to discuss security and regional issues, Iranian state TV reported, a day after Islamabad urged Tehran to act against militants behind killings in Pakistan's Baluchistan province.A new umbrella group representing various insurgent groups operating in Baluchistan claimed responsibility for an attack on Thursday when 14 passengers were killed after being kidnapped from buses in the province, which borders Iran.Pakistani Foreign Ministe
  
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• Democrats to meet in the next few weeks to discuss impeachment of Trump, key lawmaker says

  21-04-2019 18:28 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats will hold a meeting to discuss whether to pursue impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump, a key lawmaker said on Sunday.House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff said on Fox News Sunday that the House Democratic caucus will meet in the coming weeks to discuss the matter.“That’s going to be a very consequential decision and one that I’m going to reserve judgment on until we’ve had a chance to fully deliberate on it,” Mr Schiff said.In an
  
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• Several Americans killed in Sri Lanka attacks: Pompeo

  21-04-2019 18:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Several Americans were among the more than 200 people killed Sunday in a series of bombings of hotels and churches in Sri Lanka, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.The attacks, which police said left more than 450 people wounded in addition to at least 207 dead, constituted the worst act of violence since the end of Sri Lanka's civil war a decade ago.Earlier reports citing Sri Lankan officials said the number of dead foreigners as between 27 and 35, including Americans, British and Dutch.
  
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• As Russia probe began, Trump called on spy chiefs for help

  21-04-2019 18:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Two months before special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed in the spring of 2017, President Donald Trump picked up the phone and called the head of the largest U.S. intelligence agency.Trump told Mike Rogers, director of the National Security Agency, that news stories alleging that Trump's 2016 White House campaign had ties to Russia were false and the president asked whether Rogers could do anything to counter them.Rogers and his deputy Richard Ledgett, who was present for the call, were ta
  
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• India's Modi condemns Sri Lanka attacks, says he can defeat the 'terrorists'

  21-04-2019 18:17 via news.yahoo.com
  After condemning the series of deadly bomb attacks on Sri Lankan churches and luxury hotels on Sunday that killed more than 200 people, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told voters that they needed to elect him to a second term as only he can beat the "terrorists" threatening India.Can you think of any name aside from Modi?Can anybody else do this?"Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have promoted the government's national security record as a vote winner in India's staggered gen
  
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• Islamic State behind attack on Saudi security north of Riyadh: Arabiya TV

  21-04-2019 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The assailants who attacked a state security building northwest of Riyadh on Sunday are Saudi militants who belong to Islamic State, Saudi-owned Arabiya TV said in a tweet, citing its own correspondent.Saudi state media said authorities thwarted the attack by four militants targeting the Mabaheth (domestic intelligence) station in Zulfi, a small city about 250 km (155 miles) northwest of the capital Riyadh.There has been no Islamic State claim of responsibility for the attack so far, and the aut
  
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• Duke and Duchess of Sussex 'to work in Africa' as they map out new life as a family

  21-04-2019 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are considering a major move to work in Africa after the birth of their first child, as the Duke and his older brother map out their separate working lives. The Duke and Duchess, who are already president and vice-president of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, have been in discussions with advisers over a “bespoke” international role for the next phase of their work in the Royal Family. Planning is in its earliest stages, as the couple await the bir
  
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• Incident on SpaceX pad could delay its first manned flight

  21-04-2019 18:06 via news.yahoo.com
  A mysterious but apparently serious incident occurred Saturday in Cape Canaveral, Florida involving the SpaceX capsule intended to carry American astronauts into space late this year, the private company and NASA announced.“Earlier today, SpaceX conducted a series of engine tests on a Crew Dragon test vehicle on our test stand at Landing Zone 1 in Cape Canaveral, Florida," a SpaceX spokesman said in a statement.
  
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• Trump lawyer Giuliani says 'there's nothing wrong with taking information from Russians'

  21-04-2019 18:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Defending President Trump’s campaign for its willingness to accept help from Russia in the 2016 presidential election, Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said there was “nothing wrong” with a campaign taking information from foreign sources.
  
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• Khamenei appoints new chief for Iran's Revolutionary Guards

  21-04-2019 18:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran’s top authority Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has replaced the chief commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards, state TV reported on Sunday, days after the United States designated the group a foreign terrorist organization.The TV station did not give a reason for the change when it announced the appointment of Brigadier General Hossein Salami."The Supreme Leader has appointed Salami as the new commander-in-chief of the Guards, who will replace Mohammad Ali Jafari," it said.
  
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• At Easter mass, Parisians pray for Notre-Dame's swift restoration

  21-04-2019 18:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit, began the service by drawing a parallel between the planned reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral and the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, celebrated every year by Christians at Easter."We will rise up again and our cathedral will rise up again," he told the congregation, which included the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and the head of the Paris fire service, General Jean-Claude Gallet.The mass had originally been scheduled to be held at Not
  
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• Rep. Dan Kildee: The crisis in Central America is appearing at our border

  21-04-2019 17:45 via news.yahoo.com
  As monthly apprehensions of illegal immigrants on the border hits a 12-year high, Chief Deputy Whip Dan Kildee urges comprehensive reform of the immigration system.
  
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• Top US Democrat says party will decide soon on impeachment

  21-04-2019 17:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Adam Schiff, chairman of the House intelligence committee, said that since Republicans control the Senate -- and would likely block an effort to oust Trump -- Democrats face a quandary after special counsel Robert Mueller found no coordination between Russia and the Trump election campaign but cited 10 episodes of potential obstruction involving Trump.The mixed message from the 448-page Mueller report has left Democrats weighing difficult options.
  
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• Western woman killed, three other people kidnapped in northern Nigeria

  21-04-2019 17:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Kidnappers in Nigeria killed two people including a Western woman on Saturday and abducted three Nigerians in the northern city of Kaduna, the local police said.Kidnappings are rampant in Nigeria, where both locals and foreigners are targeted — mostly for ransom.
  
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• Schiff Says Democrats Will Debate Impeachment

  21-04-2019 17:15 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Sunday that the Democrats will discuss whether to begin impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump after progressives ratcheted up the pressure on a reluctant party leadership.
  
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• Paris prosecutors probe 'suicide' taunts targeting police at protest

  21-04-2019 17:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Paris prosecutors have launched an investigation after French anti-government protesters in the latest of a series of demonstrations shouted slogans mocking police over a spate of recent suicides in the force, judicial sources said Sunday.The "yellow vest" protesters took to the streets of Paris Saturday for the 23rd weekend to protest against the policies of President Emmanuel Macron, again clashing with police in a tense standoff.France's national police force has been troubled by a worrying i
  
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• World Leaders Respond to the Easter Sunday Bombings in Sri Lanka That Killed at Least 200 People

  21-04-2019 17:11 via news.yahoo.com
  At least 207 people have been killed and 450 more wounded
  
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• Giuliani: ‘Nothing Wrong’ With Getting Political Dirt From Russians

  21-04-2019 16:46 via news.yahoo.com
  REUTERS/Ronen ZvulunThe Trump campaign’s attempt to solicit political assistance from agents of the Russian government was perfectly legal, the president's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani suggested on Sunday, calling it was a completely defensible political move.“There’s nothing wrong with taking information from Russians,” Giuliani told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an interview on Sunday morning, referring to a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting at which Donald Trump Jr. and Jare
  
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• The 8 best deals and sales you can get online this Sunday

  21-04-2019 16:32 via news.yahoo.com
  What better way to relax and recharge than with some retail therapy?
  
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• Over 200 killed as explosions rock churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday

  21-04-2019 16:31 via news.yahoo.com
  At least 207 people are dead and hundreds more injured in simultaneous attacks at several high-end hotels and churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, according to media reports.
  
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• Top Democrats leave option of impeaching Trump open after Mueller report

  21-04-2019 16:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Top congressional Democrats left the door open on Sunday to pursue the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump, but said they would first need to complete their own investigations into whether he obstructed justice in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.Democratic Party leaders have played down impeachment talk ahead of the 2020 presidential election, although prominent members of the party's progressive wing, including White House candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren, have called for
  
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• Trump mistakenly tweets millions dead in Sri Lanka explosions on Easter Sunday

  21-04-2019 16:22 via news.yahoo.com
  In expressing his condolences, Trump incorrectly said millions more had died in a deadly series of explosions in Sri Lanka
  
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