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• As Trump Suspends New Tariffs on Mexico, Experts Warn That His Threats Could Damage the U.S. Economy

  08-06-2019 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Uncertainty might be the "biggest threat" to the growing economy
  
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• Tony Rodham, Hillary Clinton's youngest brother, dies

  08-06-2019 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Tony Rodham had numerous financial difficulties, including failed businesses anda string of shaky investment deals.
  
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• Mayor joins pride parade amid Poland's anti-LGBT campaign

  08-06-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The largest gay pride parade in central and eastern Europe brought tens of thousands of people to the streets of Warsaw on Saturday at a time when Poland's LGBT rights movement is the target of a government campaign depicting it as a threat.Diplomats from the United States, Canada and other Western countries continued a recent tradition of joining the festive Equality Parade to show support for a community experiencing leaps of progress and a backlash around the world.In a first, the Polish capi
  
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• Hillary Clinton says her youngest brother has died

  08-06-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Hillary Clinton's youngest brother Tony Rodham died Friday night.The former U.S. senator, Secretary of State, first lady and Democratic presidential candidate announced the death Saturday on Twitter ."It's hard to find words, my mind is flooded with memories of him today," Clinton tweeted.
  
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• US carrier in Persian Gulf region sends clear signal to Iran

  08-06-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Under a starry sky, U.S. Navy fighter jets catapulted off the aircraft carrier's deck and flew north over the darkened waters of the northern Arabian Sea, a unmistaken signal to Iran that the foremost symbol of the American military's global reach is back in its neighborhood, perhaps to stay.The USS Abraham Lincoln , with its contingent of Navy destroyers and cruisers and a fighting force of about 70 aircraft, is the centerpiece of the Pentagon's response to what it calls Iranian threats to atta
  
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• US carrier in Persian Gulf a clear signal to Iran

  08-06-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  United States Navy fighter jets were flying missions from an aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea on Saturday, a signal to Iran of America's global military reach. (June 8)
  
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• 'Whitey' Bulger praised Trump, bashed Mueller in letters from prison before he died last year

  08-06-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Gangster James "Whitey" Bulger praised President Trump regularly in handwritten letters he wrote from prison, according to a new NBC report.
  
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• Woman accused of posing as social worker, attempting to kidnap newborn baby in California surrenders to police

  08-06-2019 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  A woman who allegedly posed as a social worker and tried to kidnap a baby from his home in California was in police custody Friday night.
  
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• Apex Legends Season 2 to debut on July 2

  08-06-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  "Apex Legends Season 2 – Battle Charge" will be available on Sony Corp's PlayStation 4, Microsoft Corp's Xbox One and personal computers via Origin, EA said.EA forecast in May that net bookings, or the game publisher's adjusted revenue, from Apex Legends will be in the range of $300 million to $400 million in fiscal year 2020, adding that the forecast did not assume any contribution this year from future mobile versions or games in the Chinese market.
  
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• West Point cadet's rape conviction reversal panned by victim advocates

  08-06-2019 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  A military appeals court's reversal of a West Point cadet's rape conviction and 21-year prison sentence has outraged sexual assault victim advocates who say the decision is filled with victim-blaming and antiquated notions about rape.
  
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• Sudan protesters want civil disobedience to pressure army

  08-06-2019 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Pro-democracy protest leaders on Saturday called on Sudanese to take part in acts of civil disobedience in a bid to pressure the military to hand over power after the deadly break-up of their main sit-in in the capital of Khartoum earlier this week.The call came a day after Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met separately with the ruling generals and the protest leaders in an effort to revive talks that were almost dead after the dispersal of the sit-in outside the military's headquarters on
  
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• Warsaw pride parade attracts large crowd amid heated political debate

  08-06-2019 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Tens of thousands of people joined a pride march in Warsaw on Saturday as gay rights continue to become a major issue in Poland's election campaign.The parade, which was expected to be the biggest of its kind in the city, came as the ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party ramped up its opposition to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights, saying opposition support for LGBT issues threatens Polish culture.PiS made alleged threats related to LGBT movements a big part of its campaig
  
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• Pauley Perrette says she won't return to 'NCIS' because she's 'terrified' of Mark Harmon

  08-06-2019 18:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Pauley Perrette says she will never return to "NCIS" – and she says that's because of her former co-star Mark Harmon.
  
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• Woman discovers great-grandmother was gay marriage pioneer immortalised in Netflix film Elisa & Marcela

  08-06-2019 18:01 via news.yahoo.com
  An Argentinian woman searching for more information on her ancestors has made the shock discovery that her great-grandmother was a pioneer of gay marriage whose story has just been turned into a Netflix documentary. Norma Graciela Moure, who had no more than a name and an old photograph, only found out about the extraordinary family history because of online stories about the Netflix production of ‘Elisa & Marcela’. To her amazement, typing "Marcela Gracia Ibeas" into Google
  
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• This 100 Year Old Gun Ages Like Fine Wine: Best 1911s for 2019

  08-06-2019 18:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The 1911 is the most ubiquitous and recognizable handgun in existence today.You’ve seen the 1911 in hundreds of movies, and it’s probably the first gun that comes to mind when you think of a pistol.Before we take a look at our top picks for cheap 1911s, let’s explore the history of this iconic gun.HISTORY OF THE 1911The 1911 pistol is an American icon. It has been in the the hands of 5 generations and its popularity is still rising. This pistol has become synonymous with power,
  
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• Trump pulls Mexico tariff threat while claiming deal over migrants reached

  08-06-2019 17:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Lawmakers, including Republicans, have protested Donald Trump's tariff plans, saying they would hurt the economies of the United States and Mexico.
  
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• Trump is confident Mexico will enforce new immigration deal

  08-06-2019 17:58 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday predicted Mexico would strongly enforce a new deal under which it agreed to expand a controversial asylum program and boost security on its southern border to stem Central American migrants trying to reach the United States.The deal, announced on Friday after three days of negotiations in Washington, averted Trump's threatened imposition of 5% import tariffs on all Mexican goods starting on Monday."Mexico will try very hard, and if they do that, this will
  
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• Trump touts deal with Mexico to avert tariffs

  08-06-2019 17:40 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump touted Saturday his last-minute deal averting tariffs on Mexico, a plan economists warned would have been disastrous for both countries, saying the agreement will be a big success if America's southern neighbor cracks down on illegal immigration as promised.With Trump ready to slap five percent tariffs on all Mexican goods starting Monday, senior officials announced an agreement Friday night after three days of intense negotiations at the State Department.Under the deal
  
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• New questions surrounding US relations with Russia, China after string of tense incidents

  08-06-2019 17:18 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Navy says Russian warship made 'unsafe' move and nearly caused collision with USS Chancellorsville; insight from retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Bob Maginnis.
  
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• California utility to cut power to 27,000 customers to reduce wildfire risk

  08-06-2019 16:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Utility PG&E Corp planned to proactively shut off power on Saturday to 27,000 customers in Northern California due to an increased risk of wildfires, officials said.The shut down would begin at 9 p.m. local time in and around the Sierra Foothills, an area spanning parts of Butte, Yuba, Nevada, El Dorado and Placer counties northeast of San Francisco and near the border with Nevada, the utility said on Twitter.The area includes portions of Paradise, the town that was destroyed by November's d
  
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• ‘Whitey’ Bulger Wrote Letters Praising Trump to a Juror Who Convicted Him

  08-06-2019 16:34 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Marshals Service/U.S. Dept. of Justice Handout/ReutersJust months before he was bludgeoned to death in a West Virginia prison, notorious Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger poured his heart out in a series of letters praising President Trump (he had his vote) and criticizing Robert Mueller, whom he said should be nicer.The 75 missives were sent to the most unusual of pen pals—a juror who helped to convict him of the 11 murders he carried out during the 1970s and 80s. Jane
  
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• After backlash for slain giraffe photo, hunter says animal was 'majestic,' 'delicious'

  08-06-2019 16:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The pictures of Kentucky trophy hunter Tess Talley were first posted on Twitter last June sparking outrage over the killing online.
  
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• Yes, there’s actually an Alexa enabled Roomba you can afford

  08-06-2019 16:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Roombas can get pretty pricey if you pick up a 900-series model, with price tags that reach nearly $1,000 depending on which one you buy. Of course, some people don't realize that you can get all the best features from the high-end models in Roombas that are far less expensive. The iRobot Roomba 690 Robot Vacuum has all the features you might want in a Roomba, including support for Alexa voice commands. Best of all, it's on sale right now on Amazon for under $300!Here's more info from the produc
  
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• China to set up system to safeguard technology security

  08-06-2019 16:02 via news.yahoo.com
  China plans to establish a system to ensure "national security" in technology, state media reported Saturday amid an expanding trade war with the United States which has snared Chinese tech titan Huawei.The powerful National Development and Reform Commission has been tasked with establishing a list system to "more effectively forestall and defuse national security risks," the Xinhua news agency said.Xinhua did not elaborate or state whether the move was linked to the trade war but said "detailed
  
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• US and Mexico strike a deal to crack down on illegal immigration

  08-06-2019 15:25 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump says the tariff hike on Mexico has been indefinitely suspended.
  
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• Did Joe Biden change his stance on the Hyde Amendment because of Hollywood?

  08-06-2019 15:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Joe Biden explains why he's suddenly changing his view on the Hyde Amendment.
  
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• What is an eternity ring? Meghan Markle appears to be wearing one

  08-06-2019 15:02 via news.yahoo.com
  On Saturday, June 8, Meghan Markle made her first public appearance sincegiving birth to son Archie Harrison at the queen's Trooping the Colour
  
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• London will soon be home to the world’s most frightening hotel pool

  08-06-2019 15:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Have you ever visited a hotel and thought to yourself "Boy, this place would be so much better if the entire roof was a pool"? Well, if you happen to live in the United Kingdom, today is your lucky day!Compass Pools, a UK-based pool maker, is currently hashing out what it calls the "Infinity London," a 55-story skyscraper topped with a 360-degree pool with transparent walls. The building, which was designed from top to bottom by the company, will include a five-star hotel, and the pool is expect
  
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• 5 Submarines That Could Kill Billions of People in Minutes

  08-06-2019 15:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Built at the same time as the mighty Typhoon-class, the Delta IV is the current backbone of the Russian ballistic missile submarine fleet. The older 18,200-ton Delta IV design is nonetheless a capable platform and its armed with 16 R-29RMU Sineva liquid-fuel ballistic missiles, each of which can carry between four and eight warheads. Unlike previous versions of the Project 667 design, the Delta IV is able to fire missiles in any direction from a constant course in a circular sector. It is also a
  
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• The U.S. Navy Wants Nuclear Missiles That Self-Destruct Themselves

  08-06-2019 14:30 via news.yahoo.com
  It’s a familiar scene on old TV shows: a military or NASA rocket goes off course just after lift-off. Then the flight director in the control room issues a command: “Push the red button.” The rocket then self-destructs.But the U.S. Navy has another idea: let the rocket decide when to blow itself up.More specifically, the Navy is concerned about what happens during test firings of submarine-launched ballistic missiles, such as the Trident, from ballistic missile submarines. If t
  
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• Biden and Trump are just two sides of the same misogynistic coin

  08-06-2019 14:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s disdain for women manifests itself in crass braggadocio, while Joe Biden’s is in the form of patronizing paternalism ‘Joe Biden has demonstrated time and time again that he doesn’t take women’s rights seriously.’ Photograph: John Bazemore/AP
  Sign up for the Week in Patriarchy, a newsletter​ on feminism and sexism sent every Saturday.Women deserve better than Biden Congratulations to Joe Biden, who may have just set a new record for the wor
  
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• Tory Prime Minister Candidate ‘Deeply Regrets’ Cocaine Use

  08-06-2019 13:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Days before Conservative members of parliament open nominations for candidates to be their new leader, Environment Secretary Michael Gove said he used the Class A drug on several occasions when he was working as a journalist.The revelations emerged in a Gove biography by the journalist Owen Bennett due to be published next month, and were subsequently confirmed by the Daily Mail newspaper.The 51-year-old is the second favorite to replace May and one of the figureheads of the leave campaign, whil
  
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• 10 deals you don’t want to miss on Saturday: $20 off PlayStation Plus, $26 headphones, $17 Wi-Fi extender, more

  08-06-2019 13:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Welcome to another special weekend edition of our daily deals roundups. Highlights from Saturday's list include the return of a Black Friday sale that shaves $20 off 12-month PlayStation Plus codes (they're stackable so you can buy several and add multiple years to your balanace!), hot new true wireless earbuds for just $26.39 when you use the coupon code BGRSPTFP at checkout, the best-selling Wi-Fi range extender on Amazon for just $16.99, $50 off Bose's awesome compact sound bar, the lowest pr
  
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• Glock 31: Why 1 Expert Says You Will Really Like This Gun

  08-06-2019 13:11 via news.yahoo.com
  In the early 1990s, a handful of calibers emerged to challenge the nine-millimeter as the dominant semi-automatic handgun round. One of these, the .357 Sig, is the caliber of choice for the Glock 31 pistol. The Glock 31 is the company’s offering for those into high velocity or long distance handgun shooting. The G31 also comes with a large magazine capacity, making it an excellent self-defense or duty sidearm.The now infamous 1986 FBI Miami shootout was a watershed moment in the history of
  
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• Memo to Trump: Your NASA chief is all in on going to the moon — with good reason

  08-06-2019 13:00 via news.yahoo.com
  It can't have been easy to be NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine on Friday, when his boss Donald Trump — the man who appointed him with a specific mandate to return the agency to the moon — appeared to reverse the course of U.S. space policy in a tweet.  "NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon," Trump wrote indignantly. He shifted focus to the agency's next planned destination, Mars. In fact, Trump himself had been talking up NASA's planned lunar mission, called Arte
  
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• U.S. Treasury's Mnuchin says Mexico immigration deal fixes problems

  08-06-2019 12:50 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday that the U.S.-Mexico immigration deal met President Donald Trump's objectives of fixing immigration problems on the southern U.S. border, but Trump will retain the authority to impose tariffs if Mexico fails to live up to it.The deal averts a 5% tariff on all Mexican goods that was due to start on Monday, with Mexico agreeing to rapidly expand a controversial asylum program and deploy security forces to stem the flow of illegal Central Amer
  
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• Does Nancy Pelosi Really Want to ‘Lock Him Up!’?

  08-06-2019 12:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Oh, the games people play!So, Speaker Pelosi (a.k.a. “Nervous Nancy”) says she wants to see President Trump behind bars. “I want to see him in prison,” the speaker told a group of senior Democrats. That’s the part of Pelosi’s statement that is getting all the attention -- the second part.Democrats would prefer not to discuss the first part.The speaker started out by saying, “I don’t want to see him impeached.” She was prompted by Jerry Nadler
  
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• Trump drops threat to enforce tariffs on Mexico amid warnings over damage to US economy

  08-06-2019 11:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has dropped plans to enforce tariffs on Mexico amid dire warnings they would have seriously damaged the American economy.The US president said he had shelved the proposals because the two countries had agreed “strong measures” on stemming the tide of illegal immigrants crossing into America from its southern neighbour.But the abrupt U-turn also came after repeated warnings from senior Republicans that the proposed five per cent import tax would stall the economy, drive u
  
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• Turkey says it has 'neutralized' 43 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

  08-06-2019 11:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkey's Defence Ministry said on Saturday a total of 43 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) had been "neutralized" as part of an operation Ankara launched in northern Iraq 13 days ago.The Turkish military launched what it dubbed "Operation Claw" in northern Iraq's Hakurk region on June 27 with artillery and air strikes followed by operations by commando brigades.The PKK militant group is based in northern Iraq, notably in the Qandil region to the south of Hakurk.
  
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• Joe Biden is a candidate of the oligarchy. Democratic primary voters will see through him.

  08-06-2019 11:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Joe Biden's 'humble roots' shtick has got to go. He is not a friend of the average American and voters will see the real impact of his record.
  
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• Why Did the U.S. Military Delay a Key Missile-Defense Test for 13 Years?

  08-06-2019 10:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) isn’t testing its most powerful missile-interceptor enough, the Government Accountability Office claimed in a June 2019 report. The military bumped back one key trial multiple times over a period of 13 years.Equally troubling, many of the tests the MDA is conducting aren’t very realistic, the watchdog agency explained in its report. Laura Grego, a missile-defense expert with the Union of Concerned Scientists in Massachusetts, called the GAO repor
  
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• Sri Lanka president sacks intelligence chief over Easter attacks probe

  08-06-2019 10:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Sri Lanka's president has sacked the national intelligence chief and will not cooperate with a parliamentary investigation into security lapses before the Easter suicide bombings, officials said Saturday.Maithripala Sirisena summoned an emergency cabinet meeting on Friday night to oppose a parliamentary select committee probe into the April 21 attacks that killed 258 people, including 45 foreigners, and wounded nearly 500.Chief of National Intelligence Sisira Mendis was sacked after testifying t
  
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• Did China Really Test a New Submarine-Launched Nuclear Missile?

  08-06-2019 10:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Last week, world media was abuzz with reports that China had test-fired the JL-3, its most advanced submarine-launched ballistic missile.But did it really happen?Two anonymous Chinese military sources told the South China Morning Post that the test was of an older ballistic missile.  “A missile test by the People’s Liberation Army on Sunday did not feature the country’s next-generation long-range weapon, but instead involved a mid-range Dongfeng missile refitted with impro
  
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• The Tariff Threat Against Mexico Could Be Trump's Riskiest Bet Yet

  08-06-2019 09:30 via news.yahoo.com
  On May 30, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 5 percent tariff on all goods from Mexico starting June 10 unless the country takes "substantial" steps to stem the flow of migrants crossing the U.S. border. According to Trump's statement, that tariff would continue to rise by 5 percentage points on the first day of each following month until eventually capping off at 25 percent in October, where it would remain until Washington deems enough has been done to counter northbound migra
  
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• France ready to cut Renault stake to shore up Nissan ties: minister

  08-06-2019 09:24 via news.yahoo.com
  France is ready to consider paring back its 15-percent stake in Renault in the interests of consolidating the automaker's alliance with Japanese partner Nissan, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Saturday.In an interview with AFP on the sidelines of the G20 finance ministers' meeting in Japan, Le Maire also said Renault and Nissan should work on beefing up ties before exploring further merger possibilities.Le Maire's comments came only days after Italian-US carmaker Fiat Chrysler (FCA) pulled
  
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• Venezuela's Maduro says border with Colombia to reopen

  08-06-2019 08:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Friday ordered the reopening of the country's border with Colombia in western Tachira state, near where international aid refused by Caracas has amassed.The economically-devastated South American nation is suffering from shortages of food, medicine and other essentials amid a power struggle between Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido, who has been recognised as interim president by more than 50 countries including the United States.
  
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• Glock 46: The Glock Gun That Could Change Everything

  08-06-2019 08:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Glock GmbH is criticized by some for being one of the least innovative companies in the gun industry. The basic design of a Glock pistol has changed very little from the original Generation 1 Glock: the majority of changes through the generations are slight changes to the trigger layout and the addition of rails and other ergonomic features. This has led some to say that Glock cannot innovate.However, the Glock 46 stands as a stark counterpoint to those who say so. Utilizing a rotating barrel sy
  
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• Biden backlash: will the frontrunner's early stumbles be his downfall?

  08-06-2019 07:00 via news.yahoo.com
  A blunder on abortion right this week shows he may have misjudged the mood of an increasingly progressive party Questions are being raised about whether Joe Biden’s campaign is geared to withstand a crowded primary. Photograph: Matt Rourke/APSince his arrival in the 2020 presidential race, Joe Biden has basked in his status as an early frontrunner: he has coasted in most early battleground and national polls, touted formidable fundraising numbers and remained squarely focused on a potentia
  
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• In Iowa, Mayor Pete Buttigieg campaigns on the 'power' of being gay

  08-06-2019 06:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The South Bend mayor campaigns at an event honoring the memory of Matthew Shepard, who was murdered in 1998.
  
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• Russian Sailors Sunbathe While Their Ship Almost Collides with US Missile Cruiser

  08-06-2019 06:30 via news.yahoo.com
  After Russian and American warships nearly collided in the East China Sea on Friday, both countries were quick to accuse the other of "dangerous and unprofessional" behavior, according to a June 7 report by Reuters.One detail that hasn't come up, but totally should, is why a bunch of Russian sailors were chilling on the deck of the Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov when the vessel came within 50 to 165 feet of the USS Chancellorsville, a Navy guided-missile cruiser. (The exact distance betwee
  
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