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• Pompeo Claims Russians Convinced Maduro Not to Flee Venezuela For Cuba

  30-04-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claims that embattled Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro was planning to flee the country amid a violent coup attempt that began Tuesday morning, but was convinced to cling to power by Russian authorities, who continue to support his socialist regime.“It's been a long time since anyone has seen Maduro. He had an airplane on the tarmac, he was ready to leave this morning as we understand it and the Russians indicated he should stay,” Pompeo told CNN's W
  
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• The Latest: 7 Tennessee victims died of blunt force injuries

  30-04-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into seven people killed in rural Tennessee (all times local):
  
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• Teen asks wrong girl to prom — and it's caught on video for all to see

  30-04-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Video of a Nevada high school student asking the wrong girl to the prom captured about 2.5 million views after the teen posted the video to Twitter.
  
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• UPDATE 1-U.S. attorney general recuses self from T-Mobile, Sprint merger probe

  30-04-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Attorney General William Barr has recused himself from the Justice Department's deliberations on whether to allow T-Mobile to proceed with its $26 billion acquisition of Sprint, according to a source familiar with the decision.The department's Antitrust Division, headed by Makan Delrahim, is reviewing the deal to determine if it will lead to higher prices for consumers or to slower innovation, as critics allege.The Federal Communications Commission also must approve the transaction for it t
  
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• As Trump vows subpoena fights, Democrats weigh their options

  30-04-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have a lot of legal options, as well as the backing of the Constitution, as they push back on President Donald Trump's pledge to fight "all of the subpoenas."
  
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• Texas GOP Senate leader looks to block bipartisan pot bill

  30-04-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A historic push in Texas to reduce penalties for small amounts of marijuana was declared dead Tuesday by the state's Republican lieutenant governor, who called it a "step toward legalization" that he would not allow.
  
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• Family of girl injured in Poway synagogue shooting: We fled violence in Israel. We thought it was safe here

  30-04-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Eden Dahan — mother of Chabad of Poway shooting victim Noya Dahan — says her family left Israel's violence seeking a better life in America.
  
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• Trump Threatens Cuba as Maduro Cracks Down: Venezuela Update

  30-04-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Time stamp is Caracas time.U.S. President Donald Trump surveyed the events in Caracas today and saw Cuba as the antagonist.The Caribbean island’s socialist government has long had a presence in Venezuela, supplying the regime with personnel ranging from doctors to intelligence officers.
  
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• Dem. Rep. Scolds Pence for ‘Inciting Violence’ in Venezuela

  30-04-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Ro Khanna (D., Calif.) chastised Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday for encouraging anti-government protesters in Venezuela in their efforts to overthrow socialist president Nicolás Maduro.“The vice president shouldn't be interfering or inciting violence with Guaidó,” Khanna said during an interview on MSNBC, referring to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who called on his supporters to overthrow Maduro on Tuesday.“What we should be
  
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• Howard Kurtz: Pundits do a 180 as Joe Biden surges in the polls

  30-04-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  'MediaBuzz' host Howard Kurtz weighs in on the media's negative predictions for Joe Biden before he announced his campaign, only to now reverse their stance while he surges in the polls.
  
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• Five ways Trump's moves to stem asylum seekers have hit hurdles

  30-04-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Increasingly frustrated, Trump on Monday issued a presidential memorandum directing officials to make it harder for asylum seekers to apply for work permits and to charge them application fees - drawing immediate fire from the United Nations.Many asylum protections are codified in U.S. and international law.Meanwhile, the flow of migrants continues to swell.
  
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• Apple rallies as new services offset slump in iPhone sales

  30-04-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple said Tuesday that profits in the past quarter dropped amid falling iPhone sales, but the results were above Wall Street expectations and sent shares sharply higher.The California tech giant reported a 16 percent drop in profits in the just-ended quarter to $11.6 billion, as overall revenues dipped five percent to $58 billion.Apple shares rallied more than five percent in after-hours trade, with the results showing better-than-anticipated results from its new products and services in the fi
  
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• Measles cases in the U.S. just hit a 25-year high thanks to anti-vaxxers

  30-04-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States just hit a major milestone, but not the kind that anyone should be proud of. With over 700 confirmed cases of the measles so far in 2019 the country just passed a 25-year high, and there's little sign that the outbreak is slowing.The spread of the disease -- which thus far has hit unvaccinated children under five years of age the hardest -- would have been absolutely unimaginable just a couple of decades ago. As recently as the year 2000, the United States had effectively elimi
  
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• The Latest: Woman killed in foyer of California synagogue

  30-04-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  POWAY, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a Southern California synagogue (all times local):
  
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• Joe Biden is the 2020 Democratic front-runner. Now he has a target on his back.

  30-04-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The entry of Joe Biden into the 2020 campaign isn’t exactly sending tremors through the Democratic field or the electorate in the very early going.
  
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• Alleged Poway Synagogue Shooter Pleads Not Guilty to All Charges

  30-04-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  PoolPOWAY, California—John T. Earnest pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder charges for an attack on a local synagogue that killed one person on Saturday, a crime the district attorney alleged he committed with “terror on his mind.”Earnest, 19, entered court looking sullen and angry but said nothing during the brief arraignment. Dressed in a blue jail jumpsuit, he watched from a glass box as a public defender entered his not-guilty plea. A judge ordered Earnest held without bail
  
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• Woman sentenced to death for killing stepdaughter

  30-04-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Tiffany Moss has been sentenced to die by lethal injection for starving her stepdaughter to death in an Atlanta suburb in 2013.
  
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• The New York Times ’ Anti-Semitism Is Shocking, but Not Surprising

  30-04-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  This week, the New York Times got itself into hot water for printing a blatantly Jew-hating cartoon in its international edition. The cartoon depicted Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an elongated dachshund, a Star of David hanging around his neck, leading a fat, blind, yarmulke-wearing Donald Trump through the streets. The implication: The nefarious, animalistic Jew is in control of the Jew-perverted president of the United States.The image is nothing new. In 1940, the Lustige Blatt
  
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• Troops loyal to Guaido take cover as shots fired

  30-04-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido took to the streets with a small contingent of heavily armed troops on Tuesday in a bold and risky attempt to lead a military uprising and oust socialist leader Nicolas Maduro. (April 30)
  
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• Barr to face Mueller report questions at Senate hearing

  30-04-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday will face lawmakers' questions for the first time since releasing special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report, in what promises to be a dramatic showdown as he defends his actions before Democrats who accuse him of spinning the investigation's findings in President Donald Trump's favor.
  
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• Venezuela's Guaido issues call for military uprising amid violent clashes

  30-04-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Tuesday made his strongest call yet to the military to help him oust President Nicolas Maduro, and violence broke out at anti-government protests as the country hit a new crisis point after years of political and economic chaos.Several dozen armed troops accompanying Guaido clashed with soldiers supporting Maduro at a rally outside the La Carlota air base in Caracas early on Tuesday, but the incident fizzled out and did not appear to be part of an imme
  
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• Avengers: End Game — Bernie Sanders calls on Disney to use box office profits to pay workers ‘middle class wage’

  30-04-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Bernie Sanders has an idea of how Disney can write a “truly heroic” story following the box-office record shattering weekend from Avengers: End Game this past week: Spread the profits around.Mr Sanders, in a tweet, took the entertainment behemoth to task, criticising the salary of the company’s CEO, Bob Iger, and urging better pay for the rest of the employees there.Mr Iger makes a reported $65.6m a year from his post as the head honcho at Disney — a salary that is 1,400
  
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• Chase tried to motivate customers with lower bank balances. It backfired badly.

  30-04-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Chase Bank tried to offer customers on Twitter some #MondayMotivation to save money. The backlash was so strong the banking giant deleted their tweet.
  
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• Bolton presses key aides to Venezuela's Maduro to abandon him

  30-04-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. national security adviser John Bolton on Tuesday singled out three senior aides to Venezuelan President Nicolas Madurowho he said must make good on commitments they purportedly made to the opposition for a peaceful transition away from Maduro's rule.Speaking at the White House during a day of anti-government protests in Venezuela, Bolton named Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino, Supreme Court chief judge Maikel Moreno and presidential guard commander Ivan Rafael Hernandez Dala as
  
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• APNewsBreak: Suspect in Nazi bomb plot kicked out of Army

  30-04-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Army veteran accused of plotting terrorist attacks in Southern California was demoted and discharged from the military for a serious offense, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
  
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• Key events leading toward uprising in Venezuela

  30-04-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, accompanied by civilian protesters and a small contingent of heavily armed troops, called Tuesday for the military to rise up and oust socialist leader Nicolás Maduro. Here's a timeline of recent events leading up to that revolt:
  
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• Maduro ally Turkey berates Venezuelan opposition for uprising call

  30-04-2019 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkey's government defended its ally President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela on Tuesday, saying opposition calls for a military uprising against him threatened the constitutional order.Opposition leader Juan Guaido urged the military to help oust Maduro and violence broke out at protests in a new crisis point after years of chaos and divisions.The United States is among some 50 countries recognizing Guaido as Venezuela's president and has imposed sanctions to try and dislodge Maduro whom they say
  
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• Prosecutors oppose giving unredacted Mueller report to Trump adviser Stone

  30-04-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  "The government does not intend to provide that portion of the report to counsel for Mr. Stone absent an order of the court to do so," prosecutor Jonathan Kravis told U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson during a hearing in the case due to go to trial on Nov. 5.Jackson said she understood why Stone should not get a copy of the entire report but raised questions about why he might not be entitled to parts that relate to him directly, especially because some already is in the public version of t
  
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• State's attorney opposes special prosecutor in Jussie Smollett case

  30-04-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Kim Foxx, Chicago's top prosecutor, is fighting a push to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate her office's handling of the case against Jussie Smollett.
  
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• Poway synagogue shooting suspect’s parents call him ‘evil’ in statement

  30-04-2019 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The parents of John Earnest, who allegedly opened fire on a synagogue Saturday, called their son evil on Monday.
  
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• Cold-blooded creatures: Matthijs Kuijpers' astonishing closeups – in pictures

  30-04-2019 20:00
  Renowned amphibian and reptile photographer Matthijs Kuijpers has released his first book, Cold Instinct. Kuijpers says the aim of the work is ‘for the viewer to abandon the fear and negative thoughts that often surround these animals’. What’s left is the bizarre beauty of these creatures in their simplest form – no backgrounds and no distractions Continue reading...
  
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• Armored Vehicles Crush Anti-Maduro Protesters in Caracas

  30-04-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Protesters loyal to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó were crushed under armored cars driven by pro-government forces during a violent uprising that racked the streets of Caracas on Tuesday after Guaidó launched a push to end socialist president Nicolás Maduro's regime.Violent clashes ensued Tuesday morning after Guaidó, who declared himself interim president of the nation earlier this year, finally called on his supporters to take to the streets in response to
  
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• Evolving alongside viruses impacts susceptibility to future infections

  30-04-2019 19:22
  Researchers have shown that when fruit flies co-evolve with viruses, different genetic changes occur to those caused by encountering a virus for the first time, altering the insects' susceptibility to future infection.
  
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• Japan Has a New Emperor and a New Era, but a Dark Future

  30-04-2019 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Issei Kato/ReutersTOKYO—The name of Japan’s new imperial era, Reiwa, was announced on April Fools’ Day with great fanfare and a great big linguistic lie. The official government party line is that it translates as “Beautiful Harmony,” but what it means literally is more Orwellian: “Commanded Peace.” Of course, a certain portion of the Japanese population realizes that the explanation given for the new imperial name is not the truth, but they probably wer
  
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• Jailed Russian agent slams 'absurd' conviction

  30-04-2019 19:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Maria Butina, the only Russian arrested and convicted in the three-year investigation of Moscow's interference in US politics, on Tuesday called her conviction absurd and a "disgrace" for American justice.Butina's lawyer, Robert Driscoll, confirmed Butina's participation in the news conference.US prosecutors said that although she worked openly and was not tied to any Russian intelligence agency, she was sending back reports to a high-level Russian official, Alexander Torshin, and posed a threat
  
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• Dem. Rep. Slams Chase Bank Tweet that Discouraged Wasteful Spending

  30-04-2019 18:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Katie Porter (D., N.Y.) lashed out Tuesday at a Chase Bank tweet that encouraged customers to cut down on wasteful spending, arguing that the message was “insulting” to hard-working families struggling to pay their rent.Porter was asked during a CNN interview about her combative Twitter exchange with the bank, in which she took issue with the notion that Chase's customers are spending “frivolously.”> Mr. Dimon, you couldn’t figure out how to balanc
  
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• The Mueller Report's Key Lessons for the Press

  30-04-2019 18:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The Mueller report further supports that Russia leaks to media swayed the 2016 election. What can the press learn from this?
  
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• Venezuela's Guaido urges troops to rise against Maduro, violence breaks out

  30-04-2019 18:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Tuesday called for a military uprising to oust President Nicolas Maduro and violence broke out at anti-government protests as the country hit a new crisis point after years of political and economic chaos.Several dozen armed troops accompanying Guaido clashed with soldiers supporting Maduro at a rally outside the La Carlota air base in Caracas, but the incident fizzled out and did not appear to be part of an immediate attempt by the opposition to take
  
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• U.S. small business owners are preparing for a recession - Bank of America survey

  30-04-2019 18:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Small business owners around the country are preparing for a recession, according to a new survey by Bank of America Corp, and the bank wants to put more business specialists in branches to help, an executive told Reuters.More than two-thirds of business owners surveyed by the bank said they had taken steps to prepare for an economic downturn, including setting cash aside or planning to reduce expenses.Of the 69 percent of owners who had started preparing for a recession, only 19 percent had ope
  
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• US says 'fully supports' Venezuelan people's 'quest for freedom'

  30-04-2019 18:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States on Tuesday threw its full weight behind Venezuela's self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido, as the opposition leader said troops had joined his campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro."Today interim President Juan Guaido announced start of Operacion Libertad," or "Operation Freedom," tweeted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, as Maduro's government vowed to put down what it called an attempted coup."The U.S. Government fully supports the Venezuelan people in their quest fo
  
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• Birdsong inspires artists, musicians and poets. The world should listen | Letters

  30-04-2019 18:37
  As we approach International Dawn Chorus Day, Alison Steadman, Grayson Perry and 76 others say nature is falling silent and the UK must take a leading role in its recoveryWith 40 million fewer birds today than in 1966 (Report, 29 April), the UK is one of the most nature-deprived countries in the world. Nature is falling silent, and the impact on our environment, culture, health and happiness should not be underestimated.Nature’s influence runs through the fabric of our culture, its creatio
  
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• Report: Violent anti-Semitic attacks in US doubled in 2018

  30-04-2019 18:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Violent attacks against the Jewish community in the United States doubled last year, while overall attacks that also include vandalism and harassment remained near record-high levels, the Anti-Defamation League reported Tuesday.
  
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• Violent clashes in Venezuela after opposition leader Juan Guaido calls for military uprising

  30-04-2019 18:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Violent clashes broke out in Venezuela’s capital on Tuesday as opposition leader Juan Guaido took to the streets alongside armed soldiers and supporters after calling for a military uprising. A few thousand protesters were pelted with tear gas in Caracas and at one point an armoured vehicle rammed into the crowds, appearing to leave some people injured.  Earlier in the day Mr Guaido, who has declared himself interim president, released a video of himself alongside around a dozen soldi
  
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• Deadly Seattle crane collapse was likely caused by human error, experts say

  30-04-2019 18:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Human error may be to blame for the Seattle crane collapse on Saturday that killed four people and injured another four, experts said based on videos.
  
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• Man charged in synagogue attack was star scholar and athlete

  30-04-2019 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  POWAY, Calif. (AP) — The man accused of opening fire inside a Southern California synagogue was a star scholar, athlete and musician whose embrace of white supremacy and anti-Semitism has dumbfounded his family and others who thought they knew him well.
  
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• Roger Stone Judge Delays Ruling on Request to Unredact Mueller Report

  30-04-2019 18:05 via news.yahoo.com
  At a hearing on Tuesday, prosecutors said they wouldn’t provide Stone’s lawyers with an unredacted report without a court order.U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington has given them until Friday to respond to Stone’s motion.It was the first court hearing to be held on a matter central to the Russia probe since most of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report was made public two weeks ago.
  
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• Correction: Synagogue Shooting-California story

  30-04-2019 18:04 via news.yahoo.com
  POWAY, Calif. (AP) — In versions of a story April 28-30 about a shooting at a California synagogue, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of the wounded rabbi. It is Yisroel, not Yishoel.
  
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• Biden: Democrats may have 'no alternative' but to impeach President Trump

  30-04-2019 17:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Biden said Congress would have “no alternative” but to impeach President Trump if the White House tries to block investigations spurred by the Mueller report.
  
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• Enigmatic Beluga whale off Norway so tame people can pet it

  30-04-2019 17:51 via news.yahoo.com
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A beluga whale found in Arctic Norway wearing a harness that suggests links to a military facility in Russia is so tame that residents can pet the mammal on its nose.
  
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• On Facebook, the Dead Will Eventually Outnumber the Living. What Does That Mean for Our Histories?

  30-04-2019 17:46 via news.yahoo.com
  These researchers want the world to better grapple with posthumous social media
  
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