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• Hickenlooper denounces Sanders' democratic socialism vision

  13-06-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper on Thursday attacked rival Bernie Sanders' vision of an America remade under democratic socialism and chastised others in the 2020 race for not repudiating that political philosophy.The former Colorado governor said Sanders was "wrong" to call for policies such as "Medicare for All" that would dramatically increase public spending and government involvement in Americans' daily lives."The Democratic field has not only failed to oppose Sen. Sande
  
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• What's allowed and not allowed under the Hatch Act

  13-06-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal watchdog agency says Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, has repeatedly violated a law known as the Hatch Act that limits political activity by federal workers.WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE HATCH ACT?
  
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• Memphis police urge calm after black man's killing, unrest

  13-06-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Police appealed for calm in a tense Memphis neighborhood Thursday where about 35 officers were injured by a rock-throwing crowd following a black man's shooting death by U.S. marshals on a fugitive task force.Shortly after the task force shot 20-year-old Brandon Webber early Wednesday evening, people began to gather in the area and their numbers swelled as some livestreamed the scene on social media.Memphis police initially responded in street uniforms, then returned in riot gear as people began
  
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• The Yellow Part of Jupiter's Watery Moon? That's Table Salt, NASA Says

  13-06-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Europa is absolutely covered with the stuff.
  
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• A Congress full of non-responders: Today's Toon

  13-06-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
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• Fewer women are having abortions. Why?

  13-06-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The US abortion rate has been declining for decades. What's driving it?
  
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• Fox’s Judge Napolitano: Seems Trump ‘Is Prepared to Commit a Felony to Get Re-Elected’

  13-06-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox NewsReacting to President Trump saying he would accept foreign intel on a political opponent if offered, and that he doesn’t feel it’s necessary to contact the FBI, Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano on Thursday said he worries the president is “prepared to commit a felony.”Napolitano was asked by Fox News anchor Shep Smith if there was any “gray area” or “wiggle room” when it comes to campaigns legally receiving “di
  
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• Kamala Harris Runs for Queen

  13-06-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  I’m going to let you in on a secret about the 2020 presidential contest: Unless unforeseen circumstances lead to a true wave election, the legislative stakes will be extremely low. The odds are heavily stacked against Democrats’ retaking the Senate, and that means that even if a Democrat wins the White House, there will be no Medicare for All, no free college, and no “democratic socialism.” Democratic candidates are racing to the legislative left for the sake of programs
  
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• Venezuelans flock to Peru before new entry requirements

  13-06-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan citizens were rushing to enter Peru Thursday less than two days before it imposes new entry requirements on migrants fleeing the crisis-wracked South American nation.Long lines of people carrying blankets and suitcases had formed at a border post in northern Peru, while humanitarian groups set up activities for their children under a white tent.Gen. Raul Alfaro, the police chief for the Tumbes region, said 4,000 Venezuelans entered Peru's northern border on Wednesday, doubling the nor
  
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• Pompeo: Iran responsible for attack on oil tankers in Gulf of Oman

  13-06-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Two oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz were attacked Thursday, which left one ablaze and adrift as sailors were evacuated from both.
  
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• Trump's 'warrior,' press secretary Sarah Sanders, is leaving the White House

  13-06-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump announced on Thursday that his press secretary, Sarah Sanders, will be leaving the White House at the end of the month.Sanders served as the face of the Trump presidency since the departure of her predecessor, Sean Spicer, in mid-2017.“After 3 1/2 years, our wonderful Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month and going home to the Great State of Arkansas,” Trump wrote on Twitter, adding, “She is a very special person with ext
  
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• Broadcom sees chip demand slowing down, shares fall 8%

  13-06-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Shares of the San Jose, California-based company fell 8% to $258.75 in extended trading and the remarks dragged down stocks of other chipmakers, including Qualcomm, Texas Instruments and Skyworks Solutions."It is clear that the U.S.-China trade conflict including the Huawei export ban is creating economic and political uncertainty and reducing visibility," Chief Executive Officer Hock Tan said on a conference call with analysts.
  
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• California Rep. Hunter’s wife may have flipped on him in corruption case

  13-06-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  When Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., was indicted in August 2018 on 60 criminal counts alleging that he spent more than $250,000 in campaign donations on luxury trips, tequila shots, Costco shopping sprees and other personal items, his first reaction was to blame his wife.
  
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• California Rep. Hunter's wife may have flipped on him in corruption case

  13-06-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  When Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., was indicted in August 2018 on 60 criminal counts alleging that he spent more than $250,000 in campaign donations on luxury trips, tequila shots, Costco shopping sprees and other personal items, his first reaction was to blame his wife.
  
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• Jury: Man held stepdaughter for 19 years, fathered her 9 children

  13-06-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  A 64-year-old man accused of abducting his stepdaughter and holding her captive for 19 years in Mexico and elsewhere while fathering her nine children has been found guilty of kidnapping and other charges.
  
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• Migrants rush to enter Mexico ahead of security crackdown demanded by Trump

  13-06-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Central American migrants eager to beat a crackdown by Mexico on its southern border with Guatemala scrambled into the country on Thursday as the government prepared to send thousands of National Guard members to plug gaps in the porous frontier.Mexico has agreed with the United States to demonstrate by late July that it can contain a surge in U.S.-bound migrants, following a threat from U.S. President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on Mexican goods if it failed to do so.
  
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• After a family vacation in Italy, U.S. congressman's wife admits to misusing campaign funds

  13-06-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The wife of a U.S. representative pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal charges alleging misuse of $250,000 in campaign funds and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors who are also bringing charges against her husband.The move by Margaret Hunter, wife of Republican U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter, came after she and her husband entered not guilty pleas in August 2018 that they spent campaign funds on items ranging from a holiday in Italy to Minnie Mouse ear headbands at Disneyland.The plea agre
  
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• Pelosi names members of key trade working group

  13-06-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats want to reopen negotiations on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
  
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• On Painting Air Force One

  13-06-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  And so it has come to this.Two oil tankers were just attacked in the Gulf of Oman, presumably by Iran. The United States and China are facing off in a confrontation that is about far more than trade. The southern border remains anarchic and uncontrolled.And Congress is asking: “Can I get the icon in cornflower blue?”Here is the situation: The president of these United States gets from place to place in one of two Boeing jets designated “Air Force One” when the president i
  
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• Beto O'Rourke attacks 2020 Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden

  13-06-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Antjuan Seawright and Lawrence Jones say that Beto O'Rourke has fallen from double digit polling while Joe Biden is still the frontrunner.
  
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• Pompeo blames Iran for attack on tankers in Gulf

  13-06-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  As his secretary of state spoke, President Trump said it is "too soon to even think about making a deal" with Iran.
  
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• REFILE-UPDATE 1-South Carolina man who killed his five children sentenced to death

  13-06-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  A South Carolina jury sentenced a man to death on Thursday after convicting him of murdering his five young children at their mobile home in 2014 before driving their decomposing bodies through several states and dumping them in Alabama.The jurors voted unanimously to give Timothy Jones the death penalty.Jurors considered whether to give Jones the death penalty or life in prison without possibility of parole.
  
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• Dems assail Trump on being open to foreign election help

  13-06-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's assertion that he would be open to accepting a foreign power's help in his 2020 campaign ricocheted through Washington on Thursday, with Democrats condemning it as a call for further election interference and Republicans struggling to defend his comments.Trump seemed to dismiss the threat posed by Russia's interference in the 2016 election, one that led to sweeping indictments by special counsel Robert Mueller, and his incendiary remarks come as congressional investigati
  
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• The Latest: Death sentence for father who killed his 5 kids

  13-06-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  A jury says a South Carolina father should be executed for killing his five children.The jury unanimously agreed on the death penalty Thursday for 37-year-old Timothy Jones Jr. in the slayings of his children, ages 1 to 8, in their Lexington home in August 2014.Although Jones is heading to death row, South Carolina hasn't executed an inmate since 2011.
  
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• Pinterest Is Latest Tech Company Drawn Into U.S. Culture Wars

  13-06-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The anti-abortion organization, Live Action, and conservative activist James O’Keefe allege Pinterest targeted the group for its abortion stance, not for the reasons the company claims.The dust-up is the latest in a wave of conservative complaints of social media bias.
  
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• US blames Iran for oil tanker attack in Gulf of Oman amid rising tensions

  13-06-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  US points finger of blame at Iran Oil prices surge after suspected tanker attack Two tankers reportedly damaged by explosions Iran: 'Suspicious doesn't begin to describe this morning' Almost 50 sailors rescued from tankers Analysis: How the Strait of Hormuz became the world's most important choke point  The US accused Iran of being behind attacks in the Persian Gulf on Thursday and said it would raise the issue at the United Nations after two oil tankers were seriously damaged in
  
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• Memphis riots: Chaos erupts after police shoot and kill 20-year-old black man Brandon Webber

  13-06-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Chaos erupted in a neighbourhood in Memphis, Tennessee after US Marshals shot and killed a young black man. Brandon Webber, 20, was getting into his car when US marshals approached and attempted to take him into custody. Webber was wanted on several felony warrants. When the marshals tried to make their arrest, “he reportedly rammed his vehicle into the officers’ vehicles multiple times before exiting with a weapon,” says the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.At that point, &ld
  
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• Memphis riots: Chaos erupts after police shoot and kill 20-year-old black man

  13-06-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Chaos erupted in a neighbourhood in Memphis, Tennessee after US Marshals shot and killed a young black man. Brandon Webber, 20, was getting into his car when US marshals approached and attempted to take him into custody. Webber was wanted on several felony warrants. When the marshals tried to make their arrest, “he reportedly rammed his vehicle into the officers’ vehicles multiple times before exiting with a weapon,” says the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.At that point, &ld
  
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• Indicted US congressman's wife pleads guilty

  13-06-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The wife of indicted Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to misuse campaign funds, including for an Italy trip that cost more than $10,000. (June 13)
  
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• Leaked Verizon timeline reveals release dates of Pixel 4 and iPhone 11

  13-06-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Just hours after Google shocked all of us by partially unveiling the design of the Pixel 4 months ahead of schedule, confirming many of the leaks that had sprung up in recent weeks in the process, a release date for the phone might have emerged. On Thursday morning, VentureBeat's Evan Blass shared a screenshot of what seems to be a leaked Verizon marketing calendar containing the release dates of multiple "tier 1" mobile devices. In addition to featuring the May launch of the Pixel 3a, the calen
  
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• Pompeo Claims Iran Is Responsible for Oil-Tanker Attacks

  13-06-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. intelligence community has concluded that Iran is responsible for the oil-tanker attacks that occurred in the Strait of Hormuz Thursday morning, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a press conference hours after the attack.Two oil tankers were attacked within the space of 45 minutes in the Gulf of Oman, off of the coast of Iran, where four oil tankers were similarly attacked last month by Iranian forces.Addressing reporters at the State Department, Pompeo explained that the asses
  
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• Renault's Awesome Alpine A110 Sports Car Now Has a High-Performance Variant

  13-06-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The compelling new A110S model looks a bit meaner and has extra power and a stiffer suspension.
  
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• Cuba travel ban: Disappointed passengers return after being rerouted mid-cruise

  13-06-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands of cruise passengers originally headed to Cuba ended up in the Bahamas after a travel ban was announced earlier this week.
  
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• Migratory hoverflies 'key' as many insects decline

  13-06-2019 20:35
  Migratory hoverflies are 'key' to pollination and controlling crop pests amid the decline of many other insect species, new research shows.
  
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• Environmental oxygen triggers loss of webbed digits

  13-06-2019 20:35
  Free fingers have many obvious advantages on land, such as in locomotion and grasping, while webbed fingers are typical of aquatic or gliding animals. But both amphibians and amniotes -- which include mammals, reptiles, and birds -- can have webbed digits. Scientists now show that during embryo development, some animal species detect the presence of atmospheric oxygen, which triggers removal of interdigital webbing.
  
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• Frozen wolf's head found in Siberia is 40,000 years old

  13-06-2019 20:29 via theguardian.com
  Fur, teeth and tissue largely intact on remains of animal bigger than a modern wolfThe severed head of a wolf that died about 40,000 years ago has been found in Siberia, and because of the freezing conditions, the remains are so well preserved that the fur, teeth, brain and facial tissue are largely intact.Pavel Yefimov, a local resident, discovered the head last summer on the banks of the Tirekhtyakh river close to the Arctic Circle in the region of Yakutia, according to the Siberian Times. Rel
  
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• Donald Trump Jr. threatens to help challenge against Rep., Justin Amash, who supports impeachment

  13-06-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Justin Amash replied to Donald Trump Jr.'s primary challenge threat by using a reference to emails from the Mueller investigation.
  
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• Boris Johnson Dominates Race to Be U.K. Leader After First Round

  13-06-2019 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Pro-Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson took a huge lead in the race to become Britain’s next prime minister, after his Conservative colleagues in Parliament overwhelmingly backed him as their preferred candidate.In the first round of voting on Thursday, Johnson -- who has vowed to deliver Brexit with or without a deal -- won the support of 114 Tory members of Parliament out of the 313 who voted.The contest is not over and more votes among MPs are scheduled next week to narrow down the field o
  
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• 6 paid iPhone apps on sale for free on June 13th

  13-06-2019 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Looking to fill your iPhone or iPad with premium apps without having to pay all that money? Well you've come to the right place. We dug through tons of paid apps that went on sale on Thursday to find the six best freebies of the bunch. You'll find them all laid out below, plus there are a few more in yesterday's roundup that are still free downloads today.This post covers paid iPhone and iPad apps that have been made available for free for a limited time by their developers. BGR is not affiliate
  
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• India Is Going to the Moon in July

  13-06-2019 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The country has ambitious plans for the next decade in space. They all start with Chandrayaan-2.
  
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• FACTBOX-U.S. companies warn on Trump's tariffs

  13-06-2019 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  A host of U.S. consumer companies have warned that costs related to tariffs on goods imported from China will hit their profits.The United States increased tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to 25% from 10% in May.President Donald Trump has also threatened an additional round of tariffs on $300 billion worth of goods that would cover nearly everything imported from China to the United States.
  
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• Texas town bans abortion in vote made by five white men

  13-06-2019 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  A small town in East Texas outlawed abortion after a council of five men declared the town a “sanctuary city for the unborn”.Waksom, Texas, has a population of just over 2,000 people and borders Louisiana. The town has no abortion clinics. Despite this, the city council, which is comprised of five white men, signed a city ordinance banning abortion, with exceptions for rape, incest, and the health of the pregnant person as reported by the Washington Post. The city council was applaud
  
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• The U.S. Is Denying Tesla Tariff Exemptions for China-Made Model 3 Parts

  13-06-2019 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Tesla requested exemptions for the Model 3's touchscreen and computer, which are both made in China.
  
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• Far-right group in EU parliament doubles in strength

  13-06-2019 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The European Parliament's nationalist group will double in strength to 73 deputies in the new 751-seat assembly after last month's elections, MEPs said Thursday.The Identity and Democracy Party, formerly known as the Europe of Nations and Freedom Party, becomes the assembly's fifth biggest bloc, immediately after the Greens."This group is from now on the first nationalist force in the European Parliament," Marine Le Pen, head of the French National Rally (RN), told a news conference in Brussels.
  
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• President Trump Invoked Executive Privilege. Here's the History of That Presidential Power

  13-06-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  From George Washington to Richard Nixon to today
  
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• What Ford and Volkswagen's Tie-Up on Trucks (and EVs) Means for the Ranger in America

  13-06-2019 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Ford and VW formalize an alliance to build pickups and vans, but don’t expect the Amarok to make it to the U.S.
  
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• Oil tankers hit in fresh 'torpedo attack' in Gulf of Oman amid Iran tensions

  13-06-2019 18:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Oil prices surge after suspected tanker attack Two tankers reportedly damaged by explosions Iran: 'Suspicious doesn't begin to describe this morning' 'Highly likely Iran caused attacks,' says US official  Almost 50 sailors rescued from tankers Analysis: How the Strait of Hormuz became the world's most important choke point  The UN warned last night of the danger of “a major confrontation” in the Persian Gulf after two oil tankers were seriously damaged in a suspec
  
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• Congress may thwart Decorator-in-Chief Trump on design for Air Force One

  13-06-2019 18:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee could make it tougher for President Trump's red, white and blue Air Force One paint job to become a reality.
  
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• What we know about the Gulf tanker attacks

  13-06-2019 18:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Suspected attacks left two tankers in flames in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, bumping up oil prices and further raising regional tensions triggered by a bitter US-Iran standoff.The ships were struck in the same strategic sea lane where four oil vessels were sabotaged last month in attacks Washington blamed on Tehran.In the early hours of Thursday, two vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz towards the Indian Ocean caught fire.
  
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• Here's what to know about about Chase's Marriott Bonvoy Bold credit card

  13-06-2019 18:42 via news.yahoo.com
  AOL Finance broke down the key points you should know as youconsider opening one of your own
  
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