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• Hulu reports growing user base, new shows, with Disney in control

  01-05-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Hulu announced Wednesday that its user base has grown to some 28 million as the streaming video platform now controlled by Walt Disney gears up to take on Netflix.Hulu said it was adding new original shows including the Marvel comics based Ghost Rider and Helstrom as live-action series in 2020.Hulu said it has a total of 28.1 million users, including 26.1 million paying subscribers and 1.3 million on promotional trials.
  
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• As ally struggles, US sees narrowing path on Venezuela

  01-05-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  After an uprising in Venezuela quickly fizzled out, the United States is insisting that President Nicolas Maduro's days remain numbered.Juan Guaido, who is recognized as interim president by the United States and more than 50 other countries, on Tuesday claimed support from a group of "brave soldiers" at a base in Caracas, but Maduro quashed ensuing street protests within hours.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Wednesday that "military action is possible." But short of that, the United State
  
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• Teenage migrant dies in Texas hospital while in U.S. custody

  01-05-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  A 16-year-old unaccompanied Guatemalan migrant died in a Texas hospital while in the custody of the U.S. government, officials said on Wednesday.The boy died on Tuesday after "several days of intensive care" at a children's hospital, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said in a statement without disclosing the hospital or its location.The teenager, who was not identified, was transferred on April 20 from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody to a shelter run by th
  
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• Student killed in University of North Carolina-Charlotte shooting 'died a hero'

  01-05-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  One of the two students who were killed in a shooting at the University ofNorth Carolina at Charlotte on Tuesday attempted to stop the gunman by jumpingon him
  
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• Kamala Harris' Exchange with William Barr During His Testimony Before Senate Judiciary on Mueller Report

  01-05-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Kamala Harris' Exchange with William Barr During His Testimony Before Senate Judiciary on Mueller Report
  
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• From Trump Tower to WikiLeaks, the Mueller report offers window into Trump campaign, presidency

  01-05-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Special counsel Robert Mueller's report gives a behind-the-scenes account of some of the notable events of Donald Trump's campaign and presidency.
  
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• Deutsche Bank Subpoena Deadline Pushed Back to Allow for Hearing

  01-05-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- The House of Representatives has agreed to extend the time for Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp. to respond to subpoenas seeking the bank records of President Donald Trump, his family and several of his companies, until seven days after a federal judge rules on the Trumps’ request to block them.
  
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• The Latest: BCA head: Damond probe thorough, independent

  01-05-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on a Minneapolis police officer being convicted of murder and manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed woman who had called 911 (all times local):
  
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• Vaccination may help protect bats from deadly disease

  01-05-2019 23:13
  A new study shows that vaccination may reduce the impact of white-nose syndrome in bats, marking a milestone in the international fight against one of the most destructive wildlife diseases in modern times.
  
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• US STOCKS-Wall St drops after Fed chair dampens rate-cut hopes

  01-05-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. stocks ended lower on Wednesday and the S&P 500 snapped a three-day streak of record high closes as comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell appeared to dampen hopes the central bank could move later this year to cut interest rates.In its policy announcement, the Fed held rates steady as expected and struck a cautious tone on inflation.
  
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• Bernie Sanders blasts Joe Biden over Iraq War vote: ‘The worst foreign policy disaster in modern history’

  01-05-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Bernie Sanders has attacked Joe Biden for his vote to approve the Iraq War, taking his 2020 challenger to task for his part in the “worst foreign policy disaster in the modern history of America.”Mr Sanders blasted Mr Biden for the 2002 vote on Wednesday, highlighting the legislative measure that led the United States into a lengthy entanglement that left hundreds of thousands of dead.“I voted against the war in Iraq,” Mr Sanders said in the US Capitol. “In fact, he
  
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• 'Selfless' student killed in UNC Charlotte shooting reportedly jumped on gunman to shield peers

  01-05-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The two University of North Carolina at Charlotte students who were killed during a campus shooting Tuesday evening have been identified as 19-year-old Ellis Parlier and 21-year-old Riley Howell, who reportedly died after jumping on the gunman to protect his classmates.
  
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• Barr Mounts Dual Defense of Role in Mueller Probe and of Trump

  01-05-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  In a contentious Senate Judiciary hearing, Barr deflected attacks by Democrats on his decision to oppose an urgent request by Mueller to publicly release summaries of the Russia investigation, and he repeatedly excused conduct by President Donald Trump that the special counsel said could constitute obstruction of justice.The attorney general’s robust defense of Trump prompted several Democrats to call him biased and demand his resignation.Barr is scheduled to appear again Thursday, this ti
  
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• Ilhan Omar Blames U.S. Policy for Upheaval in Venezuela

  01-05-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) blamed the U.S. on Wednesday for the "devastation" in Venezuela and accused America of "bullying" the country's socialist regime.Asked by Democracy Now! about the "U.S.-supported coup attempt against President Maduro," Omar said that America's push for regime change in Venezuela does not help the country's citizens."A lot of the policies that we have put in place has [sic] kind of helped lead [to] the devastation in Venezuela," Omar said. "And we’
  
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• UPDATE 4-Qualcomm hangs on to most Apple gains after earnings report

  01-05-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Qualcomm Inc shares fell about 3.5% on Wednesday as investors got their first look at the bottom line impact of a patent fight settlement with Apple Inc , including a multibillion dollar one-time payment and more modest future patent fees.The stock kept most of the 50%-plus gains of the past few weeks, reflecting investor relief that Qualcomm had found a path to resume supplying chips to the iPhone.Qualcomm will book a one-time payment of $4.5 billion to $4.7 billion in the fiscal third quarter
  
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• Google’s awesome new privacy feature will auto-delete your location history

  01-05-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  We had our first hint this was coming thanks to a beta version of Google Maps from a few months ago, inside of which code was found that revealed Google was considering an excellent new privacy feature. And today, after getting a black eye from reports last summer that revealed Google was tracking and saving your location even when you thought you'd disabled the feature, Google announced the addition of a new privacy control available to users: Auto-deletion of your location history.The feature,
  
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• William Barr defiant amid calls to resign over his handling of Mueller report

  01-05-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  A letter from Robert Mueller expressed concern that the attorney general’s summary did not reflect ‘the nature of this office’s work’The US attorney general, William Barr, has defended his handling of the special counsel Robert Mueller’s report as Democrats called for his resignation and accused him of deliberately misrepresenting the investigation’s findings in the president’s favor.Barr appeared before Congress on Wednesday, delivering his first public
  
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• Add an excellent backlit keyboard to your iPad for $65

  01-05-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  If you have an iPad that you want to use for more than just browsing the web and streaming your favorite TV shows, a good keyboard is a must. Since there are so many options out there though, it can be difficult to choose a good one. If you want to turn your iPad into the iOS-powered laptop of your dreams, definitely check out the Yekbee Backlit iPad Keyboard Case. It's compatible with the iPad 6 that's currently being sold, iPad 5, iPad Pro 9.7, iPad Air and iPad Air 2, and it's only $65 right
  
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• Merck steps up U.S. measles vaccine production with increased demand

  01-05-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Merck & Co said on Wednesday it has increased production of the measles vaccine to meet an uptick in demand in the United States in the midst of the country's biggest outbreak in 25 years.Merck, the sole U.S. supplier of measles vaccines, said the increased demand was noticeable, but did not amount to a surge, and has not required a significant increase in distribution across the country."Despite what we've seen as a huge uptick in the number of cases ... the demand side of the equation hasn
  
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• Biden and Warren success spells bad news for Sanders

  01-05-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Joe Biden’s entry into the presidential race and Elizabeth Warren’s impressive performance on the campaign trail are bad news for Bernie Sanders.Three polls released this week gave the former vice president a huge bump following his announcement that he was entering the crowded Democratic field, widening his lead over Sanders by a significant margin.
  
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• Trump seeks huge boost in emergency funds for migrant surge

  01-05-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The Trump administration on Wednesday asked Congress for $4.5 billion in immediate emergency funding, saying a surge in Central American children and families claiming asylum at the U.S. southern border had drained government resources.The money would come on top of the funding President Donald Trump has redirected to make good on a central pledge of his 2016 election campaign - to build a border wall to stop illegal immigrants - ahead of his looming 2020 presidential race.Trump's top aides also
  
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• Anti-Semitic attacks spike, killing most Jews in decades

  01-05-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli researchers reported Wednesday that violent attacks against Jews spiked significantly last year, with the largest reported number of Jews killed in anti-Semitic acts in decades, leading to an "increasing sense of emergency" among Jewish communities worldwide.
  
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• Guatemalan migrant, a 16-year-old boy, dies in government custody in Texas

  01-05-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  For the third time since December, a migrant child died in government custody, raising questions about the treatment of minors along the border.
  
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• UNC Charlotte shooting: Two students killed in deadly campus shooting identified

  01-05-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Ellis Parlier, 19, and Riley Howell, 21, were killed Tuesday in a shooting on the campus of UNC Charlotte Tuesday.
  
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• Chemical records in teeth confirm elusive Alaska lake seals are one of a kind

  01-05-2019 21:34
  Lifelong chemical records stored in the canine teeth of an elusive group of seals show that the seals remain in freshwater their entire lives and are likely a distinct population from their relatives in the ocean. Their home territory, Iliamna Lake, is in the heart of the proposed Pebble Mine project.
  
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• New scat study provides clues to puzzling existence of Humboldt martens in Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area

  01-05-2019 21:33
  With a new scat study, researchers are chipping away at solving a biological mystery on the central Oregon coast: the existence of an isolated population of a small but fierce forest predator that makes its home in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area.
  
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• 'You lied to Congress': Mazie Hirono attacks William Barr

  01-05-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  After a morning of dodging attacks, U.S. Attorney General William Barr caught one on the chin from Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, a Democrat who is known to aggressively question witnesses.
  
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• 7 Best Performing Funds for Your 401(k)

  01-05-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Best investments to add to your 401(k).
  
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• Israel's Netanyahu slams global rise in anti-Semitism

  01-05-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday denounced a rise in anti-Semitism around the world, at a ceremony on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day."The extreme left and the extreme right (around the world) agree on only one thing: their hatred of the Jews," Netanyahu said at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.Netanyahu said anti-Semitism was also found in a New York Times cartoon depicting him as a guide dog wearing a Star of David collar and leading a blind US Presiden
  
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• Number of Venezuelans fleeing to Brazil surges during attempt to oust Maduro

  01-05-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Close to triple the usual number of Venezuelans fled to Brazil on Tuesday, when Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido led an attempt to oust socialist leader Nicolas Maduro from power, according to Brazilian government data released on Wednesday.Some 850 Venezuelans came to Brazil on Tuesday by foot, the government said, compared with the usual range of between 250 and 300.The migrants arrived in Brazil's Roraima state, one of the country's most isolated and poor, which borders Venezuela and
  
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• U.S. Military Intervention in Venezuela 'Possible' as Turmoil Continues

  01-05-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said an attempted "coup" by opposition leader Juan Guaidó has been defeated
  
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• Clashes break out at Venezuela May Day protest

  01-05-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Clashes broke out between opposition supporters and Venezuela's armed forces in the capital Caracas on Wednesday as May Day protests got underway with opposition leader Juan Guaido attempting to rally demonstrators against President Nicolas Maduro.National Guard troops fired teargas at stone-throwing protesters attempting to block a highway close to the air base in eastern Caracas where Guaido had tried on Tuesday to spark a military uprising against Maduro.A second day of clashes between opposi
  
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• Pompeo, Lavrov trade accusations on Venezuela in phone call

  01-05-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov traded accusations in a phone call Wednesday that the other power was destabilizing Venezuela after an aborted military uprising.With the United States pushing to topple President Nicolas Maduro, Pompeo charged that Russia and Cuba were instrumental in keeping the leftist firebrand in power.Pompeo "stressed that the intervention by Russia and Cuba is destabilizing for Venezuela and for the US-Russia bilateral relationsh
  
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• 5 Great Gift Ideas for Mother's Day

  01-05-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Mother’s Day is approaching fast, but there’s still enough time to pick up exactly the right gift to show Mom how much you care—and how much you’ve learned from her. If she brought you up to be a...
  
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• UPDATE 2-U.S. FAA directive enshrines changes to Boeing 787 Dreamliner

  01-05-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday said it was mandating new flight control software and parts to Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner to address what it called an unsafe operating condition of certain products on the plane.The FAA's airworthiness directive to plane operators makes compulsory changes Boeing outlined in service bulletins in 2017 and early 2018 for certain areas in 787's tire and wheel "threat zones" that may be susceptible to damage, the company said.Boeing's carbon comp
  
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• Maduro's 'death squads' add a new, terrifying layer of intimidation and violence to the chaos in Venezuela

  01-05-2019 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The first difference I noticed was the FAES. Driving back into Caracas after an absence of more than eight years, a patrolling truck of masked, black-clad agents wielding their arms like warnings was a noticeable – and menacing – addition to the city’s streets.  This feared new unit – known as the Special Actions Force – did not exist when I moved to Venezuela as a correspondent in Hugo Chávez’s heyday more than a decade ago. Securit
  
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• U.S. military not given orders to prepare for war in Venezuela

  01-05-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Hours after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States was prepared to take military action, if necessary, acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said the United States had carried out "exhaustive planning" on Venezuela.Asked at one point whether the U.S. military had been given instructions to prepare for a conflict in Venezuela, perhaps by prepositioning U.S. troops, Kathryn Wheelbarger, the acting assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, said:
  
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• Wolves more prosocial than pack dogs in touchscreen experiment

  01-05-2019 20:11
  In a touchscreen-based task that allowed individual animals to provide food to others, wolves behaved more prosocially toward their fellow pack members than did pack dogs.
  
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• Tension grows between U.S. and Russia over Venezuela standoff

  01-05-2019 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Pompeo by phone that further "aggressive steps" in Venezuela would be fraught with the gravest consequences, the Russian ministry said.The U.S. State Department said Pompeo urged Russia in the call to stop supporting Maduro.On Tuesday, Pompeo accused Russia of intervening to persuade Maduro to abandon a plan to leave the country following a call by opposition leader Juan Guaido for Venezuela's military to help him oust Maduro.
  
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• US attorney general grilled over handling of Russia report

  01-05-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The US Justice Department head defended his handling of the Russia interference report on Wednesday after it emerged that lead investigator Robert Mueller had questioned his decision to declare that it cleared President Donald Trump.Facing allegations that he "whitewashed" the Mueller report, Attorney General Bill Barr told the Senate Judiciary Committee that after receiving it in March, it was his "baby" and therefore his prerogative to sum up its conclusions.The Democrats are debating whether
  
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• U.S. Ramps Up Threats to Use Force as Venezuela's Crisis Deepens

  01-05-2019 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  While U.S. officials have repeatedly said that all options are on the table, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, top military leaders and National Security Adviser John Bolton all added new urgency to that message on Wednesday as they pressured Russia and Cuba to stop assisting Maduro’s regime.Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan canceled a trip to Europe to focus on Venezuela, and Bolton said the National Security Council will meet at 2 p.m. in Washington to focus on the crisis.
  
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• UNC Charlotte campus shooting: Chancellor identifies 2 students who were killed, 4 who were injured

  01-05-2019 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Philip Dubois told ABC News that the four injured victims are expected to make a full recovery.
  
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• At Mueller report hearing, Republicans shift to Clinton and Obama

  01-05-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Reference to the Strzok-Page texts was an early sign that the Republican members would try to shift the hearing to attack former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama.
  
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• Brazil president says Venezuela´s Guaido has not been defeated

  01-05-2019 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Brasília (AFP) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido was not defeated in his attempt to overthrow the leftist regime of Nicolas Maduro, saying a "crack" has been opened that could bring down the government."This is by no means a defeat ... I recognize the patriotic and democratic spirit of Juan Guaido in his struggle for the freedom of his country," Bolsonaro told reporters after a special meeting at the defense ministry to discuss th
  
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• Pompeo: U.S. ‘Military Action Is Possible’ in Venezuela

  01-05-2019 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that U.S. military action in Venezuela is on the table as the opposition to the socialist regime of Nicolás Maduro, led by self-declared interim president Juan Guaidó, takes to the streets this week."If that’s what’s required, that’s what the United States will do," Pompeo told Fox Business. "We would prefer a peaceful transition of government there, where Maduro leaves and a new election is held. But th
  
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• William Barr: 'Terrified' attorney general will not testify before House panel probing Russia report, says top Democrat

  01-05-2019 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney general William Barr will not testify before a House committee probing the handling of the Mueller report, a senior Democrat has claimed, accusing him of being “terrified”.In the latest twist to the feud between the Trump administration and Democrats on Capitol Hill seeking to force officials to testify, Democratic congressman Jerry Nadler said Mr Barr would not appear before his committee.Mr Barr had been due to testify before the House of Representatives’ judiciary c
  
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• Jazz 625 theme tune was perfectly pitched | Brief letters

  01-05-2019 19:02
  Gender-neutral ships | Female bells | Nightingales in Berkeley Square | Richard Williams and Jazz 625I spent 20 years wandering the world on a small boat meeting seafarers of all kinds. In general conversation I hardly ever heard the female pronoun used to describe any sort of vessel (Museum rocks the boat with stand on gender, 27 April). When it was used it was regarded as whimsy, like calling your car a she.
  John Newton
  Buxton, Derbyshire• I learned from Dorothy L Sayers in The Nine Tailo
  
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• San Francisco billionaire gives $30M to study homelessness

  01-05-2019 18:58 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco billionaire is donating $30 million to the University of California, San Francisco, to research root causes of homelessness and potential solutions.
  
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• 25 tornadoes reported in 5 states as heavy rain brings flooding

  01-05-2019 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Major storms swept through the central U.S., bringing dangerous weather affecting millions.
  
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• Barr says Mueller report 'was my baby,' justifying summary

  01-05-2019 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday defended his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and employed an odd analogy to do so.
  
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